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Shhh, ninjas are fighting.
G.I. Joe fans: the wait is almost over. After a nine month delay, G.I. Joe: Retaliation will finally enter theaters in March, and studio Paramount is anxious to get the word out. The sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra had its promotional campaign start last summer, but, after the delay, trailers have been released on a seemingly weekly basis, with the latest trailer focusing almost entirely on action. It starts with the conflict between Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and Storm Shadow (Lee Byung-Hun) that includes a mountainside escape from a pack of ninjas and ends with Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson) and General Joe Colton (Bruce Willis) avoid explosions and drive tanks.
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Oops! What was supposed to be a major announcement from Parmount Pictures — that Michael Bay will return to direct a fourth installment in the studio's popular Transformers franchise — was spoiled yesterday when producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura unceremoniously disclosed the information to MTV during a video interview at Toy Fair 2012. According to Deadline, "Paramount is furious at di Bonaventura" for not only spilling the beans about Bay's involvement, but also revealing that Transformers 4 (working title) will be a "reboot...hybrid" that keeps the "continuity" of the first three movies, but with "a whole new story" and "a lot of new cast."
more about Transformers 4 >> Posted 02.14.12 by BrentJS -
While not as popular as Batman, Spider-Man or Captain America, the comic book Area 52 has seen a great deal of interest from Hollywood since Image published the four-issue series in 2001. The comic, follows the rag-tag staff of Area 52, a storage facility in Antarctica where top secret artifacts and alien weaponry are stored after Area 51 has finished testing them. The group is tested, themselves, once an alien escapes its containment.
Deadline reports that the movie rights have been acquired by Summit Entertainment, the company behind the Twilight franchise, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura set to produce. Di Bonaventura has no shortage of experience with comic book adaptations, having worked on Transformers: Dark of the Moon, RED and the upcoming G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation. Screenwriters are currently being sought for the project, and the right one should really do a number on the comic's intriguing premise.
This is the third try at creating a movie out of Area 52, with Comic Book Resources reporting that the last attempt was in 2007 when director Steven C. Miller (Scream of the Banshee, Automaton Transfusion) was set to direct from a script by screenwriter Jack Phillips. Perhaps di Bonaventura will have more success.
Posted 09.28.11 by Ryan -
After an aborted attempt by Warner Bros. to get a live-action movie adaptation of the classic Taito and Midway arcade game Space Invaders in production last year, it now appears as if the top arcade game of all time (according to the Guinness Book of World Records) will get another shot at the big screen. According to THR, producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers) and Odd Lot Entertainment's Gigi Pritzker (Drive) have paired to option the theatrical rights to the game, with plans to develop the property into a movie franchise. The producers are currently searching for a writer for the movie.
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While attending the premiere of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura was asked about two other sequels he is working on — G.I. Joe 2 and a sequel to last year's $186 million worldwide-grossing, action-comedy RED.
Di Bonaventura told MTV that they've got a good script for the sequel, written by RED screenwriters Erich and Jon Hoeber, leaving them to assemble the ensemble cast, which included Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, and John Malkovich.
ninja fans, prepare to "love" G.I. Joe 2 >> Posted 06.30.11 by Ryan -
Sure, we already know that James Cameron and Sam Worthington are planning to work together on Avatar 2. But that project is some time away. Now it looks like the pair might have other big plans as well. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox is in the process of getting a project called Myth off the ground.
More about Myth >> Posted 06.15.11 by reelz -
Director Roland Emmerich is known mostly for his disaster movies, like Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and most recently 2012. Emmerich's latest movie, September's Anonymous, steps into Shakespearean times to demystify the life and work of, well, William Shakespeare, in what Emmerich has described as a "historical thriller". Emmerich's next project could bring him back to blowing things up.
more about Asteroids >> Posted 06.10.11 by Ryan -
Director Robert Schwentke's upcoming Red may surprise audiences when they discover that the movie is based on a comic book. The story follows an ex-CIA black ops agent (Bruce Willis) who is being hunted down by assassins while protecting the woman he loves (Mary-Louise Parker). The movie, however, boasts a variety of Oscar-nominated talent including Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, and Richard Dreyfuss, and Ernest Borgnine. Assembling such a cast, for what is essentially a comic book movie, wasn't as difficult as it might seem, according to producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura, who told SuperHeroHype that once Willis was on board, the rest of the cast followed.
Mirren says Bruce Willis is under-appreciated >> Posted 07.13.10 by Ryan -
Despite poor reviews, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was an inarguable hit last summer, scoring $402 million domestically. What also can't be argued, is that it sucked. Transformers fans have been quick to contest the quality of the Transformers sequel, and even Shia LaBeouf admits that he "wasn't impressed with what we did" in Revenge of the Fallen.
Now director Michael Bay is getting in the apology act. In a recent set visit, Bay talked to USA Today about the failures of Revenge of the Fallen.
More Michael Bay Mea Culpa >> Posted 06.11.10 by Ryan -
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra didn't fare well critically, but its number one opening weekend was the just the beginning of enough box office receipts to ensure a sequel. With Zombieland screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick hired to write it in January, news has been light on G.I. Joe 2 until producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura talked to MTV to update the status of the movie, revealing that a script has not been delivered yet.
more about the G.I. Joe sequel >> Posted 05.03.10 by Ryan