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John Wells and Don Murphy Adapting The Forgotten Comic

Even though John Wells may be off shooting his own movie (The Company Men), it doesn't mean he still can't produce some projects. Wells and fellow producer Don Murphy (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) have announced that they are going to adapt an indie graphic novel called The Forgotten. The comic is published and co-created by Evan Young and Jareth Grealish and was unveiled in 2004 at the San Diego Comic-Con. The duo published a four-issue series and a collector's edition over the last few years. It's been described as having the feel of Memento and in the Philip K. Dick tradition. Read on for more details.

⥤ Posted April 28 in Movie News, Opinions | 2 Comments

First Behind-the-Scenes Footage from Stallone's Expendables

By Alex Billington

Whoever is running the unofficial-looking official blog for Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables has just posted the first look at any real footage from the film. We've seen some photos, but now we get a quick glimpse at some of the action, including that explosion you see above (from a few weeks ago). Not that we've never seen Stallone firing guns before, but as always, it's damn cool to see the behind-the-scenes action and get a sense of what it's like on set while shooting. Hopefully there's plenty more of this kind of footage on its way, as I'm itching for more. With that said, this isn't much, but it is a cool little video, so check it out!

⥤ Posted April 28 in Hype, To Watch | 25 Comments

Why Isn't Jonathan Nolan Credited for Terminator Salvation?

By Alex Billington

Our friend Peter Sciretta at SlashFilm noticed earlier this week that Christopher Nolan's brother Jonathan Nolan was missing from the credits block at the bottom of the official website for Terminator Salvation. He started doing some research and even ended up calling the Writer's Guild today to try and get to the bottom of this story. If you went to the New York Comic-Con or WonderCon and saw McG talk, you'll know that he always brings up the story about how they went to Jonathan Nolan and had him do some revisions to make the story good enough for Christian Bale. But if he did all that work, then why isn't he credited?

⥤ Posted April 28 in Editorials, Movie News, Opinions | 36 Comments

If There is Ever a Gremlins 3, Joe Dante Won't Direct It

By Alex Billington

More remake news, right, I know no one wants to hear it, but when it involves a franchise I love, I've got to say something. This is all just a rumor right now and nothing is confirmed, but we'll let director Joe Dante himself explain (via Bloody Disgusting). "I find it hard to believe that they won't make a Gremlins 3 because they’re remaking Adventures in Babysitting. I mean, they're gonna remake everything." He's certainly right about that. And interestingly, the studios seem intent on returning to the original creators for franchises like this (just look at the Aliens news today). So why not one day bring back Joe Dante?

⥤ Posted April 28 in Movie News, Opinions, Rumors | 13 Comments

Oliver Stone Back for Wall Street 2, Shia LaBeouf Also Joining?

By Alex Billington

Considering originality is pretty much dead in Hollywood, most of the big news these days is related to sequels or remakes. We first wrote about Wall Street 2, which is appropriately perfect for our current economic situation, back in 2007 and again last year when Fox realized they better get this made sooner than later. At the time all we knew is that they'd hired a writer. Variety now confirms that Fox has secured Oliver Stone again to return to direct the sequel. Michael Douglas is already back as Gordon Gekko, and apparently Shia LaBeouf is in negotiations to star as well. You know, I can see him pulling this off.

⥤ Posted April 28 in Casting, Movie News | 13 Comments

J.J. Abrams Lists His 5 Favorite Films for Rotten Tomatoes

By Alex Billington

Sadly, J.J. Abrams is not doing any online press for Star Trek, so I have to resort to pulling his best quotes from other non-online press outlets. This selection today comes from Rotten Tomatoes (they got away with this by recording it early in London), where they have a video interview with Abrams that is fairly fascinating to watch. If any of you have seen Abrams' talk at TED (if not, watch it here), you'll remember that he talks about one of his all-time favorite films, Jaws, at one point in his presentation. Well near the end of this interview, Abrams talks about his own five favorite films - one of which, of course, is Jaws.

⥤ Posted April 28 in Hype, Opinions, To Watch | 19 Comments

The Film Feed: Episode 11 - Ambivalently Obsessed

By Alex Billington

In this episode of The Film Feed, the guys break from form and provide for your listening pleasure a discussion on the process of judging and analyzing movies. However, before they get too self involved, Sean, Will and Clark cover the latest in movie news. Sean gives no hesitation in showing his blatant hatred of Obsessed, and Clark espouses his love for the many alternate endings of Wolverine. Meanwhile, Will reinforces his desire to see another live action version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Be sure to vote in this latest Geek Tournament round, and tune in next week for our guide to the summer movie season!

⥤ Posted April 28 in Film Feed | 5 Comments

More Hints at Ridley Scott's Involvement in Another Aliens?

By Alex Billington

First it was Predator, now it's Aliens, too? Last week it was confirmed that Robert Rodriguez is officially rebooting the Predator franchise with a new feature called Predators. So what about Aliens? Does Fox want to resuscitate that franchise, too? Well, if you believe what Tom Rothman says in this interview over on IESB, then it may indeed be possible that they're trying to get Ridley Scott to come back and make another. "There's been some talk," Rothman said when asked about another Alien movie. We last wrote about this rumor in December, with Sigourney Weaver talking about the potential return of Ellen Ripley.

⥤ Posted April 28 in Discussion, Movie News, Opinions | 33 Comments

More Fun Live-Action TMNT Updates from Peter Laird

By Alex Billington

Now that we officially know that Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo - also known as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - are due back on the big screen in live-action form by 2011, everyone wants to know exactly how they're going to pull it off. Last week TMNT co-creator Peter Laird talked briefly about the face replacement technology and confirmed that they'll actually use full body suits. But what about the story? Our cohorts at MTV caught up with Laird and got him to reveal more about some early ideas and his hopes for this origin story, beyond that it'll include April O'Neil, Casey Jones, and Shredder.

⥤ Posted April 28 in Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 23 Comments

Even Without Harryhausen, Clash of the Titans Should Still Look Great

By Alex Billington

One of the many reasons why the original 1981 Clash of the Titans is so great, is that the effects and creatures were designed and created by the one-and-only Ray Harryhausen. Unfortunately because he is now 88 years old, he is no longer working on any features, which means as much as I'd love to see him work again, they'll be starting over from scratch on the upcoming Warner Brothers remake directed by Louis Leterrier. As I was looking over the press release sent out today announcing that production had started on Clash of the Titans, I noticed that a lot of the technical people working on this all seem just as talented.

⥤ Posted April 27 in Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 5 Comments

Pierre Morel Helming Tokyo Action Thriller for Paramount

By Alex Billington

With Taken earning a tremendous $143 million at the box office since January, director Pierre Morel has quickly become a highly sought after director, even in Hollywood. He's already got one film in the can, called From Paris with Love staring John Travolta (we featured a trailer for it back in December) that Lionsgate will bring to US theaters on February 19th, 2010. But what else is on Morel's plate? We've heard some rumors about Taken 2 being written, but that might not be ready for a while. Instead, Paramount has just acquire an untitled Tokyo-set thriller that will be developed as a directing vehicle for Pierre Morel.

⥤ Posted April 27 in Movie News, Opinions | 2 Comments

Russell Brand Headlining Universal's Drop Dead Fred Remake

By Alex Billington

Another day, another remake. Universal (didn't we mention them yesterday?) will remake the 1991 comedy Drop Dead Fred, but of course, they're modernizing it. British hotshot actor Russell Brand is set to headline their remake, in the role of the havoc-wreaking imaginary friend that British actor Rik Mayall played. The 1991 original starred Phoebe Cates as a wallflower who loses her job and is forced to live back at home, where she's reunited with her childhood imaginary friend, who promises to help but causes more chaos. Dennis McNicholas, one of the writers of the upcoming Land of the Lost remake, will pen this.

⥤ Posted April 27 in Discussion, Movie News | 42 Comments

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