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Sequel News: X-Men, Vacation, Kill Bill and More
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Disney, Miramax, New Line, Paramount, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Family, Horror, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Rumors, Scripts, Technology, Upcoming Releases
X-Men: Although it’s been six years since X2, Bryan Singer says he may not be done with the comic book franchise. The director recently revealed that he’s entertaining the thought of another installment. “I’m still looking to possibly returning to the X-Men franchise. I’ve been talking to Fox about it,” Singer said. “I love Hugh Jackman. I love the cast,” he admitted. Brett Ratner was at the helm for 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand while Gavin Hood directed 2009’s Wolverine.
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No Robin for Christian Bale’s Batman
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Sequels, Celebrity Gossip
While I’m sure Leatherheads is probably something George Clooney would eventually like to forget, Batman & Robin will probably serve as his most regrettable big-screen project. And that’s a mistake Christian Bale would not like to repeat for himself.
While Bale has made it known he’d be up for a Batman trilogy, he is apparently opposed to introducing a sidekick. According to Starpulse, the intense actor claims he would rather hang up his cape than work alongside another masked man.
“If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I’ll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work.”
I’m sure if George had the same clout then that he does now, he would have sad the exact same thing.
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Could There Be a Third X-Files Movie?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Science Fiction, Sequels, Thrillers, Rumors, Upcoming Releases
It seems repeating the new X-Files title enough times could get you more than one sequel. It might get you two.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Chris Carter said there’s a chance we’ll be seeing more of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in the future. If things work out favorably at this summer’s box office, the show’s creator would like to move forward with a third installment. One that might possibly fare better with those who have been long-time devotees of the series.
While this upcoming release is intended to serve as a stand-alone feature, a new film would most likely touch on the alien abduction theme that was central to the FOX program. But if fans would like to see that idea come to life, they must first support July 25’s debut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
Read More | Entertainment Weekly
Orlando Bloom Set for New Trilogy
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, Adaptation, Adventure, Casting, Upcoming Releases
Although his relationship with Kate Bosworth flamed out, I don’t know that anyone can accuse Orlando Bloom of being afraid of commitment.
According to the New York Post, the actor is now set to star in in his third trilogy. Bloom will follow up his work in The Lord of the Rings and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchises with Prince of Persia. Orlando reportedly beat out rising stud Zac Efron to play the title character in this video game adaptation.
Interestingly enough, not only is Persia another Disney creation, it’s being produced by Bloom’s old Pirates boss: Jerry Bruckheimer. I guess the guy really likes familiarity!
Read More | New York Post
Several Star Trek Films Potentially on Tap
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Paramount, Adventure, Science Fiction, Sequels, Casting, Upcoming Releases
Although details about the future Star Trek film have been kept closely guarded, there is one thing we do now know: the movie may eventually become one of three.
In an interview with MTV, actor Simon Pegg admitted that the decision to lock himself into the role as Scotty was something that initially worried him.
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Read More | MTV News
Will Ian McKellen Return to The Hobbit?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: MGM, New Line, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Sequels, Casting, Upcoming Releases
If you were hoping to see Ian McKellen in the future adaptation of The Hobbit, you can rest comfortably. The actor is more than willing to participate in the project. Now it’s just a matter of him being asked.
On his personal website, the veteran of the Lord of the Rings trilogy expressed a desire to once again travel back in time and resurrect his Oscar-nominated role. And if Peter Jackson has any say, he will. But the two scheduled prequels are now in the hands of an entirely new director (Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth), and he has yet to give McKellen the greenlight.
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‘Sex and the City’ Trilogy?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Paramount, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Rumors, Upcoming Releases
Hope you’re sitting down for this news, Sex and the City fans. According to new rumors, the upcoming Sex and the City movie may be the first installment in a trilogy. That’s three times the sex. The movies will contain all four girls, of course, and all their various men – and what’s more Sexy than that?
One source says the producers are currently working on the script to the second movie, as it seems a foregone conclusion the first Sex and the City movie will become a huge box office hit. A sequel option was included in all the stars’ movie contracts, an option which will be exercised for the succeeding two films.
So strap on those high heels, pour a Cosmo and get ready to get saturated with Sex.
Read More | MSNBC
‘The Golden Compass’ vs. Religion: An Opinion
Posted by David Onda Categories: New Line, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Religious, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Books, New Releases, Theatrical Reviews
We saw The Golden Compass this weekend. I’m a guy who loves movies. And as such, I set out Friday night to go see what was supposed to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the holiday season. I saw The Golden Compass despite negative critical response and Catholic protests and without reading any of the three Philip Pullman books off which the film is based. The film was dazzling, imaginative and certainly innovative. After having seen the movie I checked out the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly (as well as a few anti-Compass sentiments online) and simply could not believe the garbage I was hearing.
I saw the movie. I watched the fuzzy talking animals. And I tried, with little success, to connect the dots and see how this film was so evil. I tried to pick out the atheistic sentiments. And I tried - really, really tried - to put myself in the Catholic League’s shoes. And honestly - what is the big freakin’ deal?
Ok, I get it - Philip Pullman isn’t exactly going to win “Christian Of The Year.” The allegory within his His Dark Materials trilogy is not exactly what one might call “God friendly.” But why, in a country based on the principals of religious freedom, is this man, this movie, and everyone behind it, being vilified? I’ve read the arguments and I understand what they are saying, but for the life of me (and with all personal religious beliefs set aside), I can’t understand how this one film is going to be detrimental to society?
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This Week on HD DVD and Blu-ray: October 30, 2007
Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Drama, Family, Foreign Language, Independent, Music, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Distribution, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases
This past fortnight, the HD DVD release of Transformers made high-definition history with over 100,000 units sold in the first day—a record that supplanted day-one sales across both formats. But this week Sony will inevitably pull the warring robots off their high horses—likely with a quick tug on some carefully aimed webbing.
The hugely profitable but ambivalently received Spider-Man 3 releases Tuesday and will undoubtedly be a smash hit for Blu-ray. And for those who can’t justify said purchase, the film will also release in a high-def trilogy.
Universal and Warner also have some decent contributions this week, but the real content explosion comes from DVD International and their HDScape series. Finally, I can sit in my tiny condominium and watch a high-definition fireplace, an exotic aquarium, or the slow but steady thaw of Antarctica.
Check the full list of high-def releases after the jump.
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‘The Terminator’ Returns In 2009
Posted by David Onda Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Sequels, Thrillers, Filmmaking, Scripts, Upcoming Releases
The Terminator said he’d be back, and by golly, he wasn’t kidding. Warner Bros. has acquired the distribution rights to Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the fourth film in the Terminator series. Set to begin production in 2008 and hit theaters in the summer of 2009, Salvation is being touted as a franchise jumpstart which will be told over a three-movie span.
It has been nearly 5 years since the last Terminator film, Rise of the Machines, hit theaters and Salvation is planned to be a movie of equal size and budget. With the script completed, producers are hinting at a general plot – set in the future during a full-scale war between man and machines. The new trilogy will involve characters from the first films but will be presented in a fresh setting beyond the world fans were introduced to in the original trilogy.
Glorified music video director McG has been tapped to direct while the door has been left open for Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger to make a cameo. Next year will mark another big event for the Terminator franchise as the long-awaited The Sarah Connor Chronicles makes its television debut on FOX. The series picks up where T2 left off and stars 300’s Lena Headey as the kick-ass Connor. Whether sci-fi fans will take to the series is yet to be seen, but there is little doubt in my mind that this franchise still has legs.
Read More | ComingSoon.net
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