Source: Shadow Locked
3D! 3D! 3D! Yeah, it’s everywhere. Well, art director Roger Christian in his chat over at Shadow Locked had some great things to say about where the Alien franchise is going and if the rumors about Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel being 3D are true.
Source: Latino Review
After recent reports that The Dark Knight director, Christopher Nolan, is shepherding (not directing, but rather overseeing) the next Superman film from Warner Brothers and DC Comics, we have now learned from Latino Review that David Goyer (writing consultant for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) has been hired to pen the next Superman film entitled The Man of Steel!
Source: TheForce.net | Digital Spy | First Showing | The Playlist
For those of you not in the know, George Lucas has been hard at work lately. Not only is he very involved with The Clone Wars animated series on Cartoon Network, he is also executive producer for the upcoming film Red Tails – a film that he has been wanting to get made for years now about the first African American WWII fighter pilots.
First Showing.net posted a story recently that George Lucas is not happy with the material that Red Tails director, Anthony Hemingway, has shot thus far and that the film needs to go through major re-writes and re-shoots that would drastically affect the characters and plot. Not only that, but Lucas would have to direct these re-shoots himself! Well, Lucasfilm says this is just not true, according to an article on Digital Spy.
Source: Box Office Mojo
We all knew it was only a matter of time before Avatar sank the Titanic for biggest money-making movie in the U.S. Well, as of yesterday, Avatar has taken in 601.2 million in the U.S., which beats Titanic’s $600.8 million U.S. Box Office gross – making Avatar the biggest money-making film of all time (not adjusted for inflation).
Source: Heat Vision Blog | /Film
In April ‘09, I posted some news about Kevin Grevioux’s upcoming Darkstorm Studios graphic novel I, Frankenstein being adapted into a feature film. Well, Lakeshore Entertainment has picked up the script from Death Ray Films (which began developing the project last April) and has given the greenlight to produce the film. It will still will be directed by Patrick Tatopoulos (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), with production beginning in July 2010!
Source: Oscar.com
The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony are quite exciting, particularly because this is the first time 10 nominees are allowed for the “Best Picture” category. Some of my favorites in the list include Inglourious Basterds, Up and District 9. Check out the full list of nominees for each category below.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter | MTV Movie Blog
What’s this? George Lucas is producing a CGI-animated musical? Well, according to The Hollywood Reporter, this appears to be the case.
Source: Box Office Mojo | First Showing
I never thought I’d see this day. For years, James Cameron’s Titanic held the record for highest grossing movie of all time worldwide. (not adjusted for inflation). Today, Cameron beats his own record with his latest film, Avatar.
For twelve years, Titanic stayed on top with $1.843 billion worldwide. Now, Avatar has claimed the throne with $1.844 billion, just above Titanic, after adding on its earnings from this weekend and Monday. Avatar still has yet to beat Titanic in the U.S., but considering how it has stayed #1 at the box office for the last month and a half, it is well on its way.
Source: CNN
So apparently some people who have experienced the spectacular 3-D world of James Cameron’s Avatar “have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora,” according to CNN’s report from last week.
WHAT?!!!!
Source: Variety
In an article from Variety, Warner Brothers President and COO Alan Horn states that The Hobbit may not be out as soon as we all hoped it would be. Looks like Peter Jackson’s eariler comments about the first film being released in December 2011 may end up not being entirely accurate after all.
