Fanboy Bites: 'Batman vs. Superman,' 'The A-Team' and 'The Hobbit'
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I pity the fool who doesn't want a Hobbit film!
I did not see I Am Legend this past weekend, but apparently there was a poster planted in the film's fictional Times Square for a Batman vs. Superman movie, due out on May 15, 2010. (Check out a screen grab above, courtesy of Slashfilm.) Folks immediately began speculating -- was this a secret teaser poster for Justice League? Had they changed the name (as previously rumored) to Batman vs. Superman? No such luck fanboys (and girls); seems it was only a gag dreamed up by screenwriter/producer Akiva Goldsman, who, long ago, was attached to write a Batman vs. Superman film. But it's still pretty cool, and a neat little Easter Egg if you ask me.
We know John Singleton has signed on to direct a big-screen A-Team movie, and that casting is currently underway, but what's the script look like? Moviehole got their hands on the script, and there's some "interesting" stuff in there. Like, B.A. Baracas (played by Mr. T on the TV show) is listed as a "22-year-old walking steel with two-percent body fat." Yup, expect Tyrese Gibson in this role. Here's a bit more from their synopsis: "I'll be honest - it's not that tantalizing. The whole action of the movie revolves around some vases and stolen art. At one point there's a scene that takes place on a yacht - and it's an art auction. It's just not that interesting." Head on over to Moviehole to read their full review of the 118-page script.
This morning it was announced that Peter Jackson and New Line had kissed and made up, and are moving ahead on the long-planned Hobbit adaptation. However, Jackson is only listed as an executive producer, which means they still need to seek out a director to helm the picture. I'd expect Sam Raimi to be the first one they call, but if Sam takes on this monstrous double-feature, don't expect the guy to be back in the director's chair for Spider-Man 4. Which will also likely mean that Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst will opt out. Would you gladly take Raimi on Hobbit, or could Jackson get real nutty and somehow convince Guillermo del Toro to give up all 300 of his current projects to direct two Hobbit films? Where do you stand? Who do you want directing these movies, if not Jackson?
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12-18-2007 @ 3:35PM
ryan said...
I may be the only one, but I thought every minute of the LoTR trilogy was boring as hell and was utterly disappointed that RoTK swept the Oscars. Since Mr. Jackson will be overseeing the Hobbit film and its sequel, I'm going to out on a limb and say that they will probably be just as boring if not more so than the trilogy. I think Mr. Raimi's talents are much better served doing an Evil Dead 4! It seems to me that Raimi's style will be lost under the control of Peter Jackson because New Line and Jackson would definitely want these new movies to be be VERY similar visually.
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12-18-2007 @ 3:56PM
Eddie said...
Agreed. Boring, and by the third film, way too self-important, kinda like Ocean's Twelve. Watching a movie reveling in its own (undeserved?) glory is not my idea of four hours well spent.
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12-18-2007 @ 4:02PM
tande said...
There were more then a few superhero posters in I am Legend.
Green Lantern and Teen Titans were both up in the video store.
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12-18-2007 @ 4:26PM
AJ said...
Amazing what a flop will do! If The Golden Compass didn't flop then we would not have The Hobbit being planned right now
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12-18-2007 @ 5:19PM
Joseph Land said...
I don't recall anything on the poster that made it a "versus" type of movie. That symbol with the "S" shield within the bat symbol is from the Batman/Superman comics, which has the two working together, normally.
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12-18-2007 @ 6:34PM
Philip said...
Well I must confess: I had never read any of the LotR books until I saw the first movie (on DVD). My impression was that hobbits and elves and wizards were the destination of the lifeless. How wrong I was. I read all 4 books (the trilogy and The Hobbit) within a week or two of seeing the movie. I understand it's not for everyone (hey I'm one of the few who thinks Gone with the Wind is over-rated) but for my part, I enjoyed it.
And Ocean's 12 is self-important.
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12-19-2007 @ 8:43PM
Dave said...
Not Del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth was over rated and was similar to his previous flick The Devil's Backbone. How about the Wachowski's, that wood be oddly different and unexpected.
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12-19-2007 @ 8:44PM
stephen martin said...
I feel that Del Toro ought to be a logical choice to do "The Hobbit" and do not forget that that is to be filmed in two parts simultaneously also. And to Dave who complained against Del Toro and for the Wachowski's, how about the Wachowski's to do an Avenger's flick in the future?
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12-19-2007 @ 10:28PM
Paul said...
Terry Crews ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187719/ ) would be spot on for B.A. Barakus
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