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Trailer Park: Nightmare Fairies and Crazy Chipmunks
Filed under: Horror », Trailer Trash », Family Films »
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Jackie Earle Haley is the new Freddy Krueger in this remake that seems to be staying pretty close to the original (that shot above ring any bells?). Freddy's got the striped sweater, the hat and of course the claw. We don't see much of his face but there's enough to tell Freddy's sporting a new albeit still burned to a crisp look. Haley was great in Watchmen, but director Samuel Bayer has a resume filled with mostly music videos so I'm not too optimistic. The nightmare begins on April 30.
Tooth Fairy
Dwayne Johnson plays a mean spirited pro hockey player who is sentenced to serve time working as a tooth fairy, complete with wings, shrinking and invisibility. Seriously? I realize I'm not the target demo, but seriously? This will be out on January 22.
Trailer Park: Assassins, Mystery and Wonder
Filed under: Fandom », Trailer Trash », Movie Marketing », Trailers and Clips »
Alice In Wonderland
Tim Burton's take on the classic Lewis Carroll book is just as creepy as you might expect. Johnny Depp is the stand-out as The Mad Hatter, but Tweedledum and Tweedledee will give you the willies too and the Cheshire Cat has more teeth than could possibly fit comfortably in his mouth. This may be the movie Burton was born to make. The tumble down the rabbit hole begins on March 5.
The Book of Eli
This trailer basically shows Denzel Washington being a bad ass in a bleak post apocalyptic future set thirty years after a global war has wiped out most of the population. Washington's character is walking across the wasteland carrying a book that can somehow save humanity. Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis also star. Look for this on January 15.
Whiteout
Kate Beckinsale stars as a U.S. Marshall stationed at an Antarctic research base who must find a murderer before the sun sets for six months. Based on a series of graphic novels, this kind of reminds me of 30 Days of Night mixed with elements of The Thing. This will be out on September 11.
SDCC: New 'Batman' Film to Begin Shooting Next Year!?
Filed under: RumorMonger », Fandom », Comic/Superhero/Geek », Remakes and Sequels », ComicCon »
This just in from The Book of Eli panel at Comic Con: Gary Oldman, who of course plays Commissioner Gordon in the latest series of Batman films from Christopher Nolan, has announced that the next Batman movie will begin shooting next year with a potential release date of 2011. Since these actors can never actually officially go on the record, Oldman followed up that news with the line "... but don't quote me on that." Thus, we're now left wondering whether he was guessing when he threw out a production start date of 2010, or if he really was telling the truth -- that he's been contacted, that they're currently ironing out a preliminary schedule behind the scenes and that Christopher Nolan's third Batman movie will indeed go in front of cameras next year at some point.
Unless we're talking really late in 2010 (like fall, winter), then we can't imagine when Nolan would have the time to begin shooting in 2010, especially since he just started production on his sci-fi flick Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which will arrive in theaters on July 16, 2010. One imagines Nolan will be busy in post-production on that sucker through at least the beginning of 2010, followed by press junkets for Inception and all that jazz. So when, exactly, would he be shooting Batman 3?
Unless he won't be directing Batman 3?
Stay tuned for more details as they develop from The Con -- and check out all our Con coverage right here.
Erik Davis and Todd Gilchrist contributed to this report
More News Bites: A Flashdancer Heads for 'Eli', and Landis Sues
Filed under: Drama », Horror », Music & Musicals », Casting », Celebrities and Controversy »
Jennifer Beals has started filling her schedule, now that The L Word is on its final leg -- and so far, so sweet. The Hollywood Reporter posts that she's signed on for a role in the post-apocalyptic film The Book of Eli. Even better -- she's picked up one heck of a part. Remember how Gary Oldman signed on to play Carnegie, the bad-guy despot of a makeshift town? The one who tries to stop Eli (Denzel Washington) on his quest across America's post-apocalyptic wasteland? Well, Beals has signed on to play Carnegie's "sexual prize" and Mila Kunis' mother. Oh, but there's more -- she's a "blind woman doing anything she can to protect her child." That's some choice casting (Mila-Jennifer), and I can only begin to imagine the magic that could brew up between Oldman and Beals. Only one whole year to wait and see! The film is set to hit theaters in January of 2010.Meanwhile, I can't imagine what my life would be like without John Landis. He shaped my childhood with "Thriller," and my later years with films like Animal House. Now, while I wait for him to wipe away the disgust brewed by Blues Brothers 2000, Variety reports that he's suing the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Landis filed a suit claiming that Jackson hasn't been handing over the 50% of net proceeds lately, like their 1983 agreement outlines.This comes right after word hit that the zombie-filled video is getting turned into a musical, so that may have something to do with it. Whatever the case, it better not distract him from the projects he's got a-brewing. I need something to wipe out the taste of 2000.
Ray Stevenson Sheds Some Light On 'The Book of Eli'
Filed under: Action », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Thrillers », Casting », Warner Brothers », Scripts », Newsstand », War »
The Book of Eli had me halfway when they cast Gary Oldman -- but they got a guaranteed ticket sale from me when they cast Ray Stevenson. I'm disappointed that he's playing another badass assassin type, but hey, at least I'll believe he could kick Denzel Washington's ass. The plot description has been incredibly dry thus far -- a man named Eli protects a book that may be humanity's salvation, Oldman is the despotic mayor of a struggling town, Mila Kunis is an assassin sent to kill Eli, but who ends up joining him. But we have a little more, courtesy of its newest cast member. Stevenson sat down with Reelz Channel, and shed a little more light on the bleak future this film will inhabit. "The world in which it is set is completely uncompromising. The most precious commodity is actually water, because virtually all of the water is poison, toxic -- whether it's due to eruptions from the earth or the poisons in the sky. These very basic things are what drives human nature down to almost animalistic qualities. But what still separates us from the animals?"
Hmmm. Shades of Waterworld, a threat that looms over every post-apocalyptic film not titled The Road. There's never an in between when it comes to this genre ... you either end up with something cool and Max Maxish, or you end up with The Postman. Let's keep hoping for the best, though. The film begins shooting in February, and has a release date of January 15, 2010.
Ray Stevenson is After 'The Book of Eli'
Filed under: Drama », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Thrillers », Casting », Mystery & Suspense », Warner Brothers »
After blowing up baddies in this week's surprisingly entertaining Punisher: War Zone, it looks like Ray Stevenson is now taking aim at Denzel Washington's protagonist in The Book of Eli. In the near future, Washington's on a mission to deliver a book that may hold the key to nothing less than Our Salvation (not to mention so very many late fees), with Mila Kunis at his side and Gary Oldman on his tail, and now -- according to Variety -- Stevenson (HBO's "Rome") has this makeshift messiah in his sights.The post-apocalyptic thriller marks the return of the Hughes Brothers behind the camera for the first time since 2001's From Hell, and between them and a cast of this talent (yes, that includes Kunis, stop snickering), they might manage to make this somewhat less derivative than it already sounds, to echo Monika's sentiments.
Production starts in early 2009 for a release date in early 2010.
Mila Kunis Falls for 'Eli'
Filed under: Action », Casting »
No, I'm not talking about Eli Stone, although that would certainly be twist. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Mila Kunis has signed on to Denzel Washington's upcoming The Book of Eli. Set in the future, the film focuses on a lone hero named Eli (Washington) who treks across the ravaged lands of America trying to save a sacred book that could save the future of humanity.Gary Oldman signed on last month to try and get the text for himself, and now Kunis will join the action as Solara, a woman who is tapped to betray Eli, but then joins him on his quest. If we get one more big comedy out of Kunis in the upcoming months, I think she'll have solidified herself as the guy's gal with her ever-growing roster of action flicks and comedies.
I'm also dying to remention that which shall not be named again, because more and more, this is sounding like that darned film. But I won't, unless it turns out that Eli once failed to save Kunis's family from a well death bound with barbed wire. Doubt it though... With Washington, I bet it will go in a whole different, and less campy direction. (Although I might love it all the more if Denzel went campy. Wouldn't that be great?)
Gary Oldman Schemes to Steal the 'Book of Eli'
Filed under: Action », Thrillers », Casting »
The futuristic, post-apocalyptic drama Book of Eli is one of those features that sounds like a lot of other films -- man setting out in a wasteland to save the Earth. To me, it's one robot away from Cyborg -- well, a few pecs away as well, since star Denzel Washington isn't as beefy as Jean Claude Van Damme. But where the old post-apocalyptic world was great in that terrible, crappy movie sort of way, Eli is getting packed with talent.The Hollywood Reporter posts that the wonderful chameleon Gary Oldman is in negotiations to co-star. Better yet -- it's taking him back to the dark side and away from his recent good guy forays. As Washington's Eli tries to make his way across America's wasteland and "protect a sacred book that might hold the key to saving the future of humanity," Oldman's Carnegie will try and stop him. The despot of a makeshift town without laws, Carnegie wants to take possession of the book Eli is guarding, presumably for his own benefit. (Or maybe for his little community a la Blindness?)
So yeah, it's Cyborg with a book instead of a robot, with less muscles, and a much better baddie. My hopes, they're soaring high. Production will kick into gear next year, and unfortunately, we'll have to wait until 2010 to see what Denzel and Gary make of this.
New 'Kung Fu' Director Promises Edgier Take
Filed under: Action », Drama », Deals », Warner Brothers », Remakes and Sequels », Western »
Last week I told you about the ComingSoon.net report that Max Makowski had been hired to direct the upcoming big screen adaptation of 1970s TV series Kung Fu. (You remember that show: it starred a bald David Carradine, pictured.) Now Variety is weighing in with additional details. Makowski replaces Allen and Albert Hughes, who had been signed to direct. I speculated on the reasons why they may have jumped ship; Variety says they are busy preparing to film The Book of Eli for Warner Brothers. We already knew about that deal; it's the post-apocalyptic drama Erik Davis told us about in May. Adding credence to my thought that the brothers may not have been happy with the Kung Fu script rewritten by Cory Goodman, Variety also reports that the "project is out to writers in order to get the script ready to go before a possible strike." Goodman's script may have been great, but maybe not completely in tune with what the Hughes Brothers wanted. Or, maybe they preferred the "lone hero" at the heart of The Book of Eli to Caine, the lone hero of Kung Fu.
In any event, Makowski reportedly intends to give Kung Fu an edgier take than the series. Does that mean less philosophy and more ass-kicking? In his review of the first season DVD box set, Stuart Galbraith of DVD Talk noted: "By today's standards, the martial arts sequences only look silly. They have no vitality or authenticity." I'd love to see some dynamic action scenes in the new Kung Fu, but not at the expense of the life lessons imparted by the Shaolin temple monks to young Caine. We'll keep an eye on this one, grasshopper.
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