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Apr 9, 2015 - 11:28 AM
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THURSDAY, APRIL 9
THE ODYSSEY---Lionsgate movie underway about Odysseus' epic return to Greece after the siege of Troy. Francis Lawrence (THE HUNGER GAMES) is the director. Peter Craig (THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY), son of Sally Field, will write the script.
THE FANTASTIC FOUR---20th Century Fox released the first official photo of The Thing (Jamie Bell). Premiere is August 7.
GREMLINS---remake of the 1984 Joe Dante movie is underway at Warner Bros. with a script by Carl Ellsworth (DISTURBIA, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT). Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus are the producers.
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON---poster released of Vision played by Paul Bettany.
BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK---Vin Diesel and Chris Tucker have joined the cast of the Ang Lee movie about a squad of Iraq War soldiers being honored during the halftime of a Dallas Cowboys game on Thanksgiving. Garrret Hedlund, Steve Martin and Kristen Stewart also star.
MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.---Marvel Entertainment is developing a spinoff series with "story elements" appearing in future AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes. ABC has not ordered the spinoff series yet.
GRAND THEFT AUTO---Daniel Radcliffe is in negotiations to play Sam Houser, head of the company that developed "Grand Theft Auto", in this movie about Houser and his nemesis, a Miami lawyer who sought to ban video game violence.
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE---Ben Hardy will play Angel in the sequel.
PINOCCHIO---Walt Disney Pictures live-action remake underway of its classic 1940 animated movie. The script is by Peter Hedges (ABOUT A BOY, WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE?). Other Disney live-action remakes underway are BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE JUNGLE BOOK, DUMBO, MULAN and WINNIE THE POOH).
A CURE FOR WELLNESS---Gore Verbinski (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, THE RING) will direct this movie about a man who travels to the Swiss Alps to pick up his boss who is staying at a therapeutic institution and discovers his boss has mysteriously disappeared. Dane DeHaan (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2) and Mia Goth (NYMPHOMANIAC) star.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO---Sony Pictures is considering a sequel which combines the two sequel novels, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE and THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, into one movie and without director David Fincher returning. If the sequel is successful, Sony would develop another sequel based on the upcoming novel THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB by David Lagercrantz.
BRITANNIA---eight-part miniseries underway about the Roman invasion of Britannia in 43 AD. Neil Marshall (DOG SOLDIERS, THE DESCENT) is the producer.
GRACE OF MONACO---the movie about Princess Grace's possible return to Hollywood starring Nicole Kidman will have its US premiere on Lifetime after a poor theatrical box office internationally.
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL---Kathy Bates is returning to the series.
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH---Fox renewed the series for Season 2.
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Apr 9, 2015 - 11:42 AM
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Thor
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THE ODYSSEY---Lionsgate movie underway about Odysseus' epic return to Greece after the siege of Troy. Francis Lawrence (THE HUNGER GAMES) is the director. Peter Craig (THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY), son of Sally Field, will write the script.
The project can go either way, but it's a tempting thought to imagine a James Newton Howard score for this -- given it's a Francis Lawrence film.
GREMLINS---remake of the 1984 Joe Dante movie is underway at Warner Bros. with a script by Carl Ellsworth (DISTURBIA, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT). Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus are the producers.
For real? I wonder what Joe Dante says about that. He's already enough disillusioned by the industry as it is. Check out my 1-hour conversation with Dante here, btw, where he talks about these things:
http://montages.no/2013/11/filmfrelst-130-intervju-med-joe-dante/
PINOCCHIO---Walt Disney Pictures live-action remake underway of its classic 1940 animated movie. The script is by Peter Hedges (ABOUT A BOY, WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE?). Other Disney live-action remakes underway are BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE JUNGLE BOOK, DUMBO, MULAN and WINNIE THE POOH).
So they're remaking all their classic animation films? Hm. Interesting and a bit weird strategy. Many of these already have live-action versions out there, since the source material isn't by Disney and there have been numerous adaptations over the years. In fact, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST had a live-action version just last year.
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Apr 9, 2015 - 12:29 PM
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Solium
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PINOCCHIO---Walt Disney Pictures live-action remake underway of its classic 1940 animated movie. The script is by Peter Hedges (ABOUT A BOY, WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE?). Other Disney live-action remakes underway are BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE JUNGLE BOOK, DUMBO, MULAN and WINNIE THE POOH).
So they're remaking all their classic animation films? Hm. Interesting and a bit weird strategy. Many of these already have live-action versions out there, since the source material isn't by Disney and there have been numerous adaptations over the years. In fact, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST had a live-action version just last year.
Why are they releasing this news bit by bit? Just say we're adapting ALL of our animated properties into live action films. I guarantee you Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Pocahontas and Stitch is next. If I am not mistaking Alice In Wonderland 2 is supposed to be in development too.
I do see why they are doing this. It creates a "Fairy Tale" franchise with a proven built in audience. Same folks who saw, Alice In Wonderland, Oz, and Cinderella. I think Disney has an advantage as they can adapt their beloved treatments of the property. Any other studios that handle these properties are pretty much trying to make a classic out of thin air and they often appear generic. Fair or not most Westerners, think of Disney's versions as the "official" versions of these fairy tales.
Regarding FF and the Thing. Why can't they ever get his "Cro-Magnon brow" right?
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