Columbia Pictures Doesn’t Want Ivan Reitman for Ghostbusters 3
James Wortman Well, this is quite the bombshell. Just weeks after Bill Murray trashed the idea of a third Ghostbusters film on The Late Show with David Letterman, dismissing the long-awaited project…
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Will Avatar Hit Theaters Again This Year?
While Avatar is still doing strong business on regular-sized 3D digital screens after Alice in Wonderland forced it from IMAX theaters, Fox is already thinking ahead and planning for a…
Hugo Weaving in Talks to Play Red Skull in The First Avenger: Captain America
I’m pretty much avoiding any and all casting rumors swirling around Marvel Studios’ upcoming Captain America film—which is apparently titled The First Avenger: Captain America—but I’m having a hard time…
Christopher Nolan Discusses Superman, Third Batman Film
In a Los Angeles Times piece, director Christopher Nolan confirmed earlier reports that Warner Bros. has enlisted him to oversee production on a Superman reboot, acting as a producer and…
The Tron Legacy Trailer Is Here!
As I mentioned in a post last week, the whole Tron thing is pretty new to me. I don’t have any deep-seeded childhood memories about the quirky 1982 Disney flick…
The New Iron Man 2 Trailer Drove Me Stark Raving Mad!
Yes, yes, the Academy Awards took place last night and we’re all very happy for the winners. But I think the real highlight of the night came long after Kathryn…
NBC: Heroes’ Future Remains Unclear
If you follow my film/television coverage over at Broken Frontier, you know I have some pretty mixed feelings about Heroes, NBC’s floundering superhero series that, for the past three years,…
NPH Suits Up for The Smurfs
I really don’t have any interest in Sony Pictures’ The Smurfs, which starts shooting next month, but after learning that Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Dr. Horrible’s…
Next Wolverine Flick Shoots in 2011
If you saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I’m pretty sure you were disappointed by it. If you weren’t, you really need to stop lying to yourself. But even if you loathed…
Tron Legacy Could Lead to More Films, a TV Show and Theme Park Attractions
Can I confess something? I grew up having little to no interest in Tron, Disney’s groundbreaking 1982 film combining flesh-and-blood actors and computer-generated imagery. I was familiar with the premise…