Mark Millar talking about “Wanted” at Newsarama: “What I will be doing is providing them with a very small amount of stuff for a story, and that will be used as a basic story that they can build from. It will be a small outline that can possibly be picked apart and not used – but it will be something exclusively for the second film, and no one will ever really see it.”
It will be based in the storyline of the movie, which varied rather substantially from the comic, but bringing in some elements from the original series that didn’t factor into the original movie, Millar said.
Unfortunately, it will most likely be missing something that nearly everybody loved from the first film… find out what after the cut.
From a link posted, somewhat appropriately, on Facebook.
The Guardian UK is reporting that “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin is writing a film about how Facebook was developed. As part of the process, he’s started a group page on Facebook called “Aaron Sorkin and the Facebook Movie.”
“I’ve just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented,” Sorkin wrote in his introduction.
“I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I’ve started this page.”
Available on Hulu through the end of the month is the classic Bill Murray film, “Groundhog Day.” Long a favorite of mine — and probably not just because I have a Groundhog Day birthday — “Groundhog Day” stars Bill Murray as a weatherman stuck reliving the same day over and over. That day is Groundhog Day, in Puxhawtawney, Pa.
Trailer for “Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk.”
Press release:
OKLAHOMA CITY - Visitors will journey across the world’s most beautiful landscapes and back during Science Museum Oklahoma’s annual Film Fest September 11-14 and 18-21. Each with a unique focus, the featured IMAX films reveal the wonders of land and water while addressing environmental issues that influence our everyday lives.
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk follows world-renowned river advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., celebrated anthropologist Wade Davis and their daughters as they embark on an exhilarating journey down the Colorado River. Filmed during a four-week river-rafting journey, the explorers investigate the relationship of changes in the Grand Canyon’s ecosystem and the increased allocation of river water to agriculture and populations that has left no water at the river’s end-the Colorado Delta.
The second film, Wildfire, showcases the gorgeous wilderness of Idaho, California and Australia as it offers IMAX film audiences an up-close experience of one of the most powerful forces in nature and the efforts put forth by trained and dedicated men and women to contain it. From smokejumpers who parachute into blazes to water-bombing helicopters, visitors discover the reason some fires are deliberately set and controlled by firefighters in order to preserve the earth’s natural resources.
A remarkable story of one of the world’s most tenacious species and human’s closest fellow predator, Wolves, presents viewers with intimate and rarely seen footage of this animal’s way of life known only to a handful of scientists. The film demonstrates the important roles numerous recovery-project efforts across the continent and changing attitudes worldwide have played in returning wolves to North America’s most beautiful wilderness-their natural habitat.
This year’s Film Fest features a Sneak Peek opportunity for visitors to see all films during an advanced screening. The Sneak Peek event will be held Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 5:30 to 9 p.m., showing all films consecutively that evening. Sneak Peek passes are available for $15 when purchased in advance and $20 when purchased at the door. Seating is limited during Sneak Peek.
Individuals may purchase a regular Film Fest pass that includes one viewing each of the films featured during this year’s Film Fest, plus one viewing of Stormchasers through October 31, 2008. Film Fest pass prices are $30 each for adults and $25 each for children and seniors.
Sneak Peek and regular Film Fest passes are available for purchase at Science Museum Oklahoma’s ticket counter or by calling (405)602-3760. For more information about the museum visit ScienceMuseumOK.org.
The Telegraph UK is reporting Cher is in talks to play an aging vamp Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s next “Batman” flick. The site also reports Johnny Depp is on board as The Riddler.
I’d take all this with a grain of salt, since last I heard the movie wasn’t written, yet, but, I suppose we shall see. If it’s what Nolan wants to do, I assume it’ll be good. I think it’s more likely a goofball rumor someone in the studio is throwing out, though.
Possibly unfortunate news for those who, like me, loved “Superman Returns”: The studio plans to reboot the “Superman” franchise, according to the Wall Street Journal (and seen on Newsarama.)
“‘Superman’ didn’t quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to,” Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov told the Wall Street Journal. “It didn’t position the character the way he needed to be positioned.” “Had ‘Superman’ worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009,” he adds.
“But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all.”
Does this mean Brandon Routh is out? Bryan Singer is done? The article doesn’t make that clear, but it’s certainly a possibility.
For those who loved the Richard Donner film (films if you count II as essentially Donner), then “Superman Returns” returned to that world and wrapped those films up admirably.
I’m a huge “Superman” fan, so I’m likely in line for whatever WB tries to do. But you don’t have to go far to find out how much Warner’s didn’t understand the Man of Steel in the not-so-distant past. As I said when I reviewed the excellent book “Hollywood vs. Superman”:
The abortive “Superman Reborn” of the 1990s, to have starred Nicolas Cage and been directed by Tim Burton, has fueled screenwriter Kevin Smith’s college tours for years, but Rossen finds even more dirt on the plagued production. In addition, the dozens of unusual casting ideas for various Superman projects will have even casual fans scratching their heads — Ashton Kutcher and Neil Diamond were considered as possible Men of Steel; Tim Allen came very close to becoming Lex Luthor.
These are not the ideas of people who get why Superman is important. Let’s hope the people making the decision for the next film respect and love the character as much as the creators of “Superman Returns.”
So, this is actually pretty cool. You can go build your own widget — which can relate to the upcoming motion picture, “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” or can just be a bunch of your own stuff. I did this in like 2 minutes, so it’s basically the movie trailer. But check it out yourself, it’s pretty cool!
Our own Brandy McDonnell runs down the legal issues that could keep the “Watchmen” film from being released. Fox’s lawsuit, saying it still had the rights to make a “Watchmen” film, was allowed to proceed. While Fox, in the lawsuit, says it might rather have the film scuttled than take money for their alleged rights, I can’t really imagine that will actually happen. Still, as others have said, Alan Moore is likely chuckling.
