Warner Brothers are said to be making a third Tomb Raider movie.
Paramount had made the previous two installments Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft: Cradle Of Life, however the rights to the Tomb Raider franchise have since reverted back to the games makers ‘Eidos’. Who is turn sold the rights to Warner Brothers as part of an agreement when Warner Brothers increased its stake in Eidos.
For those that don’t know, the very popular video game surrounds the adventures of the sexy/acrobatic archaeologist played by Angelina Jolie in the last two movies. Although no cast has been released for the movie yet it seems unlikely that Angelina will revive the role and rumours have it that Transformers Megan Fox may take it on instead.
I am personally a keen fan of Megan Fox (for many reasons) but i do think that Angelina was made for this role and i just can’t see how she could measure up against her.
However, i sincerely hope i am wrong!….
The next installment of the new superman movies is soon to be in development but it looks like Lex Luthor is has reportedly been axed as the main villain as Warner Bros want someone new to be the baddie.
Warner Bros has asked writers to come up with ideas for another bad guy for the new movie which has already been titled as Man Of Steel. Kevin spacey played Superman’s Arch-Nemesis in the most recent film Superman Returns but the new movie is said to take a new direction and the first step towards this is to change the villain - other changes may follow.
Warner Bros have still not been able to agree with a villain they are happy with as of yet and even investigated old ones such as General Zod who appeared in Superman and Superman 2 . However, they haven’t ruled out ideas for a brand new bad guy for the new film.
Although the fourth film in the series of Terminator movies is yet to be released (2009), it has been reported that the Halcyon Company, run by Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson who own the rights to the Terminator franchise have begun working on a fifth installment with Terminator Salvation director McG.
The original plan was to wait until Terminator Salvation had been aired before moving on with another addition to the sci fi movies but due to the huge amount of positive feedback they received from preview footage and trailers they have decided to press forward with a fifth film with an anticipated release date for 2011.
“We feel the time is now to start shaping the next part of this,” said Kubicek
There is also speculation of a third movie to make up a second trilogy of the popular sci fi adventure and with Christian Bale playing the adult version of John Connor signing up for a three-film agreement with Halcyon, it would seem its almost a certain it will happen.
Arnold Schwarzenegger can’t return to the big screen to play his part as the terminator due to his other commitments as governor of california but they will show footage of him all dressed up in his motorcycle boots, jacket and sun glasses throughout the film.
Christopher Nolan has admitted that he is concerned that the third installment to the Batman sequels he will directs, will not be as good as the others.
Both films, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight were a major commercial success but Nolan doesn’t believe that second sequels are ever as popular than the originals as they tend to be sub-par.
“I don’t know why they’re hard to do. Maybe there’s so much expectation to them. I wouldn’t want to do one if it weren’t going to be as good as the first or second. That’s not respectful to the fans,”
The director doesn’t want a third movie to take away the hard work he put into the first two, especially after re-newing peoples excitement over the Batman franchise.
“It was obvious when the box office was so big that we had underestimated how ready fans were to reboot the franchise,” he said. “The worst thing you could do now that you’ve gotten the plane back in the air is mess up the landing.”
A third installment of the popular Ace Ventura franchise hasn’t made it to the cinema screens and heads straight out on DVD!.
Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective will be released on DVD in the US on March 3, 2009. It is a follow up to the 1990s films that made Jim Carrey a household name. Jim doesn’t lead this film though and is replaced by Josh Flitter (Nancy Drew) who plays Ace’s son following in his fathers foot steps.
The movie is all about Josh trying to clear the family name when his mother is accused of stealing a baby panda.
Wall-e is the latest is an increasing string of Disney Pixar movie’s and is now out on DVD.
It seems to be flying off the shelves in an anticipation for the Christmas rush and is expected to continue up until the big day.
The film shows earth many years into the future, it has been deserted by all humans due to the amount of waste they had produced during there stay and now made the planet unlivable. In a bid to save the planet (and themselves) they have left the earth in huge space ship waiting for when it becomes habitable again and can re-populate the plant.
As they leave they set an army of cleaning robots to clean the planet whilst they live in paradise in an automated spaceship. Many years have gone by since there departure and there is only one robot left ‘Wall-e’, a cute, lovable machine who seems have to developed a personality along the way. During his routine clean up rounds he encounters ‘Eve’ another robot sent on a scout mission from the human spaceship to see if Earth is finally habitable again. In a short space of time he becomes smitten with the fancy, more futuristic robot which leads him on quest to unknowingly save all human kind!
The movie was originally designed for small children but seems to have captivated a larger audience and can be found in such places like Play.com and Amazon - Promotional Codes are becoming popular on these sites to provide additional discounts on DVDs you purchase.
Twilight has just hit the cinema screens and plans to turn the film into a movie franchise are on the way!
The story is based around a set of indie graphic of novels. It sees Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) move to Phoenix high school after her mother remarries, the move takes her to a small rainy town called Folks. There she meets an unusual character, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) who she falls for and learns his dark secret - he is a vampire! He hasn’t aged since 1918, is super fast and incredibly strong. He is different to the stereotypical vampire as he doesn’t have fangs or drink blood and his family are unique from others of there kind due to their life style choice.
Edward believes that Bella is the soul mate he has been waiting for, for the last 90 years but as their romance starts to blossom he finds it increasingly difficult to subside his most primal instinct which could cause him to go on an uncontrollable frenzy - this is made more complicated when his mortal vampire enemys show up in town looking for Bella.
A bit more movie news for you, as Indie studio Summit Entertainment has started on the next two installments ‘New Moon’ and ‘Eclipse’ from Stephenie Meyers best selling series. They have even reserved the rights to a fourth movie ‘Breaking Dawn’ but no development has taken place as of yet.
A lawsuit has been filed by Warner Bros against an Indian film studio called Mirchi Movies who are going to release a film called Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors.
The case will be heard at Bombay High Court, Warner Bros will believe that Puttar infringes on the copyright of the Harry Potter film series.
Hari Puttar, is all about a young 10 year old boy from India who moves to the UK. It is due to be released on September 12.
A Warner Bros. spokesperson confirmed: “We have recently commenced proceedings against parties involved in the production and distribution of a movie entitled Hari Puttar.
“Warner Bros. values and protects intellectual property rights. However, it is our policy not to discuss publicly the details of any ongoing litigation.”
Mirchi Movies CEO Munish Purii said: “Since the case is sub-Justice, we can’t comment as of now. However, we registered the Hari Puttar title in 2005, and it’s unfortunate that Warner has chosen to file a case so close to our film’s release. In my opinion, I don’t think our title has any similarity or links with Harry Potter.”
Kate Winslet admitted that during love scenes for her new up and coming movie Revolutionary Road , it felt ‘a bit wierd’.
Kate’s co-star Leonardo DiCaprio (also starred along side her in Titanic) was not the main cause but her husband who happens to be the director for this movie, Sam Mendes.
She said: “I just kept saying, ‘This is too… weird’. And Leo was like, ‘Oh, get over it’. And I’m going, ‘Yeah, a little reminder: You’re my best friend. He’s my husband. This is a bit weird’.
“I hadn’t realised how much my chemistry with him since Titanic would still stick. It’s great to discover we can just slip right into it, like muscle memory.”
Mendes added that he was also feeling awkward directing his wife with DiCaprio. “I will admit it was quite bizarre to direct my wife in how to make love,” he said. “But it’s difficult whether you’re married to a person or not.”
Kiefer Sutherland has confirmed that the smash hit TV series ‘24′ are bringing out a movie once the show is over.
The lead male role in the show stated that the producers of the show don’t want his character ‘Jack Bauer’ in a movie until the TV series has been cancelled.
“It’s certainly on the table,” Sutherland told Extra. “We would certainly be thrilled to make it, but we’re going to wait until the series is finished.”
“It’s always been a desire but we’ve always known that for the writers, it’s so hard for them to actually get through the series every year that we put the film on the back burner, that we would do it after the series was over, and that might be as soon as next year.”
