Movie News and Views July 18, 2008
- A live-action movie is being made based on the comic book and video game property, "Turok."
- A new "Three Musketeers" movie. Yay.
- Now on the "TV-to-Movie" block: "I Dream of Jeannie."
- Billy Bob Thornton to play a manure salesman in a comedy set in the 1960's.
- Now on the "Anime-to-Hollywood-Movie" block: "Robotech."
- Werner Herzog has caught the "remake" fever as well, deciding to remake "Bad Lieutenant," with Eva Mendes and Nicolas Cage.
- Warner Bros. is still trying to produce a "Justice League" movie.
- Another "Video Game-to-Movie": "Gears of War"
- Timur Bekmambetov, director of "Night Watch," "Day Watch," and the current "Wanted," says he has no plans on making "Dusk Watch" (the third in the series). WTF? Dude, I LOVED "Night Watch."
- Sam Raimi will be doing a movie adaptation of "The Given Day," a novel by author Dennis Lahane ("Gone Baby Gone," "Mystic River")
- Speaking of Bekmambetov and "Wanted," yes, a sequel is already in the works...
- JJ Abrams was bought the rights to make a movie about an apartment that has secrets and codes to find, discover, and decrypt.
- Quentin Tarantino has been shopping his "Inglorious Bastards" script around Hollywood. He hopes to direct it and have a premiere at Cannes Film Festival.
- A "Donnie Darko" sequel is in the works, this time focusing on Donnie's sister.
- "Hostel III" in the works, but without Eli Roth.
- "Bourne 4" will begin filming next summer.
- And a "Kung Fu Panda" sequel...
- And a "Cloverfield" sequel...
- And a "300" prequel...
- "King Lear" has signed Naomi Watts and Anthony Hopkins.
- Eddie Murphy is probably retiring after he does "Beverly Hills Cop 4."
- The TV show "Friends" is set to come to a theatre near you.
- A Tale of Two Sherlocks: Sacha Baron Cohen will play Sherlock Holmes in a comedy by Judd Apatow, and Robert Downey Jr. will play Holmes in a movie directed by Guy Ritchie.
More to come! Check out the posters!
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