Breaking Dawn Pt. 2
Silver Linings Playbook
Lincoln-Wide Release
Anna Karenina
New Trailers First, Finally a Full Les Miserables Trailer
Struck By Lightning
World War Z
'Salt' Director Phillip Noyce Now in
Talks to Adapt 'The Giver' Novel
Yes, this is the story of yet
another young adult novel being adapted into a movie, but this one thankfully
is not trying to capitalize on the success of Twilight or The Hunger Games. Jeff Bridges purchased
the rights to Lois Lowry's
1993 novel The Giver twenty years ago as a starring vehicle
for his father Lloyd, and has been trying to get it made ever since. The
project looked like it might move forward in 2007, and then in 2011 the actor
decided that he would step in and play the title
character. Now Variety reports
the project may have found a director, as Salt helmer Phillip Noyce is in talks to sit in the director's
chair. Read more here.
What?! 'Saw' and 'Insidious' Director James
Wan Finds 'MacGyver'
In a combination almost as ridiculous as the items that
the 80s, mullet-bearing secret agent would create, Variety reports Saw and Insidious director James
Wan is in talks with New Line Cinema to adapt the TV series MacGyver into
a feature film. Richard Dean Anderson led the series following Angus McGyver,
an educated scientist with a background as a bomb team technician in Vietnam,
who worked for the fictional government agency DXS (Department of External
Services). Known for never carrying a gun and avoiding violence unless
necessary, MacGyver used wits and a hodgepodge of goodies combined to thwart
bad guys. Keep reading here.
Well, that was fast. Just
after hearing yesterday that Michael Bay might have changed his mind about
considering Mark Wahlberg for
a role in Transformers 4 (it should really be called Trans4mers)
after an Internet rumor pegged the Contraband and Ted star for the sequel,
Paramount Pictures has confirmed that with a press release.
The announcement simply says, "After an exceptionally successful
collaboration on the upcoming Pain and Gain, Michael Bay has
cast Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg in the highly anticipated Transformers
4." It doesn't get anymore official than that. Oh, and there's
a new logo as well! Click to read more.
'Top
Gun' Sequel & 3D Re-Release in Limbo After Tony Scott's Death
It's been a little
over a month and a half since director Tony Scott tragically committed suicide, and it's
strange to think he will never make another film. There were a slew of projects
the filmmaker had in development, but none as high profile as a sequel to Top Gun and a planned 3D re-release of the original
fighter pilot thriller starring Tom Cruise. However, New York Times is now reporting
that in the wake of Scott's death, plans for a sequel have fallen apart
completely, and Paramount Pictures isn't sure what to do with the 3D converted
Top Gun, and it's not clear if it will actually end up in theaters. Click
here to read more.
'Harry Potter' Director David Yates Swings to 'Tarzan' with
Tom Hardy?
While Harry
Potter franchise
screenwriter Steve Kloves is looking to adapt
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book at Warner Bros (he'll also direct the
film), one of the boy wizard's directors is going to work on a different jungle
tale. Vulture has word that David Yates, who
directed the final four installments of the Harry Potter franchise, will next take on a new big
screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's classic tale Tarzan, a project also set up at Warner
Bros. The project has been in development for years with Ocean's
11 producer Jerry
Weintraub, and Craig Brewer was most recently
attached to direct but
has fallen away. Read more here.
Just for Fun-this is a fun scene from Notting Hill.
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