http://comingsoon.net Do you know what's coming? en-us Nov 6, 2009 Ain't It Cool News got a chance to talk to The Wolfman director Joe Johnston and the interview briefly turned to the possibility of a Jurassic Park 4 . Johnston directed the third film in the franchise, which was released in 2001. "There is a great story for the fourth one that I would be interested in getting involved with and it's nothing like the first three," Johnston told the site, "It sort of takes the franchise off in a completely different direction, which is the only way I would want to get involved." He added that it likely won't be another storyline about a group of people struggling to survive a dinosaur attack. "We've done that and it's been done three times..." The site commented that they should stay away from an island setting... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60710 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60710 Nov 6, 2009 ShockTillYouDrop.com has learned exclusively that Twisted Pictures ("Saw" franchise) is developing the horror graphic novel "Sorrow" for the big screen. The company has secured the rights to Rick Remender, Seth Peck and Francesco Francavilla's tale which was published through Image Comics. Michael Hidalgo, who penned upcoming The Butcherhouse Chronicles , will write the script. Click here for more on the story! http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60709 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60709 Nov 6, 2009 Gwyneth Paltrow is joining Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl , reports Variety . Thomas Alfredson ( Let the Right One In ) is directing a script by Lucinda Coxon. Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman are producing, along with Kidman and Per Saari. The film is based on the true story of Danish artists Einar (Kidman) and Greta Wegener (Paltrow). Their marriage took a sharp left turn after Einar stood in for an female model that Greta was set to paint. When their portraits became wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einer to a metamorphosis and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60696 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60696 Nov 6, 2009 A&E has announced that its new reality series, "The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty," will premiere on Sunday, December 13 with back-to-back one-hour shows. The six hours series follows Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Marlon as they reunite for a 40th Anniversary Jackson Five concert while also coming to terms with the passing of their beloved: A&E presents "The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty," a new real-life series that will chronicle the personal and professional lives of Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Marlon as they prepare for a Jackson Five reunion, while also coming to terms with Michael's tragic loss. The series premieres Sunday, December 13 with back-to-back one-hour episodes beginning at 9:00pm ET/PT. The series will then move to its regularly scheduled time,... http://comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=60695 http://comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=60695 Nov 6, 2009 Even among animated films, Fantastic Mr. Fox looks unique. In a field dominated by computer generated animation, Wes Anderson's new film stands apart even from other stop-motion movies. Anderson began creating this unique look long before a single set was built, or an anthropomorphic fox was posed in front of a camera. "We started by developing a color theory for the film," explains Nelson Lowery, the film's production designer, "It was a limited color palate, quite unusual for an animated film. There was no blue or green. [It was mostly] autumnal colors." This posed a slight difficulty for the team. "When you make a palate like that, when you interject grey it would become a new color. While grey would just be grey in any normal movie, once it's... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60690 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60690 Nov 6, 2009 Lionsgate has brought online the official website for the Matthew Vaughn-directed comic book adaptation Kick-Ass at IAmKick-Ass.com . The site features a Flash intro and then gives you a peek at the new character posters combined. There you will also notice that the site is counting down to the trailer debut on MySpace in just a little over eight days! Opening April 16th, Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name -- Kick-Ass -- assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There's only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60689 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60689 Nov 6, 2009 Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake are in talks to star in Yogi Bear , Warner Bros.' big screen adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. The film is being directed by Eric Brevig and produced by Donald De Line and Karen Rosenfelt as a live-action/CG hybrid. Faris will play a nature documentarian who follows the antics of a bear in fictional Jellystone Park. Aykroyd will voice Yogi, and Timberlake may voice Yogi's companion, Boo Boo. The studio hopes to get Yogi Bear under way in New Zealand in December. Brad Copeland penned the current script with Joshua Sternin and Jeff Ventimilia writing the original draft. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60682 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60682 Nov 6, 2009 Bradley Cooper is set to star in Dark Fields , a thriller being directed by Neil Burger for Relativity Media. Shia LaBeouf was originally attached to star. Heat Vision says that the story follows a down-and-out writer (Cooper) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes one smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects. Before long, mysterious antagonists are pursuing him. The script is based on the book by Alan Glynn, with the screenplay written by Leslie Dixon ( The Thomas Crown Affair ). Universal will distribute via Relativity's Rogue Pictures. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60681 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60681 Nov 6, 2009 "Twilight" franchise star Ashley Greene is in talks to star in Dark Castle's The Apparition . The story, inspired by true events, centers on a young couple haunted by a supernatural presence unleashed during a college experiment. The film starts shooting on February 1st. Joel Silver is producing with Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman. Steve Richards, Sue Baden Powell and Daniel Alter executive produce. Todd Lincoln is writing and directing. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60679 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60679 Nov 6, 2009 Universal Pictures has picked up Desperados , a comedy script from Ellen Rapoport that will act as a potential starring vehicle for Isla Fisher, says The Hollywood Reporter . The story is set in motion when a woman sends an indignant e-mail to her new beau, who's gone silent after they have sex. When she discovers he's comatose in a Mexican hospital, she races south of the border with her friends in tow to intercept the e-mail before he recovers. The project has been described as a female-oriented Hangover . http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60683 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60683 Nov 6, 2009 J.J. Abrams is executive producing and will direct the first episode for "Undercovers," his Warner Bros. pilot at NBC. Abrams would make "Undercovers" the first TV pilot he has directed since 2004's "Lost" opener. NBC's "Undercovers" has been described as a mix between Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Bourne Identity . http://comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=60680 http://comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=60680 Nov 6, 2009 IGN has debuted four character posters for the Matthew Vaughn-directed comic book adaptation Kick-Ass , opening in theaters on April 16. The action-adventure, based on the Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. comic, tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name -- Kick-Ass -- assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There's only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers. His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, is hunted by assorted violent and unpleasant characters, and meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes, including an... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60675 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60675 Nov 6, 2009 TriStar Pictures has brought online this extended clip from the animated comedy Planet 51 , hitting theaters on November 20. Voiced by Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott and John Cleese, the film was directed by Jorge Blanco. Planet 51 revolves around American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker, who lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders... like Chuck! With the help of his robot companion "Rover" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60676 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60676 Nov 6, 2009 Myriad Pictures will release the psychological thriller Cry of the Owl domestically in the fall, reports Variety . The film, which stars Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine, is based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, who wrote the "The Talented Mr. Ripley." Written and directed by Jamie Thraves, the story centers on a young woman (Stiles) who discovers she is being stalked by a troubled local man (Considine). Her fear turns to attraction until her boyfriend finds out and devises an elaborate scheme to frame Considine's character for a murder that never happened. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60678 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60678 Nov 6, 2009 Ringu helmer Hideo Nakata has signed on to direct the independent supernatural thriller Voice From the Stone . Based on the Italian cult novel of the same name, the story centers on a female psychologist who takes on the case of a young boy who made a promise to his dying mother to remain silent until her spirit returns. The psychologist begins to realize that the boy's dead mother has manipulated her in order to take possession of her body so she can be reunited with her son. Mark Wheaton ( The Messengers ) wrote the adaptation. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60677 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60677 Nov 5, 2009 The history of rock 'n' roll was forever changed in the '60s by the British Invasion, and the influence of bands like The Beatles and The Stones and The Who and The Kinks and others are still felt today. And yet, in England, the government-run radio stations only allowed an hour of popular music on air a day, forcing music DJs to take their show to the sea, broadcasting rock music from boats off the coast of England 24 hours a day for anyone who wanted to listen. That's the musical history at the center of Pirate Radio , the new ensemble comedy from Richard Curtis that features an illustrious cast including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Rhys Darby ("Flight of the Conchords") and Rhys Ifans and others playing DJs on just such a ship. The story is told... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60446 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60446 Nov 5, 2009 Lionsgate has premiered a new trailer for director Jim Sheridan's Brothers , starring Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal. In the film, opening December 4th, a decorated Marine (Maguire) goes missing overseas. His black-sheep younger brother (Gyllenhaal) cares for his wife (Portman) and children at home—with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60661 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60661 Nov 5, 2009 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that J.J. Abrams ( Star Trek , "Lost," "Alias") is in talks to produce a movie about the Japanese interchangeable toys Micronauts, which Hasbro just acquired. First released in Japan in 1974 (under the name Microman), the toys were imported to the U.S. by the Mego Corporation in 1976. The line consisted of 3.75-inch tall toys which used a universal, five millimeter inter-connective design. Mego cancelled the Micronauts line in 1980. In 2002, Palisades Toys bought the rights to reproduce Micronauts. The Micronauts comic books were published by Marvel Comics, Image Comics, and Devil's Due Publishing. Their first comic appearance was in "Micronauts #1" (Marvel, Jan. 1979) with characterizations created by Bill... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60658 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60658 Nov 5, 2009 Millennium Films and Nu Image are presenting director Simon West's The Mechanic at the American Film Market, and ComingSoon.net has this first look at sales art for the action film that will star Jason Statham, Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland. In the reinvention of the 1972 Charles Bronson action classic, Foster will play Steve McKenna, the young man who becomes an apprentice to a hitman played by Statham. Sutherland will play the role of Foster's father and Statham's handler. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60657 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60657 Nov 5, 2009 ShockTillYouDrop.com has posted two photos of Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Spencer Locke and Wentworth Miller on the Toronto, Canada set for Resident Evil: Afterlife . You can view the photos here ! Milla also started tweeting from the set yesterday and has revealed some nice nuggets via her Twitter account . Her tweets from the last few days are definitely worth checking out. Written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, the fourth installment will be released in 2D and 3D by Screen Gems on August 27, 2010. In the film, Alice (Jovovich) continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60656 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60656 Nov 5, 2009 Warner Home Video has announced that "Halo Legends" will be released in the form of seven animated short films on February 9 on Blu-ray and DVD: Go deeper into the Halo universe than ever before with Halo Legends, an all-new, CG and traditional anime PG-13 experience that presents enthralling new stories from one of the world’s most popular video game franchises. Produced by 343 Industries, a part of Microsoft Game Studios, the exciting tales-beyond-the-games will be distributed February 9, 2010 by Warner Home Video as a Special Edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray for $29.98 (SRP) and $34.99 (SRP), respectively, as well as single disc DVD for $19.98 (SRP) due date for all versions is January 5, 2010. The chapters will also be available On Demand and Digital... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60655 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60655 Nov 5, 2009 20th Century Fox has begun airing a 30-second TV spot for James Cameron's Avatar that you can watch using the player below! Opening in conventional 3D theaters and IMAX 3D on December 18, the film stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang and Matt Gerald. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60651 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60651 Nov 5, 2009 Johnny Depp is in talks to join Angelina Jolie in The Tourist , which is targeting a February production start. Depp would play an American tourist drawn into a web of intrigue by a female Interpol agent (Jolie) who is attempting to locate a criminal who was once her lover. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star is replacing Sam Worthington (upcoming Avatar ), who dropped out over creative differences, as has director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Alfonso Cuaron ( Children of Men ) is in early talks to take over the director's chair. At one time, Bharat Nalluri was attached to direct with Tom Cruise in the lead role. Charlize Theron was also attached to the project for a long time, but was replaced by Jolie recently. Julian Fellowes wrote the original script;... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60642 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60642 Nov 5, 2009 Total Film has published a new interview with director Guillermo del Toro in which he talks about developing The Hobbit and it's sequel . The interview is broken up into 10 pages, but towards the middle it starts getting interesting when he begins talking about the creatures in the film. Here's just a sample: I think one of the designs I’m the proudest of is Smaug. Obviously he took the longest. It’s actually still active: we’re finishing his colour palette and a little bit of the texture. But the bulk of the design took about a year, solid. It’s because of the unique features of the dragon. Early in production I came up with a very strong idea that would separate Smaug from every other dragon ever made. The problem was implementing that idea. But I think we’ve nailed... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60650 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60650 Nov 5, 2009 Danny Boyle will direct 127 Hours for Fox Searchlight. The film tells the story of mountaineer Aron Ralston. Ralston's right forearm got pinned for nearly five days under a boulder during a climb in Utah in May 2003. He used a dull knife to amputate the limb, then scaled a 65-foot sheer wall and hiked out before running into a family that gave him water and food. Boyle has written a treatment, and Simon Beaufoy is in talks to write the script, and Christian Colson will produce. It would be a reunion of the team behind eight-time Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire . Filming will begin next year for a late 2010 release. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60645 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60645 Nov 5, 2009 Zach Galifianakis ( The Hangover ) is in negotiations to voice Humpty Dumpty in "Shrek" spin-off Puss in Boots , says The Hollywood Reporter . Tom Wheeler is writing the screenplay for the prequel, which will feature the voices of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek in a story about the events leading up to the feline assassin's first meeting with Shrek & Co. in the second film. Chris Miller, who co-directed and co-wrote Shrek the Third . wrote an earlier draft of the "Puss" screenplay and is directing the DreamWorks Animation movie. The film is scheduled for a November 4, 2011 release. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60648 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60648 Nov 5, 2009 French director Pierre Morel ( Taken ) has signed to helm the original thriller screenplay written by Richard Potter and Matthew Stravitz. Potter and Stravitz's contemporary story line is secret but is expected to take on the tone of a 1970s-era paranoid thriller like Three Days of the Condor , says Variety . Morel's next film, From Paris With Love , is scheduled to hit theaters on February 5, 2010. He also has an untitled Tokyo-set thriller written by Frank Baldwin set up at Paramount, and he recently became attached to direct the action thriller Pursuit for Universal. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60646 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60646 Nov 5, 2009 Heat Vision reports that John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker are in talks to join the cast of Red , Summit Entertainment's adaptation of the Wildstorm/DC Comics miniseries being directed by Robert Schwentke. The film is about former black-ops agent (Bruce Willis), now in retirement, who has to contend with younger, more high-tech assassins who show up to kill him. Reilly would play a retired CIA agent who is paranoid that everyone is out to kill him. Parker would play the romantic interest, a federal pension worker who becomes embroiled in the Willis character's struggle to stay alive. Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren already are on board for the film, being produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian. DC's Gregory Noveck executive produces with Jake... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60649 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60649 Nov 5, 2009 2012 director Roland Emmerich told Entertainment Weekly that a TV version of his upcoming disaster movie is already in development. Mark Gordon ("Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice") is on board to executive produce. [Spoilers about the movie ahead!] "The plan is that it is 2013 and it's about what happens after the disaster," Emmerich told the magazine. "It is about the resettling of Earth. That is very, very fascinating." Emmerich added that he thinks the show "will focus on a group of people who survived but not on the boats... maybe they were on a piece of land that was spared or one that became an island in the process of the crust moving." EW says that Gordon is rumored to be in talks with ABC for the disaster... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60643 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60643 Nov 5, 2009 Universal Pictures has debuted the new trailer for Despicable Me at Apple has has provided us with new photos which you can view here . Opening on July 9th, the 3D animated comedy is voiced by Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement and Julie Andrews. The studio describes the pic as follows: In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60641 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60641