Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Apr. 13, 2008

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Rumours swirled this week about the upcoming Prince of Persia movie, but in the end, nothing official was announced. Both Trick R Treat and the remake of Hellraiser suffered setbacks, and fans were pissed when they found out the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still might not have Gort in it. Uwe Boll made headlines across the web with the help of a viral video that was obviously intended to piss off fanboys. The first pictures from The Spirit appeared online, and it looks like Frank Miller is taking a cue from the Sin City movie. Lastly, the first trailer arrived for the U.S. remake of [REC] and also the third Ice Age movie.

Top Headlines
Orlando Bloom to Star in Prince of Persia
No, Wait, Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Prince of Persia
Warner Brothers Drops Trick R Treat
Script for The Day The Earth Stood Still Remake Missing Key Elements of the Original
Uwe Boll Says One Million Signatures Will Get Him To Quit The Movie Biz

New Trailers
Quarantine
Battle in Seattle
Space Chimps
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Some Stories We Didn’t Cover
First Character Photos from Will Eisner’s The Spirit
Hellraiser Remake Loses Its Directors
Natalie Portman To star in Wuthering Heights
Michael Bay Responds to Uwe Boll’s Video
The Sword and the Sorcerer Gets a Sequel
David Moscow to Star in Vacancy Prequel
Chloe Sevigny and Zooey Deschanel in Divorce Range
High School Musical-esque Hip Hop Version of Jane Austen’s Emma On The Way
Darren Aronofsky’s Developing Thriller TV Series for AMC: Riverview Towers

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