Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: May 18, 2008
A couple of unexpected announcements regarding eccentric German filmmaker Werner Herzog this week, including a remake of Bad Lieutenant starring Nicolas Cage of all people, and a collaboration with David Lynch. Jonah Hill has apparently moved on from Transformers 2 to do a 21 Jump Street movie (?), meanwhile a Fraggle Rock movie was confirmed along with sequels to Fahrenheit 9/11 and Point Break. Hey, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Also don’t forget to check out some new trailers for the The X-Files 2 and The Mummy 3.
Top Headlines
Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage Remaking Bad Lieutenant
George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead To Be Re-Released in 3D
Guy Ritchie to Direct Sgt. Rock?
Saw VI Gets a Director
McG’s Spaced Remake Not Picked Up by Fox
Fraggle Rock Movie Moving Forward
21 Jump Street: The Movie?
New Trailers
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
City of Ember
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
How To Lose Friends and Alienate People
Some Stories We Didn’t Cover
Werner Herzog and David Lynch Team Up for My Son, My Son
The Butterfly Effect 3 in the Works
Ellen and Portia Are Getting Married
Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in Ian Fleming Biopic?
Live Action Beavis and Butthead Movie Not Happening
Point Break 2 Confirmed
Joe Dante to Direct Bat Out of Hell
Michael Cera to Star in Youth in Revolt
Beast to Appear in X-Men Origins: Magneto?
A Couple of A-Team Casting Rumours
Matthew McConaughey to Star in Surfer, Dude
The Gate Gets a Sequel: 20 Years Latert
George Clooney to Star in Men Who Stare At Goats
Goosebumps: The Movie
Original Faces of Death Getting Re-Released on DVD
Is ThinkFilm in Financial Trouble?
Cronenberg to Direct Timecrimes Remake?
Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel Finally Moves Ahead
Adrian Grenier to Direct Paparazzi Film
Corey Feldman to Star in Lucky Fritz
David O. Russell’s Nailed Halts Production
Another Chainsaw Massacre?
Audrey Tautou to Star as Coco Chanel
Witchblade Movie in the Works
Comments (1)
Oh man, that Lynch/Herzog (and Lynch/Jardowosky!) news is pretty exciting. And they’ll be filming in my city? Snaaap.
Posted by Derek on May 19th, 2008Leave a Reply