Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Aug. 3rd, 2008
Plenty of wacky rumours came out of the woodwork this week, including some casting speculation for the next Batman movie and also a third Ghostbusters movie. Although they will probably not amount to much, they still sparked a lot of discussion here on Film Junk. Meanwhile, Marvel announced plans to move forward with a Venom movie, and a trailer for the next Harry Potter movie hit the web. Ridley Scott’s take on Robin Hood seems to have encountered some roadblocks, and Empire Magazine forced Watchmen’s Dr. Manhattan to cover up his superhuman package!
Top Headlines
Venom Spin-off Moves Forward
Angelina Jolie Up For Catwoman?
Seth Rogen to Star in Ghostbusters 3?
Austin Powers 4 in Development
John Carpenter Signs on for Scared Straight Starring Nicolas Cage
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Comes to the Big Screen
I Am Legend Gets a Prequel
New Trailers
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
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Some Stories We Didn’t Cover
Empire Magazine Refuses to Let Dr. Manhattan Go Commando
Howard Stern Remaking Rock N Roll High School
David Zucker to Direct An American Carol
Seth Rogen Thrown Out of Maxim Party for Smoking Weed?!
Casey Affleck Planning Animated Noah’s Ark Movie
James Franco to Play Allen Ginsberg
John Boorman to Direct Hadrian Biopic
Guillermo Del Toro to Produce Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Ridley Scott’s Nottingham Delayed
Bryan Singer to Direct Studio 54 Pilot?
Tyrese Gibson in Talks for Thundercats
Jon Heder to Star in Woke Up Dead Web Series
CBS To Remake Streets of San Francisco
Joss Whedon Planning Dr. Horrible Sequel
Joss Whedon Reshoots Dollhouse Pilot
Comments (6)
James Franco as Allen Ginsberg??? I don’t know about that, but as a fan of the beat generation i will surely check it out
Posted by cronenfly on August 3rd, 2008SEAN
Posted by Joel on August 3rd, 2008The podcasts are busted up. Please tell me this will be fixed by tomorrow!
Does anyone else think the one guy on the right side of the Watchmen cover (I don’t know his name– never read the comic) looks like Harvey Birdman? Has this been discussed?
Posted by Jon Rocks on August 3rd, 2008Joel: What is busted up about the podcasts exactly? Are the feeds not working? Is the latest show not showing up in iTunes? I haven’t noticed any problems myself.
Posted by Sean on August 4th, 2008Surely they could have positioned the magazine’s title to cover him up Austin Powers style!?
Posted by Liney on August 4th, 2008They could have just shown them from the vaist up. But I guess they wanted to convey the magnitute of Dr. Manhattan’s enourmous package.
Posted by Matt on August 7th, 2008Leave a Reply