Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Aug. 24, 2008
There was plenty of fanboy anger out there on the web this week, primarily directed at Fox not only for their lawsuit against Warner Brothers and the Watchmen movie, but also the possible cancellation of the upcoming Dragonball movie and the rumours of interference with Gavin Hood’s vision for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In other news, Mike Judge has another movie in production, and the Superman franchise will be getting a reboot in the vein of The Punisher and Hulk.
Speaking of reboots, both the Poltergeist and Child’s Play series are getting the same treatment, meanwhile the late Chris Farley’s tepid comedy Beverly Hills Ninja is actually getting a sequel?! Bring it on baby, bring it on.
Top Headlines
Fans Upset About Watchmen Lawsuit
Dragonball Movie To Be Canned?
Ben Affleck to Star in Mike Judge’s Extract
Sam Raimi Wants James Franco to Play Jack Ryan?
Russell Brand to Play Lead in Rocky Horror Remake?
Next Superman Movie Will Not Be A Sequel to Superman Returns
Reefer Movie Madness: Top 10 Stoner Comedies
New Trailers
Frost/Nixon
Monsters vs Aliens
Some Stories We Didn’t Cover
Child’s Play Series Getting a Reboot
Universal to Release Mamma Mia Sing Along Edition in Theatres
Another Director/Studio Clash over Wolverine?
Poltergeist Remake Gains Knowing Writers
Brotherhood of the Wolf Gets a Director’s Cut
Alex Proyas to Direct Robert Heinlein’s Jonathan Hoag
Criterion Re-Releasing Essential Art House Movies in 6 Packs
Veronica Mars Movie a Possibility?
WTF… A Beverly Hills Ninja Sequel
Trick R Treat Essentially Going Direct to DVD
Writer Accuses Paul W.S. Anderson of Stealing Death Race Idea
Shakespeare CG Flick Gnomeo and Juliet Announced
Vin Diesel Directing The Fast and the Furious 4 Prequel
Tom Cruise and Sam Raimi Team Up for Sleeper
Russell Crowe to Star in Bill Hicks Biopic
Larry Fishburne Joins CSI
Punisher War Zone Still Rated R Apparently
Big Surprise: Kevin Smith Sees Watchmen, Loves It
Big Surprise: Kevin Smith Hints at Seeing Star Trek and Loving It
The Coen Brothers Start Casting A Serious Man
Warner Brothers Not Giving Guy Ritchie’s Rocknrolla a Wide Release
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Sean– What are those comments like the one above this one. They have been showing up more and more. Just wondering.
Posted by Jon Rocks on August 24th, 2008They are trackbacks from other sites that are linking to us. I’ve been trying to turn them off because they’re just getting in the way.
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