Oh goody, goody! More 3D craziness! James Cameron announced today that his next two films will be none other than “Avatar 2 & 3” to complete the trilogy. He was going to work on “Cleopatra” with Angelina Jolie but he pulled out of that, to work on Avatar instead. The next two Avatar films are slated to be released in December of 2014 and 2015.
See the press release, here.
I wasn’t so crazy about the first “Avatar” and still stand by it. I don’t think the sequels will be any better.
Kev
Tom Hardy is the latest to be casted as one of the male leads, now Chris Nolan is on the hunt for female lead for “The Dark Knight 3”. Of course, everyone will be thinking that Chris is on the lookout for a female villain such as Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, etc. That doesn’t mean a female villain is confirmed for the next one. What if Bruce Wayne finally has a love interest?
Maggie Gyllenhaal can’t come back because she was killed in a explosion from the last one, remember that?
More on it here.
Check out this list in the Batman love interest section, here.
Some may know that Batman had female villains such as Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, but there are others. Other female villains are Mercy Graves, Smoke, and Blaze. People would like to see Harley Quinn be used, but she can’t. Why? Because I’ve said it before. She’s known to be the Joker’s girlfriend and Chris doesn’t plan to bring the Joker back because of Heath’s death. So you can leave Harley out. Honestly, I don’t see Chris using a female villain for the next one.
As for Batman’s love interest, I’d love to see Chris use, Talia Al Ghul, who is Ra’s daughter. It’ll make some sense with the story since Ra was in “Batman: Begins”.
Kev
After the not so surprising announcement that LucasFilm plans to re-release all 6 Star Wars films into 3D versions in the near future, Lucas also plans to do the same with all 4 Indiana Jones films.
The rumour came from this site, here.
I honestly think, seeing “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in 3D would be badass. I always thought that would be a great 3D movie, but the rest of the Indy movies, I wouldn’t see in 3D, just “Raiders”. Plus, it would be badass to see “Raiders” on the big screen for the first time, since I never got to see it when it first came out. It’s my favorite Indy movie of them all.
Kev
Well, today is a huge release day in the entertainment world. Why? Because, the long awaited, “Back to the Future” trilogy hits on Blu Ray and “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II” video game hits shelves today! I would love to get both, but maybe I will buy them when I go to Orlando this week. There is a probably a few Best Buy stores in Orlando somewhere, and I’ll probably run into one.
I think the “BTTF” Blu Ray will sell pretty big. “The Force Unleashed II” will sell good as well. If I don’t get these in Orlando, I’ll just buy them after my vacation back here in NY. I do want both pretty badly though. I’m a huge BTTF fan. Love the movies!
Kev
Last night, I watched, “The Karate Kid” remake that stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith (Will Smith’s son). When it was first announced, that Will Smith planned on putting together a “Karate Kid” remake that was going to star his son in the leading role, it created a lot of internet controversy. Lot of complaints that the film should not be touched from the original that starred, Ralph Macchio and Pat Morrita. I was one of those people complaining about the remake, admittedly. I thought it was the worst idea ever. When the film came out in theater, the film was surprisingly getting good reviews by critics and movie fans. So I thought to myself, “Maybe the film is not as bad as people thought it was?” I figure I would wait for DVD on it. Now that it’s out on DVD, I picked it up last night at Best Buy and watched it right away last night.
To my surprise, I thought it was a really really good movie. I wasn’t bored and it was thoroughly entertaining. The story is pretty much the same as the original Karate Kid, where a young kid and a single mother moves to a new home, the son gets bullied by other school kids, he learns Karate to defend himself. Except the only difference is, the movie is taken place in China and the leading roles are starred by black people. I thought the Chinese style version of this movie is what made it interesting. Jaden is actually a decent actor, he’s not bad as others made it out to be.
What I was most impressed with the movie was Jackie Chan’s acting. This movie proves that Jackie Chan does have the talent with acting. In most Jackie Chan movies, he’s all about action scenes and doing his own stunts. This movie showed a different side of Jackie Chan, that he is a very talented actor. I think he agreed to do this movie, ’cause he thought it was an opportunity to express his acting talent. To let people know that he’s not just an action guy, he want people to know that he can act. While this movie is not Oscar worthy, I would think Jackie’s performance is Oscar worthy enough for Best Supporting Actor, in my opinion, so hope he’ll get a nomination for this. Jackie plays, Mr. Han, a replacement of the Mr. Miyagi character from the original.
I wish Ralph Macchio, agreed to do a cameo in this movie ’cause he would have been perfect for a small role somewhere in this film. It seems that Will Smith is taking a hiatus from acting himself. Will Smith has been busy launching careers for his children. Jaden Smith as an actor and Willow Smith as a singer. They must love having Will Smith as their father. “Karate Kid” remake was actually really good. I liked it a lot. Still not better than the original. I will always love the original more, of course.
Kev
Steven Spielberg has decided his next film will be “Robopocalypse” which will be adapted from a science fiction novel. Spielberg will start shooting this movie in January of 2012. This will be Steven Spielberg’s first science fiction movie since “War of the World’s” remake in 2005. Spielberg did other science fiction movies such as, “E.T.”, “Close Encounters”, “Artificial Intelligence” and “Minority Report”.
Read more here at, Deadline.
Wonder if this movie will star Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks. Wouldn’t surprise me if Steven is thinking about getting one of them for the leading role. I expect this to be a big popcorn movie full of CGI and all that.
I love Spielberg and all, but I love his movies more when he does his serious drama stuff more than his sci fi. I really love, “Schindler’s List”, “Amistad”, and “The Terminal”. I’m sure “War Horse” would be good too.
Kev
Well, that was fast! Just a few days after Mel Gibson was fired from his “Hangover 2” cameo, the film makers already found a replacement. That replacement is none other than the great, Liam Neeson! The film makers must of already hired Liam as a backup plan in case Mel turned it down or got fired. It usually takes a long time for film makers to ask actors for movies, so they must of already had Liam as their second choice.
More on it, here.
This might shock some of you readers, but I’ve never even seen the first “Hangover” movie yet. I’ll see it soon.
Kev
Starring: Katie Featherston
So I’ve just seen the movie, “Paranormal Activity 2” today. Since I liked the first one, I decided to see the second one to see how much it improved. Here is my review:
Plot/Synopsis: This film is taken place several months before the haunting of Micah and Katie Featherston from the first film. Kristi Featherston, who is Katie’s sister, is the leading character in this film lives in a huge home with security cameras installed. Kristi lives in the home with her husband Dan, they have a son together named, Hunter. They also live with a dog named, Abby, and Dan has a daughter named, Ali, who is also Kristi’s step-daughter. As the family tries to live their everyday lives in the home, strange things start to happen. Kristi and Ali begins to think that there is a ghost in the house, but Dan wouldn’t believe them. The surveillance cameras would capture all the ghostly moments that happen during the night.
I really liked the first “Paranormal Activity” film, but there were a lot of problems in the writing and the camera work. The first film was entertaining, yes, but it could have been better. So what did I think of “Paranormal Activity 2”, the sequel? There is definitely a huge improvement. I thought it was a perfect horror film all around. This is what a horror film is supposed to be. Scary, low budget, no blood & gore, no crazy special effects, etc. The writing and camera work of this film was MUCH better than the last. The film did a great job keeping this realistic, they made it seem like something like this can happen in real life. The film was unpredictable. I didn’t know what was going to happen next, every time I guessed, I was wrong. I never really jump at horror films, but I actually jumped off of my seat a few times.
This movie is actually scary as hell. Seriously, it is. True horror at it’s best. We need more horror flicks like this. All them teen slasher flicks with blood, gore and naked girls are getting old after a while. This film didn’t have any of that. That’s what makes horror films scary. Lots of twists and turns, and the film did keep me at the edge of my seat. The ending was better than the last one as well. I won’t talk about the ending of course. I can give you a hint, that Katie does return to this movie but not very much, she only has a small role in this film.
I was very impressed with the film. It’s got to be one of the best new horror films I’ve seen in a long time. This film has a bit of an Alfred Hitchcock feel. I never really get spooked watching horror films since I’ve been watching them for years so I’m pretty used to it. I was actually kind of spooked with this one. I thought the film was fantastic! This is the way to do horror!
Score for “Paranormal Activity 2” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)
Kev
TMZ reported that Mel Gibson has been fired from his “Hangover 2” cameo as a tattoo artist, because the cast members of the film got pissed and complained to the film makers. Mel’s cameo for the film has been canceled.
See the article here at, TMZ.
Poor Mel. Can’t blame the cast members. I don’t understand why Mel continues to work on film when it’s not a good time for him to be working now. Don’t you think he’d take a hiatus until everything calms down? Nope. Mel probably needs the money. Can’t blame the cast members for complaining. You never know Mel could lose his temper on set.
Kev
It is reported that Mark Wahlberg have been offered to play the leading role and hero of the film, “The Crow”, for the re-boot.
More on the story, here.
Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Lee, starred in the original “Crow” movie, which is where Brandon died in a gun accident while shooting an action scene on set. I thought the original, “Crow” movie was amazing, but the sequels after that, were really bad.
Honestly, I think the “Crow” re-boot is well deserved and needed ’cause it could go for another try. As long as they make it similar to the first one, make it dark, violent, and action packed, I’ll be happy. I think Mark Wahlberg is a perfect choice to play this hero. I can definitely see him in white face paint!
Kev
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