The JJ Abrams directed, Steven Spielberg produced sci-fi movie, “Super 8” have just hit the web this morning. It surfaced on twitter. The trailer is still keeping the monster or alien mysterious as you can see here.
The movie looks very cool. I’m happy for Kyle Chandler that he’ll get the recognition he deserves. I’m there in theaters when it comes out, June 10th. Hope it’s a good movie.
Kev
Variety wrote this interesting article. MGM have announced they are moving forward with 5 new projects. The reboots of “Robocop” and Michael Keaton’s “Mr. Mom”, they are also planning an “Idolmaker” remake, along with a “Hercules” film with Peter Berg producing. Most surprisingly, MGM announced a 4th “Poltergeist” film, instead of a remake.
See the full article, here, at Variety.
Well, I think a “Poltergeist 4” is a great idea. Remaking the series would suck, I prefer a fourth installment to keep the story going. You may ask, how are they going to make a “Poltergeist 4”, when Heather O’ Rourke, child star who played Carol Anne is dead in real life? They can keep the story going easily.
For example: They can reunite Craig T. Nelson and Jo Beth Williams as the Freelings, Carol Anne’s parents, where the film announced that Carol Anne the character dies, and Kane (the villain in the series) takes her spirit to the Other Side. The Freeling’s tries to get over Carol Anne’s death, but maybe Carol Anne’s spirit comes back from the Other Side to haunt her own parents. The ghost Carol Anne would not be evil in the film, however, she protects her family from evil. Maybe, the series main villain, Kane comes back to haunt the Freeling’s, Carol Anne the ghost tries to stop Kane.
This is not the plot for the next movie, I’m just giving an idea. To show you an example of how they can keep the story going. They would have flashbacks of Carol Anne from the earlier movies too.The character Carol Anne is still alive in the movies because in the 3rd she comes back from the Other Side at the very end.
The Poltergeist movies are my favorite horror films, love all 3 of them. I felt there is more to the story to be told after the 3rd one. Back then, they couldn’t make a 4th one because of Heather’s death obviously, maybe MGM decided the story can go on somehow. Heather died during the filming of the 3rd one, when they were almost done with the film.
If they get a replacement actress for Carol Anne, that would be wrong, so I don’t think MGM stupid enough to do that. They won’t. I think MGM wants to bring “Poltergeist” back because of the success with the “Paranormal Activity” films.
I think it would be great if Craig T. Nelson returns as Steve Freeling. Craig T. Nelson is still acting, he’s been doing the “Parenthood” TV series on NBC, so I think he’ll return to “Poltergeist” whenever he gets offered to return.
So yeah, bring on, “Poltergeist 4”. I’m interested in how they will continue the story. The story deserves a nice closing ’cause “Poltergeist III” did open for another film.
Kev
Well here comes another Oscar for Daniel Day Lewis and Steven Spielberg! Spielberg just casted Daniel to play Abraham Lincoln. Daniel is a two time Oscar winner, will this be his third?
See more on the story, here.
Daniel Day Lewis is an amazing actor and can play just about anything that throws at him. I loved him in “Last of the Mohicans”, “Gangs of New York” and “There Will Be Blood”. Daniel as Abe will be amazing! I’m sure Daniel will pull off some amazing acting like he always does!
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
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
CNN exclusively released rare never before seen footage of Eric Stoltz, the first actor that was originally signed to play Marty McFly in, “Back to the Future”. Rob Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg shot 5 weeks of filming with Eric, but they ended up firing the guy from the role because they felt he didn’t fit. The job obviously went to Michael J. Fox instead, of course! The film makers of “Back to The Future” never shown this footage publicly. You can see the rest of the Eric Stoltz footage on the upcoming “Back to the Future” Blu Ray set, which I will definitely buy! This video is very cool and it’s worth seeing!
Kev
“Friday Night Lights” star, Kyle Chandler has landed a huge role for JJ Abrams new upcoming film, “Super 8”. Also signed to the movie is teen star, Elle Fanning. Is Kyle playing Elle’s Dad in the film? That’s what it’s looking like.
See the article here.
Kyle has done movies other than “Friday Night Lights”, but Kyle never had any huge movie roles. With him doing FNL, will help make his movie career bigger. Congrats Kyle! Now I’m really looking forward to this movie. Kyle in a sci-fi movie, yeah! Can’t wait!
Kev
Earlier this week, rumours hit hard on the next “Indiana Jones” plot that it was going to be about the Bermuda Triangle. Turns out it’s just a bullshit rumour. Frank Marshall the producer, took to his twitter page to squash the rumours.
More on it here:
Thank god it’s not true. I didn’t like the Bermuda Triangle plot anyways.
I would prefer the next Indy movie to focus on something serious. I’d still stand by it that if George and Steve wants the next Indy movie to be successful, they need to make the next one more like “Raiders”. If they make it a popcorn flick again, they will get another backlash by haters. Make the next Indy movie like “Raiders” where fans can be happy.
Kev
Not only that Shia openly admits to hating “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, he is also admitting to hate “Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. Guess what folks? Shia isn’t alone on hating the new Indy movie. It seems that Harrison Ford even hates it himself. Although Harrison Ford himself haven’t spoken publicly trashing the movie, like he didn’t mind Shia passing the word for it. Now you figured out why George Lucas and Spielberg are planning to do Indy V, because they are trying to make a good Indy movie.
In my opinion, Shia shouldn’t blame himself. It wasn’t him that ruined the movie. I believe it was the writing, too much CGI. Maybe the public didn’t like the idea of mixing Indiana Jones with Science Fiction when it should focus on history. “Crystal Skull” felt too much of a popcorn movie instead of a serious movie like “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “The Last Crusade”. Plus the most popular complaint about the film of them all is when Indy hides in a refrigerator to protect himself from an atomic bomb. I’ll agree that the scene was kind of silly, but I think the rest of the movie was fine. Honestly, I actually liked Indy IV “Crystal Skull”. It wasn’t a bad film, I liked the idea of mixing Indy with sci-fi, it made it a different Indy movie. It was entertaining, that’s all it is. I think Lucas had too much Star Wars mixed into Indy, that could be what it is.
When these guys start to do Indy 5, lets hope they make it right so Indy fans can be happy. They need to make the next Indy film more like, “Raiders/The Last Crusade”. They need to keep away from the popcorn CGI baloney and make it a serious Indy film. I hope they make the next one real good so they won’t get a backlash by the haters again. I have a feeling though, Lucas and Spielberg will probably make Indy V a popcorn film again, wouldn’t surprise me. Lucas and Spielberg are a couple of HUGE egos who don’t care what the fans want to see, yet they only amuse themselves with their film making.
More on it here:
Kev
Here is JJ Abrams next directorial project after last year’s “Star Trek”. JJ will direct a film titled, “Super 8” with Steven Spielberg producing. JJ also wrote the script himself.
More on it here:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/17122/proper-information-about-super-8–
I don’t know anything about the new film myself. I’ll look into it more.
Kev
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