Movie News (7/3/2008): USA Today has your first look at 7 new photos from the upcoming Harry Potter installment, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”
Movie Rumors (7/3/2008): Slashfilm cites a British tabloid’s report that a “Friends” movie has been given the greenlight. Sources say that due to the success of “Sex and the City” on the big screen, studio execs and “Friends” creators have really got their wheels spinning about how a film could be just as big, if done right. Cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer will reprise their roles for a big-screen adaptation ‘within the next 18 months’, according to insiders.
Movie News (7/2/2008): Our friends over at The Movie Blog have some notes from Guillermo Del Toro on how he envisions “The Hobbit.”
Movie News (7/2/2008): Dark Horizons reports that Legendary Pictures has confirmed it is developing a “300″ follow-up for Warner Bros. that Frank Miller is writing and Zack Snyder is intending to direct. Frank Miller is penning a follow-up graphic novel to “300″ and when it’s complete, he will look at it and see if it will be adaptable. Thoughts? Opinions?
Movie News (7/2/2008): Will Ferrell and “Borat” star Sascha Baron Cohen are teaming up for an untitled Sherlock Holmes comedy produced by Judd Apatow and written by Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder). Ferrell will play Watson and Cohen will play Holmes. Do you guys think this will be funny? I am not a big Will Ferrell fan (except for The Anchorman and Stranger Than Fiction), but the idea of him and Sascha Baron Cohen teaming up for a Sherlock Holmes movie seems like a funny idea. What do you think?
Movie News (6/30/08): Variety reports that “The Incredible Hulk” director Louis Leterrier is set to direct Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures remake of the 80’s classic “Clash of the Titans.”
Movie News (6/25/08): Thanks to our friends over at YouTube and The Movie Blog we have yet another TV spot for The Dark Knight. Check it out and let me know what you think. I have thus decided to refrain from watching any more footage as I think they are starting to show WAY TOO [...]
Movie News (6/25/08): The 4th installment of the Fast and Furious franchise is well into production and USA Today gives us the first look into the return of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker together on screen. Diesel had a small cameo in the sequel Tokyo Drift and says that after he did that, he could [...]
Movie News (6/23/08): According to producer Laura Ziskin, Spider-Man 4 has been tentatively scheduled for a May 2011 release date. Neither Tobey Maguire or director Sam Raimi have been committed to work on the next installment, and the screenplay from James Vanderbilt hasn’t been turned in yet, so who knows if this is rumor or [...]
Movie News (6/12/08): This should get you really excited! From the same Licensing Expo that all of the latest news is coming from comes a poster that shows all of Marvel’s upcoming movies and when they will be coming out…anyone else giddy?? Thanks to our friends over at The Movie Blog and MTV for the [...]