Fox Begging For 'Marmaduke' Film

Fox obviously has noticed the success of films such as "Marley & Me" and has leashed up Tom Dey to start working on bringing the large and lovable pooch to the big screen. The project is in such an early stage that Fox doesn't even know if it will be live-action, animated, or a combination of both. There is no question that films based on our furry friends still can reign supreme at the box office, and look for a proven entity in other mediums like Marmaduke to be no exception.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer 2

The 2nd Trailer for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been released by WB. Head over to Coming Soon at the link below and watch it by clicking "Trailer 2".

Coming Soon: HP6 Trailer 2

Something To Curb Your Seinfeld Enthusiasm

Two of my favorite television shows are finally converging the way they already should have according to an exclusive over at Entertainment Weekly. The 7th season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" will feature all four of our favorite stars from "Seinfeld. That's right, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards together with Larry David.

The cameos will mark the first time that all four actors have appeared together in a scripted TV show since Seinfeld went off the air nearly 11 years ago. No date has been set for this event, or for Curb's seventh season, which will run for 10 weeks. Curb, of course, was created by and stars Larry David, the cocreator of Seinfeld.

The episodes, which are currently shooting in Los Angeles, appear to represent a continuation of David's relationship with the Seinfeld stars. As Curb fans know, Seinfeld, Louis-Dreyfus, and Alexander have made individual appearances on the award-winning series over the years.

I couldn't be more excited about this development. I wasn't even expecting a 7th season of "Curb", now I get to see the cast of "Seinfeld" joining in on the antics of Larry David.

Wolverine Trailer & New Photos

MTV has revealed the final Wolverine trailer and USA Today is featuring six new Wolverine photos. Check them both out at the links below.

USA Today: Wolverine Photos

MTV: Final Wolverine Trailer

Great Scott! Movie News Recap

~~Alfred Molina has joined Nicholas Cage, Jay Baruchel, and Teresa Palmer in Walt Disney's modern take on "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Jerry Bruckheimer is producing and Jon Tureltaub is set to direct.~~

SlashFilm: Alfred Molina Cast In The Sorcerer's Apprentice

~~Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch" all female cast is certainly taking shape; Amanda Seyfriend, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Stone are all in negotiations to star in the film.~~

The Hollywood Reporter: Zack Snyder Lines Up 'Sucker' Cast

~~David Permut and Steve Lee Jones are going back in time to chronicle the life of automobile revolutionary John Z. DeLorean. I hope they don't ask to buy ours, because it's not for sale.~~

David Permut Steers DeLorean Biopic

Track The Trailers

(500) Days of Summer Trailer

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.

This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be -- it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days "together" to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.

Next Day Air Trailer

When a misguided delivery driver inadvertently delivers a package containing concealed bricks of cocaine to the wrong address, it sets in motion a desperate search and battle for the coke between the furious dealer that sent it, the fearful intended recipients that missed it, and the conniving accidental recipients that plan to flip it. Time is running out and everyone's trying to get their hands on the package that's been sent...Next Day Air!

Box Office Recap & Watchmen Predictions

Apparently there are some people out there who are really excited to watch the "Watchmen", so much that they are purchasing tickets in advance. Like any comic book film, there is an established fanbase, "Watchmen is no exception. Said fans are taking the report from www.movietickets.com as a sign that "Watchmen" is on its way to becoming a box office success.

MovieTickets.com just issued a press release claiming that Watchmen is outpacing 300 in advance ticket sales at 4-to-1 right now. But 300 sold more than 80 percent of its advance tickets on the Wednesday and Thursday prior to its release, so it’s too early for Zack Snyder and crew to celebrate. Also interesting is that IMAX ticket sales currently account for one-third of all ticket sales for Watchmen. This is shocking because only 124 IMAX screens will be showing Watchmen. 300 grossed $70.9 million in its first weekend, and went on to make over $210 million domestically, of which, $20 million was made via 62 domestic IMAX theaters. A couple dozen Thursday midnight shows are already sold out in New York and California.

Slashfilm: Watchmen Outpacing 300 In Ticket Sales

Personally I think "Watchmen" is going to pull in somewhere between 50-60 Million on its opening weekend blowing away the competition but will end up with 155-165 Million when it is all said and done. I think the 2nd weekend is going to see a significant drop and the legs are going to be like lead unfortunately. I think fans like myself are going to love it and it is going to be hit or miss with the general public due to the subject matter and length.

Weekend Actuals (Feb. 27 - Mar. 1)

1 Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail $16,175,926
2 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience $12,510,374
3 Slumdog Millionaire $12,026,343
4 Taken $9,864,197
5 He's Just Not That Into You $6,011,405
6 Paul Blart: Mall Cop $5,602,392
7 Coraline $5,261,129
8 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li $4,721,110
9 Confessions of a Shopaholic $4,634,534
10 Fired Up $3,701,562

Weekend Actuals (Feb. 20 - Feb. 22)

1 Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail $41,030,947
2 Coraline $11,432,124
3 Taken $11,281,262
4 He's Just Not That Into You $8,558,225
5 Slumdog Millionaire $8,384,680
6 Friday the 13th $7,942,472
7 Paul Blart: Mall Cop $6,821,377
8 Confessions of a Shopaholic $6,742,778
9 Fired Up $5,483,778
10 The International $4,463,916

Update on Fri, March 6, 2009 by Jamie Williams

Variety reports that Watchmen has already pulled $4.6 million from the midnight screenings out-earning 300 which nabbed some $2.5 million.

However before everyone starts shitting their pants in joy, it should be noted that 300 only had some 600-700 midnight showings compared to the 1595(!) that Watchmen had last night.

Great Scott! Movie News Recap

~~Edward Zwick is in place to direct New Regency's "In The Heart of the Sea", based on a true story about a whaling ship that was chased down by a sperm whale in 1820.~~

Variety: Zwick hooks 'Heart' for next project

~~Fox Searchlight might be "Downsizing" with Alexander Payne in the chair and set to direct Reese Witherspoon, Paul Giamatti, and Reese Witherspoon.~~

Variety: Alexander Payne is 'Downsizing'

~~In a smart move by Twentieth Century Fox, Walden Media's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" will return to a winter release, Dec 10, 2010.~~

Variety: Next 'Narnia' gets date in December

~~McG is attached to yet another project, Mike Finch's and Alex Litvak's spec script, "Medieval". Production Weekly has it listed as "The Dirty Dozen set in medieval times".~~

SlashFilm: MCG To Get Medieval On Your Bottom

~~Sam Huntington has joined Brandon Routh on the set of "Dead of Night" as Dylan Dog's sidekick Marcus. I guess Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen can't get enough of each other.~~

IESB Exclusive: Sam Huntington Joins the Cast of DEAD OF NIGHT

Superman "Flyby" Concept Art

As most of us Superman fans know, things just aren't all that easy when it comes to getting our "Man of Steel" on the big screen. Before the not so universally loved "Superman Returns" hit the big screen in 2006 our beloved man in tights went through a decade of development hell. At one point Brett Ratner was attached to direct with a script that went by "Flyby" penned by J.J. Abrams. Randomly we have been treated to concept designs or storyboards from some of these ill fated projects and concept designer Phil Saunders has released one such piece of concept art on his very own blog.

Here's a random image from the ill-fated Brett Ratner-directed, JJ Abrams-written version of Superman. I was on the show for about 4 months, of which I think about 3 months was without a director. I overlapped BR for about two weeks before he left, and I think about 2 weeks before I left to get married McG took over the show. This is about as un-dynamic a composition as you can come up with, but Production Designer Owen Patterson wanted a straight one-point perspective view of Superman facing off against the Rouser (a Japa... er, Kryptonian Battle Pod, don't ask) so you could compare scale. I had fun designing the Rouser, though.

Crying Wolf

You might think Latino Review has a soft spot for furry creatures if you happened to be glancing over their site towards the end of the week. 'El Guapo' revealed some concept art from "The Wolfman" featuring Benicio Del Toro that was found on ZBrushCentral Forums. His colleague, Kellen Chavez treated us with some promo shots of Hugh Jackman from "Wolverine"