The Avengers is being shot in 3D

 

According to Showbiz411 comes some completely un-shocking news, Joss Whedon’s The Avengers will be shot in 3D. I guess this is a step up from Thor and Cap, seeing as they're both being converted in post production, but did any of these films really need to be in 3D to begin with?

That stupid bastard James Cameron as royally fucked things up in Hollywood with his "epic" re-introduction of 3D in movies. Now every thing form comedies to horror, and especially action/comic book films are being released in 3D. Thanks so much James!

The avengers which comes out May 2012 starts production in February and stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and Mark Ruffalo.

New Avatar Special Edition Trailer

That overrated bastard James Cameron is re-releasing Avatar and he wants you to know about it! The special edition version of the film includes 9 minutes of never before seen footage, and apparently a sex scene as well, yay?

The new once again over hyped smurfs on steroids will return to the big screen on August 27th. They really want to push it over 3 billion and I have a feeling people are dumb enough to help them. Below is the new trailer.

Frank Sinatra & Marilyn Monroe Cast!

The Times are reporting that George Clooney and Angelina Jolie have been cast as legendary icons Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe in an adaptation of the upcoming novel, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend, Marilyn Monroe.

The book, by Andrew O'Hagan and set for release this December, serves as a biopic of Monroe, told through the eyes of her Scottish maltese poodle, Mafia Honey (nicknamed Maf), given to her as a present by Sinatra.

It's not known yet if there's already a director attached, but with this star power and plot we can likely expect to see an A-List director coming on board.

This might also mean that the Martin Socrsese directed Sinatra Bio-Pic may be put on indefinite hold. Al Pacino was set to star as Sinatra. As much as I love both Scorsese and Pacino the casting at this point sounded completely ludicrous, that is unless Pacino would only only play Sinatra later in life. Regardless I just hope Clooney opts of playing "Clooney" when taking on such an iconic role.

Star Wars on Blu Ray!

After years of fanboys pissing and moaning about no high definition release for Star Wars they can finally nerdgasm over the new box set being released next summer! The original and prequel trilogies are both being released on blu ray. The only catch is the version included from the original trilogy is the "special edition" versions, and not the the original releases. You would think they would offer the option to watch them in either special edition or original, but meh at least they're coming to blu ray!

They also added that the boxset will be one package including all six films, and not two separate box sets containing the individual trilogies. All this means is the die hard fans will end up with the prequel trilogy which they claimed raped their child hood as well as the classic but special edition trilogy they also hated in comparison to the original releases. I could care less though, I'll be buying it the same as you know you will.

Here's the official press release from the annual Star Wars Celebration Convention:

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,
THE FORCE WILL BE WITH YOU ON BLU-RAY!

Highly Anticipated Complete Star Wars™ Saga
Readied for High Definition Blu-ray Debut

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (August 14, 2010) – Today at Star Wars Celebration V, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced that the complete Star Wars Saga will come to Blu-ray Disc with a worldwide release in Fall 2011. The Star Wars Blu-ray Box Set will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films utilizing the highest possible picture and audio presentation, along with extensive special features – including documentaries, vintage behind-the-scenes moments, interviews, retrospectives and never-before-seen footage from the Lucasfilm archives.

“Blu-ray is the absolute best way to experience Star Wars at home – in pristine high definition,” said George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars Saga. “The films have never looked or sounded better.”

ABOUT STAR WARS CELEBRATION V

Featuring celebrities, costumes, live entertainment, screenings, autographs, collectibles, panels and much, much more, Star Wars Celebration V is THE official Lucasfilm convention - and the biggest Star Wars party in the galaxy! Taking place in Orlando, FL from August 12-15, Star Wars Celebration V commemorates the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and the ongoing, weekly adventures of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Also check out this cut scene from Return of the Jedi which was shown at the convention and has made its way online everywhere. It's a bootleg but who cares, enjoy.

Updated: Animated Terminator Film In Development

UPDATE: According to TOLDJA! Eric Parkinson of Hannover House has just received a cease and desist order from Pacificor the owner to the Terminator Film Franchise rights.

In response to the letter Parkinson said:

"We've arranged a meeting, we'll show them our money and if the rational brain prevails, they'll take the deal. If not, I can't do it without them. You'll have a follow-up next week that we are either holding  hands, or not doing the film. At least we now have our meeting. I hope they will can think outside the box, because if we can make a movie that delivers a $20 million to $30 million rights payment, that is an income source they didn't realize was possible. If not, it was a good idea anyway."

According to a recent press release from the bastards at Hannover House there are current plans set in place to develop a low budget animated Terminator film, and huge shocker it will be 3D. Holy shit balls does that sound stupid as fuck all on it's own, but to top it off those stupid fuckers are also minimizing violence in order to obtain a PG-13 rating. What the fucking fuck? A Terminator film animated, which by the sounds of it has nothing to do with the previous continuity, and there will be little to no violence, great!

The press release is as follows:

Hannover House, the entertainment distribution division of Target Development Group, Inc., has entered into a feature film development venture with Vancouver-based Red Bear Entertainment, for Terminator 3000, envisioned as a $70-million dollar budgeted, 3D animated feature film based on the characters and situations introduced in the original Terminator feature. Hannover House C.E.O. Eric Parkinson previously served as C.E.O. of Hemdale Home Video, Inc. and Hemdale Communications, Inc., and handled the distribution of the original Terminator feature.

Story details for Terminator 3000 are being kept under close wraps, but the writers and production team have a stated goal of minimizing violence in order to obtain a PG-13 level of material.

Hemdale produced and distributed director James Cameron's original Terminator feature, but released the sequel rights in 1990 to Carolco, which later transferred the rights to ultimately end up under the control of Halcyon Media. Santa Barbara based Pacificor, LLC prevailed in the most recent auction and transfer of rights to the franchise in January, and retains approval and licensing authority over the proposed Terminator 3000 project.

Hannover House and Red Bear Entertainment will release details of the production timing, financing and principal production personnel later this year, in advance of a proposed January, 2011 start.

First Look: Love and Other Drugs

The first footage from director and Oscar winning producer Edward Zwick’s Love and Other Drugs has come online courtesy of Entertainment Tonight. The film is based on Jamie Reidy’s nonfiction book Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagara Salesman. The film revolves around a successful Viagra salesmen/womanizer (Jake Gyllenhaal) who happens to fall in love with a woman who has Parkinson’s disease (Anne Hathaway).

From the looks of the footage the film doesn't veer too far off the regular romantic comedy formula, but with Gyllenhaal and Hathaway in the lead roles it might be watchable.

Love and Other Drugs opens everywhere November 24, 2010.

The Anderson Chronicles: Ghostbusters

In this week’s edition of The Anderson Chronicles I delve into the behind the scenes happenings on the currently in development hell Ghostbusters 3. It`s been rumoured for years now that the original team behind Ghostbusters would return for one last sequel, and in turn set up an additional trilogy with a younger cast. The one major issue always being that Bill Murray refused to reprise his role as Dr. Peter Vankman in the sequel.

The last few years more than anything the potential for actually seeing the film made have gotten higher, but still no real progress has actually been made. Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg who are also writers for the NBC sitcom The Office were hired to pen a script. According to Dan Akroyd the script is done, but they’re still waiting on the green light from the studio, which at this point seems highly unlikely. Originally the plan from Columbia was to release Ghostbusters 3 as a 2011 tent-pole in order to replace the revenue lost from scrapping Spider-Man 4 and rebooting that franchise for 2012. The problem being the studio was planning to go with either Ghostbusters or Men in Black, the latter of which is now in production set for a 2012 release date. At this point with the Spider-Man reboot and Men in Black 3 due out in 2012, Columbia is prepared to make a little less in 2011, which would have been the presumed release for a potential Ghostbusters sequel.

The most feasible option that seems to be left would be to start production immediately, which isn’t happening, or scrap the idea all together and move in a new direction. Although the first sequel to the original 1984 classic wasn’t received nearly as well they still saw moderate success with two animated series from the 80’s and 90’s, a new game and a shit ton of merchandise. Clearly the property still proves profitable, but if not a new live-action film where should the franchise be taken.

A live action TV show or a new animated series could successfully rejuvenate the franchise, the former being my first choice, but I’m assuming either could potentially make as much if not more than a third film depending on how many seasons it were picked up for. The opening pilot if it were to be live action could still include the original cast in cameo handing their proton packs down to a younger generation of Ghostbusters. Essentially the show would take the place of the purposed third film, and allow for the film continuity to remain intact. The same writers hired to pen the script for the film could very easily be brought on to write a bible for the potential pilot and first season, seeing as they both come from a comedic and TV sitcom background it would seem like a very easy transition.

The probability of Columbia going this route depends entirely on how soon they choose to take action. The show would likely only succeed if the original cast members were to appear in some capacity to give their blessing, the problem being the original cast aren’t getting any younger. At the very least they could decide to develop a new animated series instead and keep interest high as well as spike the interest of a new  generation of fans, before moving forward with the third feature film. Which comes back to if they ever to plan to move forward with the third instalment it’ll need to happen within the next year give or take.

I’m personally not holding my breath for any movement with the franchise, but like other lifelong fans I’m not giving up hope yet either. I’d love to see just about any new incarnation from the franchise at this point, but aside from the video game released last year I don’t think we can expect much more. At least not anytime soon.

HBO's Entourage Coming To a Close

As someone who's been a fan of Entourage from the start I have to admit even I've been disappointed in this season and the one before. But I'm not sure I expected the announcement of the end so soon. I obviously knew it was coming sooner or later, but now it's finally official, as of next summer the show will have concluded come the end of the eighth season.

One thing we may still be able to keep our hopes up for though is the possibility of an Entourage movie. Executive Producer Mark Wahlberg has previously hinted to a film in interviews. Apparently the shows creator Doug Ellin has the same plan, and it may be sooner then you thought.

"[Creator Doug Ellin] is appropriately reserving -- he wants to write a film, but wants to do it when the story will make sense. He's pitched other shows to us. I will expect that within the next couple of years [he'll have another show on HBO]. But 'Entourage' next summer will definitely be the final season."

I'm definitely down for movie to end the series, but are there enough fans left at this point let alone two years from now when the film would likely start production. If they don't end this season better off then it started and really bring it come next season, we more then likely won't see a theatrical release or we'll get something similar to Sex and the City 2, as in the core fans of the franchise hated it.

New Trailer " I Spit On Your Grave"

The first official trailer for Anchor Bay films horror remake of the controversial 1979 cult classic I Spit On Your Grave is now online via Yahoo!Movies.

The film stars Sarah Butler, Rodney Eastman, Jeff Branson, Daniel Franzese, Chad Lindberg, and Andrew Howard, and it opens in theaters everywhere October 8, 2010.

Writer Jennifer Hills takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer’s presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals who set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson. They break into her cabin to scare her. However, what starts out as terrifying acts of humiliation and intimidation, quickly and uncontrollably escalates into a night of physical abuse and torturous assault. But before they can kill her, Jennifer sacrifices her broken and beaten body to a raging river that washes her away. As time passes, the men slowly stop searching for her body and try to go back to life as usual. But that isn’t about to happen. Against all odds, Jennifer Hills survived her ordeal. Now, with hell bent vengeance, Jennifer’s sole purpose is to turn the tables on these animals and to inflict upon them every horrifying and torturous moment they carried out on her… only much, much worse. 

I can honestly say that I'm finally jumping on the bandwagon with those of you who are sick of remakes, particularly in the horror genre. Not that this looks awful, but did it really warrant a remake? I'm willing to give it a shot, but at the same time it doesn't look any different from any other horror film as of recently, remakes included.

Tron: The Social Network

If you remember or if you happened to miss it the other day I posted a hilarious mock up trailer for Harold and Kumar with the score for Inception, it was epic. Now courtesy of our pal Ross we have another one of his awesome trailer re-makes. This time around it's the Tron Trailer mixed with the Social Network score and dialogue. Although it's not as hilariously funny, it still quite entertaining and fun to see how dead on it works. At any rate I'm that much more excited for both films now.

Tron Legacy opens December 17, 2010 and The Social Network Opens October 1, 2010.