Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Movie News Rush 15

"Oz: The Great and Powerful"

The news - Sam Raimi is lined up to direct this prequel to the classic "The Wizard of Oz." Hopefully this will actually be a good movie instead of a full-blown 3D special effects film with little plot and terrible characters (as so many other films these days are). Robert Downey Jr. is rumored to play the role of the Wizard, but he has a lot on his plate what with two franchises to work on ("Sherlock Holmes" and "The Avengers"). Will he have time to work this film in?

UGO Movie Blog
Rope of Silicon
The Geek Files
Deadline

"Resident Evil: Afterlife"

The news - A new trailer is out for the film that shows off some of the plot as well as some 3D gimmicks and special effects shots. I'm still reeling from the disaster that was the third film and how it got of ruined the image of the awesome video game series, so this might be a DVD watch for me.



"Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance"

The news - Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are in negotiations to direct Columbia's "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," a sequel to 2007's film that starred Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze. Neveldine/Taylor are the writing and directing duo behind such films as "Crank" and "Crank: High Voltage." If you're wondering why this film is even still moving along, Columbia has until November 14, 2010 to get a sequel into production or the rights revert right back to Marvel and into Disney's lap.

THR Heat Vision
Rope of Silicon
First Showing
Latino Review
The Geek Files
Screen Rant
MTV News

"The Karate Kid"

The news - Since Sony's "The Karate Kid" remake with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan earned an $56 million this past weekend (blowing past its $40 million budget), the studio is already thinking about sequels. Let's not forget that the original "Karate Kid" got not just one, but three total sequels, the last one arriving in 1994 with Hilary Swank taking over as the new student. Will this remake of the franchise follow down the same path? We'll have to wait and see...

Otherwise, it would be interesting if the sequel went in the direction of the video below.



Latino Review
Screen Rant
First Showing
Deadline
EW

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