http://comingsoon.net Do you know what's coming? en-us Jul 6, 2009 The Sunday Mail reported in October of 2008 that Blade director Stephen Norrington and Stephen Dorff, who played villain Deacon Frost in the film, were working on a prequel trilogy. "It will be a prequel to the 'Blade' movies, Deacon's story," Dorff said then, "It's a new trilogy the director has created. It will cool. "We hope to shoot the first film next year. Frost is a character I have never been able to shake." Norrington has confirmed the news to Comics2Film , saying the project is "not exactly how the article describes but close." The director credits Dorff with coming up with the idea for the new project, which "has evolved into a very interesting story... The linkage to 'Blade' is still big in the equation." The... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56913 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56913 Jul 6, 2009 UPDATE: Final figures show that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen edged out Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs for the win. "Revenge of the Fallen" earned $42.32 million while "Dawn of the Dinosaurs" took in $41.69 million. The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office. If today's Wimbledon Men's Finals wasn't exciting enough, the box office estimates for the Top 10 movies over 4th of July weekend included two dead heat ties, and for the first time ever, one of those was for first place! Over the last few months, we've seen a number of close calls for first... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56883 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56883 Jul 6, 2009 Imagi Studios debuted a new teaser for Gatchaman at the 2009 Anime Expo that took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center this weekend. You can watch the clip below! Directed by Kevin Munroe ( TMNT ), the big screen adaptation is based on the 1970s Japanese TV series "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman." Aired in the U.S. as "Battle of the Planets" and "G-Force," it soon became a widely popular syndicated TV series. Gatchaman is set in a future world grappling with environmental and technological issues. The story focuses on five reluctant heroes whose remarkable genetic code makes them Earth's only hope of defeating extra-terrestrial invaders. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56911 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56911 Jul 6, 2009 She took on wise-crackin', leg-humpin' robots in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , and now Megan Fox is wielding a voracious appetite and going head-to-head with Amanda Seyfried in Jennifer's Body , 20th Century Fox's horror offering arriving on September 18th. Screenwriter Diablo Cody ( Juno ) whipped up this hellish tale about a high school cheerleader (Fox), screwed over by a visiting rock band, who becomes possessed by a demon and begins to feed off of the fellas in her town. ShockTillYouDrop.com has your exclusive first look at the Red Band trailer! You can watch the trailer and read an intro by director Karyn Kusama, Cody and producer Jason Reitman here ! http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56848 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56848 Jul 6, 2009 Lynn Shelton's Humpday was the toast of this year's Sundance Film Festival (and many other festivals since) due to its daring subject matter and unique sensibilities, taking the normal buddy comedy and turning it on its ear as two college buddies decide one day to see how far they can take their friendship by filming themselves having sex. Now usually, this might sound like the kind of movie that would get released by Regent, but in fact, it's more of a character-based comedy that takes John Hamburg's recent comedy I Love You, Man to its most logical and awkward conclusion. Much of the fun lies in Shelton's casting of "Mumblecore" mainstay Mark Duplass (middle) as the happily married Ben, and Josh Leonard (far right)--some might remember him from his debut in The... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56593 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56593 Jul 6, 2009 We've received the new Japanese trailer for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra which you can watch using the player below! Opening in theaters on August 7, the Stephen Sommers-directed action-adventure stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Said Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans and Dennis Quaid. From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56910 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56910 Jul 6, 2009 20th Century Fox's Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs dominated the international box office this weekend, earning an estimated $148 million from 11,652 screens in 101 markets. The worldwide total for "Dawn of the Dinosaurs" is $215.5 million. The opening-weekend total set an overseas record for an animation film and was the sixth-biggest for any film. It also is the largest foreign introduction of a 3D title. The threequel set overseas records for biggest weekend openings in 16 markets including Russia, Mexico and Brazil. Opening-weekend records for an animation title were set in 11 other territories including France, India and Greece. The huge foreign opening more than doubled the $67.5 million No. 1 debut of the previous installment, 2006's Ice Age: The Meltdown .... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56903 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56903 Jul 6, 2009 Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. has picked up most of Midway Games' assets in a bankruptcy court fire sale to the tune of $33 million, including the rights to some of their most popular video games like "Mortal Kombat," "Spy Hunter" and "Joust." The Chicago-based video game developer started manufacturing arcade video games over 35 years ago with games like "Space Invaders" and "Pac-Man" before moving their focus to console video games. They declared bankruptcy earlier this year and Warner Bros. made a bid for the properties in May that was declined, as Midway chose to put out a call for other bids and hold an auction for its properties. Last week, a Delaware bankruptcy court judge okayed the deal after the initial... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56887 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56887 Jul 6, 2009 "T.J. Hooker" is headed for the big screen as an action comedy with David Foster, Ryan Heppe and series creator Rick Husky producing, reports Variety . Chuck Russell ( The Scorpion King , The Mask ) is in talks to direct. The writing team of Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson will script the story, which focuses on the relationship between the title character and his father. The TV series, produced by Aaron Spelling, debuted in 1982 on ABC and ran for five seasons, the last on CBS. William Shatner starred as a no-nonsense patrol sergeant, with Adrian Zmed, Heather Locklear, Richard Herd and James Darren as co-stars. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56905 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56905 Jul 6, 2009 The Hollywood Reporter says that Jason Sudeikis ("Saturday Night Live") is in final negotiations to join Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in the New Line romantic comedy Going the Distance . Sudeikis will play Box, a friend of Garrett's (Long) who counsels him against trying to maintain his long-distance relationship with Barrymore's character. Charlie Day and Christina Applegate also were recently cast. Geoff LaTulippe wrote the screenplay, which Nanette Burstein is directing. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56907 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56907 Jul 6, 2009 Luke Goss ( Blade II ) has signed on for a guest starring role for the upcoming season of "Fringe," says The Hollywood Reporter . The actor most recently co-starred in Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Prince Nuada. Goss recently finished filming arcade game adaptation of Tekken and is attached to star in Magdalena , which will be produced by Gale Anne Hurd. http://comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=56904 http://comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=56904 Jul 6, 2009 Fox's "Lie to Me" is bringing back two guest stars next season, says The Hollywood Reporter . Mekhi Phifer, who appeared in the last two episodes of the crime drama's freshman season, will return as a series regular. Jennifer Beals, who also guest-starred in two episodes, including the season finale, will recur. Phifer will be reprising his role as FBI agent Reynolds, who was brought in to liaise between the Lightman Group and the FBI when the lie-detection specialists are called in to help solve cases that can't be cracked through traditional investigative tactics. Beals will continue as Assistant U.S. Attorney Zoe Landau, Cal Lightman's (Tim Roth) ex-wife and mother of their teenage daughter. http://comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=56906 http://comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=56906 Jul 5, 2009 It's been a couple of weeks since Disney released the first official photos from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland , and now it's been revealed that the August issue of Vanity Fair has three more shots of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen and Mia Wasikowska as Alice. You can click on them below for bigger versions! In the March 5, 2010 release, Alice, now 17, attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. Off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before yet doesn't remember. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56868 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56868 Jul 4, 2009 HBO has aired its "First Look" at Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and you can watch the segment in two parts below! The sixth installment hits theaters on July 15th. News also broke this weekend that "Harry Potter" franchise star Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) is recovering from a mild case of swine flu. Christian Hodell of Hamilton Hodell management said Saturday that Grint took a few days away from the set of the latest film, but has now been able to return to work. He will also be able to attend the "Half-Blood Prince" premiere in London on Tuesday. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56870 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56870 Jul 4, 2009 Superman Returns star Brandon Routh recently told Omelete (via ThinkMcFlyThink.com ) that his contract to star in a sequel has expired, but that if they were to call again, he would go back to the character without thinking twice. Other than that, Routh said he does not know anything about the status of the possible project. You can read the translated article with some more quotes about Superman Returns here . http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56876 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56876 Jul 4, 2009 Empire chatted with Ryan Reynolds and asked him an interesting question about the upcoming "X-Men" spin-off, Deadpool , in which he'll reprise his role from the "Wolverine" movie. Reynolds says Deadpool will breach the fourth wall: "Break the fourth wall? Oh yeah, he's got to. I want to see him break the Great Wall"... "The studio's working on a script and trying to find a director. The main goal is to make sure it stays close to the source material." A release date has not yet been set for the film. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56875 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56875 Jul 4, 2009 Entertainment Tonight has revealed the trailer for director Jim Sheridan's Brothers , starring Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sam Shepard, Mare Winningham and Bailee Madison. It opens in theaters on December 4th. You'll find the synopsis after the trailer below: When a decorated Marine goes missing overseas, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home—with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family. Brothers tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirtysomething Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56871 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56871 Jul 4, 2009 Crimespree Cinema reports that Jason Statham will play Brant, a sociopathic wrecking machine of a cop for the film version of Ken Bruen's "Blitz." Paddy Considine will be playing Sergeant Porter Nash, an openly gay cop that works with the homophobic Brant. The screenplay comes from Nathan Parker ( Moon ) with Elliott Lester ( Love is a Drug ) directing. For more on the story, click here ! http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56873 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56873 Jul 3, 2009 Superhero Hype! spoke to Zombieland creators Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, who revealed that they've already written a cameo role for Stan Lee into the script for the "Spider-Man" spin-off movie Venom ! You can read what they had to say here and stay tuned to ShockTillYouDrop.com next week for the full interview with Wernick and Reese talking specifically about Zombieland , which comes out on October 9. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56860 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56860 Jul 3, 2009 Road & Track has a photo of Tony Stark's GP racer from Iron Man 2 ! The magazine says: This is the Stark Industries-sponsored vintage race car that the movie's main protagonist — genius inventor and swashbuckling lady's man Tony Stark — will be driving in a scene that depicts him racing in the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, a vintage race held in Monte Carlo. The scene is not being filmed on the actual streets of the tiny, glamorous seaside principality near the south of France, but on an elaborate set that replicates the Monaco circuit. Directed by Jon Favreau, Iron Man 2 stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Garry Shandling, John Slattery, Kate Mara, Clark... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56859 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56859 Jul 3, 2009 Sony's TriStar Pictures has launched a new online game for District 9 which you can play here ! You'll have the option to either play as a MNU Officer on patrol in District 9 and arrest or shoot non-humans, or play as a non-human and take action against the MNU's patrolling guards by sneaking through the slums and collecting valuable alien fuel canisters. We've also learned that a new trailer for the film, about 2 minutes and 21 seconds long, will debut next week in theaters with Bruno on July 10th. The trailer may be online before next Friday. Directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, the sci-fi film depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. It opens on August 14th. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56856 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56856 Jul 3, 2009 "Fringe" co-producer/writer Brad Caleb Kane will be writing a movie based on the View-Master toy, which first came on the market in 1939. He announced on his Twitter account that after he's done penning the sci-fi action-adventure Uprising for director Wolfgang Petersen and Columbia Pictures, he will take on the project for DreamWorks Pictures. Kane says Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci ("Fringe," Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , Star Trek ) are behind the film and that it will be "like the old 80's Amblin movies: Goonies, Young Sherlock... In that vein." The viewers have changed quite a bit over the years, but for a history of the toy, you can go here . Fisher-Price's official site for the View-Master is here . http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56857 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56857 Jul 2, 2009 ShockTillYouDrop.com talked to KNB EFX Group co-founder Greg Nicotero about reuniting with The Hills Have Eyes and Mirrors director Alexandre Aja for Piranha 3D at the Arizona set. The horror-thriller, opening March 19, 2010, stars Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Ving Rhames, Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Szohr, Jerry O'Connell, Cody Longo and Ricardo Chavira. In Piranha 3D , a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish at Lake Victoria. An unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents. But our heroine (Shue) is seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the lake and her family from totally being devoured, she must risk everything to destroy the... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56855 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56855 Jul 2, 2009 The "dawn" of the extended holiday weekend box office commenced with Twentieth Century Fox's animated feature Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs freezing out the mega-grossing sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , grossing an estimated $13.8 million on Wednesday, in 3993 theaters. Fox domestic distribution president, Bruce Snyder said: "What a great start for the holiday. 'Ice Age' continues to be a comedy for all audiences." "Revenge of the Fallen" added $10.9 million for a domestic total of $240.9 million. It was followed on Wednesday by newcomer Public Enemies , which earned $8.2 million in 3,391 theaters. The Transformers sequel could still beat "Dawn of the Dinosaurs" over the weekend. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56847 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56847 Jul 2, 2009 Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids," says The Hollywood Reporter . Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. In "Asteroids," initially released as an arcade game in 1979, a player controlled a triangular space ship in an asteroid field. You can play an unofficial version of the game below! Universal is also developing movies based on Hasbro board game properties such as "Battleship," "Candyland," "Ouija," "Monopoly" and "Clue." http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56844 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56844 Jul 2, 2009 ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype! has your exclusive first look at the one-sheet for Touchstone Pictures' Surrogates , hitting theaters on September 25. Directed by Jonathan Mostow, the sci-fi thriller stars Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Francis Ginty, Boris Kodjoe and Ving Rhames. In the film, FBI agents (Willis and Mitchell) investigate the mysterious murder of a college student linked to the man who helped create a high-tech surrogate phenomenon that allows people to purchase unflawed robotic versions of themselves—fit, good looking remotely controlled machines that ultimately assume their life roles—enabling people to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes. The murder spawns a quest for answers: in a world of masks, who's... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56827 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56827 Jul 2, 2009 ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Sony's Screen Gems is eyeing a September 17, 2010 release for the fourth "Resident Evil" installment, to be titled Resident Evil: Afterlife . The ending of the third film, Resident Evil: Extinction , left the door wide open for another sequel. Paul W.S. Anderson revealed late last year he was indeed writing the next film. As hinted at the end of "Extinction," the story will shift to Tokyo, Japan. http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56837 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56837 Jul 2, 2009 Ain't it Cool News ' Harry Knowles gave a ring to Robert Rodriguez to get confirmation on who's at the helm of Predators , 20th Century Fox's next film in the franchise. And it is Nimrod Antal, the man behind the upcoming action flick Armored and who last dabbled in the thriller genre with Vacancy . You'll recall Latino Review broke Antal's potential involvement here . Rodriguez, who is shepherding the project, says the story involves "a very intense group of people stranded on a Predator planet discovering unspeakable horrors - that are not always from outside their group. So like the original movie, the title does have a double meaning. 'Aliens' was a different take on the Alien idea, and an original movie in it's own right, and that's what we want to do with... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56836 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56836 Jul 2, 2009 BlackFilm.com says that rapper The Game is a frontrunner for the role of B.A. Baracus in director Joe Carnahan's The A-Team at 20th Century Fox. The role was originally played by Mr. T on the TV show. If he lands the role, he would join Liam Neeson, who plays John "Hannibal" Smith, and Bradley Cooper, who is taking on the role of Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck. The studio is eyeing a June 11, 2010 release for the action film. The Game's acting credits include Street Kings and Waist Deep . http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56838 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56838 Jul 1, 2009 Paramount and DreamWorks' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is close to becoming the highest-grossing film of the year at the worldwide box office in less than two weeks in release. Through Tuesday, the film's global take was $448.4 million, says Variety . The current No. 1 title, Angels & Demons , which opened in mid-May, has grossed $469 million. At the domestic box office, the Transformers sequel grossed $14.9 million Monday and $13.5 million Tuesday for a total of $228.4 million. Overseas, Monday's grosses clocked in at $14 million, while Tuesday came in at $16 million for a foreign total of $220 million. At that rate, the film should catch up with "Angels" by Friday, even with the day and date entry of 20th Century Fox's Ice Age: Dawn of the... http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56833 http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56833