Dec 11, 2005
It’s being reported that acress Scarlett Johanssen (Eight Legged Freaks, The Island) is joining a cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and David Bowie in the Christopher Nolan film The Prestige based on the Christopher Priest novel of the same name.
Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians in turn-of-the-century London who battle each other for trade secrets. Their rivalry becomes so intense that it turns them…
Dec 6, 2005
Aeon Flux, starring Charlize Theron only managed second place for its opening weekend at the December 2nd weekend box office. Even worse it garnered a meagre $13.1 million. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire retained its first place and managed some $20.5 million in its third weekend, giving it a three week total of $229.8 million.
Aeon Flux was the only new wide release this weekend, in what is a…
Dec 6, 2005
Stephen Sommers will direct the Steven Spielberg produced remake of the science fiction classic When Worlds Collide according to Variety. Sommers will also write the screenplay for the movie. Sommers had been previously attached to the movie but subsequently dropped out.
Sommers who directed the two Mummy movies became involved with the When Worlds Collide remake again when he dropped out of the fantasy film A Night at the Museum due…
Dec 3, 2005
A few days ago I posted about the rumor that a new villain might appear in the sequel to Batman Begins (Batman Begins 2, Batman Continues or whatever they finally decide to call it). That villain was the classic Batman villain The Penguin.
Well now there’s a new rumor circulating. Again this is all unconfirmed. No one has even confirmed that the Penguin will actually appear in the Batman Begins sequel…
Dec 2, 2005
According to a report by British sci-fi magazine SFX, Patrick Stewart has held some serious talks about the possibility of another Star Trek: The Next Generation based Star Trek movie. This is a pretty major turn-about since Stewart had previously been saying that he thought the franchise was dead in the water.
Star Trek: Nemsis, the last time Stewart played the role of Captain Picard was a box office failure and…
