Chronicles of Riddick – the third chapter
Variety reports that actor Vin Diesel is going back to the future to topline and produce a third chapter in the “Chronicles of Riddick” franchise. Universal will handle domestic distribution on the sci-fi film, which is titled “Riddick.” Lionsgate is selling international rights at the Berlin Film Festival. David Twohy, who wrote and directed the [...]
James Cameron has ideas for an Avatar sequel
The Hollywood Reporter tells us that when asked about a potential “Avatar” sequel, Rupert Murdoch said on his quarterly earnings call Tuesday that the conglomerate is in “very early talks about it.” Director James Cameron “has ideas” for a sequel, he said, adding: “We will be pushing for one.” But he cautioned analysts not to [...]
Avatar is the highest grosser of all time
This isn’t really the kind of movie news we post about here on Moviemind but we will make an exception today. Mostly because we really enjoyed “Avatar” and we couldn’t agree more with the moviegoers worldwide – this is a cinematic masterpiece and numbers speaks for themselves. James Cameron has conquered the worldwide box office, [...]
Brittany Murphy Found Dead
TMZ reports that actress Brittany Murphy died early Sunday morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived. She was 32. A 911 call was made at 8:00 AM from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to her husband, Simon Monjack. Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical [...]
More sci-fi using Cameron’s Avatar technology
Variety reports that James Cameron appears to be heading to inner space by putting “Fantastic Voyage” on the front burner. 20th Century Fox has tapped Shane Salerno to adapt a remake of the 1966 sci-fi film, which will be produced by Cameron. Although Cameron has never expressed interest in helming the pic (Roland Emmerich had [...]
King and Spielberg team up on Dome
This is a very intriguing match up I must say. Never really saw it coming but reading about it makes you wonder why these two giants never worked toghether before? Ah, correction apparantly they have – I just didn’t know about it. Steven Spielberg and Stephen King developed a screen adaptation of King’s 1984 novel [...]
Rambo V story takes a new course
I was just over at Dark Horizons and they had a little update on the upcoming “Rambo V” production. A couple of months ago we could read that the “Rambo V” story would take the sci-fi road (or at least a cousin to the sci-fi road) and flirt a little with films like “Predator.” But [...]
Gyllenhaal in negotiations for Source Code
Although I’m dedicating this post to Jake Gyllenhaal, I’m not going to write about his transformation into a physical powerhouse, displayed in clips from the upcoming “Prince of Persia” flick. Mostly because I’m a guy and I’m quite certain that his talent as an actor is way more interesting than his six pack. Anyway, Variety [...]
Will Ferrell to star in Everything Must Go
It’s been a while since I posted about the brilliant comedian Will Ferrell. With his strong ties to Sweden we love him a little bit extra here at Moviemind News. Recently Variety posted about his latest project and it’s my duty as a blogger to inform you, me dear readers, what Will is up to. [...]
Robert Rodat is tackling the Warcraft script
I don’t know how long we’ve been reading (and posting) about the adaptation of the online computer game “World of Warcraft.” It seem like forever… Anyway, things are finally starting to happening and director Sam Raimi shared some very interesting news with MTV Movies Blog in a phone interview last week. Among the revelations Raimi [...]