Reboot Alert! Gunsmoke
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Brad Pitt and Ryan Reynolds are the hot favourites to star in the remake of the classic TV western Gunsmoke.
The script for Gunsmoke will be written by National Treasure: Book of Secrets writer Gregory Poirier.
The original TV show ran from 1955 – 1975 and focused on Dodge City peacekeeper Marshall Matt Dillion.
No real definates to report on other than the fact that the first draft of the script has been handed in and reportedly was well received by the studio.
We’ll keep you posted y’all…
New Ghost Recon Title Announced
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Ubisoft Paris has revealed that they are working on a brand new Ghost Recon game titled Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.
Future Soldier?
Hopefully they’ll be taking the franchise into space. That would be pretty cool as well as helping them distance the title from the slew of modern combat scenarios most military shooters seem to favour these days…
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will feature both single-player and multi-player components while the publisher has promised early access to the multiplayer beta for those who buy Splinter Cell: Conviction on the 360 in April.
It is expected that Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will hit stores in time for Christmas.
Reboot Alert! Mr & Mrs Smith
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Fox are rebooting the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie married-spies movie Mr & Mrs Smith.
Yep, even though I’m pretty sure that there is no one out there is really calling for a sequel much less a reboot, Fox are planning on going ahead and giving us one anyway.
At this moment in time, nothing other than the fact that Fox are thinking about making the movie is known. No stars, no director nothing.
Let’s just hope it stays that way is it?
Sims 3 Headed For Consoles
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EA has confirmed via their latest financial report that their super-selling PC hit The Sims 3 is headed for the current-gen consoles.
The Sims 3 has sold a whopping 4.5 million-plus copies so far on the PC.
EA are yet to announce what consoles The Sims 3 will release on though if the Wii gets a version, expect it to be extremely trimmed down from its PC counterpart.
The Sims 3 is due to hit this Christmas.
The Last Airbender Superbowl TV Spot
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Check out M Night Shyamalan’s latest movie trailer for The Last Airbender.
Quick fact: the movie used to be called Avatar: The Last Airbender but had to drop the Avatar part due to a little movie directed by James Cameron which is something of a big deal.
The Thing Prequel Casting News
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Death Proof, Sky High) and Joel Edgerton (Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith) have signed on to Universal’s Thing prequel.
You can find more info on The Thing prequel here >>> http://www.nerdles.com/2010/01/04/the-thing-prequel-to-start-shooting-in-march/
It seems that while Fox have yet to green-light a ninth season of their hit show 24, they are keen on making a movie.
At this moment in time, State of Play writer Billy Ray is in talks to pen the script which is thought to take place in Europe.
The current eighth season of 24 has been, in my opinion, quite poor and has only served to remind me how formulaic the show has become.
The movie deal hinges on whether or not 24 gets a ninth season, if it doesn’t then I would expect the movie to go straight into development but if it does get picked up again then I believe that Fox will hold back on the movie until at least this time next year when all the talk about a silver screen adaptation will pick up again.
I’m really not sure what to make of the Percy Jackson movie. Whatever good vibes I had about the movie were shattered the minute I found out it was being directed by Chris Columbus who you’ll remember gave us the first two (and arguably the worst) Harry Potter movies.
Anyway, checkout the latest TV spot, it doesn’t really do anything to get me excited about the movie, if anything it just makes me a little more pessimistic.
Cowboys & Aliens Confirmed For July, 2011
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Universal has confirmed that Jon Favreau’s upcoming comic book adaptation Cowboys & Aliens which stars Daniel Craig will hit cinemas on July 29th, 2011.
The movie goes into production this June which is just weeks after Favreau wraps on Iron Man 2.
I’m confident that this movie will be an instant cult classic, with Jon Favreau’s skilled direction, the recent casting of James Bond’s Daniel Craig and of course the source material, how can it not be?
Dead Space 2 Not Coming Until Next Year
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EA have revealed that the hotly anticipated Dead Space 2 won’t be released until early 2011.
Yep, it seems that the space shooter will miss the holiday season completely and instead hit retail in the first quarter of 2011 which, seems to be the new favoured release date for triple A titles.
Ah well, at least I’ll have Halo: Reach to keep me entertained this Christmas.
Playr / Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Preview
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Is this the new MarioKart? Find out as we get majorly hands-on. Taken from episode 92 of Playr.
There’s Another Lego Star Wars Game On The Way
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LucasArts have confirmed that they will be teaming up with UK developer Traveller’s Tales again to make a brand new Lego Star Wars game.
This time around, instead of taking their inspiration from the six Star Wars movies, the new game will be based around the animated series The Clone Wars.
“LucasArts continues to set the bar for next-generation family entertainment. The LEGO Star Wars franchise is a massive hit with fans, bringing in sales of over 20m units worldwide. We’re thrilled to extend this experience to LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, delivering the humour and fun players expect from this award winning franchise.”
Boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, who really wants anymore Star Wars Lego games?
Tim Robbins Signs Up For Green Lantern Movie
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Tim Robbins will play Senator Hammond in Martin Campbell’s upcoming Green Lantern movie.
The veteran actor will play the disapproving father of Peter Sarsgaard’s Dr. Hector Hammond (The movie’s villain).
As you should know by now, Ryan Reynolds is playing the Green Lantern while Blake Lively is onboard as his love interest; Carol Ferris.
Green Lantern is scheduled to hit cinemas on June 17th, 2011.
Bill Murray To Be A Ghost In Ghostbusters 3
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Talking to the MailOnSunday, Hollywood legend Bill Murray confirmed that he will be a ghost in the upcoming Ghostbusters 3…
“I’ll come back in Ghostbusters III only if I get to be a ghost. I said to them, ‘I’ll do it if you kill me off in the first reel.’ So now they are going to have me as a ghost in the film.”
I don’t think I like the sound of this, sounds like it could be nothing more than a glorified cameo…
Prince Of Persia Superbowl Ad
By · CommentsHere’s the Prince of Persia Superbowl trailer shown yesterday during the, um, Superbowl…
Some New Metroid: Other M Details
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Metroid: Other M co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto has revealed some interesting tidbits on the upcoming Wii exclusive and in particular promised that the game would be…
“Different from the rest of the series, this time we’re strongly depicting the human side of Samus through such things as movies. She’s a strong woman, but she also has a fragile side. We want to make a game whose charms can be felt from the story areas and these human touches as well. It’s an action game, but it’s capable of having a clear emotional side.”
He also went on to reveal some interesting details on the gameplay front…
“This Metroid is being developed with the aim of the ideal form of the old Metroid,”
And according to Sakamoto, the ideal blueprint is to…
“Take the 2D jump action game and make it into “3D action.”
Interesting…
Thomas Crown Affair 2 On The Way?
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Pierce Brosnan gave an update on the proposed sequel to his 1999 movie The Thomas Crown Affair.
A couple of years ago it was suggested that Paul Verhoeven would direct and Angelina Jolie would star alongside Brosnan.
Since then, word on the project has got very quite…
Until now…
“We’ve got the fourth script in and this is the closest we’ve gotten in structure to making sense. It’s very very hard. Now we have the character, it’s not really fleshed out, so we have to work on him, Mr. Crown, and her, Miss Moore, another affair, more art, but it has to be an unexpected surprise.”
So, someone is working on it then.
I wonder if Angelina Jolie is still onboard.
I wouldn’t mind seeing a sequel; I have fond memories of the first movie.
Captain America Director Talks Costumes
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The First Avenger: Captain America director Joe Johnston has been talking about how they are going to go about making Captain America’s iconic (yet ridiculous in the real world) costume fit into the realistic approach they plan to take with the movie.
“The costume is a flag, but the way we’re getting around that is we have Steve Rogers forced into the USO circuit. After he’s made into this super-soldier, they decide they can’t send him into combat and risk him getting killed. He’s the only one and they can’t make more. So they say, ‘You’re going to be in this USO show’ and they give him a flag suit. He can’t wait to get out of it.”
Quite clever eh? Anyway, there’s more…
“When he does go AWOL, he covers up the suit but then, after a few things happen, he realizes that this uniform allows him to lead. By then, he’s become a star in the public mind and a symbol. The guys get behind him because he embodies something special.”
And finally…
“In the first USO sequences, the frustrated patriot will be wearing a version that is closer to the classic Jack Kirby-designed costume, but then later as the super-soldier hits the war zone he will be wearing a sturdier, more muted version that he makes himself that is more like battle togs. The stripes across his mid-section, for instance, will be straps, not colored fabric.”
Sounds brilliant if you ask me.
Nick Earl, the senior vice president of Visceral Games has revealed that the upcoming Dead Space 2 will focus more on action as opposed to the original Dead Space’s almost unbearably tense and scary atmosphere.
Talking to IGN.com; Earl said…
“I can tell you that we’re a little more focused on action horror as opposed to survival horror. We just created a really beautiful sequence that we’re showing internally — we haven’t showed it externally yet, but we will get it out there soon — that I think speaks to the high voltage nature of the game. Some really strong action sequences that I think are on par with the level that we’re seeing in the Modern Warfare series and with the level that we’re seeing in Uncharted. Just beautiful, visual imagery and very electric action. I feel very confident about where Dead Space is. I can tell you that we’re not resting on our laurels. We’re going very, very aggressively to take it to the next level,”
It sounds like Dead Space 2 is going in the same direction that Resident Evil 5 did. Could Dead Space 2 be to Dead Space 1 what James Cameron’s Aliens was to Ridley Scott’s Alien?
Daredevil Reboot Gets Screenwriter
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The Day the Earth Stood Still writer David Scarpa has signed on to write the Daredevil reboot.
Yep, instead of a sequel to the 2003 Daredevil starring Ben Affleck, Fox are pretending that that movie never happened and are giving us a fresh new take.
You might be wondering why Fox are bothering at all after the poor performance Daredevil had at the Box Office and from the pens of critics but it seems that Fox only hold the rights to Daredevil as long as they continue to make Daredevil movies. If they do not make Daredevil movies within certain time-frames then the rights go back to Disney/Marvel.
And Fox do not want that to happen.
It’s a shame that Daredevil will stay over at Fox because that instantly eliminates him from all the Marvel team-up movies that Disney/Marvel have planned.
