Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s weekly roundup of highly buzzed-about movie rumors circulating throughout Tinseltown. On this week’s docket, we have some speculation regarding the potential future of Christopher Nolan’s Batman universe.
Peter Jackson has been stoking rumors these last few weeks that he was thinking of expanding the planned two-parter into a full-blown trilogy, à la the “Lord of the Rings” series to which The Hobbit is a prequel.
The only thing funny in this sci-fi/comedy stinker is the absurd amount of Costco product placement. Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and company get lost in a script that’s full of lowest-common-denominator humor and alien-invastion cliches.
This weekend’s duo of new wide-release features –Step Up: Revolution and The Watch – feels rather unremarkable. The specialty box office seems to have more favorable titles with Ruby Sparks, Killer Joe, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Searching for Sugar Man.
We’ve compiled the thoughts of all the members of our movie team to give you a varied and informed perspective on The Dark Knight Rises. Check out Max’s alternate take and then read the rest of our thoughts below.
After the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida, the title for this weekend’s new alien-invasion comedy starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn was changed from Neighborhood Watch to The Watch. This isn’t the first (and won’t be the last time) real life has intervened and changed certain aspects of movies. Here are some of the biggest examples.
Many of us wish Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot would arrive faster than a speeding bullet, but we can at least be momentarily satisfied by two teaser trailers which were released along with The Dark Knight Rises last Friday and aptly showcase the new look of the Man of Steel.
