Relativity Media is moving full steam ahead with a film adaptation of the graphic novel Afterburn. After losing Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Shooter), Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters) has stepped up to the plate.
DreamWorks is revving up for a new video game adaptation, as the studio is reportedly close to acquiring the movie rights to Electronic Arts’ “Need for Speed” franchise.
The “Mission: Impossible” franchise has been a popular and successful beast, resulting in two TV series and four blockbuster movies. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol was considered one of the best action movies of 2011 and it has easily won the battle to be Player Affinity’s Recommendation of the Week.
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 rumors about the sequel to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Robocop and – of course – The Avengers.
Even three diverse newcomers were unable to topple the box office juggernaut that is The Hunger Games. The action flick easily took the number one spot for a fourth week – the first film since Avatar to do so.
While the original trio’s act was great, the sound effects-laden wackiness of Moe, Larry and Curly have become dated for a modern context. That is the issue at the center of the Farrelly brothers revival of The Three Stooges.
This weekend’s Lockout imagines we might send the worst of our kind into stasis lockup in outer space. It might not be the best use of taxpayer dollars, but it begs the question: what are some of the other coolest movie prisons?
