I’m not sure whether fans are really all that torn up about Paramount’s new live-action film version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or they just love pressing producer Michael Bay‘s buttons. Probably a little bit of both.
Life after The Avengers is coming up quick for Marvel Studios, and Robert Downey Jr. and Iron Man 3 will ring in that new era next May. With filming set to begin this summer, Disney has put out a casting call that confirms the return of several key characters from the previous “Iron Man” films.
With Lionsgate’s adaptation of The Hunger Games breaking box-office records this weekend, it’s no surprise that studios are looking heavily into other dystopian properties. Warner Bros. thinks the “Fourth Realm” trilogy could be the next big series.
With the second entry in the “Hunger Games” series, Catching Fire, already greenlit for a November 2013 release, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy has a lot of opportunities to expand on the first film’s foundation. While “Games” did get a number of things right, there’s always room for expansion.
Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s new weekly roundup of highly buzzed-about movie rumors circulating throughout Tinseltown. On this week’s docket, we have just one rumor, but it’s a rather interesting one.
If you’re still feeling the sting of Michael Bay‘s comments that the featured foursome of the upcoming live-action reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be of an “alien race,” you might want to hear what the film’s director, Jonathan Liebesman, has to say.
Although freakishly warm weather all over the country has folks stoked for Summer 2012 at the movies, Summer 2013 is shaping up to be pretty darn good itself. All the major studios are trying to set their tentpole releases, and Warner Bros. is the latest to make its move.
