What was supposed to be the year of the gritty revisionist fairy tale blockbusters has turned into a rather questionable “happily ever after.” Less than two weeks ago we learned Paramount had moved Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters to January 2013. Now, Warner Bros. has delayed Bryan Singer‘s Jack the Giant Killer
The trailer for Haywire presented itself as a fun action-packed B-movie homage with A-list caliber talent, but what we get is a very bland, boring movie that fails as an action flick and as a thriller and should have been confined to straight-to-DVD hell.
Golden Golbe nominee Jessica Chastain had signed on to star in Joseph Kosinski’s currently untitled post-apocalyptic flick alongside Tom Cruise, but will star in Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming film about the death of Osama bin Laden instead. Former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko will take her place.
Fear not, Hancock fans. Peter Berg, who directed the 2008 surprise box-office hit starring Will Smith, Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron, says Hancock 2 should still happen — eventually.
This weekend will give moviegoers a heavy dose of Gina Carano, star of Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire. Should it prove successful, it could open the doors for more female butt-kicking, including the fast-tracking of projects such as Relativity Media’s Hack/Slash.
Steven Soderbergh’s action thriller Haywire stars mixed martial artist Gina Carano as a betrayed gun for hire. Considering the cast around her, she has quite the opportunity to join the following list of some of the best athletes to ever make the transition to acting.
New film adaptations of the popular ’90s book series Goosebumps are in the works and Columbia Pictures has scared up a new writer in Darren Lemke. The studio is close to making a deal with the writer of Shrek Forever After and Bryan Singer’s upcoming Jack the Giant Killer.
