DVD and Blu-ray sales are big business for all studios, with franchise titles and classics garnering billions. But the big wigs at Warner Bros. have decided on a bolder move: discontinue all “Harry Potter” DVDs starting Dec. 29, including Harry Potter and the Deathly Harrows Part 2 and Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection which will be released on Nov. 11.
Hot on the heels of the massive success that was Paranormal Activity 3, we feature two more of the same horror sub-genre with the shaky-cam spin on the superhero genre, Chronicle, and the exorcist fright-fest The Devil Inside.
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained has been coming along smoothly, but there was one thing missing: a female lead. Normally leading ladies are just there for sex appeal, but this one is integral to the story, providing a basis for the film’s narrative. Luckily, Django found his wife in Kerry Washington.
The film will be based on Walter Isaacson’s recently released Jobs biography, simply titled Steve Jobs. Although no one’s officially hopped on board, The Los Angeles Times relays that Sony and the upcoming film’s producers are aiming to grab Aaron Sorkin to pen the script.
Directors Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg coming together for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicornwas no small matter. The motion-capture film based on the iconic Hergé books has been met with much anticipation (it debuts overseas this week), so a sequel is in the works, right? Well, almost.
News has been breaking about a film based on his novel The Stand, but Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series may have finally found a home for its television adaptation. Producer Brian Grazer has hinted that while the films were having trouble finding a buyer, the planned TV series could wind up on HBO.
Stephen King’s The Stand has been making waves this last week, as Deadline reports the actor-turned-director Ben Affleck is Warner Bros.’ choice for adapting the iconic 1978 novel to the big screen.
