While doing press for his latest film Real Steel, Hugh Jackman — who has played the clawed hero in every entry of the “X-Men” series — told MTV how director James Mangold is considering both a PG-13 and an R-rated version of Wolverine’s next film outing.
Hand-wringing over Disney blockbuster John Carter has reached new heights, as director Andrew Stanton has revealed that the only thing holding back a sequel is box-office receipts somewhere in the range of $700 million (that’s a 7 followed by 8 zeros for any of you reading in the cheap seats.
When you’re responsible for something as iconic and popular as James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi epic Avatar, you’ve got a whole lot riding on your shoulders. Do you continue the story with more films? How do you develop the characters further?
While we’ve known for some time the answer to the former question – two sequels are currently in the works – the latter’s been something of a mystery, particularly in regards to Sigourney Weaver and her no-nonsense character Dr. Grace Augustine.
The Avengers sees Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and other Marvel heroes joining forces with the help of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and S.H.I.E.L.D. At long last, a trailer for the highly anticipated film has debuted.
It’s not unheard of for directors to leave projects—it is unusual is to have a director leave the project in the post-production process. This is the case with the reboot of Judge Dredd, as 24 Frames reports director Peter Travis (Vantage Point) has left the film during the editing process.
Adapted from a six-part BBC TV series, the movie version of The Trip is Player Affinity’s Recommendation of the Week. Starring funnymen Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, this Michael Winterbottom comedy is only coming out on DVD, but offers a making of documentary, deleted scenes and of course, laughs. There are seven other new releases, but they are mostly disappointments, including the divisive The Tree of Life, the Kevin James comedy Zookeeper and superhero adventure Green Lantern. The other major theme of the week is British cinema in the form of Mr. Nice, Scrooge and The Four Feathers.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has announced on the company blog that Netflix will retain the DVD-by-mail service under the original brand name and not launch the separate by-mail site Qwikster.
