Indiana Jones 4 Release Date

May 22, 2008, Indiana Jones will ride again. Paramount just recently announced the fourth installment in the franchise will be released Memorial Day. It'll be battling that weekend with Warner Bros. "Speed Racer" film, which is also being released Memorial Day. What do you bet "Speed" pulls out? Indy 4...I can't believe this is happening...

Narnia Starts Filming Next Week

"The Chronicals of Narnia: Prince Caspian", begins production next week. Director Andrew Adamson and Producer Mark Johnson are really excited about their casting choice for Prince Caspian who is, apparently, a very talented, British stage actor named Ben Barnes. Meanwhile, even though filming starts really soon, casting for King Miraz is still in the works.
For guys excited about their choice for Prince Caspian, they sure act like they care less about King Miraz...whoever the hell he is... Oh well, I'm sure it will be fine, but starting a film before everyone's even cast yet? I'm sure it's happened before, but it seems like they're rushing in to things here.

"The Flash" Director

Shawn Levy, director of the recent "Night at the Museum" will director Warner Bros. new "Flash" movie.
Originally writer David Goyer (writer of "Batman Begins") was set to write and direct the film, but left recently, probably over creative differences with the studio.
Levy has confirmed he has no intention of making the film a comedy, but is aiming for something lighter hearted than "Superman Returns" and "Batman Begins".
Sounds like Goyer was going for a much darker approach and wasn't going to be allowed to do what he wants with the franchise. This is sad. I think Warner Bros. wants to cash in on a superhero that much wider audiences can accept, much like Sony and Marvel's "Spider-Man" franchies. I really wish Goyer was still helming the film, I mean, "Night at the Museum? Come on! Goyer is a comic book specialist. He was a writer gifted with putting a superhero on screen and he gets the boot for a guy who directs a kiddie comedy with Ben Stiller? Ok, i have yet to see "Night at the Museum", but still, Goyer should be allowed to do what he wants with "The Flash". Poor decision...

Li in Mummy 3? And a Working Title?

I don't normally post rumors, but from what I can tell this is close to confirmed. Apparently Jet Li will be appearing in the new Mummy film which has the tenative title of, "Mummy: Curse of the Dragon" Is Li the new Mummy? More later. And if this is false, shoot me.

Narnia News: "The Prince of Caspian"

Bob Beltz was recently asked by Infuzed Magazine what the status was for the new Narnia film. He said it's underway and the movie is sticking quite close to the book. Andrew Adams will be directing again and much of the same cast and crew from the first film will be returning. Although I find this hard to swallow, he stated that everything that was in the book will be in the film. Anyone want to take him up on that?
He stressed that he doesn't think this will be the case for all of them, because these people don't want to be spending the rest of their lives on just one series. But anyone who's kept up with the "Harry Potter" films knows a change in crew is inevitable. Although they have no choice for the next two. After "Prince of Caspian" is 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader". Beltz says that all the kids look the same for the most part, with the exception of Skanday Keynes, who plays Edmund. Apparently he's really shot up and he's not suppose to look as old as he does right now for the next film. "The big challenge is going to be Edmund I think." He continues, "We're going to try and film the next two ["Caspian" and "Voyage"] in a way that it won't have to be two and a half years between them. We'll be able to bring them out sequentially a year apart. In theory, what we'll do is as soon as they are done filming 'Caspian' and into post-production, then we'll have a new crew to do the filming part of 'Dawn Treader.' Then when that one goes into post-production, we're hoping to go into 'The Silver Chair,' which would be the next book into production."
Pretty good plan, a good way to keep the crew's focus on one film rather than filmming two at a time like so many franchise do these days. The film is schedualed to be out May 16, 2008. While "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" wasn't my favorite movie, it was enjoyable and very well made. I am certainly anxious to see the next film in this series. Looks good.

"Spider-Man 3" "First Look" Clip

"First Look" has released a clip from "Spider-Man 3" with a few new shots from the film and some quick words from director Sam Raimi and the cast. It's a pretty nice clip, worth checking out.

Roman Polanski to Exterminate "Pompeii"

Roman Polanski, the Academy Award winning director of "The Pianist" and the masterpiece "Chinatown", will direct a film that depicts the destruction of the city of Pompeii. The city was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
The story is told following the character Marcus Attilius who is an engineer working to repair the aqueduct that brings water to the people who live on the Bay of Naples. Attilius must eventually fight both the corrupt Roman rulers of Pompeii and the time bomb of nature.
Oh this sounds good! Polanski is an amazing filmmaker. He's had his downs, but his masterpieces far outweigh them. "Pompeii" seems like an excellent film for him to do. Pre-Production begins this summer.

New Shrek 3 Trailer

Yet a new trailer for "Shrek the Third" has been released. It's a lot funnier than the first one. I look forward to it.

"Ghostbusters III"? Animated?

It's funny cause the other day I was talking about how Bill Murray needs to stop making these hideously boring indie films of his and go back to what made him...oh..."good". I jokingly said he needs to do "Ghostbusters III", apparently God took me seriously. Or maybe he found "Lost In Translation" just as bad. I don't know.
In any case, Dan Aykroyd was quoted saying that a "Ghostbusters III" was in the works and was going to be completely CGI animated. He and Bill Murray are attatched to voice their respective characters from the first two movies. No word on if the others will return or not quite yet.
As odd as this sounds, I'm ok with it. As long as its not kiddied down and maintains the humor of the first two movies, I'll be ok. Yeah...I know...They'll probably kiddie it down. It's worth crossing my fingers over though.

Extended Spider-Man 2 DVD

April 17, one of the greatest, highly acclaimed superhero films of all time will be re-released as "Spider-Man 2.1". The new DVD release will include 8 minutes of new footage, including extended fight sequences. It will also contain footage from "Spider-Man 3". Genius marketing ploy since "Spider-Man 3" comes out just a few weeks after this. I might just pick this one up...