TRAILER - "Next"

Hmm, Nicolas Cage might be in a potentially good movie this year afterall! "Next" looks like a fun new sci-fi thriller for the summer that's (GASP!) not a sequel or comic book. "Next" comes out April 27th. I more excited about "Sunshine", but "Next" has some major possibilites.

J.J. Abrams IS Directing Trek XI

After a lot of online nerd speculation it was officially announed that the creator of "Lost" and "Alias" will be directing the next Star Trek movie. For months now there's been miscommunication (on my part as well) whether or not he'd direct. He's been set to produce the film, but for a long time people weren't sure whether or not he was directing. Well, it's official. He is. So Trek fans that like the guy can relax and rejoice and others that don't can keep their heads in their asses.
Abrams will be working on casting in the following weeks, so I'm sure we can expect confirmation on that soon enough. I hope he can revive this franchise.
The movie is a prequel to the original series about Kirk and Spock during the academy days.

"Avatar" Release Data & Summary

James Cameron has been doing some mad preperation on his long awaited and highly anticipated "Avatar". The film will be in theaters Memorial Day, 2009.
The sci-fi epic tells the story of an injured ex-marine forced to settle on a planet "rich in bio-diversity" and eventually takes over to lead the planet's inhabitants in a struggle for survival.
I really can't wait for this, but damn that's a long wait. It better be amazing with the amount of time and money he has. I hope his genius hasn't faded like many filmmakers from his era.

Warner Bros. Wants a Live Action "Justice League"?

Yeah...sounds like packing way too much in to one movie and not having the writers to do it. Right now Warner Bros. has Kiernan and Michele Mulroney writing a script for the film, but wont reveal who will be in it. It's unlikely unknown characters will star in this film, but with the "Batman" and "Superman" franchise relaunched how will those characters figure in?
Will this be an alternate timeline or will it somehow tie together the two worlds of "Batman Begins" and "Superman Returns"? Hopfully it'll be the former. Combining the two franchises as they are now would be stupid. It just doesn't work.
Regardless of how they want to do this film in relation to other superhero flicks, another question remains: Do you get Christian Bale to play Batman and Brandon Routh to play Superman? For this, I say yes. Even if this movie does take place in a different timeline from the other movies, right now audiences know them as Batman and Superman-- It would be great having them continue the roles that, more or less, made them pretty big.
In any case, it looks like this movie is either very far off or will end up in production hell for awhile. But then again WB must be slightly serious about it seeing as they have two writers on it already...we'll see.

"Sin City 2" Ready for Action

Frank Miller was interviewed by Sci-Fi Wire recently about "Sin City 2":
"The script is largely done, and now we're in that limbo zone where we're casting and making script adjustments as we go," said Miller.
According to him the sequel will have the story "A Dame to Kill For" which is a prequel to "The Hard Goodbye" which was a story featured in the first film. Miller continues:
"There will be a couple of old ones and one new storyline. The old ones are a couple of 'Blue Eyes' stories, and there's an 'Old Town Girls' story, and the new one features Nancy Callahan [played by Jessica Alba] in a very different, very scary role. I'm hoping we'll start in late spring. It gets pretty hot in Austin, so there might be a summer's interruption there, but both Robert [Rodriguez] (director of the first "Siny City") and I really want to be shooting this thing as soon as possible."
Funny coming from a guy who didn't want any of his storylines made in to movies-- What a very different mindset. If "300" is good and "Sin City 2" follows the quality, he may end up being revered as the greatest comic-to-movie storyteller around. Can't wait for both this and "300"!

TRAILER - Resident Evil: Extinction

I've only see parts of the first movie which I didn't find too good, so I've never bothered to see the whole film or its sequel (which, admittedly looked fun). Even though I know little about it I found this trailer mildly entertaining. Probably all the best parts were shown here though. Anyway, here's the new teaser trailer to the third and final "Resident Evil" film, in theaters this fall. Maybe I'll catch up with this franchise sometime.

"John Rambo"

Wow, there really is a movie news drought this week. What can you expect during this time of the year though. Well, Sylvester Stallon's next Rambo film has been retitled "John Rambo" (the previous title was "Rambo !V: Pearl of the Cobra"). Frankly l liked "Pearl of the Cobra" better, but he must think giving the first and last name of the main character will give him a good movie. Hey, it worked for "Rocky Balboa"!
"John Rambo" begins production this Friday in Thailand.

TRAILER - "The Simpsons Movie" New Trailer

"18 Years in the making." Pretty funny, I hope we didn't see all the best parts in it though. We'll Find out July 27. Enjoy!

"The Hobbit" - Coming 2009

Despite the hatred between "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy director Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema founder Robert K. Shaye, (concering some money desputes back from "Fellowship of the Ring") New Line Cinema has decided to push ahead with "The Hobbit" in 2009.
There's nothing in progress as of yet, but right noew rumors are flying that Sam Raimi ("Spider-Man" films, "Evil Dead") might be helming the production. Here's what the NY Times had straight from Shaye's mouth:

"He would not comment on reports in the news media that the "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi had been asked to direct "The Hobbit." He said, however, that although there was no workable script yet for the film, he intended to release it in 2009."

You "Saw" it Coming...The Fourth Friggen Time...

Darren Lynn Bousman, director of "Saw II" and "Saw III", will be returning to continue drawing out a horror movie franchise that will eventually be bargain bin trash to the same effect "Hellraiser" and "Halloween" movies have become today. Man, what a long sentence-- But true! To be honest I have not seen the sequels, but I figured the first was bad enough, why would I want to waste my life on more dreck?
Anyway, keeping in line with all the other "Saw" movies over the last three years, this film will be released Oct. 26 of this year. Those who enjoy these movies, knock yourselves out. I'm sure you already know to check your brains at the door beforehand.