09/02/10 - Looks like the Terminator will be back

Trade paper Variety is reporting that Sony has entered into a biding war against Lionsgate for the rights to the Terminator franchise.

Lionsgate was the first bidder, offering $15 million and a 5 percent cut of future gross receipts. Sony submitted its own bid for an undisclosed amount at the end of last week, the final day for submitting offers.

The auction for the Terminator assets - which include the rights to future films, TV series, DVDs and merchandise - is to be held at the offices of FTI Consulting in Los Angeles, followed by a bankruptcy court hearing.

 

08/02/10 - Bet you didn't see this news coming

The Deadline Hollywood Daily website is claiming that Fox Studios is in the process of producing a new Daredevil movie.

According to the report David Scarpa (The Day the Earth Stood Still) has already been hired to write the script.

It was said that one of the reasons for the remake is so Fox can retain the rights to the property, otherwise it will revert back to Marvel, which was purchased by Disney last year.

 

05/02/10 - The race is on to find new Spider-Man

With the search on to find the next actor to play Spider-Man, Logan Lerman [pictured] is the first name to be linked with the role.

In a recent interview with the Access Hollywood website, Lerman (who previously starred in The Patriot and The Butterfly Effect) said: "There have been a few discussions, it's definitely something I'm looking into.

"[Spider-Man is] one of my favourite characters ever and I'm a huge fan of the series. I'd love to have more conversations about it. I'm definitely very interested in it."

 

04/02/10 - God look is a Thor point for Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins [pictured], who is to play Odin (the Norse god-like ruler of Asgard and father of Thor) in the Thor movie, was recently heard to say: "I hope I look like God."

Production is currently underway on the film which stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Tom Hiddleston as Loki. The project also features Natalie Portman, Jaimie Alexander, Ray Stevenson and Rene Russo and is being directed by Kenneth Branagh.

"I'm a big Ken Branagh [fan]," said Hopkins in a recent interview. "I think he's an extraordinary guy, a wonderful actor and a terrific director."

Thor is due for release on 06 May 2011.

 

03/02/10 - Sgt. Rock film to be set in the future

In a recent interview with The Los Angeles Times, producer Joel Silver revealed that the comic book adaptation of Sgt. Rock will be set in a futuristic world rather than the WWII setting of the comic.

"What we've done is gone back to it and we've done a new draft that actually came in this week," said Silver. "We have a shot at that one now. I feel good about it. That one might happen.

"It's a little bit in the future. As a war movie, it's not going to be 'where it's been', it's going to be 'where it's going.' We didn't want to do Iraq, we didn't want to do a contemporary war. We wanted to do a sort of futuristic war. It's pretty strong. It's not a 'go' movie yet but I'm feeling good about it."

 

02/02/10 - Will Patrick Stewart star in Mad Max?

The Ain't It Cool News website recently reported that Patrick Stewart [pictured] could have a role in George Miller's upcoming Mad Max film Fury Road.

Apparently this rumour originated from an Australian fan who met Stewart.

"I got to ask him whether he'd like to make a movie in Australia and he said he may be back here soon to film a movie with George Miller," said the fan.

"I, embarrassingly, blurted: 'Happy Feet 2! great!' and he said: 'No, another one'." The only real movie that Miller's currently working on is Mad Max: Fury Road.

However, when asked about this, Stewart's publicist claimed that the rumour is untrue.

 

01/02/10 - Dune moves closer to production

In a recent interview with the Tribeca Film website, French action director Pierre Morel talked about his next project as director of a new film version of Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic Dune.

Morel, whose previous films include Taken and From Paris, With Love, stated that he will start drafting a new script soon: "I'm preparing for a long trek in the dunes... We're going to start writing in a couple weeks. It's very early [in the] process. I'm a huge Dune fan, a reader, like for 30 years; I read it when I was a teenager. I've read it 10 times maybe, so I want to stay true to the book. Saying that, I also think that there's a lot of scenes that are not described in the books - it's just mentioned, like the bad guys attacking something - and it might make sense to include those in the movie, not just by mentioning it but showing them."

 

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