January 2009 News Archive (Page 8)

For once and for all, the Arrested Development movie is happening!

- Will Arnett

We'll gladly take Arnett's word for this, as most cast and crew affiliated with the former Fox sitcom have confirmed a big screen version is in the works.

The one actor still not signed on for it? Michael Cera.

When asked about Cera's status for the film, Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz told E! Online that he hopes George-Michael Bluth can be a part of the movie, as he's "just trying to get all the actors on board."

"I know he's thinking about it," Jason Bateman said about Cera. "And we're all awaiting some finality to all of that so Mitch can get writing."

So, why is the young Superbad star holding out?

"You'd have to get [Michael] on the phone to get his answer about whether he's going to come back and do it or not," Bateman said. "He's certainly not said that he won't do it. I think Michael is clearly the guy that has come out of Arrested Development with a very big plate, so I think he's trying to really give some responsible thought to what makes sense for him to do with his career. The guy is 20 years old and I'm sure he doesn't want to screw up this opportunity."

We know Jackie Chan can punch and kick with the best of them.

But can be excel at the art of trimming bonsai trees?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the action star is reportedly close to taking on the role of Mr. Miyagi in an upcoming remake of The Karate Kid.

The remake would be similar to the 1984 original, as Chan would be portraying the mentor to a teen who's being harassed by bullies and is in need of philosophical guidance, along with a few sweet self-defense moves.

Jaden Smith, who cut his drama chops alongside father Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness, will follow in the dangerous footsteps of Ralph Macchio by taking on the lead role.

Ezra Buzzington has joined the cast of H2, Rob Zombie's Halloween remake.

Look for this Mirrors and The Hills Have Eyes star to appear on the sequel as a beer delivery man.

Hey, they can't all be Oscar-caliber parts.

Horror fans will be pleased with every aspect of My Bloody Valentine 3-D. Especially the flying axes and incredible amounts of nudity!

Read more about each now with our detailed My Bloody Valentine 3-D review!

With all the buzz surrounding possibilities for the next Batman villain, let's not forget about Spider-Man 4.

Sam Raimi recently told Empire Magazine that he has a character in mind to take on Peter Parker in this franchise's next installment.

"I like it in the Marvel comics when Spider-Man fights Morbius... He's really cool. A vampire! I like that combination of superhero plus supernatural," Raimi said.

A bit of background for non-comic book geeks:

Morbius was a Nobel-prize winning biochemist. He attempted to cure a rare blood disease with a combination of vampire bats and electroshock therapy... leading to vampire-like characteristics, as well as a really bad headache.

Are movie fans ready to Scream again?

Numerous sources are reporting that the horror franchise may return, as various Scream 4 rumors include:

• David Arquette, Courtney Cox Arquette and Neve Campbell have been approached for cameos.

• Scream 2 writer Kevin Williamson is writing a draft of the script.

• There's a a "very good possibility" that Wes Craven will return to direct.  

Would you see another Scream movie?

New details have emerged about a few of the new Autobots that will appear in this summer's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

As first reported by IESB, the Autobots will have an answer to the evil Devastator. It will be Superion, "the mighty union of the five Aerialbots."

Those five Aerialbots will be:

• Silverbolt: Aerialbots leader
• Airazor: Small but fierce
• Fireflight: Easily distracted daydreamer
• Skydive: Aerial strategy expert
• Air Raid: Reckless divebomber

Here's a look at what the former Superion action figure looked like:

From High School Musical 3: Senior Year to New Moon? 

Numerous sources are reporting that Vanessa Hudgens has auditioned for the role of Leah Clearwater in the upcoming sequel to Twilight.

Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in the franchise, told reporters on the Golden Globes red carpet last night that Hudgens would "be great," for the role of Leah Clearwater.

The actress added another tidbit on the status of New Moon: "I hear they're doing another rewrite. I'm with you guys - I'm so excited to read it."

Might another actor attempt to fill the impressive shoes left by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight?

At last night’s Golden Globe Awards, producer Chuck Roven told MTV that he and The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan and writer David Goyer were “talking and thinking” about the next film.

As for one of the most popular topics among movie fans - who will fill portray the latest villains to Batman? - Roven had an interesting take:

“We have to separate the actors from the role,” said Roven. “On a personal level, Heath was a friend of mine. We had worked together before The Dark Knight, but I still think that The Dark Knight is its own thing, and we have to separate them."

Might another actor dare to take on The Joker? Would you wanna see one try?

According to Jamie King, a Sin City sequel is definitely in the works.

Here's what the actress had to say about the follow-up, when asked by Collider:

Frank Miller just finished the script. I was with him the other night. He just finished it and the thing is…I think when Sin City came out it was such a big hit for the studio but the studio is frustrating…sometimes studios are awesome because they have a great vision for something, but then they want to do weird things with the second one.

Robert didn’t want to go down that route, so we’ve just be waiting till somebody knocked some sense into them, where we can do it the way we want to do it. None of the filmmakers or the actors were willing to sacrifice doing it any other way other than what we wanted to do it. I’m hoping we’ll do it sometime this year. But you know how movies are…

I remember I was with Robert and he said we’re going in two months. I was like okay, we’ll have to work out everybody’s schedule. But then it got pushed. So you never really know with movies. It happens when it happens.