So much for original concepts or titles.
Movie goers embraced the familiar this weekend, making Fast & Furious the number-one at the box office by an incredible margin. Here's the complete top five:
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Sam Raimi, who will direct Spider-Man 4, recently spoke to Sci-Fi Wire about the upcoming blockbuster.
He said the script ought to be complete within a few months. However, when asked about the bad guys that will appear in the fourth installment of the franchise, Raimi remained mum:
I'm not at liberty to discuss the villains yet. I think I have to wait till the finished screenplay, and then it'd really be up to Sony Pictures and the producers to determine when they want to release that information. To them, it's usually a big, a big, big thing, a big moment where they want to present the villain with the proper respect or fear that he or she deserves.
Which villains do you think should appear in Spider-Man 4?
A comedy and an action thriller open nationwide this weekend. Let's take a closer look at each new release...
Adventureland
Stars: Bill Hader, Kristen Stewart
Quick synopsis: A recent college graduate lands a job at an amusement park.
Prediction: A surprising hit, top-three at the box office.
Fast & Furious
Stars: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
Quick synopsis: More cars are driven, in a fast and furious manner.
Prediction: Familiarity may, sadly, pay off. Number-one at the box office.
On August 21, movie goers will be treated to Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.
The drama focuses on a team of Jewish-American soldiers. The group is known as "The Basterds" and is chosen to spread fear throughout the Third Reich. How do their accomplish this task?
By scalping and killing Nazis.
Below are a trio of images from the film. It stars Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine and Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark...
Paul Weitz, who has produced In Good Company, The Golden Compass and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, is in negotiations to direct Little Fockers.
The studio will begin production in July on the third installment of this comedic franchise.
Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner are set to reprise their roles from the last two films.
According to Variety, the studio has been looking for the right director to replace Jay Roach, who directed Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers.
Watchmen has struggled to cross $100 million domestically, but the movie's underwhelming box office haul hasn't destroyed Warner Bros.' faith in director Zack Snyder.
The studio has already signed on to distribute his next movie: Sucker Punch.
"All the studio has ever said to me is, 'We are proud of Watchmen, we think it's awesome and we stand behind it,'" Snyder told Entertainment Weekly. "They've never said, 'Ahh, it could have been shorter,' or, 'Too bad it's so R-ish.' And that's really cool. I'm challenging them again with Sucker Punch."
The drama will star a cast of young women, including Vanessa Hudgens, Evan Rachel Wood, Emma Stone, Abby Cornish and Emily Browning in the lead role.
According to Snyder, the actresses, who portray a unit of insane asylum inmates, are all close to finalizing their contracts.
"They are all super excited because they get to play these juicy, mentally difficult roles, plus they get to fight," Snyder said. "We need to get the deals done because they've got a lot of fight training to do."
Be warned:
The following trailer for Bruno is definitely not safe for work.
In fact, because the comedy might be stuck with an NC-17 rating, you actually have to enter your birthdate to watch it. But it's very much worth your while.
Bruno is a hilariously gay Austraian reporter played by Sacha Baron Cohen, who brought us the 2006 classic Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
Yahoo! Movies and USA Today have released a list of the robots in this summer's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Here's the full list:
Opening in conventional and IMAX theaters on June 24, the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Benjamin Hickey, Ramon Rodriguez, Isabel Luca and John Turturro.
Quentin Tarantino's next movie, the World War II epic Inglourious Basterds, will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
According to Variety, Tarantino has accepted the offer and has told the film's studio and producers that the movie will be ready for this national stage.
The Brad Pitt vehicle, which follows a group of Jewish-American soldiers whose mission is to take down a group of Nazis, will be released on August 21 in theaters.
