July 2009 News Archive (Page 3)

It wasn't loved by critics, but X-Men Origins: Wolverine still cleaned up at the box office.

The movie will be released on DVD on September 15. Among other features, viewers can look forward to the following on the two-disc set:

• Commentary by Director Gavin Hood
• Commentary by Producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter
• The Roots of Wolverine: A conversation with X-Men creators Stan Lee and Len Wein
• “Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins” featurette
• Deleted and Alternate Scenes

Two action movies are newly released on DVD this week. One excelled at the box office; the other, not so much...

Fast & Furious
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker
Why you should rent it: How else will you follow the next film in the franchise, Faster & More Furious?

Dragonball Evolution
Stars: Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum
Why you should rent it: Because you lost a bet.

Originally titled They Came From Upstairs, Aliens in the Attic stars Ashley Tisdale and Weeds actor Kevin Nealon.

As the name suggests, the film centers on a group of kids that must defend their home from, well, aliens in the attic.

It opens on July 31 and you can watch the official trailer below:

At Comic-Con last week, producer Timur Bekmambetov touched on rumors of an upcoming sequel to Wanted.

"Yes, I think it's coming," Bekmambetov said. "We're working hard to be ready to shoot in a few months."

The original action movie was released in 2008 and earned more than $134 million at the box office.

When asked about the status of stars James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie, Bekmambetov said: "James McAvoy will be in the movie, and he will try to wake up our Fox."

Nice!

Jolie's character died at the end of the first film, but there are ways around that. When asked where Fox currently resides, Bekmembetov hinted at how she might be revived in a sequel:

"She's in a bath with wax," he said, referring to the healing baths that the characters took in the first film to repair themselves after lots of gun-toting mayhem.

Would you watch a Wanted sequel?

It looks like King Kong is headed back to the big screen yet again with a movie adaptation of the King Kong pequel book, Kong: King of Skull Island.

Recently, Spirit Pictures has picked up the rights to the book, and the movie will be film using motion capture technology in the style of The Polar Express and Beowulf.

Currently Peter Jackson, who recently remade King Kong in 2005 is not attached to the project.

It looks like Harry Potter had to face something much deadlier than Voldemort at the box office this weekend... and lost. 

Jerry Bruckheimer's family-friendly G-Force and its army of CGI guinea pigs were able to take down everyone's favorite boy wizard.

So what did the numbers end up looking like over the weekend for the top five?

1. G-Force: $32.1 million
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $30 million
3. The Ugly Truth: $27 million
4. Orphan: $12.7 million
5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $8.2 million

For the second comic con in a row, Disney has revealed what it calls concept art for the recently re-named Tron sequel, Tron Legacy. 

In the video we see an extremely angry looking, bearded Jeff Bridges and some sweet light cycle races.

So what are you doing?  Go ahead and click play on the concept video below and get excited for the best sci fi movie of 2010.

A few months ago, New Moon fans were introduced to the Wolf Pack.

Now, franchise followers can actually view the Volturi.

Sources confirm that the following is the first, official photo of this evil vampire clan. Shown below, Jamie Campbell-Bower looks quite serious in the role of Caius; while Dakota Fanning is downright evil as Jane.

New Moon, of course, comes out on November 20. This promotional pic ought to simply make fans more excited for it.

It's no longer a question of if, but when.

An Arrested Development movie is most definitely in the works, but star Jason Bateman isn't sure when it will start shooting.

"It could be as early as the next six months or as late as 18," Bateman said last week. "[Creator Mitch Hurwitz] hasn’t told me what he has in mind. As fans of the show know, you can look at the very last scene of the last episode, which kind of dovetails into what the film could be."

Tell us more, Michael Bluth:

"Maybe pitches to Ron Howard the idea about making a show about the family. He says, 'No, that wouldn’t work, but maybe a movie'. Read into that what you will," the actor said.

A year before it opens in theaters, Iron Man 2 is already a hit.

At last week's Comic-Con festival, no show or movie received as much attention and hype as this wildly-anticipated sequel.

After discussion various inspirations and storylines for the movie, director Jon Favreau gave fans a look at the first trailer for the movie. It depicted two key scenes:

1. A haggard and angry Tony Stark ate doughnuts with Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). The former described how tough it was to do all this world-saving on his own, yet refused Fury's proposal to join a "superhero boy band."
2. Stark testified before a Senate committee about his possession of a secret super weapon. Sarcastically, Stark demanded the Senate thank him for maintaining "world peace." Garry Shandling, the Senate committee chairman, told Stark to "f--k off!"

Sounds awesome.

Meanwhile, the following trio of images from the film have been released: