Movie News

Another Jason Bourne movie is on the way.

While the most important person is on board (Matt Damon), the movie has now found its likely screenwriter.

Josh Zetumer has been hired to pen the fourth installment in the Bourne franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Bourne Ultimatum screenwriter George Nolfi was originally set for the script, but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.

Zetumer will be brought in to write a new script, though it’s not clear if his version will ultimately be combined with Nolfi’s. The project is scheduled for release in 2011.

Hollywood is officially out of new ideas.

Sources have confirmed that Lionsgate is planning a remake of Dirty Dancing, with Julia Dahl (Uptown Girls) penning the script.

For those that have lived under a rock for the past two decades, the original 1987 movie starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. It centered on a young woman and the mysterious, handsome dance instructor she meets one summer at camp.

No production date has been set for the ridiculously-planned reboot.

We're as shocked and depressed about this news as you are.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a sequel to Which Chicks is seriously on the way.

The 2004  Wayans Brothers comedy - which starred Marlon and Shawn Wayans as sibling FBI agents posing as a pair of Caucasian woman - somehow made $70 million at the box office.

No details about the sequel have been released, but we don't need to hear any to question whether this is proof that the Hollywood Apocalypse is clearly on the way.

It's sat atop the best-seller's list for months.

Therefore, it's no surprise that Steve Harvey's book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man will soon be made into a movie.

The comedian penned the book of advice for women seeking to better understand their mates; the self-help tome was inspired by a segment on Harvey's syndicated morning radio show.

No production date has been set.

Holy frak!

Following years of rumors, Battlestar Galactica will be hitting the big screen.

Universal Pictures has confirmed Internet speculation that Bryan Singer will direct and produce the wildly-anticipated movie, which will be based on the iconic science-fiction series.

Glen Larson, who created original Battlestar Galactica in 1978, will also serve as a producer.

Not much is known about the movie's plot, but it likely won't pick up where the TV show left off; look for it to be a total re-imagining of the universe that was created by Larson in the mid-70s.

It looks like Ridley Scott is returning to the franchise that made him famous.

Variety has confirmed that 20th Century Fox will keep the Alien series alive with a prequel that will be directed by Scott, who was behind the camera for the original.

Jon Spaihts will write the prequel.

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.

So Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has been out since Wednesday, but if you're like the rest of us and have a job you may have had to wait until this weekend.  Oh and some movie called My Sister's Keeper is going to do terrible compared to it. 

Here's the breakdown of the two movies looking to steal your money.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Stars: Shia LeBouf, Megan Fox
Quick Synopsis: The sequel to the blockbuster Transformers movie sees the autobots up against a new enemy, The Fallen
Prediction: Since it opened on Wednesday it has already beaten its competition ten times over.  Don't check our math.

My Sister's Keeper
Stars: Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin
Quick Synopsis: Based ona  book, a daughter sues her parents so she won't have to give up organs to her sister.  Jerk.
Prediction: Going up against Transformers 2?  I don't care if you are a chick flick.  You're screwed.

After just starring in the light-hearted romantic comedy, The Proposal, Ryan Reynolds is about to get a lot darker.  Reynold's next project will be the independent film, Buried.

In Buried, Reynolds will star as a civilian contractor who's kidnapped in Iraq and awakens buried in a coffin in the desert, armed only with a cell phone, a candle and a knife.

Rodrigo Cortes will be directing and production begins next month in Barcelona.

Despite Hitman being universally panned by critics, the movie adaptation of the popular video game did gross $100 million.  So obviously it comes as no surprise that Twentieth Century Fox is looking to extract a little more money out of that cash cow.

The studio has hired screenwriter Kyle Ward to begin to write the followup to the 2007 film.  The sequel will rejoin the title character, Agent 47, at a low point. The movie will follow him as he builds himself back up psychologically and physically to reclaim his mantle as the world's most feared assassin.

The film will contain elements from the upcoming video game, Hitman 5, which is due out in late 2010.  Hey if nothing else we'll get some great action scenes and the witty one liners that made for some great Hitman quotes in the original.