Movie News (Page 10)

Will there be a Pirates of the Caribbean 4?

Geoffrey Rush more or less confirmed o MTV News back in September that he hoped any future films in the franchise would focus more on his character's relationship with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp).

However, if there's any plans for Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Director Gore Verbinski is unaware of them.

"Show me the script," he said. "I look forward to reading the script for Pirates 4."

Verbinski knows, of course, that because of the ongoing writers strike, such a task would be impossible. But, then, past movies in the trilogy have already been green-lit, and even given a concrete release date, without a final screenplay.

Try it again, MTV reports, and you'll lose Verbinski, the director insisted.

"The process of having release dates and no script is not something I'm dying to go through again. I would have to pull the gun out of my mouth [first]," he said. "The reason I did 2 and 3, honestly, was because I still thought there was something to do there. I don't want to be involved in, you know, ‘Rocky 9.'"

Amanda Seyfried - best known for her role in Mean Girls - will star opposite Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body, Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman's follow-up collaboration to Juno.

The film centers on Jennifer (Fox), a cheerleader who is possessed by a demon and starts feeding off the boys in a Minnesota farming town. Her bookish best friend Needy (Seyfried) must take drastic measures to protect their town from the seductive teenager and her appetite for high school guys.

Filming begin in Vancouver in March.

With talk of a Cloverfield sequel, Spider-Man 4 and even more Pirates of the Caribbean movies, we've now received word that Walt Disney Pictures wants to make a National Treasure 3. At least.

The studio is also reportedly looking to produce two more films in the Nicolas Cage franchise.

JimHillMedia.com reports that Disney has registered the domain names NationalTreasure3DVD.com and NationalTreasure4DVD.com, clear indications that the studio sees more box office gold to be mined from this Treasure trove.

So what might National Treasure 3 be about? That same website reports:

The story for the third National Treasure would "send the Gates family off to Easter Island and beyond in search of Atlantis. More importantly, the pure, clean power source that was supposedly lost forever when this ancient civilization sank beneath the sea. Which - were it to be harnessed today - would immediately put an end to global warming. Not to mention making gas and oil obsolete."

Would you wanna see a National Treasure 3... and 4?

Hayden Panettiere is set to star in teenage comedy Daydream Nation, written and to be directed by Michael Goldbach.

Kieran Culkin is in negotiations to join the Heroes star in the film. He'll portray Panettiere's oblivious boyfriend.

Daydream Nation, budgeted at about $10 million, is scheduled to start production in the second or third quarter of this year.

Move over, Wild Things.

According to reports, the Matt Dillon/Neve Campbell/Denise Richards vehicle may no longer enjoy its status as the most mainstream movie to feature a threesome in the last decade or so.

The New York Post states that Scarlett Johansson has a steamy lesbian sex scene with Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's upcoming Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

"It is also extremely erotic. People will be blown away and even shocked. Penelope and Scarlett go at it in a red-tinted photography dark room, and it will leave the audience gasping," said a source.

The stars later have a threesome with Javier Bardem, who plays Cruz's husband in the movie and boyfriend in real life. Do with this information whatever you please. (You're welcome, guys)

We already know Spider-Man 4 is in the works.

But might Spider-Man 3 villain Venom be receiving his own spin-off film, as well?

According to IESB.net, Marvel is moving ahead with a new standalone movie based around the dastardly alien symbiote, played by Topher Grace in the last Spider-Man installment. The company has reportedly met with several "A-list writers" to pen a script.

Considering the massive success of Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour, it was only a matter of time before fans were graced with a full-length Hannah Montana movie.

According to sources, the film will start production in April and will, of course, star Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus.

While neither Brooke Shields nor Heather Locklear are confirmed for the project, expect celebrity cameos to be part of the picture.

With her burgeoning collection of enterprises â€" from the show to her concert movie to her upcoming clothing line and other products â€" Cyrus is entering Olsen Twins-like world domination. Is this a good thing? Are you excited for her movie?

Meanwhile, in other exciting television-show-being-made-into-a-film news: We couldn't be more psyched about a possible Arrested Development movie.

There's one every year. That movie quote that captures the attention of people everywhere.

I see dead people. I bought you a delicious bass. 

We could go on and on. This year, USA Today is reporting that the catchphrase that's caught on most with Americans is courtesy of Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood: "I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!"

Relatively few people have seen the movie â€" this past weekend, it expanded to about 1,500 theaters and its gross so far is $21.1 million â€" but the dialogue has taken off nonetheless.

A "There Will Be Milkshakes" video, with scenes from the film playing to Kelis' song Milkshake, has recevoed more than 60,000 views on YouTube. Check it out:

What do you think? Can you think of more catchy movie quotes from the past year? 

Emilio Estevez will need a library card for his next movie.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Estevez is prepping The Public, a social drama set in a public library that he wrote and will direct as his follow-up to Bobby.

The story is loosely based on a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece written by Chip Ward, a retiring librarian in Salt Lake City, which discussed the epidemic issue of libraries becoming de facto shelters for the homeless and the mentally ill in light of many social program cuts.

Estevez was on the awards circuit with Bobby, a film that he said brought him "out of the wilderness," when he had a conversation with Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Co. distributed that 2006 film with MGM.

"Harvey said, 'You have a voice and use it. And don't follow up 'Bobby' with something frivolous,' " Estevez said. "That stayed with me. And when I read this piece last April, I thought this could be it."

We now present our favorite movie rumor of the new year:

There's buzz that the an Arrested Development movie might actually be happening! Jeffrey Tambor, who played George Bluth Sr. on the beloved series, said as much during an interview this weekend.

On XM Radio's The Ron and Fez Show, Tambor hinted that development on the Arrested Development movie may be starting soon.

"I think we're gonna make a movie," Tambor said. "I talked to Ron Howard [series executive producer] the other day, and he hinted around that there's a real push to get the movie made, of course, after the strike. And [he asked] was I on board. I said, of course! I'd love doing that!"

Moreover, Juno co-star and Arrested Development leading man, Jason Bateman, confirmed the rumor.

"I can confirm that a round of sniffing has started. Any talk is targeting a post-strike situation, of course," said Bateman. "I think, as always, that it's a question of whether the people with the money are willing to give our leader, Mitch Hurwitz, what he deserves for his participation. And I can speak for the cast when I say our fingers are crossed."