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With all the financial hoohah [that's the technical term were sticking with] over at MGM, speculation has consumed the message boards about the state of their most prized and high profile assets, namely: The Hobbit and Bond 23. Up till now any concrete news about the production let alone the release dates of both projects are scarce, yet it looks like Warner Brothers know the score as they announce a December 2O12 release.
What we are waiting for however is some interaction from some of the major players, i.e Guillermo Del Toro or Peter Jackson would suffice, just to confirm that indeed The Hobbit is not in permanent stasis as is feared with Bond 23.
More news as it comes.
MATT RICHARDSON
The next entry to the Fast and Furious franchise, currently working under the title of Fast 5 is looking to freshen up the macho stakes in the next installment with Dwayne Johnson considering a starring role in the project.
Reported by Deadline; it is clear that nothing has been set in concrete, but the role – if accepted – would see Johnson take up the role as a foe opposite Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.
At the moment Johnson is working with CBS Films on the drama Faster a revenge heist thriller that see's him play the character 'Driver'. So it appears that a role in the upcoming revved up entry would be up his street.
At its best the franchise is a guilty pleasure; in this respect the appeal that Johnson would bring to the latest offering would be strong, there is no denying the charisma and presence that given the chance The Rock can deliver. With a summer 2011 release production will soon be kicking in to gear.
MATT RICHARDSON
With Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs becoming the most popular of the series it was only a matter of time before a further sequel was added, yet with each new installment the bar has been raised, so talk of another is met with a positive hum of approval.
In the briefest of all reports Variety has reported the following: new entry will be titled Ice Age: Continental Drift. Yes we know the geographical and historical values of these titles are just getting plain silly. It's a cartoon! It will be in 3D. Yes we know this is now mandatory. And it will arrive in summer of 2O12.
Though it has not been reported by Variety, we feel safe to speculate that there are no foreseeable issues with a returning cast with Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo and Queen Latifah surely set to return.
MATT RICHARDSON
Well after a relatively short bout of speculation X Men: First Class has locked in its director in the shape of Matthew Vaughn with Fox officially announcing that the Kick Ass director will release his latest in just over a year.
According to Heat Vision Blog have reported that after locking in Vaughn and a recent rewrite to the script peened by Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz Fox have a firm belief that they can get this project done and dusted for June 3rd next summer.
Based on the comic the film will introduce the beginning of the X Men universe, following the early days of mutant high, where Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr [Not yet Professor X and Magneto] were in unison; aiding the young mutants troubled by there newly discovered powers.
Vaughn is no stranger to the X Men world, he was circling X Men The Last Stand after Bryan Singer went to do Superman Returns. But with this punishing schedule First Class is set to be an evener greater task than the 'final chapter' of the original X Men trilogy.
MATT RICHARDSON
Time must surely be running out to get the fifth potential Die Hard film off the ground; Bruce Willis' John McClane is only get closer to his pipe and slippers as each day goes by.
Yet, According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox who have still not got a draft completed to satisfaction, have now started to negotiations with scribe Skip Woods to produce one.
Woods is not exactly a stellar candidate with his previous credits including Hitman, X Men Origins: Wolverine and Swordfish, though the glimmer of hope that is upcoming adaptation of the TV Series The A Team, this may just claw back some creditability.
But Fox want to push ahead after Die Hard 4.O or [Live Free And Die Hard] written by Mark Bomback and directed by Len Wiseman made $378 million worldwide. And that was after a fair amount of ribbing, after all it was released twenty years after the original New York Cop meets terrorist scenario.
MATT RICHARDSON
With all the recent speculation concerning the Green Hornet: is it in 3D is it not? Are the studio executives getting twitchy fingers in handing over the reported sums of investment? Well Michel Gondry has been cornered to shed some insight by Latino Review.
Firstly Green Hornet is and always has been a 3D project. Secondly the studio is backing the project to the hilt. “If the film is not good, the studio will stop paying any money... Believe me, if they did not think the movie would be great they would stop spending any money on it. It's how big corporations work. They don't spend money to save a project, they spend money when they think they're going to get more money back." Says Gondry.
While you would imagine to hear nothing else from the helmer; not many people would come out and publicly announce a film in turmoil, Gondry at least is not one to hold punches on his thoughts at least.
MATT RICHARDSON
With all the financial hoohah [that's the technical term were sticking with] over at MGM, speculation has consumed the message boards about the state of their most prized and high profile assets, namely: The Hobbit and Bond 23. Up till now any concrete news about the production let alone the release dates of both projects are scarce, yet it looks like Warner Brothers know the score as they announce a December 2O12 release.
