Posted on 07 October 2009 by Brent Hartinger, Editor
The last Predator movie came out two years ago, which means, of course, that it’s time for a “reboot.”Robert Rodriguez will direct Adrian Brody and (probably) Topher Grace. I’ve always thought the rights-holders of the Predator franchise were particularly craven, and this pretty much proves it.
So Paramount is asking “fans” if they wantParanormal Activity to get a wide release. If this site gets a million hits, it will. Uh huh. Cause this is how studios make decisions like this.
In a slightly more organic online campaign, Harry Potter fans are trying to encourage a release of an indie film, Cherrybomb starring Rupert Grint, which has yet to secure a distributor. The film is a major departure for the actor, showing his character taking drugs and, ahem, in a nude bedroom scene. I’m detecting a trend here among Harry Potter actors: establish acting credibility by dropping trou. Emma Watson, resist!
Howard Shore’s music for The Lord of the Ringswill get the full live symphony treatment at Radio City Music Hall.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has officially made $300 million in the US, making it the second highest-grossing film in the series. The top film, Sorcerer’s Stone, grossed $317 million. World-wide, Half-Blood Prince has grossed $928 million.
Ben Barnes talks about how they’ve given the upcoming The Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie more a plot (because — let’s face it — it doesn’t really have one): “They’ve stolen a couple of ideas from some of the later [Chronicles of Narnia] books. [It’s] a very difficult book to adapt, because it’s very episodic. It’s chapter by chapter. They go on the voyage, they go to one island, a bit more voyage, another island, a bit more voyage, another island. It’s very satisfying to read; every chapter by chapter, it’s very exciting. But it has no real through line. And so they have to kind of steal other elements to sew it all together. I think they’ve done it in a really clever, unobtrusive way.”
Seven (possibly) good things about the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are movie.
Emily Watson is also a British actress, interestingly enough. She’s actually pretty awesome. It’s fun to think of her playing Hermione…hmm, on the other hand, maybe not.
At the risk that this will sound dreadful coming from me, I think Rupert Grint is growing up to be rather hot. I was terrified he’d be stuck with the pudding-face for the rest of his years!
Hey, I’m married and older, but I ain’t dead, and I live in teenaged heads a lot.
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who’s Emily Watson? if you’re referring to the actress playing Hermione Granger, her name is EMMA Watson, not Emily.
They’re actually twins, and they co-play the role. Okay, maybe not! Fixed (thanks!).
Emily Watson is also a British actress, interestingly enough. She’s actually pretty awesome. It’s fun to think of her playing Hermione…hmm, on the other hand, maybe not.
At the risk that this will sound dreadful coming from me, I think Rupert Grint is growing up to be rather hot. I was terrified he’d be stuck with the pudding-face for the rest of his years!
Hey, I’m married and older, but I ain’t dead, and I live in teenaged heads a lot.