The Hobbit to be finally released
After a few lawsuits brought forward by the heirs of J.R.R Tolkien and a settlement with New Line Cinema over profits owed from The Lord Of The Ring trilogy, the path is now clear for the release of a two-film based on the book The Hobbit.
Hopefully it won’t take too long now, meanwhile, for the pleasure, let’s watch !
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen takes over $201 million in 5 days
This weekend’s box-office estimates are in and Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN grossed a massive $201 million in just five days, easily securing it the number one spot. The film is the second biggest film opening ever, behind last year’s slightly better reviewed THE DARK KNIGHT.
THE PROPOSAL, which stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynold had another successful week dropping one place to number two in the countdown, as did THE HANGOVER, which clings on to the number three spot.
Here is the top ten in full, TRANSFORMERS listed with its weekend haul only (still a whopping $112 million.
1. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” $112,000,000
2. “The Proposal,” $18,466,000
3. “The Hangover,” $17,215,000
4. “Up,” $13,046,000
5. “My Sister’s Keeper,” $12,030,000
6. “Year One,” $5,800,000
7. “The Talking of Pelham 1 2 3,” $5,400,000
8. “Star Trek,” $3,606,000
9. “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” $3,500,000
10. “Away We Go,” $1,678,000
Hugh Jackman is Avon Man!
Hugh Jackman is to star in 20th Century Fox’s AVON MAN, a pitch that they picked up from HITCH scribe Kevin Bisch. Variety reports:
The story follows men laid off from an auto dealership. One is reluctantly recruited into becoming an Avon salesman, and while the experience is initially emasculating, he uses his charm and good looks to become a top seller.
The car salesman sets out to save his financially strapped family and town by conscripting his buddies into the makeup business to win a regional contest.
Jackman and Seed Productions partner John Palermo will produce the film with Gary Foster at Krasnoff Foster Entertainment.
Three join the Stanley Tucci dramedy The Hunter
Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson and Julianne Moore have joined the cast of actor/ director Stanley Tucci’s drama THE HUNTER.
The film, set amid the aristocracy of New York’s Upper Westchester County, is a coming-of-age story of a middle-aged man, played by Brosnan, who find himself desperately clinging to the vestiges of his once-charmed life and world.
Variety reports that pre-production will start in September.
Sony reveal August classic Blu-Ray releases
Our mates over at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have just been in touch with details for their upcoming releases ABOUT LAST NIGHT, GLORY, GO, BLUE THUNDER and ST. ELMO’S FIRE, which are all set for release on Blu-Ray format (UK) in August. We have the details for all of the releases below, as well as the box-art for GLORY. Reviews coming soon!.
About Last Night
* 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
* English, Italian and Spanish 5.1
* Subtitles: English, English HOH, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
* Original Making-Of Featurette
* Ed Zwick and Rob Lowe in Conversation
Blue Thunder
* 1080P Widescreen
* English, Italian and Spanish 5.1
* Subtitles: English, English HOH, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
* Director, Editor and Motion Control Supervisor Commentary
* “The Special”: Building Blue Thunder: Making-of the Helicopter
* 1983 Promotional Featurette
St. Elmo’s Fire
* 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
* English, Italian and Spanish 5.1
* Subtitles: English, English HOH, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
* Commentary with Director Joel Schumacher
* Joel Schumacher Remembers St. Elmo’s Fire
* Music Video: John Parr – “Man in Motion”
* Deleted Scenes
Go
* 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
* English, French and German 5.1
* Subtitles: English, English HOH, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
* Commentary with Director Doug Liman & Editor Stephen Mirrione
* Making of Featurette
* “New” by No Doubt
* “Magic Carpet Ride” by Philip Steir
* “Steal My Sunshine” by Len
* Deleted Scenes
Glory
* 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
* English, French and German 5.1 Dolby TrueHD
* Subtitles: English, English HOH, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
* Director’s Commentary
* Blu-ray Game – Virtual Civil War Battlefield
* Featurette – The Voices of Glory
* Documentary – The True Story Continues
* Original Theatrical Making Of Featurette
* Deleted Scenes (with optional commentary)
Justin Timberlake to don tight stuff for The Green Lantern movie?
The mighty Ain’t It Cool News have had it said to them that Justin Timberlake is set to don some tight gear and star in the big screen version of the comic book THE GREEN LANTERN. Check this!
Got an unconfirmed rumor that at Leavesden Studios – there’s been some Warner Bros. screen testing on GREEN LANTERN and that Justin Timberlake was suiting up for the test. That does not mean that JT is going to be Hal Jordan, but just that he’s one of the guys that they’ve been seriously considering for the role of our Emerald Knight. At least that’s the latest from our source, Alphonse
Wolverine star joins Russell Crowe and co in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood film
Danny Huston has joined the cast of Ridley Scott’s ROBIN HOOD flick. The 30 DAYS OF NIGHT and X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, will play King Richard in the movie, according to reports.
Russell Crowe stars as the title character, while Scott directs from a script by Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris and Brian Helgeland. Cate Blanchett stars as Maid Marian, William Hurt is the Earl of Pembroke and Matthew Macfadyen plays the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Shooting is currently underway in the UK.