Alex Kurtzman made his name co-writing and producing the likes of the Transformers movies, Star Trek and Cowboys & Aliens, but for his directorial he’s going to something a tad smaller and more personal, but still with a high-powered cast including Chris Pine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde and Elizabeth Banks. Inspired by true events, Chris Pine plays Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father’s estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father’s last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister, Frankie, whom he never knew about (Elizabeth Banks). As their relationship develops, Sam is forced to rethink everything he thought he knew about this family – and re-examine his own life choices in the process. A US release is set for June, but no UK release has been announced yet.
Kenneth Branagh Takes Over Chris Pine’s Jack Ryan Pic
When Paramount announced a couple of years ago they wanted to reboot the Jack Ryan franchise, taking it younger and edgier after the Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck takes on the character, the idea was to get it up and running as fast as possible. However it’s been held up by all sorts of issues, mostly to do with the script, although the latest has been due to the director leaving.
Now Variety reports that Paramount is already on the case to find a replacement and that Kenneth Branagh is in talks to direct after Lawrence Bender pulled out last week. Bender is said to have left due to everyone being at creative loggerheads, with Chris Pine apparently wanting to make a character-driven espionage movie, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura wanting an action movie and Paramount executives hoping for a thriller. Now Branagh’s got to sort all that out!
Chris Pine is still attached to star as Jack Ryan, but the delays forced Paramount to move the actor’s Star Trek 2 into production before this reboot. If Kenneth Branagh finalises his deal, production will start in September, after Chris Pine wraps on Star Trek 2. It’s not certain if Branagh will have time to direct The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society before then, which was his original plan.
This Means War (Cinema)
Starring: Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy
Director: McG
Running Time: 97 mins
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: March 2nd, 2012
Director: McG
Running Time: 97 mins
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: March 2nd, 2012
I know the exact moment when I gave up on the idea that This Means War was going to be a good movie. Fairly early on Lauren (Reese Witherspoon) is shopping with her friend, Trish (Chelsea Handler), a character who only exists to give Lauren an excuse to say exactly what she’s thinking at any point in time.
However it wasn’t the lazy exposition (something the film loves to engage in) that made me realise that behind the fireworks there wasn’t much going on in This Means War, it was because the scene was set up so that the two women were doing their entire supermarket shop based on what was on the end of the aisles. They picked out detergent, looked at special offers and neither of them seemed to need anything that wasn’t right there in front of them. [Read more…]
This Means War Nine-Minute Preview
Studios know that at the moment it’s an uphill struggle to sell movies that aren’t a sequel or based on a known property. As a result Fox is really pushing This Means War, with things like Valentine’s Sneak Peaks and now a nine-minute preview popping up online, so you can get a really good feel for the movie, which stars Tom Hardy, Chris Pine and Reese Witherspoon. Here’s the synopsis: ‘The world’s deadliest CIA operatives are inseparable partners and best friends until they fall for the same woman. Having once helped bring down entire enemy nations, they are now employing their incomparable skills and an endless array of high-tech gadgetry against their greatest nemesis ever – each other.’ It hits cinemas March 2nd, when we’ll find out if audiences respond to Fox’s efforts to get people excited about the film.
Star Trek 2 Shooting On Film For Post-Production 3D
While JJ Abrams is out doing promotional duties as producer of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol producer J.J. Abrams, all anyone really wants to ask him about is Star Trek 2. However Abrams is notoriously tight-lipped, so he’s not saying much, but he did let slip to MTV that the movie will be shot in 2D and converted to 3D later, with some scenes possibly shooting in IMAX.
“We’re shooting on film, 2D, and then we’ll do a good high-end conversion like the Harry Potter movie and all that,” Abrams says. “Luckily, with our release date now (May 17th, 2013) we have the months needed to do it right because if you rush it, it never looks good. We were talking about [shooting in IMAX] and I would love to do it. IMAX is my favorite format; I’m a huge fan.”
The director wouldn’t say whether, as rumoured, Kahn is going to be the villain, saying that it is too early to talk about the fine details just yet. He did call the script “amazing”, and claims that it will all be on him if this film gets screwed up.
Some are bound to grumble about post-production 3D, but it can be okay if done well. The film begins shooting next month.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
Star Trek 2 Gets May 2013 Release
There’s been a huge amount of interest in exactly when Star Trek 2 might reach our screens, largely because while Paramount was keen to get it into production the moment the first film hit it big at the box office, JJ Abrams and the writers (Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof) have taken their sweet time putting things together.
At one point the studio felt confident enough to set a summer 2012 release date, but it soon became apparent that Abrams simply wasn’t going to be ready to get it in cinemas by then. However now Paramount has resheduled things, and with shooting expected to start in the next few months (many sources say January), a new release date has been set – May 17th, 2013. That’s only confirmed for America so far, but presumably it’ll be the same date over here.
Deadline reports that Paramount was quite to jump in when Sony movied Roland Emmerich’s Singularity off that date. It’s also said that Abrams will be making the movie in 3D, which could certainly be an interesting new look for the space tales.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
Benicio Del Toro Wanted For Star Trek 2
It may have taken them quite a while to get Star Trek 2 sorted, but things finally seem to be moving forwards on the movie, with JJ Abrams once more at the helm. Now it appears Abrams has decided who he wants as the villain, as Variety reports he’s met Benicio Del Toro about the role.
A formal offer has not been made to the actor, but Abrams and Del Toro have had a meeting and it is believed Paramount will issue the offer very soon. Abrams, who’s well known for being secretive, is said to be being so cagey about the villainous part, he wouldn’t even tell Benicio what it was when they met.
Shooting is scheduled to start in early 2012, with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin all expected to return.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
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