Paramount Gets Control Over FRIDAY THE 13TH Franchise in INTERSELLAR Deal – Big 6 Morning Report
Word came out yesterday that Warner Bros., the studio behind Christopher Nolan’s Inception and Dark Knight trilogy, desperately wanted to be a part of Nolan’s Interstellar over at Paramount. How desperate? Well, they gave up the rights to one of the most lucrative horror franchises in movie history: Friday the 13th. The rights issues behind this franchise are ugly and there are a lot of stakeholders, but now there’s one less group to worry about. Now, Paramount, bring on a re-release of Friday the 13th 3D! (AICN) If you’re a Star Trek original series fan and planning to see The Purge this weekend, you’re going to see something that might be a little familiar. Director James DeMonaco said that an episode of the original series titled “Return of the Archons” where a supercomputer allows the citizens he rules to rape and kill ever day at...
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ANCHORMAN Exhibit to Open at DC’s Newseum – Big 6 Morning Report
Anchorman was once a simple cult comedy. Now, with a blockbuster sequel on the way, Anchorman is big enough to make history. Sort of. The Newseum in Washington, D.C., will pay tribute to the most important broadcast journalist of the 21st (and 20th) century with an exhibit dedicated to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The exhibit will feature footage, props and costumes from the 2004 comedy, including Ron Burgundy’s jazz flute. Anchorman 2 opens in December. (AICN) Steven Soderbergh has long stated that his Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra, which premiered on HBO last week, was “too gay” for Hollywood. When Hollywood execs told Mother Jones writer Asawin Suebsaeng that Soderbergh was lying, the director fired back, naming names and dropping bombs. Check out his interview on MJ for all the details. (Mother Jones) Mark Wahlberg is entering the Oscar race as Universal moves the...
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WIZARD OF OZ To Get An IMAX 3D Re-Release – Big 6 Morning Report
Warner Bros. classic fantasy musical (and my favorite movie) The Wizard of Oz is about to go where Jurassic Park and Titanic have gone before: Into the third dimension! As part of the studio’s 90th Anniversary celebration, Warner will re-release the picture in 3D for one week only in September. The re-release serves as a lead in to the release of a 75th Anniversary edition of The Wizard of Oz on Bluray 3D, Bluray, DVD and Ultraviolet, which hits stores on Oct. 1. (USA Today) Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy just keeps getting more and more interesting. Days after announcing that Glenn Close has joined the outside-of-the-box comic project, the James Gunn-directed comic book adaptation has added Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro. Could he be playing Rocket Raccoon? (Badass Digest) Speaking of Marvel, director Bryan Singer tweeted this picture (above) of Nixon’s Oval Office from X-Men: Days of Future Past. (Twitter) Is...
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David Chase’s SOPRANOS Named Best Written TV Series of All Time – Big 6 Morning Report
The Writers Guild of America announced its 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time, and David Chase’s Mob drama The Sopranos topped the list, followed by Seinfeld and The Twilight Zone. The truly best written, acted, directed and just all around greatest series, The Wire, made the list at No. 9. (WGA) Forest Whitaker is going for Oscar number 2. He’s in talks to star as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Paul Greengrass‘s long gestating passion project Memphis. (The Wrap) Fast & Furious 6 topped the box office for a second weekend in a row, trailed by newcomers Now You See Me and Will Smith’s epic flop After Earth. (BOMojo) NBC has made its second good decision in as many working days. First they renewed Hannibal for another season. Now Community creator Dan Harmon is coming back for season five of the show after being fired prior to season 4. (The...
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Bryan Fuller’s HANNIBAL Renewed for Second Season – Big 6 Morning Report
Bryan Fuller‘s spectacular psychological thriller Hannibal has been saved! After weeks in limbo, NBC officially picked up the series for a 13-episode second season. Fuller’s shows, as you may know, don’t have a great history of staying on the air. But with an iconic character at the center of this series, it’s hard to imagine NBC wanting to pass… even with the low ratings. (Variety) Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is only one part, albeit a very large one, of the 75th anniversary of Superman. Now Warner Bros. has released the logo for the celebration. That’s definitely a silhouette of the New 52 Supes, by the way. (Deadline) As if one Alice in Wonderland movie wasn’t enough, Disney is turning the billion-dollar Burton movie into a full on franchise. And they’ve hired Muppets director James Bobin to helm the sequel. (The Wrap) Johnny Depp doesn’t want...
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Supes! Zod! Jor-El! New MAN OF STEEL Character Posters
If you read my rant on why I hate The Dark Knight Rises, then you understand my skepticism at the prospect of a Nolan-produced Superman movie. But at every turn—a new trailer, new images—that skepticism is being challenged. Now comes a set of character posters featuring Superman, General Zod and Jor-El that make me excited despite my better judgement. Check ’em out: via Superman: Man of Steel...
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