The Bond franchise is as big as it's ever been. Last year we got to see one of the best Bond films ever in Skyfall and the 50th anniversary of the super-spy was commemorated by countless museum exhibits, books and the excellent Bond 50 Blu-ray set. This means that not only is 007 here to stay, but he's more financially lucrative than ever before.
We're all familiar with the most disturbing recent trend of Hollywood, where studios insist on ruining everyone's childhood memories with second-rate reboots of great films. The worst criminal of the last few years was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and now there's even talk of a Jumani reboot. Well the most recent candidate will certainly have many children of the '80s, and all horror/comedy fans, furiously demanding that production is stopped before it begins. That's right, Warner Bros. is looking to reboot Gremlins.
Alfonso Cuaron's space shuttle film has been aimlessly floating without a definite release date since last May when Warner Bros. pulled it off their calendar, saying that it would come out sometime in 2013 as opposed to the original November 2012 date. Those who were left wondering when exactly we would see the film can now rest easy as Gravity finally has its release date: October 4th, 2013.
The Guillermo del Toro-produced Mama is in theaters this weekend, but it's one of his future films that may have found its leading lady, as Emma Stone is reportedly set to join his haunted house thriller Crimson Peak. The deal still isn't complete, but it seems likely that Stone will sign on.
Kimberly Peirce's Carrie remake was originally supposed to be in theaters early this spring, but now fans of the Stephen King story will have to wait an extra seven months to see the film, as the date has officially been pushed back to October.
After being away for about a month, How I Met Your Mother returned with another episode continuing the Barney and Robin saga, Band or DJ? It seems the show simply isn't willing to let the focus of this couple die, as week after week the main focus of each episode is on these two and the roadblocks that stand in the way of them getting together, making it seem that someone writing the show forgot that they revealed the wedding in season 7.
Ben Affleck got some vindication for being snubbed out of an Oscar nomination tonight at the 70th Golden Globe Awards where he was named Best Director and his film Argo was named Best Motion Picture - Drama.
With the reports that Warner Bros. will doing the opposite of what Marvel has done and have the Justice League release before any individual character films come out, spare Man Of Steel, speculation about the films for the Flash, Aquaman, and a Batman reboot has been relatively quiet. However, the Batman reboot is rumored to quickly follow Justice League and some fans have expressed the desire that the films follow the plot of the acclaimed Arkham games. It seems like a good idea and those fans may be in luck, as there is now news that Warner has registered a series of domain names featuring various Arkham-related titles.
The 50th anniversary of James Bond was celebrated in the most excellent way imaginable. Not only did we get to see one of the best Bond films of all time in Skyfall and see the release of Bond 50, a 23 disc Blu-ray collection, but there was also an assortment of excellent books released and museum exhibits all over the world for super fans of the super spy to further fuel their 007 obsessions.
J.J. Abrams is one of the most secretive filmmakers in Hollywood today, however, he's been very willing to dish out his opinion on 3D. He at first expressed a dislike for the format, but then he caught many fans off guard by announcing that Star Trek Into Darkness would be released in 3D. It turns out though that Abrams originally wanted to make a 2D movie, but the studio wouldn't let him do it.
