Despite the untimely death of original Ghostbuster Harold Ramis, talk of the long-gestating Ghostbusters 3 remains very much alive. Scripts have been debated and overhauled, plots discarded, and original characters largely written out, but there are still plans to bring the Ghostbusters back to the big screen. With Ivan Reitman exiting the project as director, Sony has begun talks with Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the pair behind The LEGO Movie, to helm the return of everyone's favorite paranormal exterminators.
When Disney CEO Bob Iger makes a conference call, he just lets fly with the information (even if it doesn't amount to much). In addition to dropping some tidbits about The Incredibles 2 and the time period for Star Wars: Episode VII, Iger casually informed the public that the largely un-anticipated Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales has yet to receive the greenlight from Disney.
If you were unaware of the plot, characters, and most fight sequences from The Amazing Spider-Man 2, it is not the fault of Sony's marketing department. The deluge of trailers and teasers began months ago and have carried on apace until now, a mere six weeks before the premiere of the film. With the final trailer coming to the Web today, we can now rest easy that we've seen pretty much all that Sony will let us see (and they have let us see a lot).
For all the discussion about Star Wars: Episode VII, we really know very little about it. We know that the film is likely to feature the Skywalker/Solo family; we know that the original leads will probably reprise their roles; and we know that the movie will make a lot of money, regardless of quality. But in case you were wondering (and I'm sure you were), here's something new that we also know: Star Wars: Episode VII takes place after Return of the Jedi.
Despite a line-up that boasts of Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, and Rooney Mara, there has been one conspicuous absence in the cast list for Joe Wright's Pan: Peter Pan himself. Wright has been searching high and low for a newcomer to play the titular part of the boy who never grew up, and now it appears that he's found his Peter Pan in the form of Levi Miller.
If you can remember as far back as 1993 and the release of Jurassic Park (or 2013 and the release of the post-converted 3D version), you might remember chief geneticist Dr. Henry Wu, played by actor B.D. Wong. Wu did not have a large part, but it was a pivotal one, introducing the world to baby velociraptors and the basic pseudo-science behind them. With the upcoming sequel Jurassic World lacking the return of any major characters, it is somehow not surprising that the producers have decided to bring back the short-shrifted Wu to play a more integral role.
Back in 1999, getting a Keanu Reeves-led sci-fi film off the ground would have been a piece of cake. Now it appears that we might never launch Keanu into the atmosphere, with his long-postponed vehicle Passengers hitting yet another snag, as co-star Rachel McAdams exits the film.
Did you know that NBC was making a four-part miniseries adaptation of Rosemary's Baby with Zoe Saldana in the Mia Farrow role? Well, I certainly didn't, but today we have our first look at the actress sporting the famous haircut while pregnant with the infamous baby.
Some geeks like them, some geeks loathe them, but they are not going anywhere: the hit TV show The Big Bang Theory has been picked up by CBS for another three seasons, with several other Chuck Lorre series waiting in the wings for negotiations.
In the long line of adaptations and remakes that will arrive in cinemas from now until the end of time, there are very few that actually seem necessary. One exception might be Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, which Disney made in 1983 and now plans to remake, with writer Seth Grahame-Smith (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) penning a treatment for the adaptation and making his directorial debut on the film.
