Sequels

Weinstein Company and Miramax looking to partner on sequels to Bad Santa, Swingers, Rounders, Copland and more

Recently THR reported that the Weinstein Company and Miramax Films’ new owners had inked a deal to exploit Miramax’s vast library of cult classics for sequel and TV projects. One of the announced projects is Bad Santa 2, a sequel to the new cult classic “holiday” film, which starred Billy Bob Thornton and Tony Cox ….

Sequences in Tron: Legacy have been prepped exclusively for enlarged IMAX format

IMAX and Walt Disney Studios announced that the IMAX release of Tron: Legacy features more than 43 minutes of footage specifically designed to take advantage of the premium IMAX Experience. Seven sequences on The Grid expand on the IMAX screen, allowing audiences to become even more immersed in the massive scope and scale of Tron: ….

Striking new images and concept art from Tron: Legacy released

Tron: Legacy is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Oscar- and Golden Globe-winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world’s leading video-game developer. ….

More details on Scorpion King 3

More details have been released on The Scorpion King 3, which I reported on a few weeks ago (HERE). Oddly, at the time I couldn’t find much info on Scorpion King 3, but according to a new report, it is indeed shooting in Thailand. As expected, the film will be released through Universal Studios Home ….

Tom Cruise hangs off world’s tallest building for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol stunt

Remember the opening sequence to Mission: Impossible 2, when Tom Cruise ignored warnings from producers, and insisted on doing much of the rock-climbing work at Dead Horse Point in Utah? Well, he’s at it again, this time for the latest sequel in the M:I franchise, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. According to Moviefone, last Saturday, Cruise ….

Resident Evil producers already in pre-production on Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Producers Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody, fresh off their box office hit Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D, have re-teamed to create Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, which is currently in pre-production. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D will also reunite Davis Films producer Hadida with Michael J. Bassett (Deathwatch, Solomon Kane), who will direct the 3D film on location ….

Martin Sheen and Sally Field circling key roles in Spider-Man reboot

According to THR (here and here), Martin Sheen and Sally Field are in talks to play Uncle Ben and Aunt May, respectively, in Columbia’s new Spider-Man reboot movie. As most of us already know, Uncle Ben and Aunt May, are responsible for raising Peter Parker. Ben’s death at the hands of a robber is the ….

Get a first look at Resident Evil: Damnation

Get a first look at the next 3D CG-animated installment in the Resident Evil film franchise Resident Evil: Damnation, tonight on G4TV’s “Attack of the Show” at 7pm ET/PT on G4. CAPCOM and Sony Pictures recently announced co-production of Resident Evil: Damnation, a sequel to the CG animation feature Resident Evil: Degeneration, which was based ….

Daft Punk strikes with first video from Tron: Legacy soundtrack

This week, Disney shared a listen to the soundtrack for Tron: Legacy, composed by Grammy award winning electronic duo Daft Punk. Frenchmen Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter pump up the bass for Tron’s long-in-development sequel. The duo’s sound and look screams retro-futurism – and they fit right into the Tron: Legacy universe. According to ….

Disney prepping big screen 3D TRON Night next week

Walt Disney Studios and IMAX announced that tickets for TRON Night: An IMAX 3D Experience, featuring an exclusive 20-plus minute sneak-peek of their highly anticipated TRON: Legacy, sold out rapidly after going on sale October 12th for the October 28th screenings in 120 IMAX theaters across the U.S. and Canada. “TRON Night” is not unlike ….

Lionsgate hatches viral marketing site and “Fan Appreciation” screenings for Saw 3D

Lionsgate is doing some viral marketing around the upcoming Saw 3D, with the website BobbyDagen.com. The name shouldn’t strike you as anything important yet, but Bobby Dagen is intricately tied into the events that unfold in Saw 3D. Bobby Dagen, (Sean Patrick Flannery), is a survivor of one of Jigsaw’s tests who is speaking out ….

New villains cast in Mission: Impossible 4

Léa Seydoux, the French actress who recently appeared in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood and the opening farmhouse scene of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, will butt heads with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 4, according to RiskyBusiness. Seydoux will play the lead female villain in the sequel, which just began shooting in Europe. Mission: Impossible 4 ….