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Ted Raimi, Ken Foree and Shawnee Smith are starring in the new series "30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust"; a spin off from the 2007 movie "30 Days of Night" with Josh Hartnett and a continuation of the straight to video "30 Days of Night: Blood Trails".
The Dark Knight bested the competition once again racking up another 75(M) in its second weekend in release. Meanwhile, then new buddy comedy "Step Brothers" starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly posted a very strong second place, opening at 30(M). An impressive opening considering what it was up against. Very stiff competition still being provided by previous releases with patrons splitting their tickets among a very action oriented flicks, while the ladies continued to flock to "Mama Mia", leading to a very strong 3rd place finish. It'll be interesting to see whether "Step Brothers" can maintain their opening pace as the competition begins to wane over the next couple of weeks until the next wave of BlockBusters hits.
Despite having a phenomenal opening week for his new movie The Dark Knight, actor Christian Bale is busy with other things. Bale's new movie has broke box office records becoming the fastest movie to reach the $200 million mark in only six days, surpassing the previous record holder - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which accomplished the feat in eight days. And while Christian Bale's been promoting Dark Knight, he's also in the process of filming Terminator: Salvation directed by McG and due out in 2009. And that's where the problems come in. Apparently while promoting in England, Bale got into a "scuffle" his mother and his sister. Bale was arrested (though he claims he went voluntarily and no charges were made) and his family is claiming it was just a "family situation". Reports also say that while filming a scene in the new Terminator movie, Bale again lost his temper and started hurling insults at director of cinematography Shane Hurlbut. And despite rumors going around that his eight year marriage to Sandra Blazic are on the rocks, both Bale and his wife say their marriage is solid.
With any luck, Christian Bale will be able to straighten out this mess and keep his career of playing characters with a disturbed psyche (would explain a lot) on the fast track.
Go behind the scenes for The X-Files: I want To Believe.
Source: /film
If Writer/Director Troy Duffy is to be believed, "All Saints Day" the long awaited sequel to "The Boondock Saints" will begin filming this August barring a strike by the Screen Actors Guild. This news, first broken on Troy's own website about 4 months ago has since confirmed by him in a wjfk radio interview part1 & Part2 where he went as far as to reveal the movie's plot which can be read over at /film. A video production diary can be seen over at geeksofdoom.com. If this is all on the up and up, it'll be interesting to see whether or not the popularity of the original film will lead to a legitimate theatrical release or just as a way to capitalize on the cult fandom by going straight to DVD.
"The Dark Knight" broke box office records this weekend, upsetting former record-holder "Spider-Man 3" with a best-ever opening estimated at $158.3 million. And if that's not enough to put a smile on the brooding bat's face, it's already shot to the top spot on IMDb's Top 250 list with a rating of 9.5 out of 10 and about 47,000 votes, whacking "The Godfather" along the way.
Check out this teaser for Terminator Salvation starring Chrisian Bale. Unable to stop Skynet from launching the Holocaust against mankind an adult John Connor (played by Christian Bale) must now call upon all of his mother's training as he attempts to organize a human resistance force which could prove to be our last true hope for survival in the war against the machines. Aussie Sam Worthington portrays Marcus, an early version of the Terminator robot, with Anton Yelchin filling Michael Biehn's shoes as a young Kyle Reese in what is planned to be a new trilogy from director McG.
Source: Variety via Superherohype
Rather than stay with what worked so effectively ($560M+) in their first at bat, Marvel Studios has apparently decided to fix what ain't broke by bringing in a new scribe for the hotly anticipated Iron Man sequel. The fact that Justin Theroux is coming off Tropic Thunder with Robert Downey Jr., probably helped him land the gig is all well and wonderful, but it can’t really be seen by the fans as a ringing endorsement. The fact that Marvel is willing to mess with a wildly successful writing formula for someone with a single screen writing credit doesn’t make sense. If it were possible to just plug anyone in as a scriptwriter or a director, then Batman & Robin wouldn’t have necessitated Batman Begins and there wouldn’t have been a need for The Incredible Hulk to reboot that franchise (Not to mention the Richard Lester mess inspiring the Richard Donner fan cut of Superman II.).This is not to say that this news is bad news. Thoroux might be the next Nolan/Goyer. But, at least they had the kind of track record that said these guys have something to bring to the table. At least director Jon Favreau has reached a deal with Marvel Studios and will be back at the helm and be available for rewrites if needed.
William Petersen, who has played CSI Gil Grissom since the shows start in 2000, is joining co-star Gary Dourdan and stepping down from the show. He plans on stepping down about halfway through the season but not for good. Petersen says he plans on making guest spots on the show as long as it works for the show and the audience. In the meantime, Laurence Fishburne and John Malkovich are the two front-runners to replace Petersen and if anyone can replace Petersen's "Grissom", Fishburne and Malkovich are the ones to do it.
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