Sony Plans Jumanji Remake
Sony is pushing ahead with a re-make of 1995 Robin Williams comedy vehicle Jumanji. Zach Helm the writer/director of Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium is the man responsible for finding a way to somehow update the magical board game adventure.
2005 sequel Zathura previously re imagined the enchanted board game premise as a space themed adventure. So it will be interesting to see how the original is adapted or enhance for the new remake, beyond simply adding slightly more convincing CGI animal effects.
X-Men Sequel May Follow Hobbit 3D Trend
While promoting The Hobbit an Unexpected Journey, Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that Bryan Singer has been impressed by the controversial 48 frames per second 3D technology used on the latest middle earth blockbuster. Suggesting that the director might actually use the same techniques on forthcoming X-Men sequel/prequel Days of Future Past.
Sir Ian McKellen has recently been confirmed to be reprising his iconic role as a distinguished older version of Magneto, alongside Michael Fassbender who is currently playing the younger version of the metal manipulating mutant anti-hero.
Check out the video clip below to hear exactly what he had to say about it:
Star Trek Into Darkness First Trailer
Check out the first official teaser trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness sequel below. The follow up to the magnificent 2009 reboot of the long running space franchise stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban and new bad guy Benedict Cumberbatch.
Here’s the official Synopsis that has also been released so far:
“In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness.
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.
With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.
As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.”
Finally hear what Chris Pine had to say about Captain Kirk and his ole in the new film on the red carpet at the London premiere of his new animated film Rise Of the Guardians
Skyfall Breaks UK Box Office Record
Skyfall, Daniel Craig’s third outing as Ian Fleming’s Martini swilling super spy James Bond has officially become the most successful UK theatrical release of all time. The new Bond film directed by Sam Mendes has broken the box office record previously held by Avatar, taking in an astonishing £94million after just a over a month in UK cinemas.
This incredible box office success perhaps explains why the studio has been so keen to tie Daniel Craig down to at least two more films as 007.
For now you can check out interviews below from the Skyfall world premiere and an in depth chat with Bond’s most famous nemesis Jaws aka actor Richard Kiel.
New Tron Sequel Gets Writer
TRON Legacy the long awaited sequel to Disney’s landmark special effects classic TRON received mixed reviews but still took in over $400 million worldwide. Unsurprisingly the studio quickly hired a writer to provide a script for a seemingly inevitable sequel. David DiGilio whose only major writing credit was little known comedy film Eight Below, starring Paul Walker and some husky dogs… was the man Disney hoped would deliver a more satisfying computer world based adventure for Jeff Bridges and Garrett Hedlund.
However whilst TRON Legacy director Joseph Kosinski is still set to return Disney have decided to go back to the drawing board for an improved script. Jesse Wigutow is the man responsible for the new draft. To date his only feature writing credit is a 2003 comedy effort called It Runs In The Family. That film starred real life acting family Kirk, Cameron and Michael Douglas as a dysfunctional New York family. So someone should probably warn him that Jeff Bridges does not in fact live inside a computer.
