Movie Blog Archives - February 2012

Paramount has been assembling a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for quite some time now. After passing the script through various teams of writers, including the writers of Iron Man and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, it appears the reboot now has a director. Are you up for more Ninja Turtle action?

Regardless of where you stand with the television series finale for Friday Night Lights, producer Peter Berg says that the script for a new movie featuring the characters of the TV show is almost done. Are you interested in this new Friday Night Lights movie?

Hannibal Lecter is headed to the small screen. NBC has ordered a 13-episode storyline featuring the classic characters in Thomas Harris' novel. Since this is esscence a prequel that introduces FBI agent Will Graham and Dr. Lecter, who should fill Sir Anthony Hopkins' shoes? Fava beans and chianti aside, are you interested in a Lecter TV series?

One of last year's best indie films comes to DVD and Blu-ray, featuring a tour-de-force performance by Michael Shannon as a guy who may be losing his mind, or may be telling the future. Plus Johnny Depp's latest rendition of the Hunter S. Thompson gonzo journalist and a pretty decent indie zombie movie (set in Africa!).

Paramount is planning on taking that viral talking dog video and turning it into a feature length movie. You know, the one that has generated over 94 million views since it was posted last May. Watch the original video and ponder how they can stretch it into an 80-90 minute feature film.

Guillermo del Toro is now attached to direct Beauty, a new re-imagined take on the Beauty and the Beast tale and has Harry Potter beauty Emma Watson  as his muse. Are you excited about the prospects of del Toro directing this re-imagined movie? Does Watson fit the Beauty role?

Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has all but confirmed that today to MTV in a video interview that the Transformers franchise will return to theaters during the summer of 2014. The franchise will undergo a reboot with no Shia LaBeouf which begs the questions, who should play the lead and where would you like to see the franchise go this time?

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Here's something that hasn't been said in quite some time: MTV has premiered a music video! Of course it helps that the song is tied in to The Hunger Games. Check out the new music video for Taylor Swift's Safe & Sound.

The Vow took the top spot at the box office, but critics hated it. What did you think? Also, weigh in with your thoughts on Safe House, Journey 2 and Star Wars: Episode I in 3D.

While the bulk of the attention concerning Snow White has been Mirror Mirror and this summer's Snow White and the Huntsman, Disney has quietly been tinkering with their own re-imagined version of the tale. Saoirse Ronan will star in Order of Seven, which attempts to ditch the narrative ties with the fairy tale. So what will this Snow White movie be about?

If you're a Twi-hard, you've probably already watched the new footage from Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 several hundred times. But for the uninitiated, Target hosted a special sneak peek of the second part of the Breaking Dawn saga and you can catch the new clip inside.

The first trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has landed and look like it might have what it takes to compete with the blockbusters this summer. Check out the trailer which finds Benjamin Walker as a revenge-seeking, butt-kicking version of the 16th president and let us know what you think!

While the week may have been dominated by Spider-Man and The Bourne Legacy, we also found out that The Karate Kid - Part II is back on track to getting made and Dreamworks has plans to remake a clasic Alfred Hitchcock movie.