Freshly Popped Movie Blog Archives - May 2009

Those of you anxious to see what Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson do with the motion-captured 3D flick Tintin will have to wait till December 23, 2011 because that's when the movie will hit theaters here in the United States. Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly since Tintin is based on a property which was originally created overseas), the film will arrive in English-speaking international...

Now that Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford has officially replaced Zac Efron as the lead in the planned (but not-so-anticipated-for-nostalgic-reasons) Footloose remake, it's time to find him a leading lady. In the original Footloose (1984), Lori Singer played Ariel, daughter of the town Reverend and somewhat of a loose canon. She's wild, likes to play rough and isn't afraid to break a...

Though we're a whole year away from the third installment in Pixar's terrific Toy Story franchise, the first teaser trailer for the film has arrived online in the form of a cute little skit that reminds us just how fun it is to have these characters in our lives. The teaser doesn't show any footage from the actual film; instead, it's like a promotional tool to let us all know the...

A 5-year-old boy came home one day with a whimsical idea: "Wouldn't it be cool if guinea pigs could have super intelligence and be special agents?" he asked his dad. That was four years ago, visual effects master Hoyt Yeatman said in a special Disney presentation on Wednesday. Yeatman pitched his son’s idea to producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and after rounding up a team of about...

Though we've already seen images of Robert Downey Jr. in his Iron Man suit for a second time, folks are dying to catch even the tiniest glimpse of Mickey Rourke's character in the much-anticipated sequel. Rourke plays a character called Whiplash, and while speaking to Empire recently he divulged a few more details about what it's like playing such a big part (he's the villain) in...

20th Century Fox seems to be doing some controversial treasure hunting this year, assigning Robert Rodriguez and his crew to create a new Predator movie (based on the existing franchise) – and now Bloody Disgusting follows up on a report from last month that the studio wants to do something similar with its Alien franchise. Ridley Scott (who helmed the original) and Tony Scott are onboard...

Last week's box office was a fun one to predict; not just because it was a holiday weekend (I hope you enjoyed the extra day!), but because we had a classic heavyweight battle between two special effects-laden summer sequels. Ultimately my original prediction was correct, and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian took home the prize with $70 million – beating out a struggling...

I had every intention of talking about something non-Twilight related for today's Fanboy Fix, but these brand spanking new New Moon spoiler photos just hit the net and I know you folks (especially those Pattinson Pervs in our audience) would love to check them out. The photos come to us via Lainey Gossip, and they look to be filming a spoilerific scene toward the end of New Moon where...

Are you one of those people who have to buy the extra large popcorn and drink prior to watching a movie, only to find yourself in excruciating bathroom-related pain halfway through the flick? This always happens to me, and I desperately try to hold it while I wait for what I think might be the most opportune time to go (“Hmm, they’re talking about cupcakes for the next five minutes...

Seems like folks in Vancouver are taking advantage of the fact that the Twilight films are using their city to shoot a majority of the scenes in each movie as a new company is now offering set tours for as little as $59 per hour and as much as $2,000! There's a whole variety of packages you can choose from, including one called Total Twilight ($299 per person), which has you visiting all the...

As the world prepares itself for the first clip from The Twilight Saga: New Moon on the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday, May 31, Entertainment Weekly has released three new images from the dark, steamy set and we’re all, like, “How come Bella looks so much tanner than Edward? Oh right – because vampires can’t go out in the sun!” The three images aren’t all too...

Those of you hardcore Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will know that the character was not born on television as Sarah Michelle Gellar, but instead was a 1992 movie starring Kristy Swanson as a Clueless-type high school gal who learns how to slay vampires from Donald Sutherland, while wooing Luke Perry and running from the lead villain, as played by Pee-Wee Herman, er, Paul Reubens. Unfortunately...

While making the rounds promoting his new horror film Drag Me to Hell, director Sam Raimi has been doing his best to answer every Spider-Man 4 question tossed his way without giving up too many juicy details. What we know so far is that the fourth installment (due in theaters on May 6, 2011) will be a more personal story for Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and that it may or may not include our...

Yup, Hollywood has officially moved past your old board games and action figures – now they’re looking to chewing gum for inspiration. The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Michael Eisner (formerly of Disney) and Tomante Co. have assigned newbie writer Mark Hammer the job of adapting the Bazooka Joe comic strip (found inside all pieces of Bazooka Joe gum) into a big-screen feature...

Earlier this week Dab Aykroyd said that he’d like for the new Ghostbusters sequel to feature the first-ever female Ghostbusters alongside the "new recruits" and the old veterans. Aykroyd listed Alyssa Milano and Eliza Dushku as two ladies he thinks are "amazing," and the former already has a head start as she voices one of the characters in the new Ghostbusters video...