WITH MIGHTY MOUSE REBOOT, PARAMOUNT IS HERE TO SAVE THE FRANCHISE
Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com
EXCLUSIVE: With “Alvin & the Chipmunks” showing that a classic animated property can have a prosperous life on the modern film screen, Paramount is pushing forward with a reboot of “Mighty Mouse.”
The project, based on the vintage cartoon about a crime-fighting super-mouse (which will surely get a modern spin) has been in development for several years at Paramount and its Nickelodeon Movies label. A number of writers have taken stabs at a script over that time, including the Gunn brothers (Brian and Mark), who also count the “Journey to the Center of Earth” sequel among their credits.
But the studio has, over the last few months, been seeking both a new writer and a new director for “Mouse,” with a number of up-and-comers on the list. We”ll keep you posted when they’re hired, but the very fact of development momentum is noteworthy. Paramount has had success distributing DreamWorks Animation’s films – the studio currently has the hit “How to Train Your Dragon” out in theaters — but also has made the most of its few forays into animation production. “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie,” a Paramount/Nick collaboration, earned $140 million worldwide back in 2004 (and that was long before the 3-D and hybrid live/animation crazes hit full bore, which could give a jolt to this one if the studio went that way).
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HOBBIT SCRIPT IS DONE: PETER JACKSON SAYS WHAT’S NEXT
Source: scifiwire.com
Peter Jackson, who is producing the two Hobbit movies, spoke with Moviefone to clear up those rumors about a start date, casting and whether the movies are delayed.
About the only thing he’ll confirm is that the script for the two proposed movies is now complete:
“We’ve just delivered the script. Literally last week, we delivered the second of the two screenplays — the first draft. So the studio’s got both scripts now, which is a milestone; and if anything was holding it up, it was us doing the screenplays, because we’d just been writing as fast as we can, but it took us this long to get them finished. So we take whatever responsibility there is for the speed. And we’re now in the process of budgeting the films, and then hopefully we’ll get to a budget the studio [people] are happy with, and they’ll greenlight the movies and we’ll announce the shooting dates. I’d be pretty optimistic that we’ll be shooting before the end of the year. I would imagine October, November, we’d be shooting by. I’m not announcing it, though.”
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DUNST JOINS LARS VON TRIER’S SCI-FI DISASTER FILM
Source: www.getthebigpicture.net
Kirsten Dunst has been cast in the next Lars von Trier film, filling in for Penelope Cruz, who bolted for the high seas and Pirates of the Caribbean. The movie is called Melancholia, and if you know anything about von Trier, you know his melancholia is different than almost everyone else’s. Heavy, heavy.
Deadline says it’s a “sci-fi disaster film,” which is an interesting direction for both von Trier and Dunst to go. Melancholia will shoot in Sweden this July through September. And Dunst joins a pretty good cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Skarsgaard, Stellan Skarsgaard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Udo Kier. Man, Udo Kier is cool.
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IMPORTANT EASTER EGGS TO LOOK FOR WHILE WATCHING KISS-ASS
Source: io9.com
One thing we love about the bubble-gum slaughter epic Kick-Ass is the heaps of Easter Eggs and comic book references. We’ve made a list of the best moments, from jabs at The Dark Knight to subtle movie tie-ins. Spoilers ahead..
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EEEEEEEEEE! THE HOBBIT AND MIGHTY MOUSE! I am such a happy fan girl! *ignores the feeling of forboding that Mighty mouse could go the way of Astro boy* What do you think of today’s movie news?
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