All Entries Tagged With: "reboots"
Where There’s Smoke, There’s A Conan Teaser Trailer
Over the weekend, Lionsgate debuted the first teaser trailer for their reboot of CONAN THE BARBARIAN… and, if you can tell me exactly what it is that I’m supposed to be teased about after watching this thing, well… you don’t win anything, but you can at least walk away with the knowledge that you know [...]
Tomb Raider Is The Next To Get Rebooted
I guess we’ve finally unlocked the secret to Hollywood’s reboot strategy. If you’ve got a fairly recognizably property on your hands, and the series has just stalled, because you didn’t know what to do with it or you just devalued it so much after a few mediocre-to-average films, just go ahead and start over from [...]
MGM Is Gearing Up For The Robocop Reboot Again
I will admit that, as horrible as it sounds, there was a small part of me that was happy back when MGM was facing some serious financial difficulties, because it meant that a ROBOCOP reboot had stalled, and eventually Darren Aronofsky would get tired of waiting around and move onto other shit, and the concept [...]
First Conan Poster Has A Lot Of People Losing Their Heads
Lionsgate has released the first poster for their reboot of CONAN THE BARBARIAN (via IGN), but you won’t find it anywhere in your local movie theatre’s lobby… mostly because we don’t have the technology yet. This one is a motion poster, as opposed to your traditional one sheet, and I must admit that it does [...]
Superman Can Now Call Diane Lane “Ma”
I totally didn’t see that one coming. With all the talk about Kevin Costner playing Superman’s Earth father Jonathan Kent and Viggo Mortensen potentially being targeted to fill the rebooted role of General Zod, originated by Terence Stamp in the first two Christopher Reeve movies, the distractions allowed Warner Bros. to do some casting for [...]
Kneel, Son Of Jor-El… Kneel Before Viggo Mortensen (Maybe)
I was hoping there might be a few more cracks in this Viggo Mortensen in the Superman reboot story to determine just how true it is at this point, but, since Viggo’s potential involvement was reported a few days ago, there haven’t been any comments made out of the ordinary to crumble the idea… and [...]
Is Kevin Costner Being Considered For The Superman Reboot?
With Presidents Day expected to be a pretty light news day (it was), and being a federal holiday and all, The Kidd figured it’d be a perfect day to kick back and relax, taking a day off for once, drinking El Presidentes to my heart’s content. There’s nothing like recharging the batteries for a day, [...]
Warner Bros. Wants Guy Ritchie For The 300 Prequel Xerxes
It must be the day for script problems to come out, as it’s leading to some pretty interesting things on a couple projects rushed into production. First, it was MEN IN BLACK 3 , and now it could be the Superman reboot. But, Kidd… you must be asking yourself… what does the Superman reboot have [...]
The Spider-Man Reboot Officially Has A Title
The Spider-Man reboot is no longer. No, wait… don’t get excited that Sony pulled the plug on their relaunch of the Spider-Man franchise. They’re still right in the middle of production with Andrew Garfield donning the Spidey suit. What I meant to say was that we no longer have to refer to the Spider-Man reboot [...]
Amber Heard May Become Red Sonja For Simon West
A remake of RED SONJA has been in-development for quite some time, with Robert Rodriguez, at one point, being the driving force on the project, with designs on casting Rose McGowan in the lead, a role that was held by Brigitte Nielsen in the 1985 original. However, with Rodriguez long since gone from the film, [...]
Rosamund Pike Signs Up To Catch The Wrath Of The Titans
Rosamund Pike may have been Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot as of late, for a role that may or may not have been that of General Zod’s right-hand woman Ursa, but you can go ahead and scratch her name off the shortlist under consideration. Pike has moved on from one Warner Bros. film to another, nearing [...]
There’s No Proto-Goblin In The Spider-Man Reboot
For those of you still wondering how Marc Webb’s reboot of the Spider-Man franchise is going to play itself out with not many story details emerging from the set, here’s something you can cross off your list as not happening within the relaunch – there will be no Proto-Goblin. When Irrfan Khan was announced as [...]
All Bets Are Off For Who And What Are In The Superman Reboot
There are no certainties when it comes to any type of movie Christopher Nolan is involved with. You can think you know what’s going on, and, furthermore, you can take wild guesses as to what might be going down, but, until an official announcement is made, that’s all it is. How else do you think [...]
Superman Reboot Searches For Female Lead… But It Won’t Be Lois Lane
Since Henry Cavill landed the title role in the Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot as the new Man of Steel, there have been all sorts of rumors flying about who might in the running to play his counterpart Lois Lane. Names from Kristen Stewart to Malin Ackerman to the supposed frontrunner Jessica Biel were floating around, [...]
Steve Zaillian Gets A Crack At Scripting The Jack Ryan Reboot
The screenwriter might be the most underappreciated member of the creative process when it comes to the film industry, especially as far as the average movie-goer cares. The director and the on-screen talent get all the glory, but it’s the writer who’s really doing all the work. After all, if a movie sucks, it’s usually [...]
I’ll Have A Steak Sandwich… And A Steak Sandwich… And A Fletch Reboot
It’s all ball bearings nowadays, but you don’t have to wait for a celebration for Fred “The Dorf” Dorfman to get excited about the prospect of a rebooted FLETCH. The long-in-development property that’s moved from Kevin Smith to Zach Braff after Chevy Chase originated the role in a pair of films in the 80s has [...]
Take A Closer Look At New Pics Of The Rebooted Spidey Suit
We’d been waiting awhile to get a good look at Andrew Garfield finally sporting the new Spider-Man suit, and since , there’s no going back now. This suit is everywhere. In all fairness though, Andrew Garfield is probably not present for half of this over-saturation of on-set images from the reboot. However, by now, you’ve [...]
Henry Cavill Is Superman
Yeah… so I didn’t expect this news to come down at random early on a Sunday afternoon… but a new Man of Steel has been selected with Henry Cavill landing the role of Superman for Zack Snyder’s reboot. The relaunch of the franchise has been propelled forward based on a story idea by Christopher Nolan [...]
I’m Getting Too Old For Reboots When Lethal Weapon Is On The Block
If you thought Mel Gibson was crazy and pissed-off before, wait until he catches wind that he’s on pace to be rebooted in one of his most profitable franchises. Burning the house down after he gets blown will be nothing compared to this, because LETHAL WEAPON is up on the reboot block. Seriously…? LETHAL WEAPON…? [...]
J. Jonah Jameson Is Missing From Spidey Reboot
For about John Slattery, Sam Elliott, and basically anyone with a mustache under consideration for the role of J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man reboot, it looks like there’s a reason we haven’t heard a final result as to who might be replacing J.K. Simmons – the Daily Bugle editor-in-chief isn’t in the new movie. [...]
Rebooted Spider-Man Will Build His Own Web Shooters
Maybe this will start to swing the momentum of Spider-Man fans in favor of Marc Webb’s reboot. Spidey is going back to his roots in a departure from Sam Raimi’s trilogy, as it appears Peter Parker will be capable of constructing the web shooters he used in the comics, complete with web solution, for the [...]
Andrew Garfield Gets His Peter Parker On
Sony’s reboot of the Spider-Man franchise is currently in production, piecing itself together bit by bit for its July 3, 2012 release date. We’ve already gotten our in all her odd Gwen Stacy-ness (sorry, but, just like Lindsay Lohan, she looks strange as a blonde and much better as a redhead), but peculiarly Andrew Garfield [...]
How Long Will Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy Factor Into The New Spider-Man Trilogy?
A lot of people were surprised when red-headed Emma Stone landed the plum role of blonde Gwen Stacy in the Spider-Man reboot, especially after assuming she’d be a perfect fit for Mary Jane Watson, The Kidd included. I imagine that same group of people are going to be a little bit surprised when they realize [...]
Glee’s Heather Morris Under Consideration To Be The New Buffy
I have a little trouble imaging Heather Morris as anyone other than the dumb Cheerio Brittany on Fox’s hit show GLEE, but perhaps that’s what Warner Bros. is going for in putting together their BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER reboot. In an interview with Access Hollywood, Morris confirmed rumors that she is under consideration for the [...]
The Spider-Man Reboot Finds Its Flash Thompson
Get ready to watch Peter Parker be bullied again, as Flash Thompson has been found for the Spider-Man reboot. TRUE BLOOD’s Joe Manganiello held the role in Raimi’s trilogy as the high school douchebag who kicks Peter Parker’s ass before he gets a little taste of his own medicine following Parker’s radioactive spider encounter. But [...]
