Clip From Sci-Film "Jim"

Received a clip (which really is a faux commerical) from the upcoming sci-fi film "Jim", which drops in October. Sounds like a very interesting concept, check out the synpopsis under the clip.

Being steadily crushed under the weight of debt, unemployment, and increasing isolation, Jim reaches a breaking point. Over a game of solitary Russian roulette he contemplates an unspeakable act of violence as a way of leaving his mark. He is stopped short by a vision of his deceased wife who convinces him that he should instead focus his remaining resources into an act of creation. Armed with his wife's frozen eggs and a new resolve, Jim secures the services of a large biotech firm to help him create an heir who will be engineered to overcome the obstacles of common men.

Meanwhile in the distant future Niskaa, the leader of a group of genetically modified beings, controls a race of worker clones in a super-industrialized, post-human Earth.  As he tries to restore his decrepit empire he comes face to face with a young clone that shows an unprecedented capacity for reason and empathy.  Somehow connected to Jim via dreams, the clone manifests secrets of nature that Niskaa has not accounted for…

David Slade is the Front-Runner for Wolverine Sequel

According to many, he's responsible for the single good Twilight movie with this past summer's Eclipse. Yours truly can't confirm or deny said feelings since I haven't seen any of them. He also reportedly didn't get along too well with the producers and as a result wasn't asked back for the swan-song Breaking Dawn.

But could David Slade perform the same magic on Wolverine 2?

Vulture reports he's the front-runner to helm Fox's planned Wolverine sequel/prequel. Mind you, he hasn't been hired (Hugh Jackman has to give the adamantium claws up or down) and his direct competition for the gig is Robert Schwentke (who just as of last week was a top-contender for Universal's R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds). But as per their insider(s), "It's going to be Slade."

Good for him if the job goes his way. He still has my vote of confidence thanks to the brilliant Hard Candy - even despite 30 Days of Night being his follow-up. But by Crom am I bored with the X-Men franchise these days. Even the Matthew Vaughn-directed, Bryan Singer-produced First Class can barely muster a "Meh!" out of me with its ever-increasing cast, non-clarity regarding whether this is a reboot or prequel and the fast-tracked nature of getting it out for next June.

Red Hill Trailer

Ryan Kwanten will get his shot at stepping outside of the sleazily-watchable world of True Blood and into the thriller Red Hill. To be honest, the guy totally had me fooled into believing he was a fellow Southerner on the HBO series. He's either that good of an actor or I'm that big a dumbass - probably the latter.

Movie Hole has the trailer for the "modern outlaw thriller" co-starring Steve Bisley (Mad Max) and Tom E. Lewis (The Proposition). It hits Australian cinemas this coming Christmas. Check it out.

New Trailer "Case 39"

Paramount Vantage has released the first trailer for Christian Alvart's new thriller Case 39, starring Renée Zellweger, jodelle Ferland and Bradley Cooper.

"Case 39" is a horror film starring Renée Zellweger as family services social worker Emily Jenkins. Emily thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case, troubled 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland). Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to kill Lilith, their only daughter. Emily saves her and decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.

New Writers hired for Ninja Turtles!

It looks like yesterdays leaked email of Paramounts upcoming production slate may have some validity to it after all. The report claimed that Paramount wasn't satisfied with the Ninja Turtles draft handed in by John Fusco, who was brought on board July of last year when the project was being handled by Mirage Studios. Now TOLDJA! is reporting that writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway have been hired for close to $1 million to re-write the reboot, they most recently finished a draft on the Highlander reboot for Summit and shared writing credit on the first Iron Man. The studio is apparently looking at the film as a potential "huge franchise" similar to Transformers.

Paramount is fast tracking the film and is looking for a first draft by October in order to take it to directors for a 2012 release. Michael Bays Platinum Dunes is producing along with original producers Scott Mednick, Galen Walker, and Marina Norman. I'm not overly excited about Platinum Dunes handling the project after having butchered several horror remakes and now deciding to go mainstream, but the inclusion of the original producers leaves me with a glimmer of hope this won't be complete trash.

The fast track pace for the production makes perfect sense seeing as Viacoms Nickelodeon acquired the global intellectual property rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for $60 million in partnership with sister company Paramount Pictures for the TV, film and video game franchise which the characters have spawned.

Original Ninja Turtles co-creator was quoted back in 2009 giving his thoughts on the reboot:

“The basic idea, as I understand it, is to do an all live action shoot, with actors and stuntmen in full Turtle suits,” explained Peter Laird, co-creator of the original comic series, to MTV News. “To add expressiveness to the Turtles’ faces which would be difficult if not impossible to get with animatronics and/or puppetry, there would be ‘face replacement,’ with CGI Turtle faces superimposed on the live action performers’ heads.”

If 2012 wasn't awesome enough already and jam packed with blockbusters and tent-poles it only looks to get potentially even better with the addition of the new Ninja Turtles! 

Back to the Future Blu-Ray Promo

An awesome new promo for the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Edition, coming to blu-ray on October 26, was posted on Universal Studios official Facebook page today, which you can check below:

Cannot wait to the pick these up...although I have to admit I'm feeling a little old now that Back to the Future is celebrating its 25th Anniversary, considering the fact that I saw it on the opening weekend in 1985, and I'm pretty sure I still have the VHS copy my folks bought me in 1986 stashed away in my house somewhere.  But hey, I knew even then it would eventually be a classic.

Who Will Be The Female Lead in The Spider-Man Reboot?

The Marc Webb directed Spider-Man reboot is currently casting their female lead to be opposite Andrew Garfield as the new web slinger. Heat Vision is reporting to have a shortlist of actresses who could be up for the part.

Also according to the report for a change of pace Mary Jane will NOT be the new love interest in the reboot. Although nothing is official yet speculation would most likely lead to either Gwen Stacy or Felicia Hardy. Then again there's also a possibility they'll use an entirely unknown character made just for the film. Once the role is cast I'd expect an announcement to follow shortly after.

The "short list" from Heat Vision is as follows:

Lily Collins, Ophelia Lovibond, Imogen Poots, Teresa Palmer and Emma Roberts.

The "google' Movie Being Planned

 

According to TOLDJA! plans are set in place to adapt Ken Auletta's novel Googled: The End of the World as we Know it  into a feature film, yay?

Michael London's Groundswell Productions along with producer John Morris acquired the movie rights last year, and plan to use the novel as inspiration to tell the story of Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Just last year google made and astonishing $20 billion in ad revenue, making the lucky bastard founders that much more wealthy, why wouldn't someone make a movie about them.

I guess we really shouldn't be too surpsied about this though, after all we are getting the facebook movie aka The Social Network this October form the very talented director David Fincher. I have to wonder though, will the google movie bring in as much talent, both in the directors chair and on screen.

Fair Game trailer

Hold your excitement folks, this is not a trailer for the Billy Baldwin/Cindy Crawford classic, and hold your anger because no one is remaking that cinematic masterpiece, this is the trailer for Doug Liman's film about real life CIA agent Valerie Plame.

This isn't one of your cool action spy flicks, it's "realistic" apparently and no doubt looking for awards. Top thesps Naomi Watts and Sean Penn head up the cast, the latter of which doesn't get out of bed unless there's a chance to win a golden baldie.

The film is based on real events and looks to be a fairly intense political drama, I like Liman and after the underwhelming "Jumper" this may be just the type of movie he needs to get back on track.

Yahoo.movies have the trailer in HD and the film opens November 10th.

skyline poster

I wasn't particularly impressed with the trailer the other day, but this poster that has come online exclusively via Shocktillyoudrop, is pretty damn cool.

"Skyline" is an alien invasion movie from the Strause brothers who were the team behind "Aliens vs Predator: Requiem."