New Trailer 'The Adjustment Bureau'

Universal Pictures has released the trailer for writer/director George Nolfi's The Adjustment Bureau, starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly and Terence Stamp. Opening September 17th, the film is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick.

In the film, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon), on the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Blunt) - a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart.

David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself--the men of The Adjustment Bureau--who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path...or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.

I love Matt Damon as much as the next action junkie, but are you not feeling refreshed to see him in something other then a Jason Bourne/military type film, I am.

This looks like something that was much needed for Damon's career, especially after the shaky cam well intentioned, but crappy over all Green Zone.

Box Office Predictions May 14 - 16

The returning champ this weekend will undoubtedly be Iron Man 2.

Opening this weekend is Robin Hood, the Ridley Scott Russell Crowe re-imagining. This will likely be the biggest weekend Robin Hood will see, still only coming in at second, but with Shrek coming out next weekend, and Sex and the City the weekend after, I'd say Robin Hood has one chance of making any real money and that's now.

Also opening in limited release, but expected to make a decent mark, are Letters to Juliet and Just Wright. How to train your dragon continues to make money, most likely even over shadowing the recent Nightmare remake release, this weekend. Nightmare can expect to exit the top ten all together most likely by the end of the month at the very latest.

1. Iron Man 2 (Marvel/Paramount) - $50 million

2. Robin Hood (Universal) - $32 million

3. Letters to Juliet (Summit) - $13 million

4. Just Wright (Fox Searchlight) - $9.5 million N/A

5. How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) - $4.4 million

6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (New Line/WB) - $4.1 million

7 Date Night (20th Century Fox) - $3.4 million

8. The Back-Up Plan (CBS Films) - $2.8 million

9. Furry Vengeance (Summit) - $2.5 million

10. Babies (Focus Features) - $1 million

Check back to TMT on Sunday for the Box Office Estimates and again Monday for the actual numbers.

Universal Soldier IV will be 3D

Foresight Unlimited is pushing forward with fall shoots for action thriller: "Universal Soldier IV"

"Soldier IV" will reunite Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, who co-starred in the third installment, "Universal Soldier: Regeneration" in 2009. Only this time they'll be unleashing their barrages of fists and lead in 3D. John Hyams is also returning to direct the project, which is set to begin filming in October.

Foresight will be selling "Soldier" at Cannes this year.

It's been a long time since anyone's seen Van Damme outside of a direct to video release. Even the last Universal Soldier released in 2009, was direct to video. Why they've decided to bring the series back to the big screen after three sequels going direct to video, is beyond me.

Lundgren also has a part in Stalone's new mercenary action flick this summer 'The Expendables".

Tim Burton And DreamWorks Making 'Monsterpocalypse?'

 

DreamWorks has just acquired the screen rights to Monsterpocalypse the board game, and they are already negotiating with Tim Burton to direct.

Talks are in the early stages, and right now only game creator Matt Wilson is attached to be co-producer. Monsterpocalypse is a kaiju-themed collectible miniatures game. It's a board game that involves battles against a variety of enemy monsters that take place in a metropolis filled with buildings.

Burton is a huge Godzilla fan and "Monsterpocalypse" involves kaiju-themed monsters.

Nothing shocking here, hollywood still out of original ideas, developing another boardgame, and they look to hire the weirdest director in the business. I'm curious what part Johhny Depp will be playing in this?

JJ Abrams’ Super 8 Teaser Trailer

The teaser trailer for writer/director J.J. Abrams' Super 8, which hit theaters with Iron Man 2 this weekend, is now officially online.

Steven Spielberg is producing the Paramount Pictures film, which starts shooting this fall for a summer 2011 release.

Judge Dredd being sold at cannes?

 

According to Deadline:

Andrew Macdonald’s DNA Films has made a deal with India-based Reliance Big Entertainment and IM Global to finance Judge Dredd, a 3D film that was scripted by Alex Garland, and will be directed by Pete Travis, best known for Vantage Point and Omagh. The film will be shopped at (Cannes Film Festival) by IM Global, in the first collaboration since Reliance bought a majority stake in Stuart Ford's foreign sales company.

While Judge Dredd is perhaps best remembered for the forgettable 1995 action film that starred Sylvester Stallone, Macdonald went back to the franchise’s DNA to completely overhaul the film and bring it back to its origins as the UK comic created by John Wagner and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra. Dredd is set in a futuristic world filled with violence, and the character is empowered to act as judge, jury and executioner.

The budget's under $50 million, I'm told. This is the kind of project that you would normally find at a studio. This one looked like it would be done under DNA's deal at Fox, but that deal's going away, and Fox let this one loose.

Dredd is a law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner. Dredd and his fellow Judges are empowered to arrest, sentence and even execute criminals on the spot.

The last time I actually saw the 95' Dredd with Stalone, was in 95'. I couldn't tell you whether it actually sucked or not, but I can tell you that the story does sound very cool. With the right casting and a decent story, this could be a very cool franchise.

Favreau Talks Iron Man 3

Now that Iron Man 2 has officially been released world wide, you can expect Favreau and Co. to be pimping it out, to ensure its success in the coming weeks.

Jon Favreau recently talked to MTV and said that The Mandarin, one of Iron Man's most stereotypical and popular villains, will finally show up in Iron Man 3:

At this point I'm going to take anything Favreau or any of the other cast and/ or Marvel have to say about an Iron Man sequel with a grain of salt. of course they're going to tell us that Mandarin is the villain, or we can expect it to hit theatres in 2014 or so. They are doing their jobs, pimping out their newest release.

I don't doubt we'll see Iron Man at the very least make an appearance in The Avengers, but I'm not expecting much more then that. I would go as far as to say that Iron Man 2 will be Iron Man's swan song. I think after Robert Downey Jr. finishes his appearance in The Avengers and Favreau his duties as producer, that's the last we'll see of them, as far as this franchise goes anyways.

For now though we still have Iron Man 2 to enjoy! You can check out my review HERE, or Mike's HERE.

Box Office Actuals May 7 - 9

 

As expected Iron Man 2 was the biggest opening this weekend, but not coming in with 133 million like originally estimated, its actual domestic take was 128 million, 30 million short of what The Dark Knight did in 2008. Also the other obvious change this weekend, was the %72 drop that the Nightmare remake took from last weekend, still coming in at the number 2 spot (probably for the last time) it managed to make an additional 9.1 million, bringing it's 10 day total to 48.4 million, very close to the 50 million I expected it to reach by today.

Next weekend Robin Hood is the widest new release hitting theaters, although it's unlikely it will take the number one spot away from Iron Man. Also opening next weekend in limited release are Letters to Juliet and Just Wright. A Nightmare On Elm Street can expect to limp on from here on out, it's not likely it will land higher then 4th or maybe 5th next weekend and less from there on out.

1. Iron Man 2 (Marvel/Paramount) - $128.1 million  

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (New Line/WB) - $9.1 million

3. How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) - $6.6 millio

4. Date Night (20th Century Fox) - $5.4 million

5. The Back-up Plan (CBS Films) - $5 million

6. Furry Vengeance (Summit) - $4.4 million

7. Clash of the Titans (Warner Bros.) - $2.5 million

8. Death at a Funeral (Sony/Screen Gems) - $2.3 million

9. Babies (Focus Features) - $2.1 million

10. The Losers (Warner Bros.) - $1.8 million

Check back to TMT on Wednesday for my predictions for this coming weekend, and to see how I did this week you can check out my predictions HERE.

Will Captain America be 3D?

 

Iron Man 2 just opened this weekend to the tune of 133 million domestic at the box office. Some people are now arguing it could have topped the The Dark Knight' record of 158 million, had it been released in 3D, although I doubt it.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige admitted he and his team had considered converting the superhero sequel into 3-D after seeing the success of "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland." Given the extensive demands of post-production on "Iron Man 2," however, they concluded there simply wasn't enough time. "We couldn't have turned over a version of the movie 10 or 20 weeks earlier for 3-D conversion without undermining the quality," he said. "We used all the time we had for mixing and editing and discovering the right tone."

In regards to Marvel using the current hollywood trend of 3D in the future, Feige said "The team has been doing a lot of research into 3-D processes, and we're looking at it on future films when we have the time," he said. "We will be doing it at some point."

With Thor already in production, it would have to be converted to 3D in post, but Captain America and The Avengers could be filmed using 3D cameras. If I had to guess, I'd say Avengers is the more likely of the two to get the 3D treatment.

New Trailer 'Inception'

Opening in conventional and IMAX theaters on July 16, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger and Michael Caine.

In the film, Dom Cobb (DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible—inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. This summer, your mind is the scene of the crime.

 

Wow, this looks amazing! I get the feeling that even with the synopsis, the trailers, the TV spots, and everything we've heard so far, we still don't know really know what Inception is actually about.

Check back to TMT in July for our official review.