Box Office Actuals April 9-11

 

It looks like Clash Of The Titans did in fact beat out Date Night after all, but it did take a huge decline from last weekend, its expected to take an even bigger decrease this coming weekend as well. Also you can take a look at how my predictions from Thursday matched up to the actual numbers by going HERE.

1. Clash of the Titans (Warner Bros.) - $26.6 million

2. Date Night (20th Century Fox) - $25.2 million

3. How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) - $24.8 million

4. Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (Lionsgate) 11 million

5. The Last Song (Walt Disney Pictures) - $9.8 million

6. Hot Tub Time Machine (MGM) - $5.4 million

7. Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures) - $5.3 million

8. The Bounty Hunter (Sony) - $4.2 million

9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (20th Century Fox) - $3.9 million

10. Letters to God (Vivendi Entertainment) - $1.1 million

Check back to TMT on thursday for this coming weekends predictions.

Update: Sony Denies Logan Lerman is Spider-Man

 

Mike Fleming from deadline reports, insiders at Sony say that the young actor is not getting the role. In fact, these sources were very definitive in denying the story, and were sure that Lerman was 100% not going to be Spidey and that he is not on the list of candidates being seriously considered. for the new film that will be directed by (500) Days of Summer helmer Marc Webb. On the other hand, Drew McWeeny is often right about stuff--he was first to accurately note that Fox was eyeing other directors for the X-Men: First Class spinoff film because Bryan Singer had committed to direct Jack The Giant Killer.

Is the Logan Lerman casting, just the same rumor that started back in February, coming back around for a second run? We don't know for sure, it is possible that Sony is denying the rumors until Lerman has signed an official contract, but on the other hand, they could just not be interested in him for the role. If he is in fact up for the role and currently in contract negotiations with Sony, its likely we'll here something sooner then later.

Green Lanterns Suit Will be CG!

  

Everyone would like to get a look at Ryan Reynolds in costume in the big screen adaptation of DC Comics 'Green Lantern'. Production started earlier this month in New Orleans, and while the first set photos have begun to hit the web — don’t expect to see Reynolds in the green suit. Not today, not next week, not next month, not ever. So don’t expect to see any leaked shots of Reynolds in the actual suit until Warner Bros makes the official full reveal.

Why? There is no suit. /Film reports that Reyneolds suit will be almost entirely CG 

The suit that Ryan wears on set is a grey tracking motion/performance capture suit with led lights. I’ve heard that Ryan Reynolds has been joking on set that Warner Bros is going to make him into a Na’vi when the final cut is released. His joke, not mine. The Green Lantern suit you will see in the final film will be almost entirely created using computers.

That’s right — Green Lantern’s suit will be mostly CG!

I'm personally not all that familiar with the Green Lantern character, but according to IESB, there is sort of a method to the madness. In the comics Lantern's suit is a manifestation of his power ring, and therefore technically not a suit at all. So Reynolds donning a CG suit isn't so insane that fanboys should be turning over in their basements. In fact, Green Lantern fans should have picked up the reasoning right away. 

To be honest, it really doesn't matter if fans buy into it. What matters like always is the general public. If they can deal with a CG suit and still hand out positive Word-Of-Mouth like a deck of cards at a blackjack table, then Warner Bros can breath a sigh of relief. I mean we're talking about a hero that creates giant green fists with a power ring here. Suspension of disbelief anyone? As long as the film is good, people will come.

I agree completely with Peter from IESB, what the "fanboys" always seem to forget is, they really only make up a small fraction of the movie going audience, the general public is most likely going to eat this up like they did both Transformers movies regardless of the quality in the story. As long as it looks awesome, it will be huge at the boxoffice.

for the fully exclusive story from /Film go HERE.

Jack Ryan reboot working title 'Moscow'?

Very liitle has been said in regards to the "Jack Ryan" reboot. At least ever since Paramount locked in Chris Pine (Captain Kirk) to take over the franchise from Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck.

Pajiba have some updates on Tom Clancy's CIA hero and his next cinematic undertaking. Surprisingly, the working title for the reboot (the second for the series after Ben Affleck's popular-at-the-time 'Sum of All Fears' from 2002) is Moscow. Certainly not what I was expecting, but I'm sure, or atleast I hope it will change by the time its released.

IESB adds, The script (which apparently shares plot elements from a sold, but unmade spec script titled Dubai – both written by Adam Cozen) involves a pre-CIA assigned Jack employed in Moscow (hence the title?) as a financial advisor for a billionaire. Only things get intense when he uncovers a terrorist plot specifically designed to sink the U.S. economy by his employer. And to make things personal (because it has to be in order to drive our hero), Ryan's wife is taken hostage by the billionaire bastard!

Apparently, there's still no director on-board. Even if there were, Paramount has bigger fish to fry with Pine for the time being. They've got their insanely anticipated Star Trek sequel set for release June 2012. The Abrams follow-up will, no doubt, be one of the killer money-makers two years from now. So they can still take their time finding the suitable helmer for Jack Ryan.

I also hafto say I'd agree with Iesb in that we probably won't be seeing this before 2013.

Bayer and Haley on 'Nightmare Remake'

The last time we saw Freddy Krueger, it wasn’t pretty. That film, 2003’s ‘Freddy vs. Jason’, was a half-baked attempt to extend the expiration dates of two of Holly-woods biggest, bloodiest baddies of the 1980s. Unfortunately, it was also god-awful. SO you might be wondering whether it’s too soon to resurrect a certain disfigured dude in a red-and-green-striped sweater.

Well, we’ll know the answer in April 30, when ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ hits theatres. “It’s time to wipe the slate clean,” says Samuel Bayer, director of the new Nightmare. “Freddy started out as a pretty frightening character, but in the end he became slapstick. I mean, you can only tell so many jokes as you’re killing someone. We wanted to make him really scary and nasty again.”

The biggest surprise for fans of the series may be the absence of Robert Englund, the 62-year old actor whore the fedora and razor-fingered glove in all eight previous instalments. In his place is Jackie Earle Haley, best known for his haunting, Oscar-nominated turn in ‘Little Children’ and for playing the equally creepy Rorschach in ‘Watchmen’. “This is really scary for me because Robert owns Freddy,” says Haley, 48. “It’s daunting to step into those shoes, but also really exciting because it’s such an iconic character.”

Bayer promises that his “Nightmare” update will stick close to Wes Craven’s 1984 original, with up-and-comers Rooney Mara and Kyle Gallner stepping in for Heather Langenkamp and Johhny Depp as teens being stalked while they sleep. “We wanted to make this realistic... or as realistic as a film about a guy who kills you in your dreams can be. We also wanted to show the origin of how Fred Krueger became Freddy Kreuger.”

For his part, Haley says he watched the silent horror classic ‘Nosferatu’ and read up on serial killers to get into the mutilated murderer’s mindset. But it was only when he sat in the makeup chair-a process that took four hours every day- that he realized, “this is a campfire tale and Freddy’s the boheyman!” That’s also when it hit him that no matter how good he is as Freddy, the knives will be out. “Of course I’m worried about that,” says the actor. “But they were going to have to get someone to play Freddy. And since they were going to, why not me?”

Jon Tenney is 'Green Lanterns' Dad

SuperHeroHype learned exclusively on Saturday that "The Closer" star Jon Tenney will play Hal Jordan's dad, test pilot Martin H. Jordan, in director Martin Campbell's 'Green Lantern'.

Tenney had the following to say:

"'The Closer's' letting me shoot off in June a little bit, and I'm doing a little picture called 'Green Lantern,' and that will be fun!

"Ryan Reynolds is the Green Lantern, and when he is a young boy, like 11, I'm his father. I'm Hal Jordan's dad. I'm very excited – it's incredible company," he said when asked who he is playing.

Head over to SuperHeroHype for the full story.

Logan Lerman is Spider-Man!

It wasnt that long ago that Logan Lerman blabbed about his being cast as the new Spider-Man, but shortly after everyone from the studio to his own people denied the claims. Apparently it was all true...

HitFix reports the 'Percy Jackson' star is "almost 100% locked" to headline the newly rebooted franchise under the direction of Marc Webb.

 

Cinema Source came out after all of this had died down and flat out said, "No, this Lerman kid is the new Spider-Man!"

I think everyone can agree his performance in Percy Jackson was no where near great, but on the other hand he gave a great performance as Christian Bales son in the western 3:10 to Yuma. I think its going to come down to how well the script is written and what Webb is able to do with it, Lerman obviously has the talent to play the role, lets just hope he shows everyone that come 2012 when the Spider-Man swings back into theaters.

3 NEW 'NIghtmare On Elm Street' Tv Spots!

Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema has unrolled three brand new TV spots for "A Nightmare on Elm Street", their remake arrives in theaters April 30. To get a clean view of the bus stop poster as well, head over to Bloodydisgusting.

I was huge fan of the original series growing up, I own the boxset on dvd and I've been following this remake closely since it was first announced. I know a lot of fans have been divided by the choice to remake the original, half of us are loving the idea of a fresh take on dream killer Freddy Kreuger, while the other half of the loyal fan base has been dreading this; for reasons ranging from Robert Englund the original Freddy now 62 years old being recast by Oscar winning actor Jackie Earl Hailie.

Regardless of your position on the remake, whether your a fan of the original looking forward to the remake, you've been dreading it from the start, or your a new fan to the series, you cant tell me after seeing this newest batch of tv spots your not completely convinced/ pumped for this reincarnation of arguably one of the scariest horror icons to grace the big screen.

Check back to TMT closer to the release date for my official review of the new "Nightmare On Elm Street"

Pirates of The Caribbean 4 : The Curse of 3D

With 3D being all the craze now in Hollywood, we have to wonder about such big blockbusters as the new Pirates of the Caribbean 4 set for a 2011 release. Will Pirates 4 be shot in or converted to 3D? Hunter over at Blue Sky Disney clears things up:

The answer is both. Huh, you say? Well, the majority of the Walt Disney Pictures film will be shot in third dimension. Almost all the actor bits and dramatic scenes and all. A good two-thirds of the film will be captured that way. The remaining FX parts of the film will be shot in normal 2D and then converted to 3D. The final result of which will be ALL 3D, of course.

You can read the full story HERE.

I personally am NOT a fan of the gimmicky 3D craze going on right now in Hollywood, I may be one of a small group of people that thought Avatar was garbage, but I still believe the only reason 3D is being used so prominently now in what seems like every big budget movie, is because of the success of movies like Avatar based, which relied on the increased prices of 3D tickets, and not on the technological advances such film making is said to have achieved, which in my opinion is sad. I don't support the 3D trend at all, in even worse cases, you end up with movies like the recent remake Clash of The Titans which was converted to 3D in post production, WOW, what a terrible idea that was, I applaud you if you were able to sit through that entire movie without getting a headache or just being flat out annoyed with the pathetic visuals.

What are your thoughts, should every big budget movie be offered in 3D? Or should it only be so long as the majority if not all of the film was actually shot in/ intended to be 3D to begin with and not converted in post production, or does it make any difference to you at all?

Possible Plot Details Revealed for James Bond 23? UPDATE:(False)

Screenrant reports, according to one of their sources they may have revealed possible plot details for the upcoming Bond sequel to Quantum of Solice. Some have questioned whether or not Bond 23 would even be made at all what with MGM's current financial situation, However the cash strapped studio has entered into another round of auctions with a handful of potential bidders, So things are staring to look up for the plagued studio.

Daniel Craig previously said he thought that shooting would start late 2010, I’m sure we’ll hear something concrete regarding casting and/or script details in the next couple of months.

Or maybe we’ll start hearing something now, the following is what their source had to say:

*Begin Rumor*

According to our source, despite the uncertainty with MGM studios, EON Productions has, in fact, been having behind-the-scenes script and casting discussions for James Bond 23 for the past several months.  At this point, there is not a finished script but the story will involve having M’s (Judie Dench  ) job be on the line, partly because of Bond. His earlier actions also end up putting the entire Double O Section on notice.

Wanting to keep her job (in addition to being upset with Bond), M brings in a new, younger agent and creates some tension in the office by taking an assignment from Bond and giving it to her new hotshot.  The new guy is stylish, cocky and, of course, sexy – think a younger version of Bond. As you would expect, Bond starts out despising this new guy (who has yet to be named) but eventually they are forced to put their differences aside and work together to save the day.

Our source also says that the casting department has narrowed the list of potential candidates to play the new “00” agent to seven young actors, with Jamie Bell (The Adventures of Tintin) as the current favorite. Apparently, Daniel Craig is also keen on Bell getting the role.

*End Rumor*

Still to be considered as rumor only, there are some important possible plot details revealed as well as a potential new cast member. What do you think? how would you feel about 'James Bond 23' having a little friendly rivalry mixed into the next story?

Update on Sat, April 10, 2010 by Mitch Anderson

Update: Screenrant themselves has dismissed this rumor as False. Apparently some jackass was sending the story to anyone and everyone who would listen purposely spreading a fake rumor, what a douche bag! If you would like to let him know just how much an Asshole he is they have provided his email: jbradford1881@yahoo.com