Two New "Resident Evil: Retribution" TV Spots

The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice (Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

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New "Looper" Poster Featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt

In the film, which hits on September 28th, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a “looper” – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination.

Looper Network & GK Films via Coming Soon

Videodrome Gets the Remake Treatment

Remaking a beloved film is one thing, and that's controversial in its own right.

Following in the shadow of a director as renowned and distant a voice as David Cronenberg is another. If any studio and any hotshot director walk in their shoes, first and foremost, they'd better made damn sure their intentions with the property are unique enough, interesting enough to justify treading those waters again. God help them if they don't...

Such a case as Universal's call for a remake of Cronenberg's 1983 classic Videodrome. Commercial-filmmaker Adam Berg (whose Phillips Carousel commercial you can watch below) will make his feature directorial-debut on the update with Ehren Kruger assigned to scripting duties.

Only intriguing idea on the table is how they plan to update. Videodrome was of its time covering the growing popularity of cable TV. That doesn't fit in the world we live in today unless their intentions stretch into the Internet. Regardless, they're in for an uphill battle.

The Girl Who Played with Fire Will Get Made - That's Sony's Story & They're Sticking with It!

"The Feel Bad Movie Of Christmas"

Was that what did it? Few-to-none wished to sit through subject matter as bleak as The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo last December? Nah, the book just wasn't as big a deal as Sony thought and David Fincher's rendition (His weakest since Panic Room... and that's not fair to Panic Room!) kept them away. But the studio is adamant its sequel The Girl Who Played With Fire will see that life-assuring, production-confirming greenlight. Not by Christmas 2013, it won't, sources tell Entertainment Weekly.

Steve Zaillian is still at it on the keyboard and stars Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig remain contractually-obliged. Fincher is a no-show and while they're still using the "He's our first choice, geez golly do we hope he says, 'Yes!'" talking points, internally they know better.

An all-around waste of time and the piece, all due respect to the authors, is a case of "You scratch our bodies, we'll scratch yours!" If Girl Who Played With Fire was happening, it'd have already been in pre-production. Nothing more than a studio circling the wagon. A year from now, we'll be in the same place.

Lincoln - Our Greatest President Gets Simple, but Good, Poster

Nothing to add except how eerily awesome Daniel Day-Lewis looks like Honest Abe. Come on, Spielberg stop holding out. Where's the trailer?

Disney Eying Rocketeer Reboot

One of the great, underrated commercial gems (Translation: box-office failures) is due for its moment in the sun again.

Vulture reports a top priority of newly-anointed King of Disney Alan Horn is a reboot of Joe Johnston's 1991 retro-superhero adventure The Rocketeer. The studio will soon hear out pitches for various screenwriters. My psychic powers indicate my pal, and Movie Moan Mastermind, Phil Gee is already worrying at the notion of Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio within 100 yards of such meetings.

As a little kid, pesky things like "box-office" and "critically acclaimed" bared no meaning. Give me what appeals to my interests and at that time as a seven year-old among those were Star Wars, Batman and Indiana Jones. That alone made me love The Rocketeer as a lad. Revisiting it as an adult, you appreciate the "old-school" serialized nature (arguably more than Raiders of the Lost Ark, the film it was aping) and lighter-hearted tone. Everything was clearly defined, and that was half the charm. Billy Campbell was good, Timothy Dalton was bad and Paul Sorvino didn't work for no two-bit Nazi.

While not every property requires the "reboot" option (Some things should be left alone), The Rocketeer is right for one!

Gary Ross to direct Peter Pan prequel for Disney

Right after declining to direct The Hunger Games: Catching Fire due to the fast production and time crunch, Gary Ross has been on a roll with offers being thrown his way, from Summit Entertainment's Houdini to Disney's live action adaptation of Peter and the Starcatchers, a prequel to J.M. Barrie's original book. According to Coming Soon via TOLDJA, after kicking around a few deals, Ross has agreed to make Starcatchers his next film.

What's even more telling is that once screenwriter Jesse Wigutow submits a rewrite by October, Ross wants to put this in production as quickly as possible -- and even get filming by next year. But it's unknown if Disney wants Ross to give Starcatchers a single boost to become its own franchise (a la The Hunger Games), or whether Disney wants Ross to stay on for potential sequels.

The prequel book, penned by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson, had been previously adapted into a popular and Tony-nominated Broadway musical. Starcatchers also has four sequels: Peter and the Shadow Thieves, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, Peter and the Sword of Mercy, and The Bridge to Neverland.

If the film comes together as quickly as Ross wants it, I say expect Disney to schedule a mid-2014 to early 2015 release date.

Plot of 'Dumb & Dumber 2' Revealed

A few weeks back I wrote of the 'back-on-track' status of the sequel to the 1990s hit comedy, Dumb & Dumber, with the original film's directors and writers, The Farrelly Bros. returning along with stars Jim Carrey (again) and Jeff Daniels.  Today, we have details of what type of adventure Harry & Lloyd will get themselves into this time, a good 20 years after the first film.

Speaking to Digital Spy, Bobby Farrelly had this to say in regards to the plot of the film:

"I can tell you that there is no growth out of either one of them and it's 20 years later... these guys are in regular life and they're still basically children at heart.  The story revolves around the fact that one of them may have sired a child. They want to go and find the child because he's having a kidney problem and he wants to ask him for one of his kidneys."

I'm not gonna lie, that plot sounds pretty stupid but hey, the film is a sequel Dumb & Dumber, so it's not like intelligence is needed here.  Not to mention, who would have thought a film about two guys driving cross-country to return a breifcase would have been a huge hit?

Anyway, at least we still get to see the two going on a road trip again.  Maybe they'll run into that sorry cop for old times sake?  Time will tell.

The film is expected to start shooting next Spring.

Source: Digital Spy

Warner Brothers Plays Hot Potato on Dark Tower

To say The Dark Tower can't catch a break is not fair. That would imply those behind this packaged presentation made concessions for it to happen and still no luck. That is not the case here.

After Universal passed on the ambitious, and downright financially irresponsible plan for three movies and two limited-run TV shows based on the Stephen King novels, Amblin took it to Warner Brothers. Where it's been languishing in the hopes the studio would move forward. Hoping to entice was Russell Crowe attached to headline as Roland Deschain (an actor, brilliant as he is, past his prime, a nightmare to deal with and not on good terms with the general public; yeah... smart thinking there, fellas!)

Variety reports the Brothers Warner aren't run by idiots. They've passed on the project. Good on them. Talks have already jumped to a third potential backer Media Rights Capital (cash hot in their pockets from the huge success of Ted this summer). Hey, if they wanna blow their money, fine. Assuming they don't follow the trend of Universal and WB before them.

Kevin Costner Will Mentor Jack Ryan & Mr. Clark in Perspective Films

It's been a long road for Kevin Costner.

His Midwestern-charm made him an appealing draw for the baby-boomer generation, resulting in a string of equal-opportunity hits (a la success financially and critically) in the late 80s-to-early 90s. There was a charisma on display few have seen this side of John Wayne and his Untouchables co-star Sean Connery. It didn't matter to the appropriateness, or lack thereof, of a part. Costner got you past it. Case in point: his not putting on an English accent for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

When the time came for the inevitable fall-out, few fell as spectacularly. Those old enough to remember the Waterworld press need no reminder. Contrary to what's written in the history book of public perception, it was a hit. It didn't matter. The damage was done and it didn't get any better. Lest we forget the "Opened on Friday, Closed on Saturday" reception to The Postman. Hard to imagine this was the same guy not too many years prior packing em into the multiplex turned the butt of the joke.

But as the old saying goes time heals all wounds. It's not a big splashy, come-back role getting Costner back on the saddle. No, its people, filmmakers and the masses alike, going, "You know... I miss Kevin Costner!"

The History Channel mini-series Hatfields & McCoys and its success is just a taste of what's coming for the Oscar-winner. He'll be Pa Kent in The Man of Steel next June bestowing on Henry Cavill's Superman/Clark Kent morals and values on his journey to truth, justice and the American way.

He'll continue his onscreen mentor status playing William Harper, who recruits Tom Clancy's literary heroes Jack Ryan and John Kelly (later Mr. Clark) in their perspective films; the untitled Jack Ryan reboot (formerly Moscow) from director Kenneth Branagh and Chris Pine as Ryan and Without Remorse for Christopher McQuarrie and, if Paramount gets their way, Tom Hardy as Mr. Clark. A Nick Fury to Paramount's intended Clancyverse (Not a real world, but I'm making it up right now!) Ironic since Costner passed on playing Ryan for The Hunter for Red October two decades prior. Funny how things come around.