The Blind Side Review
In The Blind Side, Quinton Aaron stars as Michael Oher, a young man born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee to a crack addict mother and a father who disappeared soon after his birth. He grew up moving from school to school, at times homeless and extremely uneducated. At the age of 18, despite his dreadful situation, Oher was admitted into a private school when the coach of the football team took note of his 6′4″ 300 lb. frame. A couple with a daughter and son who attended the same school also became familiar with Oher and he was subsequently invited to stay one night at their lavish Memphis home. Somehow that night turned into legal adoptation (not right away but down the road). The Tuohy’s treated Michael like a son, giving him a bedroom, buying him clothes, encouraging his growth in football and connecting him with a tutor to help with his studies. The tutor helped — Oher was able to improve his grade point average from 0.9 to 2.52. Joining the football team helped too — Oher went on to play for the University of Mississippi and eventually became a first round pick of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens. The boy who grew up uneducated, homeless and with no family is now the starting offensive right tackle for the Ravens. He has also recently signed a 5-year, $13.8 million dollar contract. Not too shabby if you ask me. Read more…
New Percy Jackson Trailer
Fox has released a new trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief starring Logan Lerman in the title role. The trailer gives us our first good look at the story as well as most of the characters — most notably Uma Thurman’s Medusa who makes an appearance at the end of the video. Check it out below.
Synopsis: It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson’s Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they’re not happy: Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy’s mother. As Percy adapts to his newly discovered status as a demi-god (his father is Poseidon), he finds himself caught between the battling titans of Mt. Olympus. He and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy’s mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief opens February 12, 2010.
Is Anne Hathaway Black Cat?
Anne Hathaway is the latest name to be associated with casting for Spider-Man 4. What makes this news particularly interesting is that it is being reported by Nikki Finke — who has a knack for being right when it comes to Marvel.
The role in question is that of Felicia Hardy/Black Cat. Hathaway joins a list that over the last couple of weeks has included the likes of Rachel McAdams, Romola Garai and Julia Stiles. No word on exactly how the character will play into the story, but from what I’ve read it seems that in the movie, Black Cat’s father will run the Daily Bugle. She’ll start out as a hero, but when something happens to him, she turns villain. Of course, this is all speculation, but it seems pretty certain at this point that Black Cat WILL be in the movie.
Spider-Man 4, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, will supposedly begin production early next year for a Summer 2011 release.
di Bonaventura Acquires Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Lorenzo di Bonaventura has acquired rights to produce The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel based on the series of fantasy novels by Michael Scott. (Who knew that in addition to managing the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin that Michael Scott was also a bestselling author?!)
The story follows 15-year-old twins Sophie and Josh as they pursue adventure across several continents with the immortal alchemist Nicholas Flamel. For those of you thinking Flamel sounds familiar, you may recognize the name from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. BUT, Flamel is/was an actual person who was born in 1330 and supposedly died in 1418. From what I understand, Flamel, along with his wife wife, decoded a mysterious 21-page book which allowed them to replicate a recipe for the Philosopher’s Stone which turns lead into gold. Depending on whether or not you believe it, they also succeeded in achieving immortality. If you want to read more, check out Flamel’s Wikipedia entry. There you’ll see Flamel linked to the likes of Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code and even Indiana Jones.
The first 3 books in the series are currently in print. A fourth book is scheduled to be published in May.
Sam Worthington in Last Days of American Crime
According to Mania.com, Sam Worthington will star The Last Days of American Crime based on the forthcoming comic from Radical Publishing. The news was revealed by comic creator Rick Remender.
The story is described as a heist thriller told against a sci fi backdrop. In a near-future America, news has broken that, in a matter of weeks, the government is set to roll out mind-control technology that will kill the criminal impulse in all citizens. Chaos descends on America’s cities as the country braces for the new order. Career criminal Graham Brick is forced to accelerate the heist of his career with an untested new crew in order to beat the deadline. Sounds interesting. Remender will write the screenplay. He wrote the comic which was illustrated by Greg Tocchini. The first issue will be available in stores in December.
Worthington stars next month in James Cameron’s Avatar.
Eddie Murphy Producing The Misadventures of Fluffy
Eddie Murphy will produce The Misadventures of Fluffy. While he is only attached as a producer at this point, it isn’t being ruled out that he will star.
The comedy is being described as a road trip movie through New York featuring talking animals. At least he’s branching out and trying new things — if you forget about Dr. Dolittle and Dr. Dolittle 2 — which really isn’t that difficult to do. Then again, he also voiced a talking donkey in the Shrek movies. So much for trying out new things. On the plus side, The Hollywood Reporter referred to the project as an R-rated comedy, so maybe there’s still hope. Sam Pitman and Adam Cole-Kelly will write the script.
Speaking of Eddie Murphy, he’s also in the news today in an article at Forbes listing Hollywood’s 10 Most Overpaid Stars. Murphy lands at #4 on the list behind Billy Bob Thornton, Ewan McGregor and Will Ferrell who tops the list — which isn’t surprising considering how poorly Land of the Lost opened earlier this year. Visit Forbes to check out the rest of the list.
Star Trek 2 Rumours Begin
Even though it’s at least a year away from being filmed and there’s no director and no script, it’s time for the Star Trek 2 rumours to start hitting the ‘net.
The first comes from ComingSoon.net, which claims that an actor is already being targetted to play Khan, should he be the villain in the next movie. That actor is Nestor Carbonell.
Who is Nestor Carbonell you may ask? Well, if you asked me that question 2 hours ago, I wouldn’t have known who the hell you were talking about but I have now learned that the man known to me and millions of other Lost fans around the world as the mysterious and ageless Richard Alpert on the hit tv show is, in fact, Nestor Carbonell.
Carbonell does resemble, in some ways, a young Ricardo Montalban/Khan. Being on Lost, he certainly has a close connection with J.J. Abrams.
For now, we’ll treat this purely as internet craziness but it sure is an interesting idea that makes sense.
The Wolfman Gets A French Poster and New Editors
FilmsActu.com has premiered a new French poster for The Wolfman, starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Hugo Weaving and Emily Blunt. You can check out the poster below and click HERE to see a couple of other posters that were released last week.
It should also be noted that SlashFilm.com picked up on a story that revealed two veteran editors have been hired to work on the movie. Mark Goldblatt, whose resume includes Halloween II, Terminator 1 & 2, True Lies, Armageddon and Bad Boys II; and Walter Murch, who has worked on The Godfather: Part II, Apocalypse Now, Ghost, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Jarhead – will lend their expertise to The Wolfman. Let’s hope they can work with director Joe Johnston and help put together an excellent movie.
The Wolfman will be in theatres on February 10, 2010.
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