The Box Movie Review
In The Box, Cameron Diaz stars as Norma and James Marsden is her husband Arthur. As the movie begins, we are told it is 1976, it is 5:44AM in Virginia and Norma and Arthur are sound asleep in their comfortable suburban home. A minute later the doorbell rings and Norma answers the door to find a box sitting on her step – THE box. In the box is another box with a glass case that has a red button inside of it. A key is needed to access the button. A note in the box indicates that Mr. Steward will be contacting them in 11 hours with more information. Read more
Wichita Gets A New Name
The movie that has been referred to as “Wichita” and “Trouble Man” has been given a new title – Knight & Day. Starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, Knight & Day is about a secret agent (Cruise) who pops in and out of the life of a single woman (Diaz). The duo eventually becomes fugitives on the run.
Also starring in the movie will be Peter Sarsgaard, Olivier Martinez, Paul Dano, Maggie Grace, Viola Davis and Mark Blucas. James Mangold is directing the film that is currently shooting in and around Boston and will eventually be shot in other locations including Spain and Austria.
Knight & Day is being classified as an action-comedy.
The title change actually seems sort of lame but I will trust the studio on this one. I decided to look up some of the famous title changes that have happened over the last several years and it seems the final title is always the more appropriate one. Here are some examples:
- American Pie was, at one time, called “East Great Falls High” and “Comfort Food” before some legal issues were resolved and the final name was given to the movie.
- Pretty Woman started out with the name “3000″ for the amount of money that Julia Robert’s character was given to be a ho.
- Rocky was first named “The Contender”.
- There’s Something About Mary was first called “There’s Something About Sarah”.
- Scream was originally called “Scary Movie”.
- Blade Runner went through several changes, including “Android”, “Mechanismo” and “Dangerous Days”.
- Unforgiven was, at one time, called “The Cut-Whore Killings”, “Whore’s Gold” and “The William Munny Killings” before Clint Eastwood himself picked the final title.
- Field of Dreams was called “Shoeless Joe”.
- Big was originally called “When I Grow Up”.
- Letters From Iwo Jima went through a series of titles, including “Men From Mars”, “Lamps Before The Wind” and “Red Sun, Black Sand”.
- Saturday Night Fever was almost called “The Tribal Rites of Saturday Night”.
As you can see, in every case, the right choice was the final choice.
Seth Rogen In Green Hornet Outfit
The first pictures of Seth Rogen in his full Green Hornet gear are online. I have one of the pics below for you to see. You can also proceed to SplashNewsOnline.com to see some more but I will warn you – it’s one of those websites with a tonne of ads and pop-ups and when I first went on it, the site froze my computer and pissed me off something awful.
The picture below shows Rogen (Britt Reid/The Green Hornet) and Jay Chou (Kato) filming a scene while their much lower paid stuntmen look on. I’m pretty sure by the look on Chou’s stuntman’s face that someone just farted.
I think from this point on, I will refer to The Green Hornet movie as “G.I. Joe 2010″. It just seems to me, judging from a lot of online comments, that many people have a real hate-on for this movie even though it just started filming a few weeks ago. I even saw a lot of people writing comments about the picture below and saying the movie is going to suck because of that picture – how the hell can you even tell?
Anyways, I’ll hold out some hope that it will be decent. I have a feeling that Rogen and company may pull this one off.
The Green Hornet will be in theatres on December 17, 2010.
Pics From The Set Of Wichita
JustJared.com has posted a bunch of pictures from the set of James Mangold’s Wichita, which stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Maggie Grace.
Imdb.com describes the movie as follows:
Unaware that her blind date is a federal agent (Tom Cruise), a woman (Cameron Diaz) is subsequently pulled into a globe-spanning attempt to protect the key element to a infinite power source.
Sounds kind of mysterious. Judging from the pictures, Cruise’s character somehow gets Diaz into a pair of handcuffs and then pulls her close, despite her sweaty armpits.
Wichita is scheduled to hit theatres on July 2, 2010.
To check out the rest of the pictures, click HERE.
Basterd In The Green Hornet
It looks like Nicolas Cage’s loss is a Basterd’s gain. The movie that seems to have hit roadblock after roadblock finally has some great news to report. Christoph Waltz, who has delighted crowds with his portrayal of Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds, has landed the role of the villain in The Green Hornet.
Waltz already won the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his Basterds role and he is sure to garner some serious Oscar consideration for Best Supporting Actor.
The Green Hornet has been plagued with problems from day one, whether it be director changes, actors dropping out or date changes. If Waltz is able to deliver anywhere near the performance he did in Basterds, we are sure to be in for a treat.
The Green Hornet has just recently starting shooting for its December 17, 2010 release.
Green Hornet Un-Cage-ed
It looks like The Green Hornet movie has one less name on its role call. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nicolas Cage is out as Mr. X, the villain in the Michel Gondry movie. This despite the fact that the movie has already began shooting, as you can see from some of the on-set pictures we have HERE.
I know I’ve already listed all the problems this movie has ran into since the moment it was a glimmer in Kevin Smith’s eye but here’s a refresher:
1) Director Kevin Smith pulls out of the project in 2004.
2) Director Stephen Chow abandons the director’s chair in December 2008.
3) The release date moved from June 25, 2010 to July 9, 2010.
4) Stephen Chow drops out of playing Kato for director Michel Gondry.
5) The release date moved from July 9, 2010 to December 17, 2010.
and you can now add:
6) Nicolas Cage no longer playing Mr. X.
Let’s hope “the list” stops at 6.
The Green Hornet will be in theatres on December 17, 2010 (I hope!).
Green Hornet Set Photos
SuperHeroHype.com has the first photos from the set of The Green Hornet. The photos show Britt Reid/The Green Hornet (Seth Rogen), Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz) and the first look at Jay Chou as Kato.
Click HERE to see the bigger version of all the photos on SuperHeroHype.com.
The Green Hornet will be in theatres on December 17, 2010.
Green Hornet Gets New Release Date
It looks like The Green Hornet has hit another obstacle in what has been a seemingly bumpy ride for the movie. BoxOfficeMojo.com has indicated that the release date has been moved ahead five months from July 9, 2010 to the new date of December 17, 2010. This change comes on the heels of a series of setbacks that have riddled the movie, including:
1) Director Kevin Smith pulling out of the project in 2004.
2) Director Stephen Chow abandoning the director’s chair in December 2008.
3) The release date being moved from June 25, 2010 to July 9, 2010 (not a big deal in light of the new change).
4) Stephen Chow dropping out of playing Kato for director Michel Gondry.
The movie already has Seth Rogen signed on to play Britt Reid/The Green Hornet, Jay Chow as Kato, Nicholas Cage to play Mr. X, Cameron Diaz as Lenore Case and Edward James Olmos, so it seems the main casting has been completed. Michel Gondry, whose previous work includes Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, will direct. The movie will start shooting in a couple of months but I guess Green Hornet fans who are eagerly awaiting the release will have to wait until Christmas-time to see the film instead of seeing it in a nice, air-conditioned theatre in the middle of the summer.
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