Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Paramount Still Loves J.J. Abrams, Genndy Tartakovsky’s New Series, Fred Durst Teams Up with the Writer of Seven
By and large, the past week in film was dominated by discussion over two major news stories: the casting of The Three Stooges feature film, and the release of the first trailer for Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are. While the first seemed to baffle a lot of people, the latter seemed to inspire nothing but positive endorsements across the board. We also got our first look at Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock this week, and Warner Brothers dropped a bombshell with the announcement that they would be opening up their vaults to the general public. Elsewhere, Stone Cold Steve Austin landed another acting gig, Fred Durst secured his next project as a director and Paramount locked down J.J. Abrams for another 4 years. Can you blame them?
Top Headlines
- Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro Sign for The Three Stooges
- The Coen Brothers to Remake True Grit
- The Thing Prequel Gets a New Writer
- Warner Brothers To Offer Unreleased Movies on Demand
- Time Gets a First Look at James Cameron’s Avatar
- Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival Announces 2009 Line-Up
- Top 10 Gag-Inducing Sex Scenes
New Trailers
Some Stories We Didn’t Cover
- Tom Selleck’s Mustache to Star in Five Killers
- Lindsay Lohan’s Latest Goes Direct to TV
- Fred Durst To Direct Andrew Kevin Walker’s Psycho Killer
- Stone Cold Steve Austin Starring in The Stranger
- Another Vampire Movie: Elevator Men
- J.J. Abrams Extends Paramount Deal to 2013
- Natalie Portman to Play Love Interest in Thor?
- Catherine Hardwicke to Direct Maximum Ride
- Karl Urban to Star in And Soon The Darkness Remake
- Mongol Director Hired for Zack Snyder’s The Last Photograph
- Catch Me If You Can Redux: The King of Sting
- Emily Blunt Goes Greek
- Rashida Jones to Star in Celeste and Kelly
- Genndy Tartakovsky’s New Animated Series: Sym-Bionic Titan
- Matthew Vaughn to Direct American Jesus
- Disney Options Young Adult Fantasy Series The Stoneheart Trilogy
- Anne Hathaway to Play Judy Garland
- Bryan Singer to Direct Freedom Formula Comic Book Adaptation
- Warren Beatty Sued Over Rights to Dick Tracy
- Chris Nolan’s Other Brother Arrested
- Brett Ratner to Direct Cop House Pilot
- Another Spy Movie: Tom Hanks Producing Agent Zigzag
- My Life as a Dog Sequel
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Gets a Criterion DVD Release
