Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Christina Aguilera’s Burlesque Show, Vin Diesel is The Wheelman, Kiefer Sutherland Headbutts Some Guy
Happy Mother’s Day! We’ve got a couple weeks worth of news highlights and leftovers for you to digest here, including a sequel and spin-off from X-Men Origins: Wolverine, new trailers for District 9 and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and another takedown for Jack Bauer! In other news, Vin Diesel will drive more fast cars, Evan Rachel Wood signs on for season 2 of HBO’s True Blood, and yes, that’s right, Troma’s Mother’s Day is getting a remake.
Top Headlines
- Deadpool Spin-Off is Happening
- Wolverine Sequel Will Be Set in Japan
- The Road Finally Gets a New Release Date
- First Photo from Iron Man 2
- Shia LaBeouf in Talks for Wall Street 2
- Drop Dead Fred Remake Starring Russell Brand
- Robert Zemeckis Considering Roger Rabbit Sequel
- 5 Reasons Why District 9 Will Be Better Than Transformers 2
- The Movie Club Podcast #13: The Alien Quadrilogy
New Trailers
Some Stories We Didn’t Cover
- Mia Farrow Ends Hunger Strike Early
- Christina Aguilera to Star in Burlesque
- Samuel L. Jackson Up to Negotiate with Pirates
- Vin Diesel to Star in John Singleton’s The Wheelman
- Brett Ratner Not Directing Conan
- Marc Forster’s Tech Thriller: Disconnect
- Saw Producers Remake Troma’s Mother’s Day
- Death Note Manga Gets U.S. Feature Film
- Drew Barrymore Fired Mark Mothersbaugh as Composer on Whip It?
- Jim Carrey in The Beaver
- Shaolin Cowboy Comic Book Gets Big Screen Adaptation
- Snakes on a Plane Director Boards Humpty Dumpty 3-D
- Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood Gets Full Rewrite
- Taken Director Takes on Tokyo Thriller
- More Goonies Sequel Rumours
- The Crazies Remake Pushed Back to 2010
- Matthew Fox is Billy Smoke
- Nick Cave Wrote a Sequel to Gladiator?
- Robot Chicken Creators Launch Titan Maximum
- The Visitor Director Hired for Game of Thrones HBO Pilot
- The Rock To Star in Faster
- Will Ferrell and David Dobkin in Talks for Neighbourhood Watch
- Evan Rachel Wood Joins Cast of True Blood
- Mike Newell to Direct The Lone Ranger
- Gary Coleman Regrets New Film Midgets vs Mascots… And Wears Crocs
- Kiefer Sutherland Charged with Assault
