sandwichjohnfilms

Iron Fist Movie Moving Forward With xXx Writer Marvel Studios is moving forward on a live action feature version of Iron Fist , hiring screenwriter Rich Wilkes to draft a movie based on a martial arts expert whose battle with a dragon--ended when he plunged his hands through the beast's molten heart--turned his fists into indestructible weapons. Iron Fist was on the minds of many fanboys when Disney paid $4 billion for Marvel's 5000 superhero library and vowed to turn the less obvious comic book heroes into films and TV properties. Marvel tried to make an Iron Fist movie with Artisan nearly a decade ago, as a vehicle for X-Men villain and martial arts expert Ray Park . The Iron Fist comic book mythology was created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane in the 1970s, when the popularity of martial arts films was on the rise. Iron Fist was among a bunch of Marvel superhero properties scattered around Hollywood. While tent poles like X-Men, Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four and

Piranha 3D - The Sequel In The Works I haven't seen the film nor do I want to waste my time and movie on this film. But we should have all seen this coming. With a budget of $24 million to make, and opening to $10 million at the weekend boxoffice Dimension has announced it’s working on “ Piranha 3D - The Sequel .” The company didn’t go into details as to whether or not director Alexandre Aja would return or if any writers had been hired to pen the script, but producer Mark Canton will be back. “We are thrilled that audiences are not just loving ' Piranha 3D ,' but cheering for it,” said Canton in the announcement. “And it's fantastic that so many critics are really getting the movie and recommending it. We can't wait to get to work on the sequel.” “Piranha 3D,” which cost around $24 million to make, is one of those rare horror movies to enjoy rave reviews. The flick scored 81% on review-aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The Hollywood Reporter called it “a pitch-pe

Stone Poster And Trailer Joblo got there hands on this intense looking poster for the film Stone which stars Robert De Niro and Edward Norton . Robert De Niro and Edward Norton deliver powerful performances as a seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate whose lives become dangerously intertwined. Stone weaves together the parallel journeys of two men grappling with dark impulses, as the line between lawman and lawbreaker becomes precariously thin. The film also stars Milla Jovovich and Frances Conroy .” Watch the trailer after the Jump.. Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro and Oscar® nominee Edward Norton deliver powerful performances as a seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate whose lives become dangerously intertwined in Stone, a thought-provoking drama directed by John Curran (“The Painted Veil,” “We Don’t Live Here Anymore”) and written by Angus McLachlan (“Junebug”). As parole officer Jack Mabry (De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement

Brett Ratner To Direct Ben Stiller In "Tower Heist" A $50 million van Gogh masterpiece was swiped Saturday from a Cairo museum by thieves who took advantage of lax security, simply walked in and liberated a painting from its frame with a box cutter. In Hollywood, the planning and execution of a good heist is never that simple. After almost four years, Universal Pictures is aiming Tower Heist for a November production start in New York. Brett Ratner will direct. Ben Stiller stars as the overworked manager of a luxury building who, along with other staff, lost their pensions to a Bernie Madoff-like Wall Street crook. It so happens that the fraudster is being held under house arrest in the luxury penthouse apartment upstairs, and the manager and four cohorts figure a heist will make them whole. The film’s produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, and Kim Roth is executive producer. This heist has among its architects some of the town's top screenwriters: A

Maggie Q One Sexy Assassin Have you wanted to know who Maggie Q was after seeing those hot promos for her upcoming show on the CW called " Nikita ?" Sure you know the face (In 2006, she starred alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III . She played Zhen, the only female member of the IMF team. In 2007, she appeared in the Bruce Willis movie Live Free or Die Hard , the fourth film in the Die Hard series, and in Balls of Fury ) but this will be her first leading role. Nikita , the third reinterpretation of Luc Besson’s 1990 film La Femme Nikita , about a young junkie and convicted murderer trained to be a killer by a nefarious organization. The CW’s version picks up three years after Nikita, played by Q, has gone rogue. She’s determined to bring down Divison, the agency that conscripted her, and to that end she must infiltrate this nightclub, decked out in theoretically unsuitable assassin-chic gear: black mesh, leather, bra, and not much else. Watch the trailer for

Jessica Alba To Star In Spy Kids 4 I am sure your thinking what I am thinking another Spy Kids movie? Looks like Dimension Films is moving forward with a fourth installment of the Spy Kids franchise and Jessica Alba is in negotiations to star in Robert Rodriguez’ s “ Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World .” The Dimension movie is a reboot of sorts for the moneymaking franchise, which initially starred Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara as the kids of superspy parents ( Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino ). Rodriguez wrote and directed each installment. Vega and Sabara are no longer kids -- Vega is nearly 23 and recently engaged -- but Rodriguez wanted to continue the series. The new movie centers on Alba as a retired spy who has been reactivated. The actress, mother of a toddler in real life, will be playing the mother of a baby and two preteen stepchildren. The actors cast in the preteen roles will be the new Spy Kids. Other roles seeking to be filled include Alba’s husband, a

Black Widow Not Only Other Female Lead In Upcoming Avengers Film Joss Whedon , director of Marvel's most anticipated film The Avengers, shares a few of his plans for the superhero-ensemble flick with The Sunday Herald-Sun. Not only discussing if there were any specific story arcs from the comics used for the film, but Whedon also sheds light on Black Widow , who Scarlett Johansson introduced in Iron Man 2, and whether or not she'll be the only female assembling next summer. "It is true that the movie is only going to have one female avenger", But she will not be the only female character". With speculation swirling around that Marvel Studios may be considering British actress Alice Eve for a minor villain role, affirms that Johansson's Black Widow won't be the only female in the film. To watch the cast announcement from Comic-Con Click Here On the film's storyline, Whedon says, "It will be a new story that has many things from different a

X-Men: First Class Film To Be Set In The 60's While we’ve had a virtual avalanche of casting info for Matthew Vaughn’s latest outing, the prequel story X-Men: First Class , one element has always been noticeably absent: solid details on the film’s true setting and plot. But now producer Bryan Singer has called up Ain’t It Cool News to deliver some fresh intelligence. From this point on, we’d warn anyone reading that there may be mild spoilers ahead. According to Singer, this version of First Class will not be a direct adaptation of the comic book that bears the name. Instead, this will aim to foster the origin of Singer’s own first two X-Men films (and, to a lesser extent, Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand). The story will be set in the 1960s, at a time when civil rights were a big issue and revolution was in the air. We’ll meet Professor Charles Xavier ( James McAvoy ) as a student at Oxford, and this younger take on the character will be neither bald nor in his cust