Movie News: Greenlit

Shane Black Offers Update on Death Note Remake

shocktillyoudrop.com – Well, not so much an "update" but more of a "hey, this project is still alive" status report. In early 2011, Iron Man 3 helmer Shane Black was attached to do an American take on Death Note. Black, speaking to Bleeding Cool recently, assured them the project hasn't died with the following quote:

4 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan

Sequels On Tap For 'The Heat' And 'Ride Along'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: You can always tell if a studio is bullish over the tracking of an upcoming film by whether they start the wheels moving on the sequel before the film even comes out. I’ve heard of two cases on upcoming buddy cop-genre films where this is true, The Heat and Ride Along. 4 weeks 2 days ago via jetli

Aykroyd Expects Ghostbusters 3 To Shoot In The Winter, Gives Plot Hints

bleedingcool.com – Here’s the latest in a very long, ongoing series in which Dan Aykroyd sincerely updates us on the progress of Ghostbusters 3 but we can’t help doubting him. There could have been many more episodes in this series but I’ve tried to keep it manageable. This update is particularly worth sharing as Aykroyd has included some basic plot details. 4 weeks 2 days ago via jetli

'Galaxy Quest' producer Mark Johnson: 'It's not over'

rss.feedsportal.com – Breaking Bad's Mark Johnson discusses the status of the comedy's follow-up. 4 weeks 2 days ago via donnieyen

'Ratchet & Clank' Games Get Film Treatment (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com – “Escape from Planet Earth”-producers Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment plan to adapt the Insomnia Games franchise “Ratchet & Clank” into a 3D-animated film. Goal is to release the film early 2015. First released in 2002, the franchise has been a successful series of games exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation consoles and sold 26 million copies worldwide.... 4 weeks 2 days ago via jackiechan

Exclusive: Producer Neil Moritz Talks FAST & FURIOUS 6, 7, and Beyond; Confirms James Wan Is Directing FAST 7 and Says The Rock Will Return

collider.com – As we approach the release of the sixth film in the Fast and Furious franchise, it’s a bit crazy to think that the series is actually at the top of its game this far in. The worldwide box office total of 2011’s Fast Five doubled that of the second-highest grossing entry in the series, Fast & Furious, and now director Justin Lin’s Fast & Furious 6 is poised to be one of the biggest films of a very crowded summer. 4 weeks 3 days ago via jetli

Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller Plan Another Round of Dodgeball

comingsoon.net – A sequel to Rawson Marshall Thurber's 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is in the works at 20th Century Fox, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . The studio has hired Clay Tarver, best known for co-writing Joy Ride alongside J.J. Abrams, to provide the screenplay. 4 weeks 3 days ago via brucelee

Summit Buys Screen Rights To Runaway Bestseller 'The Shack'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Summit Entertainment has acquired screen rights to the William Paul Young novel The Shack, with John Fusco aboard to write the script. The film will be produced by Gill Netter through his Netter Productions banner, and Brad Cummings. The logline: In the aftermath of a devastating personal tragedy, Mackenzie Allen Philips receives a mysterious note in his mailbox inviting him to The Shack. 4 weeks 3 days ago via brucelee

Paramount Greenlights Platinum Dunes Pic 'Almanac' (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com – Paramount has given the greenlight to the found footage pic “Almanac,” hoping for a “Chronicle”-like success. Michael Bay will produce through his Platinum Dunes banner along with his partners Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, with Dean Israelite making his directorial debut. Plot details are under wraps other than the film would have a mockumentary angle centered... 4 weeks 6 days ago via brucelee

'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' Director To Adapt 'Torso'

latino-review.com – Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko’s graphic novel Torso is now going to be adapted by Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery. The project was previously set up at Paramount (now it resides at Circle of Confusion), but the studio let the rights lapse back in 2009. Back then, David Fincher was attached to direct. 5 weeks 14 hours ago via jackiechan

Universal, Joel Silver To Remake John Hughes Comedy 'Weird Science'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and Silver Pictures will remake Weird Science, the 1985 ultimate nerd wish fulfillment comedy that was written and directed by John Hughes. The film will be produced by Joel Silver, who made the original with Hughes at Universal. Michael Bacall will write the script. He scripted the sleeper hit Project X for Silver Pictures and wrote the script for 21 Jump Street, another 80s-centric property that became a hit for Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. 5 weeks 15 hours ago via theothersenhman

Sony Aiming For 2014 With '21 Jump Street' Sequel

feedproxy.google.com – The idea of another 21 Jump Street movie is hardly new; writers Jonah Hill and Michael Bacall were working on a sequel even before the first movie opened. In the summer of last year, we heard the sequel might shoot last fall. That obviously didn’t happen, but not long afterward, Hill said that Sony wanted to shoot in September 2013. 5 weeks 1 day ago via theothersenhman

'Croods' sequel planned at DreamWorks Animation

hitfix.com – DreamWorks Animation is eyeing a sequel to the hit animated film "The Croods," which has so far grossed $386 million worldwide. It features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. 5 weeks 1 day ago via donnieyen

CinemaCon: Universal Announces 'Fast & Furious 7' Release Date

feedproxy.google.com – The cast of the action franchise took the stage during the presentation in Las Vegas, which also featured new footage from five upcoming films; A sequel to "Pitch Perfect" was also officially announced. 5 weeks 2 days ago via donnieyen

Universal Plans 'Pitch Perfect' Sequel For 2015

feedproxy.google.com – Briefly: Good news for Pitch Perfect fans is coming out of CinemaCon in Las Vegas. The head of Universal Pictures, Adam Fogelson, just revealed the studio’s plan to have the Pitch Perfect 2 in theaters in 2015. Original writer Kay Cannon is back, and one can assume based on Sunday night’s MTV performance that the cast will be, too. 5 weeks 2 days ago via jackiechan