Con-Victions

As Comic-Con '07 ends, here's a few more notes of interest that caught my attention:

--Frank Miller revealed that the reason behind the delay for Sin City 2 is due to issues going on within The Weinstein Company.

He confirmed that the script is ready - an adaptation of "A Dame to Kill For" and some of the series other short stories - but included this rather surprising bit of info that the Weinstein's themselves are part of the hold up - likely tying into the fledgling distributor's lack of success so far at the box-office...

Miller also says he's in the process of finishing writing the screenplay his adaptation of "The Spirit" and will be headed to Albuquerque, New Mexico later this year to start filming.

...Director Rob Zombie showed up at the event to talk about his update on the 1978 John Carpenter (I) classic, Halloween...He brought along, by some accounts, a rather intense clip from the film with him.

In the footage we see Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) trying to escape Michael Myers (Tyler Mane) who's, of course, stalking her through her in a house. She hides, but he figures out where she is, and starts smashing through the drywall to get at her.

Zombie confirmed that the film is still very much being worked on, and it's much more about "journey of what his [Michael's] life is about" than the original flick was.

More interesting is that he revealed that "this really has no connection to those other movies" and he has absolutely no plans or interest in doing a sequel...

He also talked to Attack of the Show co host Olivia Munn--telling her something like the film is not quite a remake, yet not a prequel either Adding... If Carpenter's film is the short story version--Mine is the novel. Maybe that's not the exact quote but you get the idea...

Every time I hear or read comments by Zombie on this--I feel even more uneasy about his efforts...I wonder how much of the film is "being worked on" some 4 weeks before release?

Halloween 2007 opens on August 31st

On a much happier note:

The folks over at IGN have some cool stuff concerning the Iron Man movie...Watch exclusive video interviews with director Jon Favreau, and stars Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, and Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man Blasts Off

Marvel honcho-in-Chief Joe Quesada, told "Attack Of The Show"-comic book guru Blair Butler that Favreau asked to, and was granted the opportunity to write a four issue Iron Man comic book story...

Wow...!!




One word Awesome!!!

--Rafe Telsch of Cinema Blend shares news that The Incredible Hulk star Edward Norton wrote the final script for the film!

Here's what happened: Norton liked Zak Penn's script, but had a few story ideas the studio took a shine to and suggested that instead of sending it out to other writers why not give the actor a chance....Norton's a talented guy. I have no problem with the idea per se'. But the pressure's really on now. If the sequel sucks then most of the blame lies with Norton. I wonder how Penn feels right now?

Fingers Crossed...