Saturday, October 25, 2008

Stay Reel

Various Film News Items:

**Producer Charles Roven told STYD that there is "no momentum" on his film adaptation of The Flash comics..

He also confirms that Ron Perlman will co-star in the 14th century-set thriller "Season of the Witch " and that production on a 'Robotech' movie will begin next year..."

**Due to his commitment to the next one or two Spider-Man movies, Sam Raimi has taken himself out of the running to helm the relaunch the Jack Ryan film franchise..via MTV.

**Thanks to a financial downturn this year--Variety reports that Fox is shifting it's '09 slate

**A week after Paramount pulled The Soloist out awards season, it's yanked the drama out of the Oct. 30 AFI Fest opening night slot - which would have been the drama's world premiere...says Variety.



**"'I really do wish him all the best with it' said actor Kevin Bacon (pictured) to THN about Zac Efron starring in the remake of "Footloose-the movie that made Bacon famous...

**Samuel L. Jackson confirms to Black Voices that he'll have a much more prominent role in Iron Man 2 as S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury ...

**Star Trek director J.J. Abrams and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have written 'Star Trek: Countdown', a four-issue comic book prequel series to be released from January to April of next year.

The story deals with the origin of the film's mysterious Romulan nemesis Nero (Eric Bana) and will bridge the events between "The Next Generation" era (from Unification through to post-: Nemesis) and the new film's continuity..Get full details via TrekMovie

**All aboard 'Transformers' The Ride at Universal parks

**"Die Hard " director John McTiernan will have a chance to withdraw his earlier guilty plea in the Hollywood wiretapping case that got him sentenced to four months in federal prison..says Reuters

**Director Wes Craven told Collider that his 25/8 might get a name change and the upcoming 'The Last House on the Left remake is a hard R...

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