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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Out With The News

A fresh batch of industry bits as we bid goodbye to '09 and the decade...

*Every year, the US National Film Registry Film Preservation Board choose to preserve 25 movies and shorts in the Library of Congress--The '09 honorees...

*Zoe Saldana told MTV that she spoke to J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk who told her the Star Trek 2 is being written and will "probably be going into pre-production around this time next year"

*Worst Previews says Sam Worthington is tops to being considered to star as the hero in a new "Flash Gordon" from "Sahara" and "The Crazies" scribe Breck Eisner.

*Stan Lee told MTV he thinks that Doctor Strange and to a lesser extent Ant-Man will indeed make it to the big screen

*Mr. T told Latino Review that it "wouldn't be right for him to be in [The A-Team movie]"

*Eric Brevig wants to direct a big-budget 3-D film about the Korean War... Shooting begins in Korea and New Zealand in November next year for a 2012 release

*Production on "The First Avenger: Captain America" should begin this June according to director Joe Johnston while chatting with Fangoria

*Paramount Pictures is looking for a 12-16 year old girl to play the lead in the Coen Brother's upcoming Western remake of True Grit. Details can be found at http://www.truegritcasting.com/.





*The 17-minute 3-D short film "Captain EO" starring Michael Jackson will make a return to Disneyland for a limited engagement starting in February 2010.

*John Bryant's road movie "The Overbrook Brothers" and will release on February 17th. The story follows two brothers searching for their biological parents says THR

*Disney has axed another film--their long gestating adaptation of Philip K. Dick's short story, King of the Elves says SlashFilm

*Director Ridley Scott wants Universal Pictures to turn his upcoming Robin Hood into a 3-D feature. The process is expected to cost an additional $7-8 million Get full details

*Quentin Tarantino told The Playlist he’s got forty pages written of his prequel to Inglourious Basterds but probably won't do any further work on it for a while with plans to do a smaller film in a different genre.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF MY LOYAL READERS! THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. MAY 2010 BE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY ONE...

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