Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:00PM - By Mali Elfman
This weekend in theaters, Favreau is back with two grumpy, bad-asses, Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford with his latest genre twist, Cowboys & Aliens. The film is big and bad, with plenty of explosions and known faces, but it never quite delivered on anything I was hoping for. The biggest problem with this film is that it’s very much a Western, with alien bad-guys, that never really evokes the natural comedy that one would imagine should come with a film titled “Cowboys& Aliens”. Find out more below…
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:08PM - By Krystal Clark
After the huge success of the Star Trek reboot in 2009 it was no surprise that a sequel was greenlit shortly after its release. The film already had a huge fan base thanks to the 40-plus years of previous television and movie installments to its credit. When you have such a sure deal you want to maximize the potential and expand the franchise as much as possible but according to screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, they’re not going into Star Trek 2 with the intent of setting up another sequel.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010 8:41AM - By Krystal Clark
How many sci-fi writers and producers do you need to make a great show? Last February we reported on a developing property from fanboy favorites Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci called “Locke & Key.” At the time, the duo had just received the rights to the comic book series and now it’s gone from a possible feature film to a TV show that Steven Spielberg wants to be a part of.
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Friday, February 5, 2010 12:30PM - By Laura Aguirre
Alex Kurtzman and his long time collaborator Roberto Orci have been granted the rights to the comic book series Locke & Key, written by Joe Hill and drawn by Gabriel Rodriguez. Latino Review reports that Kurtzman and Orci will produce the project through their DreamWorks deal, which has potential to become a huge franchise.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:15PM - By Krystal Clark
Last week, Michael Bay informed the world that he would be returning to helm the third installment of the Transformers franchise. The film is scheduled for a July 2011 release, and will feature the return of Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox in their respective roles. As for who won’t be returning, co-writers Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci have opted against writing duties for the third film.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 10:13AM - By Krystal Clark
DreamWorks is in negotiations to acquire the rights to Xombie, a story that was recently pitched to the studio. Oddly enough, the film isn’t a horror thriller based on the radical behavior of the undead. Instead, the film centers on a zombie who also happens to be a police officer. The movie was pitched by a policeman turned writer named Will Beall.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:59AM - By Krystal Clark
After the success of this summer’s Star Trek reboot, director J.J. Abrams has been busy creating a detailed story for the follow up. With the sequel being confirmed, there are several things that the director along with the rest of the cast and crew have to live up to. The first film was liked by the majority of fans and critics, but still had a few kinks to work out. Abrams is well aware of those problems and plans on fixing them the second time around.
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Friday, July 3, 2009 10:30AM - By Krystal Clark
Stop the madness people! If you thought film adaptations based on inanimate objects were a fluke, there’s another one coming your way. According to ComingSoon, Brad Caleb Kane who currently writes/produces the Fox series Fringe is working on a screenplay centering on the View Master. It’s the toy we’ve all played with at some point in our childhoods that allows you to view slides by pushing down a lever.
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Monday, June 22, 2009 7:33AM - By Anet Hovhanesian
Check out all the news you missed over the weekend…
- Brakes have been placed on Steven Soderbergh’s new movie about the career of former baseball phenom Billy Beane, titled Moneyball and starring Brad Pitt. According to Variety, Columbia Pictures had a change of heart after company topper Amy Pascal read the final script and didn’t like the new direction the filmmaker was going in. Soderbergh planned to use real former baseball players, Scott Hatteberg and David Justice in the movie. (Variety)
- Start of your week with a laugh with 10 of the best clips of Sacha Baron Cohen as Bruno. (unrealitymag)
- Ms. Romantic Comedy is back! Sandra Bullock’s new movie, The Proposal opened at number one. It was Bullocks best opening ever with The Proposal grossing an estimated $34.1 million, proving the superstar still has what it takes to pull it off. The movie, produced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, cost just $40 million to make. That’s a good investment if you ask me. (comingsoon)
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