Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:29PM - By Krystal Clark
Super producer Jerry Bruckheimer opened up in a recent interview about the status of his upcoming Lone Ranger adaptation. We know that the title character has yet to be cast but his sidekick Tonto will more than likely be played by Johnny Depp, which is great but what about the story? And how are they going to find an actor who can play the lead opposite Depp without fading into the background? Bruckheimer shed some light on these questions and more…
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:11AM - By Krystal Clark
Here’s another video game adaptation for a major studio to sink their teeth into. According to Variety, Jerry Bruckheimer will produce a feature film adaptation of Shattered Union, the video game by 2K Games. The film will be produced at Bruckheimer’s Disney home, and will have a screenplay written by acclaimed scribe, J. Michael Straczynski.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:10AM - By Krystal Clark
Super producer Jerry Bruckheimer has been working on a feature adaptation of the novel, Apaches for what seems like forever. According to Variety, there’s been movement on the film’s pre-production front, and two writers have been hired to pen the screenplay for the movie.
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Monday, September 14, 2009 11:33AM - By Krystal Clark
Super producer Jerry Bruckheimer has just bought the rights to the short story entitled, Shake. In a real life Cinderella tale, Bruckheimer acquired the story from a very unlikely source. He spotted Shake, on the website Popcornfiction, an outlet for television and film writers to showcase their pulpy short stories. One thing led to another and the story’s author Derek Haas was hired and paid a hefty salary to adapt a screenplay based on his original piece.
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Monday, August 31, 2009 8:35AM - By Krystal Clark
Even though I didn’t despise Bad Boys 2 as much as the rest of the world, I’m surprised by this latest development. According to THR, a third Bad Boys film is in the works. The last time we saw Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team up for the buddy cop film was back in 2003. Columbia Pictures plans to reignite the franchise, and have hired a writer to help them do it.
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Friday, July 31, 2009 1:57PM - By Laura Aguirre
Surprisingly G-Force was a hit at the box office this past weekend (knocking Harry Potter off its high horse), and to celebrate producer Jerry Bruckheimer decided to buy himself the feature film rights to the graphic novel World War Robot from IDW Publishing. Wold War Robot is a comic book by artist Ashley Wood. The story is told in a war-diary format by participants on both sides.
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Monday, May 11, 2009 11:30AM - By Mali Elfman
Well, we’ve seen some of the pictures of Jake Gyllenhaal‘s buffed up body for the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, but now we get to see why he spent all those months at the gym. ABC held a special interview with mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer, with some sneak peeks of the film and it was uploaded by /Film over the weekend. Bruckheimer talked a little bit about the plot of the film, Gyllenhall’s body transformation, Ben Kingsley‘s role in the film, shooting in Morocco, and of course, what we can look forward to in the fight sequences.
Let’s see what Director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), the pumped up Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain), and Bruckheimer have in store for us…
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:30PM - By Krystal Clark
The Lone Ranger feature is definitely happening. The Disney big screen adaptation of the old school radio/television series has been in development for a while now, and two important roles have already been filled. Jerry Bruckheimer is on board to produce and Johnny Depp will star as Tonto, the sidekick to the Lone Ranger. According to /Film another name is being considered for the production, and it’s Mike Newell. The director is currently in talks to helm the Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott adaptation.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 11:55AM - By David Hall
With six years, three movies, and $2.6 billion under his belt, director Gore Verbinski is jumping ship on Pirates of the Caribbean‘s fourth installment, which is scheduled to start shooting in 2010.
Instead, Verbinski will flex his adaptation skills once again and direct BioShock for Universal Pictures. The film is based on the popular video game about a 1960s hero named Jack who must survive against mutated creatures and machines after his plane crashes in the horrific underwater city of Rapture.
But Verbinski bowed out gracefully, sending the future creators of Pirates 4 his best wishes:
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