The journey to Kick-Ass 2 has been a long and arduous one.  First, the film was rumored to be in development, was then officially greenlit, and then quickly scurried into non-development as everyone involved appeared to be simply too busy to film the sequel to the 2010 cult hit.  Now, however, it seems that Universal is swooping in like a caped crusader to rescue the film from the violent throes of development hell.

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News broke this morning that “mockbuster” rip-off company Global Asylum is being sued by film giant Universal over a rip-off of their new release, Battleship. Oh, the shock! The horror! Well… not really. After all, it’s Asylum we’re talking about – you know, the company behind genius and uniquely original titles such as The Terminators and Transmorphers.

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Remember the 1999 reboot of The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser (assuming that any movie can really “star” Brendan Fraser), which was then made into sequels as well as Scorpion King spin-offs until the already-diluted franchise finally petered out to a sad, whimpering end?  Well, Universal sure remembers, which is why they’ve decided to do it all over again—that’s right, Universal is rebooting the 1999 Mummy reboot.  Why?  Because it’s there, of course.

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Wow.  You know, you’ve got to respect a guy that is a straight shooter, who tells you how it is.  It’s a sure sign of integrity when a guy can tell you he’s made a mistake, right?  Or maybe it’s just indicative of someone who is so amazingly, filthy rich that he can pretty much say anything without consequence.  Either way, Universal chief Ron Meyer’s speech at the Savannah Film Festival recently dropped a few nuggets about how the film industry works, and about the goings on of Universal in particular: “We make a lot of sh***y movies and every one of them breaks my heart.”  He then went on to provide a list of recent films he’d green lit that sucked (seriously, this is priceless).

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One of the most interesting bits of news to come out of CinemaCon is the new retail strategy by Warner Brothers, Universal, 20th Century Fox and Sony to offer theatrical movies two months after release on DirectTV for $30 dollars a pop. Theater owners are protesting, but they’ve been protesting video windows since studios have been shortening the release window to save advertising dollar.

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Coincidentally after Colin Firth picked up the Academy Award for Best Actor on Sunday night, his upcoming film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy magically got picked up. According to Deadline, Universal Pictures plans on distributing the drama for domestic audiences. Isn’t this a timely decision?

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Have you been wondering what Louis Letterier is doing with his free time, since he’s not directing the sequel to Clash of the Titans? Don’t worry your pretty little heads, because he’s just landed a new gig according to THR. The director has been tapped to helm the sci-fi flick G for Universal Pictures.

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Do you remember back when Drew Barrymore was still a precocious kid who starred in such films as E.T.The Extra-Terrestrial and Babes in Toyland? Out of all her early movies one of our favorites was based on a Stephen King novel called Firestarter. It was adapted into a feature film in 1984 that was directed by Mark L. Lester. According to Variety, Universal plans on producing a remake that will possibly be the first of many installments in a Firestarter series.

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Universal Pictures have just unveiled the release dates for their film slate up to the year 2013. When you look at it, they have several tentpole projects that include The Bourne Legacy, which we’re not sure is a prequel or a spin-off and The Dark Tower, the adaptation of the Stephen King series. Check out what plans they have for the future…

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