Bale as Conner

Christian Bale will be playing a thirty-something year old John Connor in Terminator 4. The movie is set to begin filming in April, with McG directing.

I Am Joker

If you're near an IMAX theater and are a big Batman fan, you might want to go there to see I Am Legend. Instead of a trailer, a seven minute clip of Batman: The Dark Knight about the Joker's origins will show before the IMAX version. I Am Legend comes out December 14th.

Yo, Joe!

The live-action G.I. Joe movie will start filming in February for an August 2009 release. They’ve signed Stephen Sommers to direct and Factory Girl's Sienna Miller as the Baroness.

Movie Images...

Along with the Joker magazine cover with the subscript "He's a cold-blooded, massmurdering clown!" Empire has the picture without all the text on their website.

Warner Brothers released some Watchmen set photos

A look at Zachary Quito as Spock.

Three new Hellboy II: The Golden Army theater displays were put on the official website.

Prequels, Sequels & Remakes

...And reboots, do overs, whatever the kids are calling it these days.


David Ondaatje is set to direct the thriller The Lodger. This’ll be the third adaption of Marie Belloc Lowndes’ book since Hitchcock's 1927 film.

More on Star Trek XI: The Enterprise's first captain, Captain Pike, will be played by Bruce Greenwood. Spock's father will be played by Chariots of Fire's Ben Cross.

The sequel TV movie/maybe pilot to 80's show Knight Rider! Unfortunately David Hasselhoff is still only "in talks" about being cast, but we can always hope.

The Punisher: War Zone (its latest title) will have Dominic West as Jigsaw, and should wrap up filming mid-December.

The Wayans brothers are talking about a theatrical "contemporizing" of 60s comedy show The Munsters. Shawn Wayans says that they won't be starring in it, just writing and producing.

Taurua Entertainment is shopping around the idea of Knightriders 2… *sigh*

Must resist "Kyle and Drew..." joke

According to his myspace blog, Kevin Smith has cast the two leads in his new movie "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" Those stars being Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks. (Thanks, blinkfan)

The plot:

"Lifelong platonic friends Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) look to solve their respective cashflow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought."

Romero's Deadtime Stories

Filming has already started on the new George A. Romero and Jeff Monahan project, Deadtime Stories. It's a set of three horror short stories ("Dust", "On Sabbath Hill", and an unnamed story). Distribution is as yet undecided, with a second set of stories possible, depending on the success of the first.

I need a young writer and an old writer!

So last Tuesday (November 27th) the horror writers of the WGA got together to hold an exorcism as a form of protest.

What's next? Comedy writers staging a massive pie fight? Drama writers organizing a three hankie sit in?

See it at Bloody Disgusting

Cloverfield Update

So now there's an official plot:

"Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives."

If the trailer is any indication, be sure to bring something for motion sickness:

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in solitude. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truths quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself.

Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings; many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. For all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.