BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
1. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - $42.5 million ($67.5 million)
1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $42.5 million ($293.4 million)
3. Public Enemies - $26.1 million ($26.1 million)
4. The Proposal - $12.7 million ($94.2 million)
5. The Hangover - $10.4 million ($204.1 million)
6. Up - $6.5 million ($175 million)
7. My Sister's Keeper - $5.2 million ($25.9 million)
8. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - $2.5 million ($58.4 million)
9. The Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - $2.1 million ($167.7 million)
10. Year One - $2.09 million ($38 million)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs tied with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for the #1 at the box office this weekend. Ice Age ended up earning $42.5 million and $67.5 million since opening on Wednesday, giving it the highest per theater average of any in the top ten with $10,368 per theater.
Meanwhile, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen pulled a solid $42.5 million to raise its total to $293.4 million. Public Enemies opened at #3 with $26.1 million on a budget of $100 million. The Proposal dropped two spots to #4 with $12.7 million, raising its three week total to $94.2 million, while The Hangover fell two spots to #5 with $10.4 million, raising its five week total to $204.1 million.
New Iron Man 2 Pic!
Check out a photo of Tony Stark's GP Racer from Iron Man 2. Road & Track had the following to say about it:
This is the Stark Industries-sponsored vintage race car that the movie's main protagonist — genius inventor and swashbuckling lady's man Tony Stark — will be driving in a scene that depicts him racing in the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, a vintage race held in Monte Carlo. The scene is not being filmed on the actual streets of the tiny, glamorous seaside principality near the south of France, but on an elaborate set that replicates the Monaco circuit.
According to nukethefridge.com, Jessica Biel is the frontrunner to play the love interest of the lead character in Thor.
Depending on how they design the script, she could either play Jane Foster, a nurse and girlfriend of Thor alter ego Donald Blake or one of the animated female roles, either Amora The Enchantress or Sif. All three appeared in the animated Hulk vs. Thor DVD. To be honest, I don't care who the hell she plays, as long as she's in it!
IGN.com chatted up Robert Englund recently about the Nightmare on Elm Street remake in the works (is nothing sacred anymore?). Here is what the original Freddy had to say about it:
"Hollywood remakes everything. They've been remaking things since the 20s. They remade A Star is Born a half a dozen times. So it comes with the territory. In my particular instance, Michael Bay, who has more money than God, who can do anything he wants, obviously must love the franchise or he wouldn't have put his name on it. I don't know much about the director, but I love the boy [Thomas Dekker] who's playing kind of the Johnny Depp role – I don't know how else you would describe it. He's from The Sarah Connor Chronicles."
On Jackie Earle Haley, who will be taking over the role of Freddy Krueger…
"And Jackie Earle Haley, I've been a fan of his since I starred in a Vietnam movie. My Vietnam movie was with Dennis Christopher, the wonderful young actor who starred in Breaking Away, with Jackie Earle Haley. And I loved that film. It dealt with class distinction in America and all that. And I know Jackie went away for many, many years, but he's having a wonderful comeback with Little Children. Watchmen wasn't exactly a hit, but he's the best thing in Watchmen. Without a doubt, he's the best thing in Watchmen. Jackie's small, and I think because of his size, that will give him a delineation from my performance. And I've always thought of Freddy as impish. Part of my whole sort of stew. A little bit of Klaus Kinski. It was part of the stew from when I was playing him. So I wish him the best. I hope they let him make it his own and I hope they don't repeat it. I would even like to see the wardrobe change. Maybe he's a janitor. Maybe he's wearing overalls. Maybe the hat's a little different. Maybe it's an old baseball hat covering the burn scars. You have to keep the myth the same, but I wish them well."
According to SCI-FI WIRE a Goonies sequel may actually happen. Original screenwriter Chris Columbus has stated that Richard Donner could be pulling together the original cast, all the way down to Joe Pantoliano, who played one of the Fratelli brothers.
Columbus had the following to say about the sequel: "I think the only way it could be done is if the kids are now the parents, and their kids have become the Goonies. I still think the two brothers are still alive and well, so they could still be in the movie. So it's a matter of whether or not they could re-create that concept. "
But a lot has changed since the days of the original Goonies film. Specifically, kids don't play outside anymore. Everyone's on their computers or playing games. Will he be able to sell a movie on the idea that kids actually play outside?
"I don't know if that's possible anymore. Maybe if all the parents in the new Goonie movie forbid their kids to play on the Internet, that's gotta be the plot. You can't go anywhere near a computer or cell phone. I guess the adventures are online."
We now have confirmation from Robert Rodriguez (via Ain't It Cool News) that Nimród Antal, of Kontroll and Vacancy, is set to direct Predators for Troublemaker Studios and 20th Century Fox.
Rodriguez said the following about the storyline: "I can't go too much into the story right now, because we're still writing. But it still involves a very intense group of people stranded on a Predator planet discovering unspeakable horrors (that are not always from outside their group). So like the original movie, the title does have a double meaning."
As for choosing Nimród Antal, Rodriguez explains what is was that convinced him. "When I saw Armored, I could tell he's also great with action and has a keen eye for casting. He reminded me of Quentin [Tarantino] with how he was able to work with a group of very strong, singular actor talents and make it look effortless. I know he'll be able to get the most out of what we want to be an outstanding cast. We really want to go with a character driven action movie, because that's what we all remember about the original Predator, and we want to take it even further with this." I've got a good feeling about this one.
MTV talked with Samuel Jackson recently and asked him how big his role as Nick Fury is in Iron Man 2. To just about everyone's surprise, he actually won't be in it at all.
"Not this time, not yet." Jackson says, "We still haven't moved Nick Fury into the bad-ass zone. He's still just kind of a talker."
Now remember, Samuel Jackson is reportedly signed on for a whopping NINE Marvel movies, so although we won't have any Nick Fury action in Iron Man 2 (though Jackson did confirm that he has scenes with Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson), there's evidently some big plays on the horizon. Stay tuned.
Here comes the bombs: Universal has won a bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game Asteroids that first debuted in 1979. Rookie Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. This line from the THR article is the best part. "As opposed to today's games, there is no story line or fancy world-building mythology, so the studio would be creating a plot from scratch." Uh, yeah.
No director is attached and the screenwriter, Matt Lopez, only has the most recent draft of The Sorcerer's Apprentice to his name so far. Thumbs way, way down.
It's no news to anyone now that a Deadpool movie is in development with Ryan Reynolds in the center role. But after the mess that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, we're a bit skeptical heading right into the equation. But lately, a new question has been popping up, which is whether Wade Wilson will break the "fourth wall" as he's been known to do in the comics, which means that the character actually addresses and interacts with the reader. In the comics, Deadpool is often aware that he is a comic book character.
Here's what Ryan Reynolds had to say: “Break the fourth wall? Oh yeah, he’s got to. I want to see him break the Great Wall," Reynolds told Empire. "The studio's working on a script and trying to find a director. The main goal is to make sure it stays close to the source material. I've always been a fan, at least for the last eight or nine years. I feel a bit of validation because I knew going into Wolverine that there's a huge fanbase for this and I don't think anyone else did."
ShockTillYouDrop reports that a new live-action Resident Evil sequel called Resident Evil: Afterlife is in development for a September 2010 release. Sony has confirmed that it is indeed happening, and that Paul W.S. Anderson is writing the script. Capcom is on board as well, and that's all the info we have for now.
Of all the possible things to hate about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, it was Ramon Rodriguez's character Leo Spitz, Sam's annoying roommate, who really made the biggest impression. A terrible stereotype caricature mixed with a needless, time-killer sub-sub-plot, mixed with a Jar-Jar level of nuisance.
Wonderfully, in an interview with Michael Bay over on Hero Complex talking about actor Ramon Rodriguez, they mention that "if it plays out as he expects, the next installment would have a more substantial role for Rodriguez."
"I've worked with big stars, people like Will Smith, Sean Connery and Bruce Willis, but casting is a weird thing, it takes you places you don’t expect," Bay said. "We went looking for a sidekick in this movie, Shia’s sidekick, and we find this new kid who really pops on screen. I think he’s going to have a real bright career. It’s great to work with big stars, but it’s always fun to discover people."
The Harry Potter star who plays Harry's best friend Ron Weasley in the film series is recovering from a mild case of the illness, according to the BBC.
But Grint's doctor confirmed that the 20-year-old actor was no longer contagious, and the his publicist says he's is back at work on the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—the film based on the last book in J.K. Rowling's popular fantasy series. Either way, don't worry - you can't catch it through a movie screen. But that doesn't say anything about the people actually in the theater...
The next edition in the film series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, hits theaters July 15.
