I just saw at Target last night that old-school Ninja Turtles were being sold in what looked like their original packages due to the character’s 25th anniversary this year. Nice. However, news came out today via [Film Drunk] that a new live-action Ninja Turtles movies is due for release in 2011. Very nice. I didn’t care for the animated one that came out a couple of years ago and I think live-action is the way to go. Cowabunga!
Our preview writer, Joe, will be very conflicted with this news. Nightmare on Elm Street is getting remade. Sarcastic yea’s all around. Rooney Mara is playing the lead terrified woman and Jackie Earl Haley is playing Freddie Kruger. Jackie Earl was actually announced a bit ago, but the Mara announcement exposed us to it. I hate the idea of this being remade, but I don’t care for the original anyway. However, Haley’s involvement is awesome. [Screen Rant]
Here are some more set photos for you, shockingly not debuting from the new “Empire” issue. The subject is Nic Cage and Jay Baruchel’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. [Film Geek]
[Rama's Screen] has the news that Anna Faris will star in What’s Your Number? for director Mark Mylod. The film is based on the book “20 Times A Lady” by Karen Bosnak. It kind of sounds like a female version of Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past. Perhaps what’s most important, though, is the script was written by Gabrielle Allan and Jennifer Crittenden. Crittenden has written for “The Simpsons,” “Seinfeld” and “Arrested Development.” Believe it or not, I knew that off the top of my head. This might actually be something.
We told you about Elizabeth Shue in Piranha 3-D the other week, now Richard Dreyfuss, who’s no stranger to fierce things lurking in the water, has joined the project. [Nuke the Fridge]
Remember the list of projects Guillermo del Toro was scheduled to be involved in that we wrote about a while ago? Well, Robert Rodriguez dropped his list today at [Dread Central]. It contains Machete, Nervewrackers, Sin City 2, The Jetsons and Predators. What’s Predators? Why that would be Rodriguez’ reboot of the Predator franchise. People seem to really like this news, but can the original really be improved upon? What do you think?
Want to see the new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen trailer? It’s debuting April 29th on 20 screens all over the country in front of a one-day screening of Transformers in IMAX. [Transformers Live] has more details.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has joined the cast of the new Christopher Nolan film, Inception. He’ll be surrounded by Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy and Marion Cotillard. Not that we needed any more reason to see it, but we got it. [Sci Fi Cool]
I promise this is the last remake news I’m posting today. James Marden is poised to play the lead in a remake of 70’s fight-for-survival flick, Straw Dogs. I can tell this is going to be a watered-down version just with this announcement. [In Case You Didn't Know]
Lastly, do you want to see the first seven minutes of The Brothers Bloom? Hulu has posted it up. We’ve seen the whole film and reviewed it back in October. Click the film’s title to see the review. Here’s the first seven minutes:
They’re doing the same thing with GI Joe toys, can get all the old classics in classic packagings, time to be a 5 year old again. Question about the live action TMNT, is it going to be Ernie Reyes Jr in a costume again or are they going with CGI characters in a live action environment, ala everything else in Hollywood today.
No one can ever top the original Predator so why even try (Arnold whips around and throws commando knife into random central american guerilla causing him to be lodged into wooden post, knife through body, to which Arnold remarks “Stick around”) Doubt it would even compare to Predator II, highly underated.
Here’s a quote from ‘Turtles’ co-creator Peter Laird: “This new idea — which, frankly, I am VERY pumped about — will have actors and stunt performers in full Turtle suits for filming in live action. As of right now, there is talk of using CGI to do ‘face replacement’ for the suits so that we can get those great, expressive faces possible with CGI.”
It would be a TMNT film if ERJ isn’t involved, as far as I’m concerned. Keno!
And lets not forget they need the voice work of a one Mr. Corey Feldman to do Donatello.
I remember seeing The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Kingsway movie theater in Brooklyn NY 25 years ago. The film got a lot of hype and actually had a midnight showing the day before its official release. I thought the film was awful as the production values were so cheap. I must admit I haven’t seen it since. Actually I liked the first sequel much better.
chuck
Correction- That was 1990 when Turtles came out. The year after Tim Burton’s Batman. That’s 19 yrs ago. My BAD!
chuck
Yes, Im aware of the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. I think it might be interesting because Jackie Earle Haley will play Freddy. My only request, at least give Robert Englund a cameo.