#April2012
Jessica Chastain In Talks For ‘IRON MAN 3’, This Cast Could Rule.
We ain’t even Avenged shit yet and we’re already to the gills with Iron Man 3 news. If Jessica Chastain officially joins the cast, she’s going to compliment what is becoming a pretty impressive collection of thespians. Or at least Hollywood folk.
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Ben Kingsley To Play ‘IRON MAN 3’ Villain. House Of Sand And Iron? GET IT.
Already puking from Marvel comic book movie over-saturation? Better get yourself to the vomitorium, cause there’s some Iron Man 3 info in the hood.
RUMOR: Is This The Plot To ‘IRON MAN 3’? I Hope So.
There’s a rumor that be a-rumor-rating across the internet today regarding the plot to Iron Man 3. Just a general guideline, nothing too spoilery. If true!, however, I’m pumped.
‘Iron Man 3’ Director Confirms Paltrow, Cheadle and Favreau. Party Time?
Shane Black, director of Iron Man 3, recently dropped some info-bombs regarding the third flick in the trilogy of techno-fetish bells-and-whistles nonsense.
‘The Avengers’ Begins Shooting Tomorrow!, Plus Shane Black Is Co-Writing ‘Iron Man 3’?
There’s a potpourri of Marvel movie news today, jettisoning out of various gulches and gorges and uh, maybe gulches don’t jettison anything. But still.
Shane Black Says Iron Man 3 Is Going To Be A Tom Clancy-Esque Thriller.
Iron Man 2 was fun. It was also forgettable, and it strove so hard to integrate into a larger universe than it ended up getting lost in its own cross-marketing bullshit. Recently named director and apparent writer of the third flick, Shane Black, addressed all of this at the Omaha Film Festival this past weekend.
Shane Black To Direct Iron Man 3; Praise A Deity.
Shit’s gone gold, Shane Black 3 is going to be the director of Iron Man 3. There isn’t anymore ruminating, you can bite this news without worry of Fool’s Gold. According to Deadline, the Obviously Hooded Cabal at Marvel is in final negotiations with Black to direct the final flick in the trilogy, though it isn’t certain if he is going to write it or not.
RDJ teaming up with the dude who essentially relaunched his career, the same dude who wrote The Last Boyscout makes me a bit more excited about this movie. Hopefully it’s more memorable than the cute but ultimately forgettable second installment.
Shane Black May Write & Direct Iron Man 3; I’ve Been Told This Is Good.
Robert Downey Jr. and Shane Black worked together on the flick Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I have not seen this movie, but more than one person has told me that I’m a douchebag. Well, specifically for this, though I’ve been called it for many, many reasons. Now Shane Black is apparently up to reunite with RDJ on Iron Man 3.
Warner Bros., You Swine, Please Don’t “Reboot” Lethal Weapon, Please
Reboots, remakes, revamps – whatever you want to call them – are a touchy subject. People don’t give a shit unless the trades rumor a remake of a film important to their love of film. It’s a very personal issue. Whether the improvement of technology has anything to do with the remake or not, it always comes down to a personal connection with the film. For example: I couldn’t care less when a remake of Friday the 13th was announced, but when the news dropped that Will Smith would be remaking The Karate Kid starring his son, I instantly blacked out started throwing punches at invisible foes. That movie is perfect in my book and doesn’t need to be “updated” or whatever. Despite being dated – one memorable line has Daniel saying “Hey, it’s the ’80s!” – it’s still one of the greatest movies of all time.
Today it was announced that Warner Bros. plans to remake Lethal Weapon, for retarded reasons:
Warner Bros and producer Joel Silver have set Will Beall to write Lethal Weapon, with a take that will relaunch the buddy cop series with a new cast. Beall, a former LA police officer who patrolled South Central and wrote the novel L.A. Rex, has seen his stock rise at the studio because of his script Gangster Squad, the period crime drama about an elite crime squad that fought against organized crime kingpins like Mickey Cohen. Zombieland helmer Ruben Fleischer has come aboard to direct that film.
Warner Bros has been messing around for some time with Lethal Weapon 5, with a treatment written by original scribe Shane Black. The plan was to bring the original team back, but schedules didn’t match up and Mel Gibson’s image has taken a self-inflicted beating [much like my wang -ed]. Beall pitched a take that maintains the tone of the original—a hard R-rated edgy street cop movie. (via Deadline)
When Lethal Weapon premiered in 1987, it was basically the FIRST Hollywood interracial buddy cop movie ever. Besides race, it also deals with the mental damage brought wrought upon Vietnam vets, crooked dealings of the CIA, suicide, and the pain Christmas can bring. It was written by one of the most talented (and my absolute favorite) screenwriters: Shane Black. He’s a modern day Raymond Chandler. He wrote The Monster Squad, Lethal Weapon, The Last Boyscout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and saw the the marketing ability of a sober Robert Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (before anyone else did). And he’s slated to write/direct the new Doc Savage movie. Get pumped for that because if anyone can do pulp content right, it’s Shane fucking Black.
(Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr., and Shane Black)
The fact of the matter is, Lethal Weapon doesn’t need “updating.” Besides the fact that it still stands up to repeated viewings, the interracial buddy cop movie has been done to death. Black won’t do Lethal Weapon 5 – he dropped out after he co-wrote 2 – because he’s not an idiot. Mel Gibson is a nightmare we don’t need to write about. So blog about this and SAVE LETHAL WEAPON!
