Brace for it, film fanatics. Really weird stuff from Hollyweird this week.
1) "Toy Story" & "Toy Story 2" have both been reworked for 3D and will be shown back-to-back in limited release starting on Oct. 2nd. This is meant to hype "Toy Story 3D", coming soon. There are very cool trailers on www.firstshowing.net.
2) "Surrogates", new Bruce Willis film from Disney, directed by Jonathan Mastow (Breakdown; U571; Terminator 3), coming Sept. 25. Very cool trailer and first showing of promo posters on www.firstshowing.net.
3) "Pirates 4"--Rob Marshall to direct? Some horrifying rumors emanating from the West Coast have it that Rob Marshall could be being considered to direct "Pirates of the Caribbean 4". To date, he's best known for "Chicago"," Memoirs of a Geisha" and the upcoming "Nine", all musicals. This is a total buzzkill should he be hired. What next? Recast Depp's part with Barishnikov? No thanks. Stay tuned.
4) "Green Hornet" update. Apparently, the film is alive and well and, according to the Korea Times, Korean actor Kwon Sang-woo will make his Hollywood debut as Kato, replacing Stephen Chow. More will undoubtedly follow as copies of The Korean Times don't deliver door-to-door in South Mpls.
5) "Resident Evil 4: Afterlife". Still unconfirmed but being twittered about, www.bloody-disgusting.com is reporting that Milla Jovovich will return for a fourth time. Sony only made about $51 million on R.E.3 but wants to keep the franchise alive. Jovovich has been quoted as saying this one will be bigger and better and it must be true. No one has ever said that before about any film. We'll see. Part 3 stunk out loud. Anyway, Jovovich can be seen in "A Perfect Getaway" opening this Friday, Aug. 7.
6) Other summer releases still being plugged quite shamelessly: G.I. Joe--Aug. 7; Halloween 2 and Final Destination 4--Aug. 28; Sherlock Holmes--Dec. 25 (hardly summer but...). From Warner Bros., this stars Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law as Holmes and Watson respectively and is directed by Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Snatch; Revolver).
7) DVD releases: The Last Starfighter, 25th Anniv. Ed.--Aug 4; Last House on the Left, remake--Aug. 18; An American Werewolf in London, Full Moon Ed., & X Men Origins: Wolverine, single and double disc editions--Sept. 15; Friday the 13th: The Series, final season & Star Trek Next Generation Motion Picture Collection, on Blu-ray, 5 discs--Sept. 22; CSI: NY, Season 5: Monsters vs. Aliens, two packages: Wizard of Oz, 70th Anniv. Ed., two packages--Sept. 29; National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Ultimate Collector's Ed.--Oct. 27; Star Wars, Clone Wars, Season 1--Nov. 3; and Star Trek, single and two-disc packages--Nov. 17.
8) The Alien Prequel. Variety, the bible of the film world, is reporting that Ridley Scott will direct a prequel written by Jon Spaihts, a newcomer. This is really, really weird to even think about let alone see written down. There are still a few thousand people who were alive in 1979 when 20th Century Fox released this film. It featured an ensemble cast including Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Yaphet Koto and Bolaji Badejo. Badejo, a 7'2" Nigerian design student, shared the role of the 'Alien" with stuntmen Eddie Powell and Roy Scammell. That's not the weird part. What's weird is that the crew of the Nostromo were the first humans to make contact with this hostile species. At no point in the script was any history of the species established, certainly not with Weaver's character (Ripley), the only one to survive the encounter. Her cat also survived but it's doubtful that "Jonesy' had any documented encounters prior to the opening credits. Many fans of the franchise have to be wondering about the wisdom of such a move. This isn't like "Temple of Doom" happening prior to "Raiders of the Lost Ark". The 'aliens' didn't even make it to earth till part 4 (Alien: Resurrection). Let's hope this is just a bad dream or a horrible horrible hoax. A remake would be better than trying to invent a story this difficult to link. Sadly, history has shown that Hollywood is willing to throw money at just about anything when sales are lagging. Stay tuned but pray this is a hoax.
That's going to do it for this week (maybe). Please remember that the Record Coop show is this coming Sat., Aug. 8th, at the VFW Club on Lyndale Av. S. at 29th St. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and admission is still $2.00. The June show was very well attended and thanks all around for those who braved the rain. Next Sat. is supposed to be a nice day but come spend an hour or two inside. Wheel and deal with the friendly dealers who all have some cool stuff. Later.
Darrell Moen
Weird stuff indeed. There's a lot of movies on that list that I would be watching out for - not just toy story 2 and 3. I'm excited to know more about Resident Evil 4 and Pirates of the Caribbean 4.
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