Monday, January 30, 2006

Hollywood Update



Pirates is coming out with a sequel later this year, meanwhile the third in the series is filming. Directed by Gore Verbinski, the guy that did the original Pirates, I’m sure it will be a crowd pleaser and a box office success. It looks like rumors that Keith Richards playing a cameo as Depp’s father in either the sequel or the third in the trilogy are only rumors, as IMDB has not credited him in either movie. If you like the first then you’ll definitely like the second and third. Especially with the return of Keira Knightley, and the debut of Vanessa Branch.

The Sin City sequel is in pre-production, and is due out in ‘08. Frank Miller in a recent interview was asked if there’s a possibility of a third in the series, and he responded that he’s already in talks for a 4,5, and 6 in the series, as well as a TV series.

Andre; Heart of a Giant, a sports documentary, is due out shortly. Having actors portray pro-wrestlers (Terry Funk, Bruno Sammartino, and director/writer Drew Sky (who?) as Vince), it will almost assuredly be a flop, even among the loyal wrestling marks. An interesting note is that Matthew McGrory was slated to play Andre; he even did some filming, before he unfortunately passed away in August ‘05. Best knows for his role in Big Fish as the giant, he has also starred in House of 1000 Corpses (HB Winner), as well as the sequel The Devil’s Rejects, as Tiny.



Lastly, Seth MacFarlane, creator, writer, director, and voice of Family Guy is heading up a new project called Family Union, which will be a Family Guy family reunion. Most likely it will be the format of the other Family Guy movie, a three-part series of episodes.

That’s all for now. Read this article on CNN.com about a movie that documents the film rating process, it sounds like an interesting flick.

3 comments:

Shmorg said...

I really don't think Sin City works as a movie. Don't get me wrong I really liked it. But the way it is shot and cut, it would make an awesome HBO series. So I think Miller should go with a series instead or talking about 4, 5 and 6 movies.

Bill said...

It would definitely be a good tv series, but as you said Sean, it would only be good if it was on a pay channel such as HBO. Sin City on network TV would be like trying to play a Jerky Boy's CD on Blue's Clues.

Frank Miller has done some total shit in the past, such as RoboCop 2 and 3, RoboCop vs. Terminator, and Elektra. If I were Frank I would want to exploit Sin City while it still has a very strong following.

I'm not saying Sin City is nothing more than a retirement fund for Frank, I'm happy that he finally was involved in something so incredibly successful. But if I were Frank, I would ride this horse until it drops dead, no matter what capacity Sin City existed be it movies, TV, or internet shows.

Fitz said...

I thought Sin City was a pretty weak movie. But Frank Miller is the shit as a comic book writer, and the Batman franchise should pay him $20 billion to make sure that the next Batman movie is also awesome.