By Jason Apuzzo. • Some creative heavy-hitters are working behind the scenes to get Tron: Legacy over the finish line. The list includes David Fincher, and now Pixar’s legendary John Lasseter and Ed Catmull. [See here for more details.] At this point I’m giving free reign to optimism over this project – which is a rarity, believe me.
• Peter Jackson has begun casting The Hobbit, which should be a short process.
• The trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil just went live. It’s quite chilling and effective – really much more what he should be doing, instead of this Last Airbender nonsense. It’s the second excellent trailer of the summer after the one for J.J. Abrams’ Super 8.
• Could the unthinkable happen? Could Tom Cruise actually be dropped from the next installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise? Hollywood Reporter asks the question, as Knight and Day brings in tepid overseas numbers and the bell begins to toll for Tom’s career …
• Captain America will be getting a 3D conversion once it’s done. Is that actually good or bad for buzz? What does it say about the filmmakers’ confidence in what they’re doing? One smart thing Nolan did with Inception was avoid this increasingly tacky conversion trend. [The Iron Man 2 team avoided it, as well.] Real filmmakers don’t need it. LFM recommends: shoot 3D-native or don’t bother with 3D at all.
• New Piranha 3D footage is too intense to even be debuted at Comic-Con. In other words, don’t be eating a hot dog when you see it. Lobster Newburg probably OK, though.
• AND IN TODAY’S MOST IMPORTANT NEWS … Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem just got married, and have our congratulations – so long as they abstain from Woody Allen films going forward. Btw, could Spain be any hotter right now?
And that’s what’s happening today in the wonderful world of Hollywood …
P.S. from Govindini – Happy Bastille Day to all our French readers!
Posted on July 14th, 2010 at 4:08pm.
Shyamalan has done too much damage to his career. I can’t get into his stuff any more. We all basically know by now that nothing happens in his films.
Thanks for commenting, Powder.
At least there won’t be any loopy environmentalism in this one (probably), as in The Happening.
3D still seems like a great value added option to me. I”m willing to watch something in that format, if given the choice. I do think, however, that it is important that the material fit the format.
so long as they abstain from Woody Allen films going forward
I don’t know about that. I liked Vicky Christina Barcelona. It’s not a film I’d necessarily watch a second time, but it was an enjoyable one-timer. Beautifully filmed in my opinion.
Fair enough. Woody never skimps on photography.
Jason – you forgot to mention that today is Bastille Day. Is this a further example of American anti-French prejudice?
And as for “freedom fries,” do you support going back to calling them “french fries,” now that the French are making anti-communist movies you like?
Happy Bastille Day, Claude! Thank you for reminding us of it. And of course we here at Libertas are big fans of the French! 🙂