*cracks knuckles* La la la... movies and comics and stuff...

[lithera]

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl soundtrack comes out on July, 22nd. Pirates of the Caribbean ruled the box office waters on Friday, adding an estimated $14.8 million from 3,269 theaters for a total of $38.8 million after three days.

From Variety: Actor James Badge Dale has been cast in the 24 regular role of Chase, a young CTU agent who ends up working side-by-side with Kiefer Sutherland's character of Jack Bauer. Both Bauer's reaction to having a partner and the duration of the pairing are unknown, as are any other details of Dale's character.

IGN Filmforce talked to director Joel Schumacher about his new version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, to star Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Alan Cumming and Ciarán Hinds. Schumacher says shooting starts in October with Lloyd Webber financing the project himself.

Matrix Reloaded DVD details. It's October. Who didn't see that coming?

Principal photography on Alone in the Dark starts July 14 in Vancouver, BC with a $30 million budget for a 2004 worldwide release.

From: The Hollywood Reporter: Sigourney Weaver has joined the cast of director M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming thriller The Woods, from Walt Disney Pictures. Weaver joins Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard and William Hurt. Set in 1897, the film revolves around a close-knit community that lives with the frightening knowledge that a mythical race of creatures resides in the woods around them.

From: Entertainment Weekly: Quentin Tarantino may be making Miramax's Kill Bill into a double feature. The rumor is that it would be "two 90-minute features that would be released within five weeks of each other".

There is a trailer out there for The Passion. I really want to see it but the places it has been hosted are all seemingly down at the moment. I'll let you know if I find it.

From: Production Weekly: David Duchovny will make his writing and directorial debut on House of D.. He will star alongside wife Tea Leoni, Robin Williams and Tyler Hoechlin.

A positive review of the script for Blade III. There are spoilers. Looks like the second one but more so.

There is a completed script for a Watchmen movie. We'll see if anything moves forward from that point.

The new Batman movie seems to be moving a /lot/ faster than the Superman movie. Catwoman and Constantine will be out next year. Wonder Woman is getting looked at by Joel Silver and the guys who write Smallville.

Comics Continuum reports that in addition to director Sam Raimi, at least one Spider-Man 2 cast member might possibly join him at Comic-Con International in San Diego on Saturday.

I have seen the new art for Batgirl and it makes me afraid. I really hope they don't drive this comic book into the ground. It's feeling a bit shaky to me right now.

This is a Robin cover and I must say that I love it. Must pick up Robin and check it out.

Comments

[crispengray.livejournal.com]

Ooooh... more M. Night Shyamalan. So far, not one of his movies has disappointed me.

[crispengray.livejournal.com]

Waiddaminute... Schumacher doing Phantom of the Opera?

Do we really want nipples on the Phantom mask?

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

Now that I've seen Unbreakable again, I can say that I liked it. I think I went into it expecting the wrong thing and it kind of ruined the movie for me.

Signs was great. I just never want to see it again.

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

Well, Andrew Lloyd Weber is supervising the whole thing. So, theoretically this means that there will be some restraint. And Schumacher can do good stuff. He did Flatliners, Dying Young, 8 MM, The Lost Boys and St. Elmo's Fire...

So, he can do good things, just not too much recently. I think Phantom should be okay.

[tomthedog.livejournal.com]

Tarantino had better not be serious about that "double feature" thing. God, what a simultaneously crass & pretentious marketing scheme. Guy's been out of the spotlight for seven years and he wants to screw around with the release of his new movie because... why? So people will write it off as a gimmick and not want to see it? So instead of saying he's directed four features in 11 years, he can say he's directed five?

The previews look great, but this makes me cringe.

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

I'll probably go and see it either way. I looks great. I'd probably prefer it just be 180 minutes long, though.

[trilliumgrl.livejournal.com]

Dammit I leave the country and they try and smash my favorite comic! *mutters* Sorry, missing my comic hit right now.

Is the new art really that bad????

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

Well, the new art is in October, so you'll probably be home when it changes. It isn't the worst art and admittedly I've only seen covers and nothing internal.

I don't know yet. I'll have to wait until I see how things go.

[trilliumgrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you for soothing my paranoia. Let me know though if you see anything else. Thankies.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0307/15/batgirl45.htm

There is the cover. It's obviously Cassandra but she's in Babs' costume. *frowny*

[trilliumgrl.livejournal.com]

I second that *frowny*. This is me seriously hoping that this is another case of bad cover with internal stuff being okay. If not....

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Well, I have a few months before we get there.

[trilliumgrl.livejournal.com]

I know, it's just disappointing to come home after a year and face the risk that they're screwing up one of my favorite titles. It's always a risk, I realize, but I don't have to like it.

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

*snugs* Batman has been outstanding. There are no worries there. You might like where they've gone with it. I'm still uncertain. They're moving more into detailed plots a little less fighting and more relations. I'm okayt with that and it makes sense, I'm just not sure if I like how they're handling it.