The Dark Knight, it is now.
But the comedy Tropic Thunder has remained atop the box office rankings for three weekends in a row. Here's a look at the latest top five:
Hey, did you hear we were number-one at the box office again?
If we can be treated/suffer through a third film in The Mummy franchise, it's prety much a given that a third movie in the Hellboy franchise is on the way.
Now, star Ron Perlman has spoken more forcefully than ever on the possiiblity of a Hellboy 3. In a recent interview, he said:
"This ride we're on, opening number one at the box office, that's just icing on what was already the most delicious cake I'd ever bitten into," Perlman told Moviehole, commenting on the likelyhood of another installment.
"Nothing's been announced but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a third, particularly on the heels of Hellboy II's success. And I know Guillermo has an incredibly well-articulated idea about what the third movie needs to be. It'll answer a lot of questions. It almost needs to happen because with the ideas that he has about closing the trilogy, it would be a shame for it go unfinished."
Are you excited for Hellboy 3?
A trio of new Inglorious Bastards was announced this week.
Writer/director Quentin Tarantino has cast actors Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz and Paul Rust in the upcoming drama. These stars join Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbender, B.J. Novak and Samm Levine in the next Tarantino film.
Kruger (best known for her role in the National Treasure franchise) will portray German actress Bridget Von Hammersmark, who figures prominently in a plot to sabotage the Nazis. Waltz, who is best known in Germany for his television work, has landed the role of Col. Hans Landa, the primary antagonist.
Inglorious Bastards begins production October 13 in Germany.
Screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman appeared on the Fox Movie Channel show, Life After Film School, this week.
Our thanks to CHUD for recounting the Star Trek spoilers revealed during the interview.
The J.J. Abrams' movie begins in the Star Trek present, some time in the The Next Generation timeline.
Romulans go back in time. Their goal? To either to kill Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) or his father, in order to prevent Kirk from ever being born (think of the original Termintor and the idea of killing John Connor's mom).
Star Trek opens on May 8, 2009.
From there, Spock follows the Romulans into the past, appearing when the Enterprise crew were young. These events change the history of the Star Trek universe, either creating a parallel timeline that the films will now follow or simply overwriting everything else that we know in the movie's history.
As you can see, this is a sequel, a prequel and a reboot all in one. Sounds like a rismy maneuver, but one we can't wait to see take shape.
It may or may not be your idea of great cinema, but when deciding whether or not to see “College” this weekend, the new comedy starring Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, and Kevin Covais, well, there’s one thing you really should know, Covais laughed.
“I strip down to my underwear in the movie,” he said, tongue planted firmly in check. “Seriously, they should put that on the poster. See me stripped down to my tightie whities – how can people not go?”
(Note: Covais’s nickname on “American Idol” was Chicken Little. We’ve taken this paragraph off to allow you to make your own obvious pun.)
Stripping down is all part of the hijinks Covais and his crew of merry miscreants get to take part in thanks to the film – one part “Animal House,” one part “American Pie” – about a group of three high school seniors visiting a college as prospective students who get roped into fraternity initiation.
“It really pushes some boundaries,” Covais said. “We do body shots off of a guy, I think people are going to think how’d they get through that one – the infamous bearcat. There’s a nice pig farm scene, we get to mess around with some pigs in the mud. This movie is in a league of its own.”
How crazy are some of the adventures Covais gets into in the film? So crazy they’re just about the most insane things he’s ever done, the 19-year-old confessed.
“I gotta tell you I have very little experience with the whole college party thing. I do consider myself to be a pretty social guy, but I’ve not done the crazy wild college experience. Not yet,” he told MTV. “My movie experience was my craziest time and it wasn’t even real. I do intend to live it up one day.”
“College” opens today.
What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done as part of a fraternity initiation? Or just at college? Sound off about your wild stories below.
Three new movies were released this week, two of which look like horrific comedies and the other of which focuses on terrorism. Sounds like fun all around!
Here's a closer look at the trio...
Disaster Movie
Stars: Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian
Quick synopsis: Yet another movie that spoofs other, much better movies.
Prediction: Electra and Kardashian - combined with low-minded humor - will result in a decent box office showing. Guys like boobs and not thinking.
College
Stars: Drake Bell
Quick synopsis: Three high school seniors visit college for a crazy weekend.
Prediction: A worse reaction from movie goers than the one most freshmen experience after their first night out after nine shots of tequila.
Traitor
Stars: Don Cheadle
Quick synopsis: A U.S. Special Operations officer is at the center of a conspiracy.
Prediction: We love Cheadle, but the topic just seems too sensitive these days for the movie to make any dent at the box office.
There's nary a man to be seen in the trailer for The Women.
But in the summer of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, maybe this isn't a bad thing. The movie has certainly chosen the ideal time to be released.
Thanks to its charming cast, our all-male staff actually didn't mind The Women. Check out our full review of it now!
Bryce Dallas Howard is game for Spider-Man 4.
The actress, who played Gwen Stacy in the last film in this franchise, sounded excited about the possibility of a fourth during an interview with MTV News.
“You know, honestly, I would love to be apart of any continuation of the franchise. But, I also really understand that there’s so many different story lines that the fans are really excited to see, and the studio, and the producers, and the filmmakers really need to appease everyone,” the actress said. “Whether or not Gwen Stacy comes back, I mean, I wish it was up to me, but it’s not. But yes, if they’d call me, I’d be there in a heart beat.”
Brace yourself, everyone: in Zack and Miri Make a Porno, nudity will abound.
But it won't be the kind that makes us so excited to see Jennifer's Body.
In a new interview with MTV, director Kevin Smith promises full frontal nudity... of the male variety.
MTV: When we spoke to you about Zack and Miri Make a Porno last year, both you and Rogen teased a shot of full-frontal nudity. So do we get to see the jewels on display?
Smith: Yeah! You get one definitive ba-- shot then you get a bonus ba-- shot in the movie later on. It's all of [Jason] Mewes. You get to see every inch of Mewes in this movie.
MTV: Is any sex in the movie that's actually erotic?
Smith: There's one scene in the movie that sex is played straightforward, but it's the one scene where there's the least flesh on display. And that is a very passionately charged, sweet scene, so that one they never focused on. [The actors are] fully clad during it. We play it mostly on their faces.
“Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer knows how to craft a story on the pages of a book, and now we’ll see her extend that vision into yet another realm…the music video. Singer/songwriter Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin has enlisted Meyer to create and direct the video for the band’s upcoming single, “The Resolution.” Read more about it here, and then check out the video clip below to hear McMahon giving us some hints about what we’ll see.
We've heard from numerous people connected to Transformers 2.
But here's a unique interview: Ain't It Cool recently sat down with Peter Cullen, the voice actor behind Optimus Prime. Here's an excerpt from that conversation:
Q: Was there any inkling when you took on the role of Optimus Prime that this character was going to leave such a profound effect on people?
Cullen: I think so. When I saw the character breakdown, I said, "This is indeed a real hero. This is not like any hero we've ever seen before." He penetrated different zones. There was a sense of him. He wasn't just muscle and strength. He went beyond that. There was dignity and courage, and a soft spoken honor and integrity about him. Very well written.
So to apply those traits... they weren't necessarily implicated in the script; I just did an impression of my brother Larry, who served in the Marine Corps, and lowered the voice. I think we nailed it. The scripts were wonderfully written, and there was so much to absorb in a half-hour.
Starring in Burn After Reading next month, George Clooney is currently negotiating his next project.
According to Variety, the handsome actor might star in Juno director Jason Reitman's adaptation of Walter Kirn's 2001 novel Up in the Air. Reitman has written the screenplay adaptation in addition to coming aboard to direct the film.
The publication says Clooney's role would be that of "an unapologetic corporate downsizer whose untethered life is consumed by collecting air miles."
Review in a Hurry: A group of actors lost on location while filming the costliest war epic of all time find themselves in a world of hilarious pain while deftly satirizing Hollywood. War, what is it good...