Thursday, September 4

• First Fans Tonight: Bangkok Dangerous

  If you're in the Los Angeles area and want to be on ReelChannel TV, reelzchannel.com, and YouTube, attend tonight's midnight screening of Bangkok Dangerous and when the movie's over tell show host Travis Oscarson how you liked it. Or didn't. Here are the details:
  
  The Grove
  Pacific Theatre
  189 The Grove Drive
  Los Angeles, CA 90036
  
  Here's a googlemap.

  
  
  Next Showing: Bangkok Dangerous starts at 12:20AM tonight at The Grove

  Posted 09/04/2008 by reelz

• No End in Sight for Twilight

  Don't mess with a vampire -- or his author. Stephenie Meyer has stopped work on Midnight Sun, the fifth and final installment of her Twilight series. She decided to put the book on hold after a partial draft was released on the Internet. Meyer handed out only a few drafts of the book -- all to what she believed to be trusted sources.

  "I did not want my readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited, and published," the author stated on her site. "I think it is important for everybody to understand that what happened was a huge violation of my rights as an author, not to mention me as a human being."

  So while fans may never know how Meyer intended to end the saga, she has posted the leaked draft on her site, offering fans "insight into Edward's head and...a new dimension to the Twilight story." No insight, yet, on how this development might affect Twilight movie sequels.

  
  

  Posted 09/04/2008 by reelz

  Twilight

Wednesday, September 3

• G.I. Joe Director to Tackle Tarzan?

  Stephen Sommers is in talks with Warner Bros. to direct a new big-screen adaptation of everyone's favorite vine swinger, Tarzan.

  The director, best known for his Mummy series, recently wrapped production on next summer's highly anticipated G.I. Joe. If all goes according to plan, Sommers would co-write the Tarzan script with G.I. Joe scribe Stuart Beattie.

  The project has been in development at WB since 2003 with Guillermo Del Toro in talks to direct at one point.

  Tarzan was last seen on the silver screen in 1984's Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan.

  
  

  Posted 09/03/2008 by Jeff

  Stephen Sommers

• New Eagle Eye Images
  

  Paramount released a new set of photos for Eagle Eye today and it seems we can expect a lot of running. Shia LaBeouf running, Michelle Monaghan running, Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan running together. Whew. We're pooped out just looking at them.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Next Showing: Eagle Eye opens September 26, 2008

  Posted 09/03/2008 by reelz

  Eagle Eye

• New Court Date Means Watchmen Moves Forward as Planned

  Fans of the upcoming Watchmen flick received a welcome shot in the arm yesterday when the federal judge presiding over the ongoing legal battle over the film's rights set a trial date of January 6, 2009. Fox, the studio seeking to halt Warner Bros.' big-budget adaptation of Alan Moore's landmark graphic novel, had reportedly been seeking a June trial -- well after the film's scheduled March 6, 2009 release date -- in the hopes of forcing Warners to delay Watchmen's premiere indefinitely.

  According to The Hollywood Reporter, presiding Judge Gary Alan Feess also instructed that Fox should "forgo any attempt to get a preliminary injunction against Warners to stop the release of the film because the issues were far too complex to be resolved on an interim basis."

  Roughly translated: All signs point to Watchmen opening as planned on March 6, 2009. Fanboys, you are now free to resume quivering in giddy anticipation.
  

  
  

  Posted 09/03/2008 by Thomas

  Watchmen

Tuesday, September 2

• Mark Millar Really, Really Wants the Superman Gig

  When the folks at Warner Bros. begin searching for a writer for the studio's planned Superman franchise reboot, they need look no further than Mark Millar. In a recent interview with G4, the Scottish-bred author of Wanted and Kick-Ass resumed his lobbying for the Man of Steel gig, laying out his ambitious plans for an epic, seven-hour trilogy in the style of Lord of the Rings. (Turns out you can do a proper trilogy in less than nine hours if you don't have a dozen endings. Who knew?)

  What makes him the right guy for the job? Among other impressive Supes fanboy credentials, Millar bragged to G4 that he'd purchased the corpse of the cat saved by Christopher Reeve in the first Superman flick, had it stuffed and mounted it atop his piano. Impressive. Creepy, but impressive.

  
  

  Posted 09/02/2008 by Thomas

  Superman: The Movie | Wanted | Kick-Ass

• Win a Role in the Likely Spider-Man 4 and Help a Good Cause
  

  Spider-Man 4 may not have a director, cast, or start date just yet, but those into planning ahead can go ahead and reserve a first hand look at the flick via Ebay's "Stand Up to Cancer" Auction.

  Bidding concludes on September 5th and the current high bid is $5,501.99.

  So what does $5 grand or more get you? A visit to the set of Spider-Man 4 if and when the movie is greenlit, a meet and greet with the as-yet-unannounced cast, a walk-on roll in the film, a trip to the New York City premiere, designer outfits for the premiere and a walk on the red carpet. Added to that, you can feel good about contributing to cancer research and probably even score a nice tax deduction.

  The auction is tied into the live, commercial free event on ABC, CBS and NBC this Friday, September 5th to benefit the "Stand Up to Cancer" cause featuring live performances, special celebrity appearances and segments exploring the cutting-edge cancer research currently being conducted.

  
  

  Posted 09/02/2008 by Jeff

  Spider-Man 4

• Apatow Courts Springsteen Cameo

  Why are we suddenly having visions of Barack Obama and John McCain stiffly mugging their way through various late-night comedy bits we've witnessed over the past year? Because we just read on Chud.com that Judd Apatow has written a scene for Bruce Springsteen in his upcoming movie about the stand-up comedy world, Funny People. And while we have no idea if the Boss has the foreign policy expertise to run for president, we're pretty certain he possesses the complete lack of comic chops the job requires. Which makes us wonder -- can Apatow actually write a scene that's so inherently funny it's capable of transcending both Springsteen's natural force-field of blue-collar earnestness and Springsteen's inevitable, politician-like efforts to exude regular-guy jocularity if he agrees to do the scene? We can't wait to find out.

  
  

  Posted 09/02/2008 by reelz

  Judd Apatow | Funny People