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[EOG]

Edited by EOG, 24 March 2009 - 08:57 AM.

[Kyle]

I all of a sudden developed problems last week, viewing videos and some pictures on here. It's pissing me off.  

[EOG]

I all of a sudden developed problems last week, viewing videos and some pictures on here. It's pissing me off.  

Gatchaman. coming in 2010.

[Mohican83]

New 3 stoogie movie starring

Del Toro, Sean Penn and Jim Carey

[Kyle]

New 3 stoogie movie starring

Del Toro, Sean Penn and Jim Carey

Carey I get. The other two, not so much.

[Mohican83]

But carey is suppose to play curly? or will it be shep and who will play curly joe?

[Mohican83]

In a recent interview, Jackie Chan, star of the upcoming "remake" of the 1984 classic, The Karate Kid has seemingly revealed that the title will be changed. Worried about some remake sullying the Karate Kid name? Apparently that won't happen here, as the title of film is looking to be: The Kung Fu Kid.

According to Chan: "They don't want to call it Karate Kid any more," Chan said. "They want to call it The Kung Fu Kid." However, Chan did not shed any light on the motivation behind this name change. However, FirstShowing speculates that it has to do with the film being a Chinese co-production being shot in Beijing. The martial-arts style of kung-fu would obviously be more accurate to apply to the setting, as well as Jackie Chan's style.

Personally, I don't think the reasons go that deep. (And for the record, the "Karate Kid" title was taken from a line in the film, where Daniel's ex-friend sarcastically mocks him for getting beaten up.) If the studio wanted to leech off the Karate Kid name, then they would have done so without any fear of sacrificing authenticity. I think, (and this is a personal theory) that the studios must have known what kind of train-wreck awaited them by daring to pass this film off as some kind of remake.

This film is NOT The Karate Kid. It is a film about a 10-year-old boy (played by celeb offspring, Jaden Smith) being mentored by Jackie Chan. Losing the Karate Kid name was the best way for them to market this film. Now, they can go out there and promote this film, without having to hang their heads low every time the word "remake" comes up. They no longer will have to explain why THIS film was the end result of a supposed remake project. In short, the fears of purists (like me) are now quelled, since the name is out of the picture and the film will now have the advantage of not being directly compared to the iconic original Karate Kid film.

Good move, right? (On the name change, not the film.)

[Mohican83]

It seems that Venom fans (and the dozens of people who actually liked Spider-Man 3) will be celebrating, as multiple sources are now confirming that a spin-off film of the iconic Spider-Villain will indeed happen. Writers of the upcoming film, Zombieland, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are set to pen the screenplay. The writing duo actually had the opportunity to pitch the film to Sony Pictures, though were contractually-bound not to reveal too many details. According to Reese in an interview with ComingSoon/SuperHeroHype:

"Venom is something that we're very fired up to be writing. We have turned in a draft and are waiting to hear back, so it's early in the process. But it's a thrill to be writing 'Venom' for obvious reasons."

What then, would be the framework, under which a Venom film could possibly be contained? Well, Reese goes on to say:

"Obviously, with a character like Venom there's a ton of stuff to draw from. Then they had specific rules about the villain and the backstory and stuff like that, so there were certain things they wanted us... certain parameters they gave us. But largely we pitched them something and they liked it but they had changes, so we worked on the outline for a long time and then we wrote the script. So with Marvel and Sony and us it's definitely very, very collaborative."

The duo also implies to SciFi that they do not have Sam Raimi's disdain (if you could call it that) for the Venom character, and that they would be devoting plenty of research of the source material before moving forward.

[sal]

I just saw the trailer for the GI Joe movie. I cant wait to see it.

[Kyle]

I just saw the trailer for the GI Joe movie. I cant wait to see it.

I saw the latest one, too. Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow could make the movie for me. Still a little unsure about some of the characters. Mainly the other Joes outside of Duke, Scarlet, and Falcon. The bad guys look pretty good. And I'm guessing they probably won't put out anything showing Cobra Commander if they can help it.

[TZT]

I just saw the trailor for GI Joe.  That movie looks like crap.  It looks like another CGI filled movie with no story.

[Kyle]

I just saw the trailor for GI Joe.  That movie looks like crap.  It looks like another CGI filled movie with no story.

That's my worry, too much CGI.

[Mohican83]

But Marlon Wayans is in it .  Didn't you enjoy him as Snails in dungeons and dragons   

[Kyle]

But Marlon Wayans is in it .  Didn't you enjoy him as Snails in dungeons and dragons   

I actually saw that in the theaters.

[Mohican83]

Was it me or did Jeremy Irons overact?

[sal]

I just saw the trailor for GI Joe.  That movie looks like crap.  It looks like another CGI filled movie with no story.

I disagree about it looking like crap but I do agree that it will be full of CGI. My sister got a bootlegg of the X-men movie wolverine without the CGI and its an effing joke. You can see cables and a blue screen.

[Mohican83]

That would be the workprint copy and since the movie is about a mutant doing super-human things, I guess it would be crappy without the special effects.  

I wonder how crappy the Transformers 2 workprint copy would be

[Lakersgirl2416]

I disagree about it looking like crap but I do agree that it will be full of CGI. My sister got a bootlegg of the X-men movie wolverine without the CGI and its an effing joke. You can see cables and a blue screen.

Boo to people who buy bootleg. No offense.

But anyway... I saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Loved it. After exiting the auditorium 3 at Alhambra Renaissance theater(I think that's the one), there was a line. I went before long lines would form.

[Kyle]

I disagree about it looking like crap but I do agree that it will be full of CGI. My sister got a bootlegg of the X-men movie wolverine without the CGI and its an effing joke. You can see cables and a blue screen.

Like Mo said, that's an unfinished copy of the movie.

[Mohican83]

After the hugely successful box-office weekend for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a sequel was pretty much as good as greenlit. Therefore, it probably came as no surprise to many, that a sequel is indeed moving forward. However, the news of note on this subject, is that the long-rumored spinoff film for character, Deadpool will also move forward, as Fox has officially put the project into developmental.

The Wolverine sequel is looking to tackle the storyline in Japan that was documented in the legendary 1982 miniseries (collaborated by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.) The short-but-sweet series, was actually the first real work that brought depth into the previously "generic" (dare I say) makeup of Wolverine's early years in the X-Men comics. (After coming off an initial introduction as an antagonist for the Hulk.)

We'll have plenty of time over the next few years to dig deep into this one. However, it should be noted that adhering to the Japanese storyline makes secret ninja clan, The Hand the villain(s) of the film, by default. (Just saying...) I also wouldn't be surprised to see The Silver Samurai emerge as the primary villain, and perhaps a cameo from Japanese mutant, and former X-Man, Sunfire. (Pure conjecture, guys.)

Anyway, on to Deadpool! I've already written about this, so for now, I won't go into the obvious plot problems. However, since this spinoff is being widely reported, I don't think it's a spoiler to reveal that, thanks to one of the hidden endings, Wade Wilson/Deadpool is actually revealed to be alive. For those of us who saw Wolverine, we know there's going to be a lot of continuity clean-up that will need to be done before this project can come to us in state that's workable. It will be interesting to see how this one is handled. I'm sure there are probably forces at Fox that will try anything to make sure that Ryan Reynolds' pretty boy mug gets to shine. However, for those of us with, I don't know....respect for the source material, who prefer things to be GOOD, we would rather see Reynolds play the scarred, red-costumed, "merc with a mouth," we all know and love.

Given what he had to work with, Reynolds did an excellent job playing Wade Wilson/Deadpool in Wolverine. I think good things are in store for the fans. While it may not have been an artistic masterpiece, Wolverine may have laid the groundwork for a series of X-spinoffs that I am genuinely excited to see. It's a good time to be a fanboy.