UPDATE: Seems like the producer has a different take on this rumor, which is, it’s fake. Original post is still below.
ORIGINAL REPORT: Straight from the ‘take it with a grain of salt‘ department, TwitchFilm is reporting that Harrison Ford is in early talks to participate in the Ridley Scott’s cult classic Blade Runner sequel/remake.
We already documented this some months ago about a report that Ridley Scott is going to revisit one of his most beloved films. We are not sure if he will be directing or producing, but it seems that he will be involved in some way.
So if Harrison Ford is returning to play his Rick Deckard character, this means that the previous plan about the film being a fresh remake can be tossed away, and now the project will be a direct sequel to the original, that is IF Harrison Ford joins the project.
The film is still under pre-production and according to a LA Times interview from August 2011, the producer Andrew Kosove is estimating that the shooting will begin early 2013. So if everything goes by the plan, we’ll see a release for 2014/2015. It all depends if the movie doesn’t fall on production hell, which is very common in Hollywood…
Stay tuned for more developing stories regarding this remake/sequel (whatever it turns out to be).
Fred here, I’m so sorry I’ve been quite absent for some time. I didn’t maintain this site as much as I wished, but this will change from now on…
So, a lot of things happened last year; 3D finally became mainstream, even if it wasn’t as accepted as hoped (those glasses alienating everyone…), it still has a very bright future.
On the technology/3D adoption side:
There have been serious discussion about 3D’s future among analysts; that 3D was a fad, etc. That Avatar was successful because it was a novelty and that people swore off 3D because they were tired of the poor experience…
Well, that last statement is quite right: a lot of the so-called 3D movies that were released last year were made with post-production conversion (which is NOT the same as native 3D) and the audience could tell that (The Green Hornet being the worst offender…). So they refuse to accept it and rather go for normal 2D screenings.
With that said, movies like Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Smurfs, etc. were quite successful even being filmed in 2D and then post converted. So there was still a market acceptance for it.
Even that these films were originally filmed in 2D, they've found success in the 3D conversion process
However, I don’t know much if the market is really accepting it or it is the studios that are trying to shovel the 3D format into the audience’s throat. It looks like the latter, but who can blame them?:
It reduces bootleg piracy, the tickets are premium priced and it pushed the adoption of 3D home theater setups (which Sony loves because it’s part of their business).
So yeah, they have all rigged the game so that 3D can’t fail. Or so we think…
But anyways, I’m biased to say that I can see 3D as a good tool for film-making, IF DONE RIGHT. So I think that film-makers should embrace it and start experiment with this tool (just like Martin Scorsese did) and then come with their real arguments against it.
Keep reading after the jump
The official trailer of Marvel’s “The Avengers” is finally online.
This epic movie reunites big heroes from the Marvel universe such as Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, among others.
Joss Whedon is directing this movie with an all-star cast composed of: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson.
Here’s the trailer:
The music from the trailer is of Nine Inch Nails – We’re in This Together
The movie is scheduled to be released on 4th May, 2012
After the limited release of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King 3D on theaters in August, Disney just announced a new line-up of remastered classics in 3D set for release on theaters venues in the States starting next year.
It will begin on January 13, 2012 with Beauty and the Beast, the first animated film that was converted in 3D by Disney, thanks mostly because of the CAPS system, as explained before on this very blog.
After that, Pixar’s classics will start to show up with the re-release of 2003 ‘Finding Nemo’ set for September of that same year and Monster’s Inc for January 18, 2013 (which will be a nice companion for the prequel named ‘Monsters University’ that is set also for release that same year, but on June 21)
And last, but not least, The Little Mermaid will get its 3D rerelease on September 13 of 2013.
So there you have it, we have a nice amount of Disney/Pixar goodness coming soon into theaters and they will be a nice present for our younger generations who will have the chance to discover these films, remastered in 3D, of course.
I’ve attached the press release, you can read it after the jump:
THR reported that Paramount is preparing a 3D conversion of Tony Scott’s 1986 film Top Gun.
Legend3D is the company doing the conversion, who has already converted high profiled movies before, such as Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Smurfs among others
Here’s what Legend3D’s CEO Rob Hummel has to say about the upcoming release:
“As I understand it, they are planning to release it in 3D in early 2012, though I known they want to get Tony Scott’s approval before they go forward”
And about the 3D benefits for this project:
I think Top Gun lends itself to 3D due to the aerial flight. You can have fun with 3D by bringing things off the screen if they are not attached to the edge of the screen."
Will wait for more news regarding this conversion early next year. Stay tuned.
After Tron: Legacy, the sequel to cult-favorite 1982 film Tron, there was incertitude about Disney willing to continue the franchise by looking at the box-office numbers. However there were a couple of news regarding hired screenwriters and such, but announcements have been quiet for some months.
Last D23 expo, a fan asked Bruce Boxleitner (who played Tron in the two movies) about the sequel to Tron Legacy. His answer was a resounding ‘yes’. The movie is a done deal according to him and the plan is to make it for release by 2014. What we don’t know is if ‘Tron: Legacy’ director Joseph Kosinski is willing to do another entry since he’s busy with other projects.
We’ll have to wait a little more about more news regarding this project.
