03.13.08: Final 'Potter' Split In Half, New 'Hulk' Trailer & Singer Returns For 'Superman' Sequel
Confirming what web speculators have been chattering about for months, Warner Bros has announced that it is splitting the final Potter book, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, into a two-part film that will be shot simultaneously and released six months apart in November 2010 and May 2011. The studio also confirmed that David Yates, who directed Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix and this November’s Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, will direct both instalments while Steve Kloves will undertake scripting duties. No word on how they plan to divide J.K. Rowling’s hefty tome, which at 784 pages in hardback makes an outstanding doorstop. “I think it’s the only way you can do it,” says franchise star Daniel Radcliffe. “The seventh book doesn’t really have any sub-plots [to cut]. It’s one driving, pounding story from word go.” More at LA Times
The Incredible Hulk: New Trailer
Showing an urban street scrap between the Hulk and his equally-sized nemesis Abomination, this already packs way more excitement in its miniscule running time than Ang Lee managed in an entire film. More at ifilm
Singer Returns For Superman Sequel
After rumors that he might drop out, Bryan Singer has confirmed he’s back in the director’s chair for the sequel to Superman Returns. "I’m just getting back with writers after the strike," says Singer. "We’re just in the development phase. I’m starting to develop a sequel... with the intention of directing it." More at Empire
Muppets Meet Geeks
Disney has recruited actor-screenwriter Jason Segel and director Nick Stoller to spearhead the next Muppet movie. Segel, a graduate of Judd Apatow’s TV efforts Freaks And Geeks and Undeclared, wrote and stars in the latest Apatow-produced comedy vehicle Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which Stoller directed. Segel pitched the Muppets braintrust after getting the Henson puppeteers to fashion a few of the felt creatures for a Dracula puppet musical in Marshall. More at Variety
Weisz Walks Like An Egyptian
Rachel Weisz will star as astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria in Alejandro Amenabar’s Ancient Egyptian epic Agora, while Max Minghella will play the slave who’s enamoured with her. Set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century AD, Weisz’s Hypatia – who was a real-life figure – will battle to save the ancient world’s collected wisdom in the Library of Alexandria as religious riots rage around the city. More at Variety
The Hulk trailer is great, I recommend watching it.
Posted by: Roger | March 18, 2008 at 12:22 AM