With “The Karate Kid” kicking box office ass over the weekend, we’re not surprised to hear of yet (another) family film gearing up for a reboot. “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead” is currently set up at the The Mark Gordon Company, and the project is now out to writers. As you might remember, Christina Applegate starred in the 1991 original about a teenager who has to care for her siblings when their elderly babysitter dies. No word yet if Will Smith is eyeing this as a starring role for his daughter Willow.
The Weinstein Company have picked up the John Woo co-produced and co-directed “Reign Of Assassins.” The film, starring Michelle Yeoh, is described as “a fast-paced action thriller set in the Ming Dynasty” that follows “a skilled assassin (Yeoh) who falls in love with the son of a man who was killed by her gang. Unaware that he also is a trained martial artist, their love blossoms and then tensions rise as the past comes back to haunt them.” We’re mostly excited for the flaming swords.
Beloved children’s novel “Wind In The Willows” is gearing up for yet another trip onto the big screen. The newest version of the film will mix live-action and animatronics with special effects handled by Peter Jackson’s WETA. Sounds like it might be awesome right? Well, it’s going to be directed by Ray Griggs. Who? The guy who did this.
According to Comics Continuum, Frank Miller’s acclaimed graphic novel “Batman: Year One” — in many circles, the best Batman story ever written — is being developed into an animated film for a home video release by Warner Bros. The graphic novel was once up for a big screen adaptation and even had Darren Aronofsky attached at one point, but obviously it never happened and some guy named Christopher Nolan ended up rebooting the franchise.
Director Joe Berlinger has won a temporary reprieve from a ruling to turn over all the footage he compiled for his documentary “Crude” over to Chevron. The film chronicles the legal fight by the citizens of Ecuador against the oil giant for the environmental and health damage caused by drilling in region. Chevron claims the footage contains instances of fraud and misconduct on behalf by Berlinger’s attorney’s and government officials, but obviously, the real issue here is protecting the identity of the anonymous sources who help Berlinger dig up the story.
Oh look, a red band trailer for Neil Marshall’s “Centurion.” We thought the movie was awful, but for those of you still curious, the film will hit OnDemand on July 23rd a full month before it hits theaters on August 27th.