Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky has unfortunately left the director’s seat in The Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman. The new movie is a stand-alone, separate from X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and deals with Logan’s adventures in Japan. And due to this, Aronofsky reasoned that he doesn’t want to spend almost a year in Japan and away from family.
Tricia Helfer, who played Six in Battlestar Galactica recently posted a picture on her Twitter of herself, James Callis (Gaius Baltar) and Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama). She also revealed their names for the new show 17th Precinct by Battlestar showrunner Ron Moore: Morgana, John and Caolan.
The animated short by Ben Hibon for Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch is released by Warner Bros. It’s visually stunning, as you would expect from both Snyder and Hibon — who is best known for the animated short The Tale of the Three Brothers in part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Check it out. You know you want to.
Another trailer for Steven Spielberg’s and J.J. Abrams’ film Super 8 has hit the net. There’s a definite vintage Spielberg feel to the teaser and it’s very promising.
Super 8 releases in theaters June 10, 2011.
The trailer for the animated series Tron: Uprising by Disney has made rounds online. Elijah Wood will voice the main character Beck who leads a revolution against CLU, who will be voiced by Fred Tatasciore. Joining them are Lance Henriksen, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Nate Corddry, Paul Reubens — and best of all, Bruce Boxleitner reprising his role as Tron. And yes, Daft Punk’s score will find its way in Tron: Uprising, being remixed by Com Truise, M83, Photek and Moby.
Tron: Uprising will debut on Disney as a 10-part micro-series later this year and then become a full-fledged series in the summer of 2012.
Director Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness has ceased production. It’s a huge disappointment since it was del Toro’s dream project, Tom Cruise was interested in a role — and not to mention James Cameron’s involvement as well. Apparently Universal couldn’t invest in a $150 million R rated movie. The risk was too great.
Guillermo del Toro hopes Universal will allow his production to move to another studio, but for the time being, At the Mountains of Madness is in a stalemate. del Toro went on to say that it was simply a business decision by Universal.