Universal has released a new featurette which gives us a better understanding of the story behind The Wolfman. It begins by showing clips of The Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein and other classic monster movies from the black and white era, and then Benico del Toro talks us though the story for this modern take on the “iconic” Wolfman, which will introduce the beast to “a new generation”.
We also see Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt discussing the film, along with some new footage.
In August Lionsgate bought the rights to release Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass in the US, however not for anywhere else. Now according to THR Universal has nabbed the rights to release the film in the U.K., Germany, Australia, Latin America, Austria, Switzerland and New Zealand. As I live in the UK this is good news for me, although the French and other Europeans will have to hope another deal is stuck to release it there.
In related Kick-Ass news director Matthew Vaughn made a commentary on the teaser trailer that was released earlier this month. He didn’t know he was, however. French Premiere magazine had a phone interview with him and they placed his voice over the trailer.
First Rachel McAdams, then Julia Stiles, and now Anna Hathaway. Over the past few weeks we’ve been hearing that they’ve all apparently been talking/emailing/calling/communicating in some form with producers/casting people/Sam Raimi regarding a role in Spider-Man 4. This one comes from Nikki Finke who say that “producers have approached Anne Hathaway to star in the film”, however she doesn’t know for what role.
Since the first bit of casting news it was assumed the role was for Black Cat, and with the actresses we’ve been hearing about it seems that may be the case. They wouldn’t be talking to people like Hathaway and Stiles if the role wasn’t important, and Black Cat seems to be the only important female left to bring in after Gwen Stacy.
Will we hear about any more actresses in the near future? Who’s your choice to play Black Cat?
We have a new international trailer for Percy Jackson & The Olympians The Lightning Thief, and it’s probably the best trailer released so far. Not only do we see more of Pierce Brosnan and Rosario Dawson, we get our first look at Uma Thurman as Medusa.
With every Harry Potter movie Warner Bros. make there is an ever-growing pile of footage piling up on the cutting room floor, so after 9 years of accumulation they’ve decided to add it all onto the end of the previously released movies, and sell it.
The first two of these Ultimate Editions are obviously Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which will be released next month alongside the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. They are now available to pre-order from Amazon:
Sorcerer’s Stone: DVD | Blu-ray
Chamber of Secrets: DVD | Blu-ray
Along with new scenes the Ultimate Editions will also show never before seen footage from behind the scenes, and the videos below show how Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint got their lead roles in the biggest movie franchise of all time.
Earlier this week we learned that British singer Leona Lewis would be singing the theme song, “I See You”, for Avatar which would play over the credits, and now the full tracklisting for the soundtrack by James Horner has been released. However it basically describes every major event in the movie, so don’t read below if you don’t want to be spoiled.
