Rockwell on Iron Man 2's Justin Hammer

Source: MTV

May 5, 2009

Sam Rockwell talked to MTV and revealed that his character, Justin Hammer, will be a bit different than in the comics:

"They wanted to go with a rival for Tony Stark who is closer to his age, and make him American," Rockwell told MTV News of the new look for the Marvel villain.

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The Jon Favreau-directed sequel, opening in theaters on May 7, co-stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Garry Shandling, John Slattery, Kate Mara and Clark Gregg.

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Wolverine 2 In The Works

Jackman, Seed Planning Wolverine 2 and More

Source: Variety

May 5, 2009

Hugh Jackman and Seed Productions partner John Palermo are developing several projects for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine star, reports Variety.

Fox and Seed are in development on a sequel to "Wolverine." The Seed partners have begun planning the sequel, which they are squarely focusing on the samurai storyline originated in the comic series, says the trade.

Fox has just closed a deal to acquire Personal Security, a spec script by Matt Lieberman. Jackman will star as a tough New York police detective forced into bodyguard duty for a spoiled teen heiress who is receiving kidnapping threats.

While Jackman has not set his next star vehicle, he has gotten revved up over Drive, a Seed-produced adaptation of the James Sallis novel set up at Universal. Jackman will play a solitary man who drives race cars by day and getaway cars by night in Los Angeles.

Long-in-the-works Carousel is also now a priority at Fox 2000, after David Magee turned in a script that Jackman and Palermo said keeps the timeless spirit of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, but injects relevance for a contemporary audience. Jackman will play Billy Bigelow.

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Star Trek Crew on a Possible Sequel

Source: Scott Huver

May 5, 2009

In Hollywood – and in "Star Trek" fandom – it's never too early to talk "sequel."

And with anticipation for the new Star Trek film already at Warp Factor 10, it's no surprise that hailing frequencies are already open for a second big screen installment.

"It would be incredible fun to get to do it again," director J.J. Abrams told us. "It is also insanely presumptuous to assume that it will work when it's out there, that people will like it, and that there will be a need for another one. If there is, the good news is that there's a deal for the writers and a deal for the actors. It's in place. We have not had one meeting. We have not had one discussion. There's no outline. There's no script. There's nothing. We're fishing for ideas."

ComingSoon.net chatted with "Trek" screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (who co-wrote Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen) and producer Damon Lindelof ("Lost") – who are signed for script duties for the proposed sequel – to get a clearer vision of what could be ahead [SPOILER ALERT: while we've edited out any direct references to the new film's plotline, certain inferences can be made from the comments below].

ComingSoon.net: Are you thinking about a sequel?

Damon Lindelof: Alex, Bob and I are going to be writing it together. We've started preliminary talks with J.J., but obviously it's almost jinxing it to get too far down the road. We want it to come out, we hope it does well, and then we'll take it to the next year. We're a little curious as to what the audience wants. We'll start to get a sense of what they are responding to in the movie. We want to write it for them too.

Alex Kurtzman: We're HOPING sequel. We had the amazing privilege of falling in love with these characters all over again. The idea that we would let them go now seems inconceivable. We can't wait. Hopefully they will let us do one.

Roberto Orci: Fans have been so important. We genuinely mean it when we say we want to wait and see what they think of the first movie. We want to see if we are lucky enough to get a demand for a second movie. Lets see what our fan consultants say. We were fans. These "Star Trek" fans are some of the smartest fans in the world.

CS: Are you going to look at the iconic episodes for those things and figure out how to spin them? "Space Seed," "The City on the Edge of Forever, "Amok Time," etc?

Orci: We HAVE to look back.

Kurtzman: Definitely – we did that on this movie.

Orci: We'll do it again.

Kurtzman: A lot of what you see in the movie there is a lot of crossover in terms of what happened in their lives. I think we see this new timeline as in harmony with the old timeline. You'll see a lot of the characters through a slightly different lens.

Orci: We are going back and getting a refresher course again.

CS: You're already conversant with the lore and mythology. Are you thinking about finding the elements from the most iconic shows and putting a spin on those?

Lindelof: I think that everybody is expecting us to do "Okay, now it's the continuing adventures of the Starship Enterprise, so they can start doing the stories"… Our approach to those stories will be from an entirely different angle. Hopefully the old fans will go "Oh, wow. That looks familiar to me." But then suddenly we zig instead of zagging. Or we warp instead of going impulse power. That's what is exciting about doing this.

CS: I'm on a one-man mission to plant the seed now. If you decide to revisit the character of Khan, two words: Javier Bardem.

Kurtzman: Oh my God!

Orci: Did you know we've actually mentioned that out loud as a possibility? What a great idea.

Lindelof: Come on. That's a no-brainer. That would be the most amazing thing ever. Who would even what to see these [new] guys then? That's the problem. You would just watch them for scenery.

Star Trek opens in conventional and IMAX theaters at 7pm on Thursday, May 7th.

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McG Talks Terminator Future (Or Is It Past?)

Source: Film Journal

May 4, 2009

Terminator Salvation director McG talked to Film Journal about a possible sequel to the May 21st release which could possibly take place pre-Judgment Day again:

"I strongly suspect the next movie is going to take place in a [pre-Judgment Day] 2011," McG reveals. "John Connor is going to travel back in time and he's going to have to galvanize the militaries of the world for an impending Skynet invasion. They've figured out time travel to the degree where they can send more than one naked entity. So you're going to have hunter killers and transports and harvesters and everything arriving in our time and Connor fighting back with conventional military warfare, which I think is going to be f*cking awesome. I also think he's going to meet a scientist that's going to look a lot like present-day Robert Patrick [who famously played the T-1000 in Terminator 2], talking about stem-cell research and how we can all live as idealized, younger versions of ourselves."

Don't miss our report on last year's visit to the set here!

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Dom DeLuise Passes Away at 75

Source: ComingSoon.net

May 5, 2009

Actor Dom DeLuise passed away in his sleep on Monday, May 4 in a Los Angeles, California hospital. He was 75.

In the 1970s and 1980s, DeLuise often co-starred with Burt Reynolds in films such as The Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II, Smokey and the Bandit II, The End, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and All Dogs Go to Heaven.

DeLuise was probably best known as a regular in Mel Brooks's films. He appeared in The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Silent Movie, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

He was the husband of actress Carol Arthur, and the father of actor, writer, director Peter DeLuise, and actors David DeLuise and Michael DeLuise.

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Taco Bell Sex Witnessed By Kids

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU-TV) - To get a sense of just how many people eat at Taco Bell just show up at lunchtime. But the lunch experience for one family "South of the Border" was definitely not family-friendly.

Five-year-old Emma was escorted to the bathroom in the restaurant by her 11-year-old sister and when they pushed open the bathroom door, Robert Schumann, the girls' father, says "they saw two women servicing two men in the restroom."

Melissa Schumann says "my 11-year-old asked me how come two women were coming out of the bathroom and how come two guys were in there and they were making funny noises."

Robert says "11 years-old is not, still not old enough to start learning about such things as that."

Melissa says "as parents we're supposed to protect our children, not put them in harm's way."

The Schumann's are still shaken up and only hope other children won't ever see what their kids saw.

Robert says "I was fuming, I was angry, I was upset, I was concerned."

Melissa says "it's scary because now I don't want to send my children to the bathroom by themselves and my 11-year-old doesn't want to be treated like a child. She wants to feel grown up and I can't do that now."

The Schumann's contacted the managers at Taco Bell and suggested they lock the doors.

Taco Bell Spokesperson, Rob Poetsch, sent a statement that reads: "The safety of our customers is our number one priority, and although this is an isolated incident, we're having self-locking doors installed as a precautionary measure."

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Burger King's Transformers & G.I. Joe Tie-Ins

Source:Burger King

May 4, 2009

Burger King has announced its tie-ins for Paramount's Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra:

Burger King Corp. announced today an unprecedented partnership with Paramount Pictures, jam-packed with original entertainment and activation spanning the summer movie season. Beginning today with Star Trek (release May 8) and continuing with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (June 24) and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Aug. 7), this partnership marks an evolution of an ongoing alliance between
Burger King Corp. and Paramount Pictures that takes movie marketing to new levels.

“We consistently strive to push the boundaries of our movie marketing, taking our activation beyond mere sponsorship,” said Russ Klein, president, global marketing, strategy and innovation, Burger King Corp.

“We see ourselves as a brand that likes to experiment in creating pop culture. We always want to give our customers, who are also movie fans, an unexpected experience and the strong Paramount film slate this summer affords us that opportunity.” This partnership marks the first time that Burger King Corp. has committed to promote exclusively with one movie studio during the key summer promotional period. Likewise, Paramount Pictures has never engaged in three consecutive movie tie-ins with the same brand.

“Burger King Corp. has been a consistently innovative partner for Paramount releases, having been a part of three of the biggest movies of the last two years - Transformers, Iron Man, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” said Rob Moore, vice chairman, Paramount Pictures. “We are excited to further that partnership with these three new films.”

Burger King Corp. has developed everything from never-before-seen original entertainment to top-to-bottom promotional offerings in support of each feature film. These include.

STAR TREK

- New supporting BK® characters: Star Trek fans will meet the “Kingons” – an advanced alien race that is half Klingon, half King. In new adult television advertising spots, Burger King Corp. will reveal the “Kingons,” who are on an unstoppable mission to acquire the new BK® STAR TREK glasses. The kid’s national advertising spot, directed by Richard Sears along with the film’s Director of Photography, Dan Mindel (Mission Impossible 3), was shot on the same “bridge” set from the new movie. The spot also features Star Trek uniforms that were designed by the film’s costume designer, Brenda Ware.

- Kingon Defense Academy Web Site: The Kingons will reappear at www.whenkingonsattack.com : , where fans can learn how to defend themselves if a Kingon attempts to take their BK® STAR TREK glass. Launching on May 4, the site features a series of instructional videos giving viewers a variety of tactics to protect their coveted glasses.

- Limited edition collectibles: Four limited-edition collectible glasses featuring one of four iconic Star Trek characters – Kirk, Spock, Uhura and Nero. Designed exclusively for BURGER KING® restaurants by the Star Trek creative team, the high quality frosted glasses are enclosed in a collectible box and available for a suggested price of $1.99 each with the purchase of any adult BK® Value Meal at participating restaurants, while supplies last.

- BK® Kids Meals Premiums: Families can also discover star and bolt-shaped CHICKEN TENDERS® developed in tandem with the Star Trek movie promotion in BK® Kids Meals. BK® Kids Meals will also include one of 16 all-sound Star Trek toys.* The toys highlight the characters, technology, iconic sounds and famous phrases from the film, and taps into the fun and adventure of exploring uncharted territories.

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

- Transform Your Way ™ : Starting June 22, fans can look forward to the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen promotion, which will give guests the chance to take home a range of prizes, from $1 million cash** to a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro to movie passes and instant-win food items like the CROISSAN’WICH® and WHOPPER® sandwich. As part of the Transform Your Way™ scratch-and-win game, game pieces will be available on specially marked menu items. BURGER KING® will also give guests a second chance to win at bktransformers.com, where consumers can navigate interactive online applications to enter daily for a chance to win $10,000.

- New BK BBQ DOUBLE STACKTICON ™ sandwich.
The BURGER KING® menu will undergo a transformation with this new sandwich. Available for a limited time only for a suggested retail price starting at $2.79 the Transformers-inspired burger allows guests to stack multiple burger patties, bacon, sauce and cheese similar in theme to the “combining” of Transformers characters in the upcoming film.

- Advertising by film director Michael Bay: Blockbuster director, Michael Bay, directed the national kid’s television advertising spots that will turn the BURGER KING® dining experience on its head. In addition, each BK® Kids Meal will come with one of eight Transformers toys that bring the beloved characters and vehicles from the movie to life.*

G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA

- G.I. Joe BK® Kids Meals premiums: Beginning July 27, Burger King Corp. enlists G.I. Joe for an elite mission. The G.I.
Joe: The Rise of Cobra promotion features a kids premium program filled with gadgets, action figures and vehicles that offer the ultimate adventure. Each BK® Kids Meal will come with one of eight G.I. Joe toys.*

“All three of these feature films boast a huge loyal fan base and have carved out a permanent place in pop culture,” added Klein. “Partnering with Paramount has allowed us to go beyond the typical tie-in property sponsorship to create all-encompassing entertainment and promotions that offer our restaurant guests a real piece of the action – in-restaurant, on their televisions, and online. Likewise, the creativity and innovation we bring to the partnership add value to the studios’ movie marketing effort.”

*One toy per Kids Meal. While supplies last at participating BK® restaurants.

**NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Game ends 07/19/09. Official rules and free game piece info posted in participating restaurants and at www.bktransformers.com.

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