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1.<\/a> Steven Spielberg has just finished a month or so of motion-capture photography on The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn<\/a><\/i>. Peter Jackson and his team will spend the next 18 months on the digital animation and special effects \u2014 but Spielberg will receive the sole directorial credit. It has long been reported that Jackson will direct the next film in what is expected to be a three-part series, but as of right now, there is no script or budget lined up for the next installment. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> Thanks to the recession, less theatres have installed digital projectors capable of showing 3-D movies than was expected even a year ago, and the first big victim of this slowdown will be Monsters Vs. Aliens<\/i>, which opens March 27. A year ago, DreamWorks Animation said it expected there to be 5,000 screens capable of showing digital 3-D movies by the time the film came out, but last week, they admitted there would only be \u201cin excess of 2,000\u201d. Another 4,000 screens or more will show the film in regular 2-D. \u2014 The Wrap<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Fox is developing a movie based on the comic strip Marmaduke<\/i>, which concerns \u201ca mischievous Great Dane\u201d. It is unknown at this point whether the film will be animated, live-action, or a combination of the two like Fox\u2019s previous Garfield<\/i> (2004-2006) and Alvin and the Chipmunks<\/a><\/i> (2007-2009) adaptations. \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> Green Lantern<\/a><\/i> producer Donald De Line says the film will focus on \u201cthe Hal Jordan origin story,\u201d and the actor playing the titular superhero will probably be \u201clate \u201920s, early \u201930s\u201d \u2014 and not<\/i> as young as Anton Yelchin, the 20-year-old who was rumoured to be up for the part last week. \u2014 ComingSoon.net<\/a><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> George Miller says he is \u201cstill attached\u201d to the Justice League<\/a><\/i> movie that was almost made last year, but Warner is taking its cue from Marvel now and wants to give each superhero his or her own movie series before bringing them all together as a super-team. Given how long it can take to develop a single franchise, let alone to make a sequel or a threequel, is it safe to say that, by the time any future Justice League<\/i> movie gets made, the actors would not<\/i> be as ridiculously young as the actors that Miller was considering last year? \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n

6.<\/a> Transformers<\/a><\/i> star Megan Fox is in talks to play the \u201cgun-wielding beauty\u201d Leila in Jonah Hex<\/a><\/i>, an adaptation of the DC comic that will also star Josh Brolin and John Malkovich. Fox is also attached to star in an adaptation of Fathom<\/i>, a comic about \u201ca young woman named Aspen who learns she is a member of a race of aquatic humanoids who possess the ability to control water.\u201d \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

7.<\/a> Kenneth Branagh was recently spotted having lunch with Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, leading fans to speculate that the son of Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd might be in the running for a part \u2014 maybe even the lead? \u2014 in Branagh\u2019s Thor<\/a><\/i>. \u2014 Latino Review<\/a><\/p>\n

8.<\/a> Nicolas Cage says Ghost Rider 2<\/a><\/i>, which is currently in the very, very early stages of development, should \u201cgo deeper\u201d into the \u201caction horror element\u201d. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n

9.<\/a> Fox is reportedly thinking of rebooting the Fantastic Four<\/a><\/i> (2005-2007) franchise and taking it in a \u201cless bubble gum\u201d direction. \u2014 IESB.net<\/a><\/p>\n

10.<\/a> Disney has moved the nationwide release date for The Princess and the Frog<\/a><\/i> up from Christmas Day to December 11, to get the film out of the way of Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel<\/i>. The film, which marks Disney\u2019s return to hand-drawn animation, will also open in New York and Los Angeles exclusively on November 25. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

11.<\/a> DreamWorks Animation has bought the rights to Chris Gall\u2019s Dinotrux<\/i>, which \u201ctakes place in a fictional prehistoric age, when the world was ruled by . . . creatures that were part trucks, part dinosaurs\u201d. The studio plans to develop it as a CG-animated feature. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

12.<\/a> Fox has bought the rights to Mr. Popper\u2019s Penguins<\/i>, a children\u2019s book that won the Newbery Award in 1939. It concerns a house painter who manages a stage act consisting of 12 performing penguins. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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