Time for another batch of newsbitey goodness.<\/span><\/p>\n 1.<\/a> The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> says Darren Aronofsky<\/a> has signed on to direct the \u201creinvention\u201d of RoboCop<\/a><\/i> (1987; my comments<\/a>).<\/p>\n Variety<\/a><\/i> reports that \u201cMGM<\/a> is keeping the logline under wraps\u201d. However, last week, Bloody-Disgusting<\/a> claimed that it had learned the new film would be more of a sequel than a remake; supposedly, it will take place about two decades after the earlier films and be kind of a next-generation thing, similar perhaps to the Dan Aykroyd version of Dragnet<\/i> (1987) or the Samuel L. Jackson version of Shaft<\/a><\/i> (2000).<\/p>\n 2.<\/a> MTV Movies Blog<\/a>, Risky Biz Blog<\/a> and ComingSoon.net<\/a> report that Disney surprised Comic-Con audiences today by showing some test footage from the upcoming sequel<\/a> to Tron<\/a><\/i> (1982; my review<\/a>) \u2014 featuring Jeff Bridges<\/a> as not one but two<\/i> different characters, at least one of whom might be a villain! Oh, and they\u2019re calling it Tr2n<\/i>. Because it\u2019s the second movie, see.<\/p>\n 3.<\/a> Variety<\/a><\/i> and the Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> say Philip Noyce is attached to direct a remake of Captain Blood<\/i> (1935).<\/p>\n Personally, I have always thought that The Adventures of Robin Hood<\/i> (1938), one of my official ten favorite films<\/a> of all time, was sort of a remake of Captain Blood<\/i> \u2014 it, too, features Errol Flynn as an outlaw who woos Olivia de Havilland and crosses swords with Basil Rathbone, and it even features an improved version of one of the earlier film\u2019s bits of dialogue. If memory serves, both films include a scene where de Havilland says to Flynn, \u201cYou speak treason!\u201d In Captain Blood<\/i>, Flynn replies, \u201cI hope I\u2019m not obscure.\u201d But in Robin Hood<\/i>, he simply replies, \u201cFluently.\u201d Classic.<\/p>\n 4.<\/a> Victor Morton<\/a> lists several reasons why the new big-screen version of Brideshead Revisited<\/a><\/i> will probably \u201csuck pretty hard.\u201d<\/p>\n 5.<\/a> Patrick Goldstein<\/a> says Peter Morgan<\/a>, the Oscar-nominated writer of The Deal<\/i> (2003) and The Queen<\/a><\/i> (2006) \u2014 both of which were directed by Stephen Frears and starred Michael Sheen as British Prime Minister Tony Blair \u2014 is planning a third film, currently called The Special Relationship<\/i>, which will look at Blair\u2019s friendship with Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n 6.<\/a> The Associated Press<\/a> reports that the new video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed<\/a><\/i> will take place between the prequels<\/a> and the original trilogy<\/a> \u2014 and will even include new \u201cpivotal\u201d story elements:<\/p>\n In the game, players become Darth Vader\u2019s secret apprentice and use The Force to hunt the remaining Jedi.<\/p>\n \u201cForce Unleashed\u201d allows gamers use supercharged Force powers to bust through objects, wield a lightsaber, blast lighting bolts and fling around foes. The game will also change the way fans view \u201cEpisode IV\u201d through \u201cEpisode VI _ Return of the Jedi,\u201d LucasArts project lead Haden Blackman told The Associated Press at the E3 Business and Media Summit.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a couple of big twists and turns in the story,\u201d said Blackman. \u201cOne revelation in particular really impacts the rest of the saga as a whole. It goes way beyond filling in gaps. We try to make a bridge on every level. The story has a real implications on \u2018Episode IV.\u2019 In some ways, without the apprentice, \u2018Episode IV\u2019 couldn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 7.<\/a> The Associated Press<\/a> says Wallace & Gromit<\/a><\/i> will also be getting a video-game tie-in:<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re certainly going for the clay look with this,\u201d Telltale Games CEO Dan Connors told The Associated Press. \u201cClay presents a challenge if you really get into the detail of it. For example, adding fingerprints in a medium where there aren\u2019t any is one of the discussions of how far we should go with the game\u2019s detail.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 8.<\/a> The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> says Leonardo DiCaprio is partnering with Warner Brothers to make a feature film based on Twilight Zone<\/a><\/i> (1959-1964), the famous anthology series that was previously turned into a film in 1983.<\/p>\n 9.<\/a> Variety<\/a><\/i> says New Line and John Waters have agreed to develop a sequel to the musical version of Hairspray<\/a><\/i> (2007).<\/p>\n 10.<\/a> Variety<\/a><\/i> says MTV is developing a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/a><\/i> (1975) that \u201cwill use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O\u2019Brien but may also include music not featured in the original.\u201d<\/p>\n 11.<\/a> Variety<\/a><\/i> says a third Harold & Kumar<\/a><\/i> film is in the works.<\/p>\n 12.<\/a> The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> says Tim Burton has hired an Australian actress named Mia Wasikowska to play the lead in his 3-D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland<\/a><\/i> for Disney.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Time for another batch of newsbitey goodness. 1. The Hollywood Reporter says Darren Aronofsky has signed on to direct the \u201creinvention\u201d of RoboCop (1987; my comments). Variety reports that \u201cMGM is keeping the logline under wraps\u201d. However, last week, Bloody-Disgusting claimed that it had learned the new film would be more of a sequel than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n