Hello ladies and gentlemen, here is some movie news with some of my thoughts and opinions (which will be in BOLD print). So without further ado...
(NOTE: All of these stories come from comingsoon.net)
While the world is still reeling from the death of singer/musician David Bowie earlier this week, we’re struck by the equally-shocking news from The Guardian about the death of actor Alan Rickman, also at the age of 69, also from cancer. Rickman was a beloved actor from the stage and screen, probably best known for his role as Professor Severus Snape from the “Harry Potter” films, a character he successfully managed to bring to life to from the pages of J.K. Rowling’s best-selling books. In 1988, after a decade of British theater and television roles, Alan Rickman came to Hollywood and made his big-screen debut as the villain Hans Gruber in Bruce Willis’ breakout film Die Hard. The role quickly cemented his status as one of the great film villains and he’d go on to play other villains before becoming Snape, such as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991. In 1996, he took on the role of Grigori Rasputin in the HBO film Rasputin, for which he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe. But he also took on more likable characters such as alien science officer Alexander Dane in the sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest, played Emma Thompson’s husband in Richard Curtis’ Love Actually after appearing with her in Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning Sense and Sensibility. They would reunite a second time for the 2010 BBC drama The Song of Lunch.
Possibly one of Alan Rickman’s finest performance, and sadly least-seen and little-known ones, was in a 2006 indie film called Snow Cake, directed by Marc Evans and co-starring Sigourney Weaver and Carrie-Anne Moss, in which he played a character that was closer to the warm and affable personality Rickman exuded in person. Rickman also got behind the camera, directing the 1995 film The Winter Guest and more recently, the period romance A Little Chaos, which reunited him with Kate Winslet for the first time since they appeared together in Sense and Sensibility. Beyond his television and film work, Rickman solidified his status as one of the finest stage actors with roles in many productions both in London and on Broadway, as well as directing a number of stage productions. He often worked with actress Lindsay Duncan and director Howard Davies, most notably on the 1986 production of “Les Liaisons Dangereus,” written by Christopher Hampton, for which Rickman was nominated for a Tony for his performance as Vicomte de Valmont. Alan Rickman is survived by his wife Rima Horton with whom he had been together with for fifty years, although they only were married in 2012.
This was heartbreaking news to wake up to this morning. Alan Rickman was such a special actor and just knowing we'll never see him on the big screen again just doesn't seem real. If I had to go with my favorite performance of his I would have to go with his role of Alexander Dane/Dr Lazarus in Galaxy Quest simply because that's when we saw him at his comedic best. I love every character he portrayed and he created what some call the greatest movie villain of all-time and I can't argue with those people on that statement. Rickman was a true treasure and I'm sad knowing he is no longer with us. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. R.I.P. Alan Rickman.
A big stink was made two days ago over an interview Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller gave in which he was quoted as saying that he won’t make more Mad Max movies. Now that the dust has settled and the Australian filmmaker has two more Oscar nominations under his belt for the film (Best Picture, Best Director; the film itself received 10 total), he’s spoken to TheWrap and clarified the previous statement, which was in fact a misquote. “That was a completely garbled interview. I was in New York and it was so noisy and the journalist was asking me questions on a red carpet at the National Board of Review,” he said. “She completely got the wrong fragments of information that were just not true. I said no, [another ‘Mad Max’ movie] will not be next, and she took that to mean I never wanted to make another ‘Mad Max.’ It won’t necessarily be next, but I have two more stories.” That jibes with a statement Miller made to Studio 360 a few days ago, where he seemed open to the possibility of doing more himself. “What happened to Max after ‘Fury Road’? What happened before ‘Fury Road’? What happened to the other characters?” Miller said. “Those stories are there — probably not as the next film but the film after. I’d like to do one of them. We’ll see. As John Lennon said, life is what happens when you’re making other plans. There are so many other directors out there. People are directing younger and younger. They’re getting a real sense of cinema very, very early. There are some great directors out there.” Despite rumors that Warner Bros. offered Miller a stab at a Man of Steel sequel, the Australian is apparently going much smaller for his mysterious next directorial outing. “I’ve got something a bit smaller before we go back out into the wasteland — something that’s contemporary that we can get through fairly quickly,” said Miller to Entertainment Weekly last week. “And something with not too much technical difficulty. Something more performance-based and so on, just to clear the exhaust.” Of course, these are still early days on the Mad Max 5 and 6 front, although with Blu-ray/DVD sales going through the roof, it seems like only a matter of time before Tom Hardy slaps on the leather jacket again to meet the challenges a post-apocalyptic landscape has to offer. All we know right now is Charlize Theron’s Furiosa is not expected to play a central role. Even the proposed title Miller previously revealed for the next movie, “Mad Max: The Wasteland,” is also apparently in flux.
See this is the reason why I sometimes don't like doing Movie News posts. Simply because a reporter takes something that a person says and twists it to make it a catchy story title just do they can get clicks and that's just stupid journalism. See when a guy like me reports on and it turns out that all the time an effort I took in writing my thoughts about supposed original story now makes me look really stupid and I'm sorry to you all that I brought the last article to your attention and shame on the reporter for misquoting George Miller without making sure what he said was what he really said. As I said yesterday I wouldn't be shocked either way if Miller were to come back or if he didn't, but now knowing that the'll come back, just not now makes me feel really good about the future of this franchise.
With principal photography going strong on Warner Bros. Pictures‘ Wonder Woman feature film under director Patty Jenkins (Monster, AMC’s “The Killing”), Chris Pine has gone on record to the Toronto Sun about playing the Captain Steve Trevor role, a.k.a. the love interest/”damsel in distress” to Gal Gadot’s Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, as well as the authenticity of the film’s World War I setting. “Steve Trevor is a rogue-ish, cynical realist who’s seen the awful brutish nature of modern civilization,” Pine said. “He’s a worldly guy, a charming guy and it’s going to be a great, fun film. There are some incredibly deep, interesting and morally relevant themes. Patty is just directing the daylights out of it. It’s shot beautifully, feels so wonderfully period, but also has this wonderful pop sensibility. It’s a period we don’t see often; it’s usually World War II. Our costume design is incredible. We have scenes with, like, 500 extras all in period dress. I’d never been on a film with extras casting as beautifully done as it is here. It highlights a really important point. When background casting is done well, it can make or break a scene. I’ve got people in deep background that have entire lives. It’s awesome, it’s actual make-believe land.” The film also stars Robin Wright (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Netflix’s “House of Cards”), Danny Huston (Clash of the Titans, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), David Thewlis (the “Harry Potter” films, The Theory of Everything), Ewen Bremner (Exodus: Gods and Kings, Snowpiercer), Saïd Taghmaoui (American Hustle), Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In) and Lucy Davis (Shaun of the Dead). The film is being produced by Charles Roven, Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder, with Richard Suckle, Stephen Jones, Wesley Coller, Geoff Johns and Rebecca Roven serving as executive producers. Joining Jenkins behind the camera are director of photography Matthew Jensen (Chronicle, Fantastic Four, HBO’s “Game of Thrones”), Oscar-nominated production designer Aline Bonetto (Amélie, A Very Long Engagement, Pan), Oscar-winning editor Martin Walsh (Chicago, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, V for Vendetta), and Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (The Dark Knight trilogy, Topsy-Turvy). Principal photography will take place on location in the UK, France and Italy. Set to open on June 23, 2017, the Wonder Woman movie is based on characters created by William Moulton Marston, appearing in comic books published by DC Entertainment. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
I really like reading these comments. I always say I love it when an actor gets passionate about a project and it just shows that in them when they do an interview. Also in hearing these comments it makes me look forward to the film. If the crew is putting in a lot of work work to make that the extras seem believable and just make the film they want to make reassures me this film is going to be great. I'm curious to see Patty Jenkins step into the directors chair and I hope she can bring us the first female stand alone comic book film.
Back in late 2013, CBS Films nabbed the rights to develop Alvin Schwartz’s beloved children’s book anthology Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark into a feature film. Now the series of short, scary tales are being brought to life by a renowned filmmaker who also happens to be a bonafide fan: Guillermo del Toro! The director of such fright fare as Crimson Peak, Pan’s Labyrinth and The Devil’s Backbone posted the news to his Twitter feed, along with a photo of him in his fabled man cave Bleak House standing by some original pieces of Stephen Gammell’s horrific art that made the books some of the most popular (and frequently banned) in American schools. First published in 1981, the first book of what became a three-book series (it was followed by More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones) is officially described as follows: This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz’s popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright. There is a story here for everyone — skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney. Stephen Gammell’s splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories — and even scary songs — all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark. If You Dare! Though Saw screenwriters Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton were originally tapped to provide the screenplay, which followed a group of kids who are faced with their nightmares coming to life, the current draft was provided by the decidedly more kid-friendly John August, known as Tim Burton’s go-to screenwriter (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Dark Shadows, Frankenweenie) as well as the host of the popular Scriptnotes Podcast. August hinted to Crave Online this past November that his script might have a meta flavoring to it. “I think [the movie will be] quite scary,” August said. “Without spoiling things I will say that the illustrations are an incredibly crucial part of the book and they are an incredibly crucial part of the movie. The difference between those original illustrations and the second set of illustrations are an important aspect of the movie experience. In addition to potentially directing, del Toro will also produce Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark alongsideThe Sean Daniel Company’s Jason Brown and Sean Daniel as well as 1212 Entertainment’s Elizabeth Grave.
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in a long time. If you want to tell a really story and make it really scary or creepy in the sense of Gothic horror, then Guillermo del Toro is the right man for the job. I remember reading these books a long time ago thanks to my eldest cousin and a few of the stories have stuck with me for a long time and my favorite one is Bloody Fingers simply because it was so funny yet creepy as can be. I think one of two things will happen with these films. One this film will turn out like Goosebumps did in the sense that it takes one generally story and introduces us to the scary character throughout the film or have some elderly figure tell their families or friends about each story. The second option is taking all of the short stores in the film and make this franchise a sort of Anthology series with a different person directing each story. Either way works for me, but I'm glad that Guillermo del Toro is leading the charge.
The upcoming Jumanji remake, currently planned to hit theaters December 25 of this year, has now found a director in Bad Teacher and Sex Tape helmer Jake Kasdan. Deadline has the news, reporting that Kasdan will work from a screenplay by High Fidelity and Con Air scribe Scott Rosenberg with frequent Bad Robot executive producer Jeff Pinkner serving as a consultant. The Jumanji remake will return to the source material that inspired the 1995 film, re-adapting Chris Van Allsburg’s 1985 children’s book in which a magical board game causes jungle plants and creatures to invade a quiet American suburb. Directed by Joe Johnston, the 1995 big screen take on Jumanji stars the late Robin Williams opposite Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Neuwirth, David Alan Grier and Patricia Clarkson. Matt Tolmach and Bill Teitler are producing the reimagining of the story, which is set up through Columbia Pictures. Ted Field and Mike Weber are set to serve as executive producers. Jake Kasdan has most recently been directing for the small screen, helming episodes of “The Grinder,” “Fresh Off the Boat” and “New Girl”. He also serves as executive producer on all three of those series. The December 25, 2016 release date will have the Jumanji remake opening opposite Tim Burton’s latest, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Set up at 20th Century Fox, that film adapts the book by Ransom Riggs with a cast that includes Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, Rupert Everett and Judi Dench.
This is an interesting choice and once again I have tow reasons. One reason is the fact that he directing Bad Teacher and Sex Tape. Only one of those films is watchable and the other is just a junk pile of garbage that never sees the light of day. Plus the other reason is that both of those films had a raunchy attitude and you can't make that same type of film with a Jumanji remake. I like the idea of a Jumanji remake because there are a lot of stories you can tell with the property, but I'm just not sure this is the guy you want to direct a Jumanji remake.
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen, which of these stories peaked your interest or was there another story that interested you? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
(NOTE: All of these stories come from comingsoon.net)
While the world is still reeling from the death of singer/musician David Bowie earlier this week, we’re struck by the equally-shocking news from The Guardian about the death of actor Alan Rickman, also at the age of 69, also from cancer. Rickman was a beloved actor from the stage and screen, probably best known for his role as Professor Severus Snape from the “Harry Potter” films, a character he successfully managed to bring to life to from the pages of J.K. Rowling’s best-selling books. In 1988, after a decade of British theater and television roles, Alan Rickman came to Hollywood and made his big-screen debut as the villain Hans Gruber in Bruce Willis’ breakout film Die Hard. The role quickly cemented his status as one of the great film villains and he’d go on to play other villains before becoming Snape, such as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991. In 1996, he took on the role of Grigori Rasputin in the HBO film Rasputin, for which he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe. But he also took on more likable characters such as alien science officer Alexander Dane in the sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest, played Emma Thompson’s husband in Richard Curtis’ Love Actually after appearing with her in Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning Sense and Sensibility. They would reunite a second time for the 2010 BBC drama The Song of Lunch.
Possibly one of Alan Rickman’s finest performance, and sadly least-seen and little-known ones, was in a 2006 indie film called Snow Cake, directed by Marc Evans and co-starring Sigourney Weaver and Carrie-Anne Moss, in which he played a character that was closer to the warm and affable personality Rickman exuded in person. Rickman also got behind the camera, directing the 1995 film The Winter Guest and more recently, the period romance A Little Chaos, which reunited him with Kate Winslet for the first time since they appeared together in Sense and Sensibility. Beyond his television and film work, Rickman solidified his status as one of the finest stage actors with roles in many productions both in London and on Broadway, as well as directing a number of stage productions. He often worked with actress Lindsay Duncan and director Howard Davies, most notably on the 1986 production of “Les Liaisons Dangereus,” written by Christopher Hampton, for which Rickman was nominated for a Tony for his performance as Vicomte de Valmont. Alan Rickman is survived by his wife Rima Horton with whom he had been together with for fifty years, although they only were married in 2012.
This was heartbreaking news to wake up to this morning. Alan Rickman was such a special actor and just knowing we'll never see him on the big screen again just doesn't seem real. If I had to go with my favorite performance of his I would have to go with his role of Alexander Dane/Dr Lazarus in Galaxy Quest simply because that's when we saw him at his comedic best. I love every character he portrayed and he created what some call the greatest movie villain of all-time and I can't argue with those people on that statement. Rickman was a true treasure and I'm sad knowing he is no longer with us. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. R.I.P. Alan Rickman.
A big stink was made two days ago over an interview Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller gave in which he was quoted as saying that he won’t make more Mad Max movies. Now that the dust has settled and the Australian filmmaker has two more Oscar nominations under his belt for the film (Best Picture, Best Director; the film itself received 10 total), he’s spoken to TheWrap and clarified the previous statement, which was in fact a misquote. “That was a completely garbled interview. I was in New York and it was so noisy and the journalist was asking me questions on a red carpet at the National Board of Review,” he said. “She completely got the wrong fragments of information that were just not true. I said no, [another ‘Mad Max’ movie] will not be next, and she took that to mean I never wanted to make another ‘Mad Max.’ It won’t necessarily be next, but I have two more stories.” That jibes with a statement Miller made to Studio 360 a few days ago, where he seemed open to the possibility of doing more himself. “What happened to Max after ‘Fury Road’? What happened before ‘Fury Road’? What happened to the other characters?” Miller said. “Those stories are there — probably not as the next film but the film after. I’d like to do one of them. We’ll see. As John Lennon said, life is what happens when you’re making other plans. There are so many other directors out there. People are directing younger and younger. They’re getting a real sense of cinema very, very early. There are some great directors out there.” Despite rumors that Warner Bros. offered Miller a stab at a Man of Steel sequel, the Australian is apparently going much smaller for his mysterious next directorial outing. “I’ve got something a bit smaller before we go back out into the wasteland — something that’s contemporary that we can get through fairly quickly,” said Miller to Entertainment Weekly last week. “And something with not too much technical difficulty. Something more performance-based and so on, just to clear the exhaust.” Of course, these are still early days on the Mad Max 5 and 6 front, although with Blu-ray/DVD sales going through the roof, it seems like only a matter of time before Tom Hardy slaps on the leather jacket again to meet the challenges a post-apocalyptic landscape has to offer. All we know right now is Charlize Theron’s Furiosa is not expected to play a central role. Even the proposed title Miller previously revealed for the next movie, “Mad Max: The Wasteland,” is also apparently in flux.
See this is the reason why I sometimes don't like doing Movie News posts. Simply because a reporter takes something that a person says and twists it to make it a catchy story title just do they can get clicks and that's just stupid journalism. See when a guy like me reports on and it turns out that all the time an effort I took in writing my thoughts about supposed original story now makes me look really stupid and I'm sorry to you all that I brought the last article to your attention and shame on the reporter for misquoting George Miller without making sure what he said was what he really said. As I said yesterday I wouldn't be shocked either way if Miller were to come back or if he didn't, but now knowing that the'll come back, just not now makes me feel really good about the future of this franchise.
With principal photography going strong on Warner Bros. Pictures‘ Wonder Woman feature film under director Patty Jenkins (Monster, AMC’s “The Killing”), Chris Pine has gone on record to the Toronto Sun about playing the Captain Steve Trevor role, a.k.a. the love interest/”damsel in distress” to Gal Gadot’s Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, as well as the authenticity of the film’s World War I setting. “Steve Trevor is a rogue-ish, cynical realist who’s seen the awful brutish nature of modern civilization,” Pine said. “He’s a worldly guy, a charming guy and it’s going to be a great, fun film. There are some incredibly deep, interesting and morally relevant themes. Patty is just directing the daylights out of it. It’s shot beautifully, feels so wonderfully period, but also has this wonderful pop sensibility. It’s a period we don’t see often; it’s usually World War II. Our costume design is incredible. We have scenes with, like, 500 extras all in period dress. I’d never been on a film with extras casting as beautifully done as it is here. It highlights a really important point. When background casting is done well, it can make or break a scene. I’ve got people in deep background that have entire lives. It’s awesome, it’s actual make-believe land.” The film also stars Robin Wright (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Netflix’s “House of Cards”), Danny Huston (Clash of the Titans, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), David Thewlis (the “Harry Potter” films, The Theory of Everything), Ewen Bremner (Exodus: Gods and Kings, Snowpiercer), Saïd Taghmaoui (American Hustle), Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In) and Lucy Davis (Shaun of the Dead). The film is being produced by Charles Roven, Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder, with Richard Suckle, Stephen Jones, Wesley Coller, Geoff Johns and Rebecca Roven serving as executive producers. Joining Jenkins behind the camera are director of photography Matthew Jensen (Chronicle, Fantastic Four, HBO’s “Game of Thrones”), Oscar-nominated production designer Aline Bonetto (Amélie, A Very Long Engagement, Pan), Oscar-winning editor Martin Walsh (Chicago, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, V for Vendetta), and Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (The Dark Knight trilogy, Topsy-Turvy). Principal photography will take place on location in the UK, France and Italy. Set to open on June 23, 2017, the Wonder Woman movie is based on characters created by William Moulton Marston, appearing in comic books published by DC Entertainment. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
I really like reading these comments. I always say I love it when an actor gets passionate about a project and it just shows that in them when they do an interview. Also in hearing these comments it makes me look forward to the film. If the crew is putting in a lot of work work to make that the extras seem believable and just make the film they want to make reassures me this film is going to be great. I'm curious to see Patty Jenkins step into the directors chair and I hope she can bring us the first female stand alone comic book film.
Back in late 2013, CBS Films nabbed the rights to develop Alvin Schwartz’s beloved children’s book anthology Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark into a feature film. Now the series of short, scary tales are being brought to life by a renowned filmmaker who also happens to be a bonafide fan: Guillermo del Toro! The director of such fright fare as Crimson Peak, Pan’s Labyrinth and The Devil’s Backbone posted the news to his Twitter feed, along with a photo of him in his fabled man cave Bleak House standing by some original pieces of Stephen Gammell’s horrific art that made the books some of the most popular (and frequently banned) in American schools. First published in 1981, the first book of what became a three-book series (it was followed by More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones) is officially described as follows: This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz’s popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright. There is a story here for everyone — skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney. Stephen Gammell’s splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories — and even scary songs — all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark. If You Dare! Though Saw screenwriters Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton were originally tapped to provide the screenplay, which followed a group of kids who are faced with their nightmares coming to life, the current draft was provided by the decidedly more kid-friendly John August, known as Tim Burton’s go-to screenwriter (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Dark Shadows, Frankenweenie) as well as the host of the popular Scriptnotes Podcast. August hinted to Crave Online this past November that his script might have a meta flavoring to it. “I think [the movie will be] quite scary,” August said. “Without spoiling things I will say that the illustrations are an incredibly crucial part of the book and they are an incredibly crucial part of the movie. The difference between those original illustrations and the second set of illustrations are an important aspect of the movie experience. In addition to potentially directing, del Toro will also produce Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark alongsideThe Sean Daniel Company’s Jason Brown and Sean Daniel as well as 1212 Entertainment’s Elizabeth Grave.
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in a long time. If you want to tell a really story and make it really scary or creepy in the sense of Gothic horror, then Guillermo del Toro is the right man for the job. I remember reading these books a long time ago thanks to my eldest cousin and a few of the stories have stuck with me for a long time and my favorite one is Bloody Fingers simply because it was so funny yet creepy as can be. I think one of two things will happen with these films. One this film will turn out like Goosebumps did in the sense that it takes one generally story and introduces us to the scary character throughout the film or have some elderly figure tell their families or friends about each story. The second option is taking all of the short stores in the film and make this franchise a sort of Anthology series with a different person directing each story. Either way works for me, but I'm glad that Guillermo del Toro is leading the charge.
The upcoming Jumanji remake, currently planned to hit theaters December 25 of this year, has now found a director in Bad Teacher and Sex Tape helmer Jake Kasdan. Deadline has the news, reporting that Kasdan will work from a screenplay by High Fidelity and Con Air scribe Scott Rosenberg with frequent Bad Robot executive producer Jeff Pinkner serving as a consultant. The Jumanji remake will return to the source material that inspired the 1995 film, re-adapting Chris Van Allsburg’s 1985 children’s book in which a magical board game causes jungle plants and creatures to invade a quiet American suburb. Directed by Joe Johnston, the 1995 big screen take on Jumanji stars the late Robin Williams opposite Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Neuwirth, David Alan Grier and Patricia Clarkson. Matt Tolmach and Bill Teitler are producing the reimagining of the story, which is set up through Columbia Pictures. Ted Field and Mike Weber are set to serve as executive producers. Jake Kasdan has most recently been directing for the small screen, helming episodes of “The Grinder,” “Fresh Off the Boat” and “New Girl”. He also serves as executive producer on all three of those series. The December 25, 2016 release date will have the Jumanji remake opening opposite Tim Burton’s latest, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Set up at 20th Century Fox, that film adapts the book by Ransom Riggs with a cast that includes Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, Rupert Everett and Judi Dench.
This is an interesting choice and once again I have tow reasons. One reason is the fact that he directing Bad Teacher and Sex Tape. Only one of those films is watchable and the other is just a junk pile of garbage that never sees the light of day. Plus the other reason is that both of those films had a raunchy attitude and you can't make that same type of film with a Jumanji remake. I like the idea of a Jumanji remake because there are a lot of stories you can tell with the property, but I'm just not sure this is the guy you want to direct a Jumanji remake.
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen, which of these stories peaked your interest or was there another story that interested you? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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