CELLULOID BURNING

This is barely news as everyone knew it was happening, but a sequel for The Karate Kid remake is being fast tracked. Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff, writers of Kung Fu Panda, have been tapped to pen the sequel. I very much doubt this would be a remake of the original second Karate Kid… lets see how this one develops

Via The Hollywood Reporter

The latest teaser trailer for the upcoming Donnie Yen ass kicking vehicle, Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen is making it’s rounds about the nets. check it out

This take on the classic arcade shooter is much better than it sounds and it features Andy Whitfield, star of Sparticus: Blood and Sand.

This article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune gazes into the abysmal lack of profit made by Edgar Wright’s excellent little film along with another cult film from earlier this year, Kick-Ass. It’s an interesting and quick read if you’ve got the time.

The ridiculously awesomeScott Pilgrim vs the World is not doing so well at the box office. I hope that it turns out to be a slow and steady burner at theaters, but it may not be too likely. If you haven’t seen it yet and enjoy watching fun, well-acted, and well-written movies, see it now, see it twice, see it thrice.

A good friend of mine forwarded this link to me. It may be a promo for E3 or it may be something else…
Warning: VIOLENCE!

Michael Cera is the “It” geek actor out there with a long and varied resume filled with odd-ball outsiders. He is kind of the John Cusack of our generation. His latest movie Scott Pilgrim vs The World both fits in nicely and stands out at the same time. The film is directed by Edgar Wright and looks really interesting. Cera is in love with with a girl with 7 ex-boyfriends who all happen to have super powers. Cera must defeat all of them to win the girl. Sounds like pure awesomeness.

The big news of the release date for the next Batman movie may have hogged all the glory away from the latest trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Inception. I have to admit that I was only mildly curious when I saw previous trailers for Inception. They all looked interesting but without any hint of what the story was about. This current trailer erases any confusion and Inception is now my most anticipated movie of the summer… ok second most to Donnie Yen’s Ip Man 2!

Words cannot describe how awesome…and how timely this new Machete Trailer is.

Rumors are circulating that Kick-Ass helmer Matthew Vaughn is close to directing the latest X-men movie, X-men: First Class. For those of you that enjoyed Kick-Ass as much as we did are certain to rejoice at the prospect of Matthew Vaughn taking the reigns to this comic book movie. Vaughn was at one point set to direct X-man Last Stand but walked away do the the lack of creative say and tight deadline that he was forced to meet leaving the door open to Brett Ratner stepping in and destroying the franchise making the film his own.

Is it just me or has comic book movie news been pretty good lately?