Wednesday 8 August 2012

Wednewsday 8th August

Good News: Joss Whedon is back for Avengers 2. His superb handling of Marvel Avengers Assemble and its daunting ensemble led to its global box office gross of over $1.5 billion dollars. Best of all, with Whedon holding both the camera and the pen, we can expect the sequel to explore new territory, rather than just focus on battling another space baddie across a major American city. Expect it to arrive no earlier than summer 2015.

Bad News: Dan Akroyd has confirmed that Bill Murray will not be back for Ghostbusters 3. Then again, this is probably be a good career move for Bill. Does anybody even want this three-quel?

Mad News: Ridley Scott and 20th Century Fox are storming ahead with a Prometheus sequel. Audiences didn't need Prometheus and they certainly don't need Prometheus 2. Can't they just bring Alien back to the bigscreen?

Sad News: British actor Bob Hoskins has been diagnosed with Parkinson's and will retire from acting. This is terribly sad news but at least he will leave a legacy of great performances, ranging from The Long Good Friday, Mona Lisa, Hook, TV's The Street and the ever-popular Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Trailer News: the self-stylised sort-of-sequel to Judd Apatow's Knocked-Up now has a trailer. Titled This Is 40, it will be a comedy about reaching middle-age focusing on Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd's characters from Knocked Up. Judging from the trailer below, expect sharp observational writing and lots of familiar faces.


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