Ghost Rider 2 script ready

David S. Goyer, the best comic book scribe there is, talked to collider recently about Ghost Rider 2. The script for Ghost Rider 2 is ready, in fact, it's been ready. The script is something Goyer wrote 9 years ago. It just needs to be cleaned up a bit. It was originally written with an 'R' rating in mind, it's being toned down a bit for that elusive 'PG-13' rating.

I think this is the exact direction the character should be headed. Nothing campy, no love storyline, just a straight up half man/half devil beast of burden! Sorry, I got carried away. But in all seriousness, the character should be treated in all seriousness. He should be a scary mo-fo who no one wants to mess with. He needs to be the devil you dread, create fear in criminals like Batman does. The first movie was bad, real bad, and it's because of its director/writer. Goyer is exactly the missing link to making this movie a blockbuster we want to see. Keep it posted for more folks.

Woo's "Red Cliff" Coming to the U.S.

John Woo, bad-ass movie director of Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2, has directed the highest grossing film in Chinese box office history. It even says so on the poster.

The only problem is... it was a long time ago

Red Cliff will finally be coming to the U.S., however, on November 20, 2009. The original cut was close to 4 hours total and released as two film (similar to Tarantino's Kill Bill). The U.S. cut will be one film trimmed down to 2.5 hours.

The movie is a re-telling of the battle of Red Cliff during ancient China's Han dynasty.

You can watch the trailer below. Or, to see it in high def at Apple's website, click here.

Enjoy. Tell us what you think!




Thanks to Slashfilm for the news.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Broadway musical

Riskybusinessblog is reporting that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will soon be a Broadway play.

Warner Bros. is developing a stage musical based on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," the children's classic that it bought [back]to the big screen four years ago.

I can't say this news surprises me. This is a pretty common thing we're seeing now. Last year, my wife and I had the pleasure of seeing the play "Wicked"; based on the characters of The Wizard of Oz. I remember thinking to myself that a Willy Wonka play would look amazing on stage. My wish seems to be coming true, in that they're heading more towards a Tim Burton look, rather than that of the 70's Gene Wilder version.

Either way, it will be fun to see the movie from a different perspective. The only bad thing is, it will take years before the show moves to Los Angeles, and that's when I will see it.

MGM gets an extension on its debt

MGM is staying in business everyone... for now. Variety is reporting that MGM gets to skip the next three months of interest payments to its lender. Interest on 3.7 billion dollars is a lot of money. It's only three months, but what it gives MGM is some breathing room to figure out what it's going to do next.

The real goal has to be to get The Hobbit off the ground. The fourth movie in the Lord of the Rings saga is hopefully going to get the studio out of the red and into the black. Guillermo Del Toro is signed to direct and Peter Jackson will produce. The movie will undoubtedly be a success; the built in audience alone could generate anywhere from 300 to 700 million dollars worldwide. That's a lot of money! A lot of money! This extension will help, but I don't think it will solve anything. The only movie the studio has released THIS YEAR is Fame, and that has only produced 11 or so million dollars... um yeah... we'll wait for The Hobbit.

Quickie: New Up in the Air theatrical trailer

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Quickie: Shutter Island trailer #2

Enjoy this new trailer from the director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo... Shutter Island.

Pics from the set of McKay's "The Other Guys"

Adam McKay, the writer and director of comedy classics, (and two of AtD's favorites), Anchorman and Step Brothers has recently been filming his next gem, The Other Guys.

The movie stars Mark Wahlberg and of course Will Ferrell as two New York City cops.

Here's how McKay explains it:

"Basically the idea is that you have your star cops of New York City, picture like a Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson-type pair. They’re the guys who get all the car chases, all the girls. But this is the story of the guys in the desk next to them, the other guys. …The premise is you have the stud cops in New York City, and the other cops are the wannabes who want to be the stud cops. So Ferrell and Wahlberg have another pair of cops who are competing with them to be the stars."

Also starring in the film will be Sam Jackson, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Rob Riggie, and Damon Wayans Jr., Michael Keaton (yay!), Eva Mendes (nay!), and Steve Coogan as the main villain.

Thanks to Slashfilm for the pics.