Page 2 For April 30th
Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2!
WALL-Ehas been spotted hanging on to the side of San Francisco’s MUNI Fast Rail public transit system. [flickr]Phillip Noyceis in negotiations to directThe Art of Making Money, a DreamWorks project about a notorious counterfeiter who printed more than $10 million in fake bills. [thr]MTVhas the poster forHenry Poole is Here.
United Artists and Lakeshore Entertainment have hired24co-creator-executive producerJoel Surnowto develop a contemporary spy thriller that will be directed by Casino Royale helmerMartin Campbell. [Variety]
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder will arrive on DVD and Blu Ray on July 29th. [bloody-d]
Oscar winning screenwriterDiablo Codyis now onTwitter. /Film is also onTwittertoo!
Warner Bros will release movies for Apple TV the same day as dvd. [gizmodo]
FirstShowingtakes a look at all the comic books you should read before seeingIron Man.
Disneyland will be hostingIndiana Jonesevents starting on May 22nd: “Indiana Jones: Summer of Hidden Mysteries” will be made of 2 different street shows, one involves a female Archaeologist and the other features Indy fighting on rooftops. [theraider]
ShockTillYouDrophas posted the first photos from Rogue’sThe Last House on the Leftremake.
Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann, the original kid stars of Disney’s 1970s “Witch Mountain” movies, are coming back forRace to Witch Mountain. [thr]
Watch the video forScarlett Johansson’s first single “Falling Down” which featuresDavid Bowieon backup vocals (but not in the video). [badandugly]
Our friends atMarketSawhave photos of a t-shirt made for James Cameron’sAVATARfrom 1996 which Digital Domain was working on concepts. Jeeez, this film has been in development for some time.
Mark Ronson told the BBC that Amy Winhouse submitted a demo for the next James Bond filmQuantum of Solace: “The demo sounds like a James Bond theme, hopefully. But I don’t know if it’ll get used.” [empire]
Disney will be releasing an UltimateWALL-Eprogrammable toy robot manufactured by Thinkway, which will retail for $189.99 USD. It will feature 10 motors for realistic movement, and also a “variety of sensors” to allow for voice activation, navigation, and detection of obstacles, among other capabilities. [pixarblog]
Spoutwonders ifIron Manis Too Critically Acclaimed to be a hit?Alamo Drafthousehad a special advanced screening of Iron Man where they had a guy in a jet pack dressed asIron Manflying around the parking lot. How cool is that?SFGatehave put together a cool Google Maps mashup of famous movies shot in San Francisco. Now if only someone created a Google Map containing every movie shot in San Francisco. That would be cool.Rob Zombiehas posted a cryptic Dylan Thomas poem on hisTyrannosaurus Rexblog.
