Sequel Bits: ‘Red 2’ Poster, ‘Dead Snow: War Of The Dead,’ ‘Rambo V,’ ‘Smiley’s People,’ And More
Tommy Wirkola’s first US film,Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, was no critical fave, but it has done over $100m worldwide so far. Now Wirkola is heading back to Norway to make a sequel to his breakout film,Dead Snow. The new one isDead Snow: War of the Dead, which will follow “the sole survivor of a Nazi zombie attack who battles an even larger army of Zombies with the help of the Zombie Squad, a professional gang of zombie killers from the US.”
The movie will be released in English and Norwegian versions, saysScreenDaily, and the film should shoot later this year. Wirkola said, “We have a script that I am super excited about, which is bigger, scarier, funnier, more action-filled and gorier than the previous one, and I can’t wait to unleash another horde of undead Nazi zombies onto the world again.”
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We are working on Smiley’s People with Working Title. It’s still at the development stage – but, yes, the old team of Peter Straughan and Tomas Alfredson is back together. The same Tinker Tailor actors whose characters would reappear are well aware of what we’re doing. We’re hopeful for a 2014 shoot.
That’s good news! StudioCanal is also doing anotherJohn Le Carréadaptation:Our Kind of Traitor, withJustin Kurzel(The Snowtown Murders) to direct withMads Mikkelsen,Ralph Fiennes, andEwan McGregorset to appear.
Remember the report thatDaniel Craigmight be written out ofThe Girl Who Played With Firein order to make theDragon Tattoosequel more budget-friends?MTVspoke to Craig’s co-starRooney Mara, who denies that such a thing is an option. She said,
I’ve been talking a lot with [David Fincher] about the sequel, and I don’t know where that rumor was started — but it would never be a possibility. He wouldn’t be written out.
Still, there is no definite word on the second adaptation of Steig Larsson’sMillenniumtrilogy from Sony and director David Fincher. We don’t even know for certain that Fincher will return to direct.
Jeff Whitewas Digital Production Supervisor onTransformers, then was promoted to Associate Visual Effects Supervisor onRevenge of the FallenandDark of the Moon. White moved up to Visual Effects Supervisor onThe Avengers, and now he’s taking that job onTransformers 4, too. That doesn’t tell us much with about what the fourth film is going to feature, or offer any clarification about those statements saying everything will be redesigned for the film. We’ve just got this: speaking toCollider, White said,
Sylvester Stallonehas gone back and forth on the idea of reviving Rambo over the past few years, and now he seems to be on again.Movieholereports thatRambo Vsales posters have popped up all over Berlin for the European Film Market, and that Millennium is shopping rights for that along withThe Expendables 3.
The latter is reportedly going to shoot this summer, but we’ll see if that pans out. Stallone’s last theatrical outing,Bullet to the Head, wasn’t a hot ticket when it was released a couple weeks ago. It’s not a great film — there’s good action, and villain Jason Momoa is a lot of fun, but Stallone’s banter doesn’t really work. So we’ll see ifThe Expendables 3can capture some good energy.
Here’s the poster forRed 2, which puts a cadre of aging operatives (and a few new recruits) back into action under the direction ofDean Parisot(Galaxy Quest), from a script byJon HoeberandErich Hoeber.
Bruce Willis,John Malkovich,Mary-Louise Parker,Helen Mirren, andBrian Coxreturn, whileAnthony Hopkins,Catherine Zeta-Jones,Byung Hun Lee, andNeal McDonoughshow up as the new kids.Red 2opens on August 2nd.
Finally here’s a set of pics from one in-progress film, and one recently finished movie. The film shooting now isInsidious 2, and the pics we shared on social networks by co-creatorsJames WanandLeigh Whannell. AndVin Dieselhas dropped a newRiddickphoto on, of course,FaceBook. The house in the pic below, which is one of theIsidious 2locations, was also the location for the wild, weird movieSpider Babyin the late ’60s. Kinda neat.
