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Twilight 2 To Be Directed By… Oh Really? Him?
After Catherine Hardwicke left Twilight 2 for whatever reason, its studio needed to think extremely carefully about her replacement. After all, the Twilight 2 director would need to be adept at dealing with teenagers, understanding the romantic pull of the source text and - most importantly - be able to follow the lead of the first movie by creating an expansive fantasy book adaptation that ends up as a horribly unintelligible mess that nobody could ever genuinely be proud of. And that's why the director of Twilight 2 has been announced as Chris Weitz, the director of The Golden Compass. Clever move, movie studio, clever move.
After Catherine Hardwicke left Twilight 2 for whatever reason, its studio needed to think extremely carefully about her replacement. After all, the Twilight 2 director would need to be adept at dealing with teenagers, understanding the romantic pull of the source text and - most importantly - be able to follow the lead of the first movie by creating an expansive fantasy book adaptation that ends up as a horribly unintelligible mess that nobody could ever genuinely be proud of. And that's why the director of Twilight 2 has been announced as Chris Weitz, the director of The Golden Compass. Clever move, movie studio, clever move.
Twilight 2: Probably Directed By A Crazed Robert Pattinson Fan Now
Twilight is well-known for three things: 1) it's popular, 2) it's rubbish and 3) ooh Robert Pattinson! He's so dreamy! The first one of these is undoubtedly a good thing, and the third one at least distracts from the nagging sensation that Robert Pattinson is basically an even-less charismatic Orlando Bloom with better hair, but the second one? That could well be a problem. So, to try and make Twilight 2 less rubbish, it's been announced that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has been bumped out of the way to let someone else have a bash at the sequel. Which is, um, news. We think.
Twilight is well-known for three things: 1) it's popular, 2) it's rubbish and 3) ooh Robert Pattinson! He's so dreamy! The first one of these is undoubtedly a good thing, and the third one at least distracts from the nagging sensation that Robert Pattinson is basically an even-less charismatic Orlando Bloom with better hair, but the second one? That could well be a problem. So, to try and make Twilight 2 less rubbish, it's been announced that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has been bumped out of the way to let someone else have a bash at the sequel. Which is, um, news. We think.
Heather Locklear’s Director Miffed About Her DUI Arrest
People, we think we've found the root of all Heather Locklear's problems - she's about to star in a film with Billy Ray Cyrus. It all make so much sense now - if you'd just spent several months making a family drama that nobody's going to watch, and had to do it in the presence of Billy Ray Cyrus, getting tanked up on prescription medicine and parking your car in the middle of a busy motorway would seem like a perfectly sensible thing to do, too. And now Heather Locklear has been arrested for DUI after allegedly doing exactly that, the director of this new movie has spoken out. Jim Amatuilli thinks that Heather Locklear's DUI arrest is 'sad', especially since it followed Heather's 'solid' work on the movie. Solid? That's the best adjective he could drum up in her greatest hour of need? No wonder Heather Locklear went mental. And that's not any solid. That's solid compared to Billy Ray Cyrus. Honestly, next time just go for the more sympathetic 'Oh, just kill yourself already,' Jim.
People, we think we've found the root of all Heather Locklear's problems - she's about to star in a film with Billy Ray Cyrus. It all make so much sense now - if you'd just spent several months making a family drama that nobody's going to watch, and had to do it in the presence of Billy Ray Cyrus, getting tanked up on prescription medicine and parking your car in the middle of a busy motorway would seem like a perfectly sensible thing to do, too. And now Heather Locklear has been arrested for DUI after allegedly doing exactly that, the director of this new movie has spoken out. Jim Amatuilli thinks that Heather Locklear's DUI arrest is 'sad', especially since it followed Heather's 'solid' work on the movie. Solid? That's the best adjective he could drum up in her greatest hour of need? No wonder Heather Locklear went mental. And that's not any solid. That's solid compared to Billy Ray Cyrus. Honestly, next time just go for the more sympathetic 'Oh, just kill yourself already,' Jim.
Kenneth Branagh Wants To Direct Thor
When you think of films about disabled medical students who touch magical hammers and become crime-fighting Norse gods, the first name that springs to mind is obviously Kenneth Branagh. Isn't it? It isn't? In fact Kenneth Branagh would probably be one of the last people you'd associate with something that brawny and gormless? Well tell that to Marvel, because they're currently in talks with Kenneth Branagh about their new Thor movie. In short, Kenneth Branagh wants to direct Thor. Kenneth Branagh directing a summertime comic book movie like Thor might sound slightly ridiculous, but the idea has potential - with any luck Branagh will turn Thor into a cross between his modern-day romantic musical interpretation of Love's Labour Lost and that Frankenstein movie where he made Robert De Niro dress up like Sloth from The Goonies and run around the north pole. Ace!
When you think of films about disabled medical students who touch magical hammers and become crime-fighting Norse gods, the first name that springs to mind is obviously Kenneth Branagh. Isn't it? It isn't? In fact Kenneth Branagh would probably be one of the last people you'd associate with something that brawny and gormless? Well tell that to Marvel, because they're currently in talks with Kenneth Branagh about their new Thor movie. In short, Kenneth Branagh wants to direct Thor. Kenneth Branagh directing a summertime comic book movie like Thor might sound slightly ridiculous, but the idea has potential - with any luck Branagh will turn Thor into a cross between his modern-day romantic musical interpretation of Love's Labour Lost and that Frankenstein movie where he made Robert De Niro dress up like Sloth from The Goonies and run around the north pole. Ace!
Guillermo del Toro Officially Fairly Hobbity
It's official - Guillermo del Toro, the Bo Selecta Peter Jackson, is the director of the two upcoming Hobbit movies. It's been a long time coming, but finally New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios have announced that they're packing Guillermo del Toro off to New Zealand for the next four years so he can concentrate on making The Hobbit and its sequel, The Hobbit 2: The Hobbit In Space. It doesn't take a genius to see why Guillermo del Toro was chosen to direct the Hobbit movies - his flair for visual invention as demonstrated in Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy will really bring a sense of panache to his task of filming a bunch of midgets walking across the side of a mountain for six and a half titting hours.
It's official - Guillermo del Toro, the Bo Selecta Peter Jackson, is the director of the two upcoming Hobbit movies. It's been a long time coming, but finally New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios have announced that they're packing Guillermo del Toro off to New Zealand for the next four years so he can concentrate on making The Hobbit and its sequel, The Hobbit 2: The Hobbit In Space. It doesn't take a genius to see why Guillermo del Toro was chosen to direct the Hobbit movies - his flair for visual invention as demonstrated in Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy will really bring a sense of panache to his task of filming a bunch of midgets walking across the side of a mountain for six and a half titting hours.
The Wolfman Remake Now Director-Free
Such is our affection for the genre, indeed, that we've been trying for several years to get our own version of Purple Rain off the ground. It's a lot more literal than the original - in fact, the movie features no original studio recordings by Prince, and simply features a shower attachment fixed to our office sink and filmed through a purple filter, while in the background a climate expert chats about the devastating wrongness an actual shower of coloured rain would imply. On the plus side, though, the movie features no original studio recordings by Prince.
Someone who isn't too keen on remakes, it would seem, is director Mark Romanek. Romanek - previously best known for his 2002 film One Hour Photo, in which Robin Williams stands around a pharmacy mumbling a bit before taking some snapshots of a crying man having sex - was all set to direct Universal's upcoming 'reimagining' of horror classic The Wolfman.
Then he walked away.
