Too lazy to read all the wonderful news our insightful crew scours the globe to bring you every day? Too outmoded to have an MP3 player for the podcast? Shame on you all! However, being the generous lot we are, welcome to news:blended, your weekly guide to the most interesting stories reported on Cinema Blend over the last seven days.
The 83rd version of Blade Runner was shown at the New York Film Festival and we were there. We were all over the entertainment world this week and brought you at least 8 billion quality stories. Here are the best of the best of the best of the rest.
SATURDAY
Meet the new boy same as the old boy.
X-Men fate in Logan’s steel clawed hands.
Taking movies from France and Asia and remaking them as inferior Hollywood drivel with big stars is a studio favorite. There had been talk of remaking the Korean noir classic, but it had somewhat died away. Now, suddenly, it is back. That’s not good, not good at all. Also not too good is that the script for Wolverine is being rewritten to make it less sucky. Well, that’s not the official reason, but let’s read between the lines.
SUNDAY
Our New York Film Festival coverage continues.
The New York Film Festival is a festival of fun! Well, not for Katey Rich, who is running around watching movies and doing interviews. Katey has reviewed movies like The Orphanage, Blade Runner:The Final Cut, and I’m Not There and they are pretty damn good. Ther reviews are good, that is, the movies don’t seem to be all that. There is no James Bond movie at the Festival, but we spent a minute remembering our favorite Miss Moneypenny, Lois Maxwell. She played secretary to “M” in 13 Bond films and was the champion of all admin staff who dream of sleeping their way to the top.
MONDAY
Transformers for the intellectual set.
Pixar is doling out the good Wall-E stuff.
There is one thing most people went to Transformers to see. A great story! Well, and some special effects too, I guess. The supervisor of said effects says that they will be even better for the next movie. But the most important thing is the story. I know, I’m giggling too. I really am giggling over the new Wall-E trailer. Pixar knows their stuff and their next movie looks wonderful. Of course, it also looks like it should be called Wall-E.T., but let’s not quibble.
TUESDAY
Down with Wesley Snipes.
Movie you didn’t see might have sequel you won’t watch.
Wesley Snipes owes the government more in taxes than I will ever make working for this website. But he used to be a fine actor, not just an action hero and Spike Lee wanted to put Snipes in one of his “whitey has forgotten about us” movies. It now sounds like Snipes is going to have to pass because his income tax problems making leaving the country a dicey proposition. It’s not quite as dicey, however, as making a sequel to a movie no one went to see. This is the case with Shoot ‘Em Up. A sequel is rumored in the works, meaning the twelve people who have seen the first one will have something to look forward to.
We have top men working on it……top…..men.
Afghanistan breaks up Maguire and Portman’s marriage.
Some stuff got taken from the production of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Then the people who stole the stuff tried to sell some of it to Web sites. The thieves are clearly not followers of Albert Einstein. Later in the week the cops announced the arrest of one suspect. Tobey Maguire is not suspected in the theft, but he will be sent to Afghanistan in an upcoming movie. While he’s gone, his brother hits on Natalie Portman and things go sideways from there.
THURSDAY
Rumor makes certain people cream themselves.
Depp can do more than act like Keith Richards.
One of the actors from Serenity said there might be a sequel to the box office dud but DVD hit sci-fi film. That caused many people to post comments that were pretty close to “OMG!!!!!! I hope this happens!!!!!” Fortunately, we don’t have to hope Sweeny Todd happens, since it has already happened. You can now watch a trailer for the murder musical. Johnny Depp sings. Hopefully it won’t remind us of Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls.
FRIDAY
Snake Plissken drives during rush hour.
Iron giant might be metal killing machine.
It was a bad week on the remake and sequel front. Well, to be fair, when is it not a bad week on that front? First we heard that Brett Ratner might remake Escape from New York. That would be the worst thing since they allowed Ratner to kill a viable super-hero franchise with his crappiness. But almost topping that news was word that Terminator 4 might hire Vin Diesel to play the bad robot killer. I know he acts like a robot, but he’s not even good at that, so keep him away from the franchise.
That’s all for another week of news blending. It’s like what you get at Jamba Juice, but cheaper and not quite as healthy. If you liked it or didn’t, leave some feedback.
