Quick Hits: June 13

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on June 14, 2008

It seems that yet another day has gone by, and while it feels as if we covered a ton of fun movie news, there are still a few stories out there that seem to have eluded us. But we can’t let that stop us, can we? You demand better and we are here to give it to you… We hope.

With that in mind, here are some of the stories that we missed over the last 24 hours:

MTV Movies Blog gave us a look at a brand new look (right) at Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, which is currently caught up in post-production limbo. The last rumors say that it was a little too scary and the studio is demanding reshoots. Everyone involved is keeping quite, though, so we can’t say for sure. Either way, we are still excited. [MTV Movies Blog]

The Toronto Sun talked to Jumper star Hayden Christensen earlier this week as he did some promotion for the film’s DVD release (in stores now). When they asked him about possible sequels, his response was encouraging (for those who liked the movie): “I know that they’re having those conversations, I hear about them.” When asked if he would sign again, Christensen said “I think I probably will.” Hmm… Making out with Rachel Bilson and hanging out with Samuel L. Jackson — I think I’d go for that as well. [Toronto Sun]

There are rumors going around that Raiders of the Lost Arc, Empire Strikes Back and Dreamcatcher — wow, if that isn’t a game of which one of these things doesn’t belong, I don’t know what is – scribe Lawrence Kasdan has been brought on to work on the new Robotech movie currently being developed by Tobey MaGuire’s company. It’s all rumors at this point, but Kasdan’s involvement could mean that the project, long thought to be just a pipe dream, is getting serious. [CHUD]

Longtime comic writer Warren Ellis seems to be next in the line of authors to have a bunch of their material transposed into potential blockbuster form. His book Red, about a former black-ops CIA agent who is forced out of retirement to stop his own assassination was optioned by Summit Entertainment and is being developed by uber-producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura (GI Joe, Transformers). Also, Warner Bros. has optioned his book Ocean, an intergalactic tale of all sorts of oddities. [Slashfilm]

Starz is currently doing some reverse psychology promotion for the upcoming cable debut of I Know Who Killed Me, which stars Lindsay Lohan as a stripper who doesn’t get naked. They are actively flaunting the film’s eight Razzie Award wins, including a two-for-two shot by Lindsay Lohan for Worst Actress. They are also featuring some very fun quotes from critics. [Collider]

Casting has begun for the film How to Make Love to a Woman, in which Jenna Jameson plays herself, a pornstar that must teach a man to please his girlfriend. Josh Meyers will play the man, Ian Somerhalder will play his girlfriend’s hunky childhood friend, and hottie Krysten Ritter will play the girlfriend. If anything, this gives us a reason to pay more attention to Krysten Ritter. [THR]

Talks have already begun about bringing the creepy hooded people back for a sequel to The Strangers, which found success earlier this summer despite being wedged in between a bunch of big blockbusters. Other than just talks, no plans have been made just yet. [Bloody Disgusting]

Our friends over at First Showing have gotten their hands on the script for the upcoming Harold Ramis directed, Judd Apatow produced comedy Year One. In the review, they claim that “Biblical blasphemy has never been this fun.” It is obvious that they have never seen Mel Brooks’ The History of the World: Part I or Monty Python’s The Life of Brian. Then again, you just never know… [First Showing]

Actress Amanda Peet has signed on to join John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton and Danny Glover in Roland Emmerich’s big-budget futuristic-ish doomsday flick 2012. The film will also star Oliver Platt, who seems to show up in every epic apocalyptic doomsday film. [IGN]

And finally, congratulations to our good friends over at Slashfilm, who were included in Vanity Fair’s very cool Blogopticon. While we have no idea what this damn thing means and we don’t anticipate being able to decipher it anytime soon (too much alchohol in our future), we are proud of the company that our dear friends are in. Among them are Ain’t It Cool News, Cinematical, Defamer, Perez Hilton and my favorite — What Would Tyler Durden Do? [Vanity Fair]

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