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Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up - July 15, 2009
15 July 2009 10:59 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news
It’s officially mid-week and here’s what’s going on:
Harry Potter waves his wand at midnight and conjures box office records; the Heathers may be gone for good; Cox and Arquette are Screaming again; Robin Hood has its King Richard; The Limey may get a sequel; it’s a wrap for Nightmare on Elm Street; The Crow will fly again for the first time; Warner Bros. may be returning to the Major League; and The Toronto Film Festival has a list of flicks that could become next year’s greats.
Let’s get to it:
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1. Variety is reporting that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince conjured up a whopping $20 million in box office receipts from midnight showings alone. If this figure holds, it would make the sixth installment of J.K. Rowling’s wizard adventure the highest-grossing midnight debut of all time. Previous record holders were The Dark Knight
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Kofi Outlaw
Ryan Reynolds Is Green Lantern: It's Official
10 July 2009 8:28 PM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
Warner Bros. has picked their Green Lantern and they.ve gone with the safest choice. You.ll remember earlier today we told you here that they.d narrowed things down to three actors: Justin Timberlake, Ryan Reynolds, and Bradley Cooper. THR says they.ve now settled on Ryan Reynolds to play Hal Jordan/Green Lantern. Reynolds is no stranger to playing the superhero. It started with Blade Trinity in which he played one of Wesley Snipes. sword-wielding, witty, vampire-killing sidekicks. Then this summer he showed up and was underutilized in X-Men Origins: Wolverine as the wise-cracking, sword-swinging Deadpool. No swords for Ryan this time, Green Lantern has a better weapon, a ring of power which lets him create almost anything he can imagine. Lantern isn.t however usually known for his sense of humor, though who knows, perhaps they.ll find a way to rework the character to suit Ryan
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Micheal Jackson Kids Center Stage at Reception
8 July 2009 11:46 AM, PDT | From TheImproper.com | See recent TheImproper.com news
Michael Jackson's children sat at a VIP table at the reception following his memorial and appeared to be in better spirits after yesterday’s Staples Center memorial service for their father. Jackson’s daughter, Paris, 11, gave a tearful testament to her father’s love at the close of the ceremony. A host of famous faces attended the reception, including Corey Feldman, who dressed like Michael at the yesterday’s service, Usher, Wesley Snipes, Mariah Carey, Jesse Jackson, Spike Lee and "Slumdog Millionaire" star Anil Kapoor. Brooke Shields, who paid tribute to her friend Michael at the service, was also present, but seemed quiet and emotional.
kgirard@theimproper.com (Keith Girard)
Insider Details Jackson's Memorial & Reception
8 July 2009 9:02 AM, PDT | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news
Michael Jackson insider, Flo Anthony, opens up about the reception held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel following Jackson's public memorial. Flo says the whole family was present including first and second cousins. "Everyone seemed to be doing okay," she said of the Jackson family. The Jackson insider also says many celebs arrived to the reception including: Jennifer Hudson, Wesley Snipes, Lil' Kim, Usher, Tyler Perry, Spike Lee, Chris Tucker, Brooke Shields and many others. Watch the video to get Flo's reaction to Paris Jackson's eulogy and hear her opinion on where she thinks Michael Jackson will be buried.
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TheInsider
Pic Post! The Michael Jackson Memorial Service
8 July 2009 5:26 AM, PDT | From AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news
Given the messy spectacle that was Michael Jackson's life, one could easily imagine his memorial service, held yesterday at La's Staples Center, would be a three ring circus. What was surprising was how very subdued and touching it was at times. Some highlights included brother Jermaine's performance of his brother's favorite song, "Smile," Usher's performance of "Gone Too Soon" (the song Mj wrote in tribute to Ryan White), Brooke Shield's tearful eulogy, and perhaps most touching of all: When Jackson's daughter Paris-Michael took the microphone....
"I just wanted to say ... ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just wanted to say I love him — so much."
Of course, the ceremony and its eclectic collection of mourners did offer a dose of the surreal. What other event could bring the likes of John Mayer, Mickey Rooney, Chris Brown, Corey Feldman,
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dennis
Stephen Dorff confirmed for Blade prequel trilogy
8 July 2009 5:15 AM, PDT | From The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news
A New Blade trilogy starring Stephen Dorff - and omitting the title character - has now been confirmed
Director Stephen Norrington says the 35-year-old actor had come up with the idea for the new project and that it had "evolved into a very interesting story."
"The linkage to Blade is still big in the equation", he told Mania.com.
Dorff, who played vampire Deacon Frost (pictured above on right) in the original Blade movie in 1998, had first revealed the news to the Sunday Mail a year ago.
At that time, he said: "It will be a prequel to the Blade movies, Deacon's story. It's a new trilogy the director has created. It will be cool. Frost is a character I have never been able to shake."
Frost was destroyed by Wesley Snipes' vampire-hunting title character at the end of the first film, hence the new project being a prequel.
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David Bentley
Blade Spin-Off Trilogy Will Not Feature Blade
7 July 2009 10:57 AM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news
Who knew, when the first Blade film by Stephen Norrington debuted in 1998, that it would legitimize Marvel comic properties in the eyes of the movie-going public? Without Blade, we wouldn’t have had the Marvel we have today, ramping up towards a unified cinematic universe. On the other side of the coin, Wesley Snipes’ portrayal of [...]
Dave
New ‘Blade’ Spin-Off Trilogy In The Works, Says Stephen Dorff
7 July 2009 10:12 AM, PDT | From MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news
With the vampire genre flourishing thanks to the likes of “Twilight” and “True Blood,” it was only a matter of time before comic books turned their attention towards bloodsuckers once more in the form of “Blade,” the half-vampire vampire-hunting hero from Marvel Comics. The Wesley Snipes-starring franchise has been dormant for years, though there was recent scuttlebutt about a revival sans Snipes. Now, new rumors suggest that not only will Snipes not return, but Blade himself might be absent as well.
In an interview with The Sunday Mail, actor Stephen Dorff allegedly remarked that a prequel trilogy to the first “Blade” film is in the works. Dorff would reprise his role as the villainous Deacon Frost in a series of movies exploring the character’s rise from underling to vampire overlord.
“It will be a prequel to the ‘Blade’ movies, Deacon’s story,” the actor said. “It’s a
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Josh Wigler
Norrington and Dorff Returning to 'Blade' Franchise
7 July 2009 9:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
Marvel's Blade universe is a fairly extensive one, with the character crossing paths with such branded standbys as Shield and Doctor Strange. Naturally, very little of this was ever used in the Blade film trilogy, and if you longed to see a touch more of the comic series on the big screen, there might be hope. According to Comics2Film, Steven Norrington is returning to the franchise, and spinning a Blade-less, Wesley Snipes-less spinoff.
Norrington and Stephen Dorff have apparently been talking about a Deacon Frost spinoff for some time. Dorff initially broke the news via The Sunday Mail. "It will be a prequel to the Blade movies, Deacon's story. It's a new trilogy the director has created. It will [be] cool. We hope to shoot the first film next year. Frost is a character I have never been able to shake." Norrington confirmed the story, but quickly added
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Elisabeth Rappe
Norrington Stakes Out Blade Prequel
7 July 2009 6:42 AM, PDT | From HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news
Stephen Norrington, director of the first Blade movie, is reportedly returning to the Marvel Comics superhero film franchise, with actor Stephen Dorff confirming that Norrington's new film will be a 'prequel' to New Line's previous Blade movies, focusing on vampire character spin-off 'Deacon Frost'. Dorff played Frost in Norrington's 1998 Blade. The original Frost comic book character, written by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by Gene Colan, debuted in Marvel's The Tomb of Dracula #13 (October 1973), looking for the key to immortality, by kidnapping a woman to inject her with the blood of a recently killed vampire. But during a skirmish Frost is accidentally injected with the blood, becoming a vampire with the ability to generate a 'doppelgänger' out of his victims. Frost intended to use this power to ascend to the position of 'Lord of Vampires', a position held by 'Dracula'. Sneak Peek the 1998 theatrical trailer of New Line's Blade, starring Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff,
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Norrington And Dorff Plan Blade Spinoff
7 July 2009 2:22 AM, PDT | From FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news
As far as comic book movies go, Blade holds a special place for me. The film was arguably the first comic book film in a long time not to tank at the box office and it paved the way for the phenom known as X-Men. Not to mention the fact it had an awesome techno soundtrack and the stars Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson were a couple of very cool looking anti-heroes.
Sadly, the third film in the franchise (Blade Trinity) completely stank, and so that it seemed the final nail had been hammered into the franchise’s coffin. But wait - what’s this talk of a spin-off?
Well, original Blade villain Stephen Dorff (Deacon Frost) has been talking about his love for the franchise for a long time now, well mainly his love for his character. And after many an interview expressing his interest it seems like he
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Craig Sharp
Blade spin-off possible?
7 July 2009 12:41 AM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news
An old story from October of last year surfaced in the genre press yesterday from the British site The Sunday Mail. Last Fall they'd spoken with actor Stephen Dorff (Public Enemies) about a possible Blade spin-off focusing on his character, Deacon Frost who (Spoiler Alert) "bit the dust" so-to-speak at the blade of Willie Mays Hayes Wesley Snipes.
Now Rob Worley over at Comics2Film caught up with original Blade helmer Stephen Norrington to get us all up to speed.
Currently at work on the reimagining of The Crow, Norrington gives credit to Dorff for the idea behind the potential project, which he tells C2F "has evolved into a very interesting story."
The film(s) would be a prequel to the exisiting Blade Trilogy, but would be several years off. Click here to read the full story, and look for more on this one somewhere down the road.
no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
Blade Prequel Moving Forward?
6 July 2009 10:01 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Stephen Norrington, director of the first Blade film, has confirmed to Mania.com that he plans to return to the Wesley Snipes franchise with a new prequel flick. The potential project first popped up last fall, where it was rumored to be part of a new trilogy. Deacon Frost, the villain of the first film, would be the star of the new movie. And if Norrington has his way Stephen Dorff, who can currently be seen in Michael Mann’s Public Enemies, will reprise his role of the lunatic vampire who was responsible for the death of Blade's mother. Norrington told Mania that Dorff came up with the idea for the project, which has since “evolved into a very interesting story”. It will still be part of the existing mythology, with the director saying "The linkage to 'Blade' is still big in the equation.". However, the Deacon
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James Cook
Blade Franchise To Continue Through Spinoffs?
6 July 2009 9:31 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news
1998’s Wesley Snipes starrer, Blade, was one of my favorite action flicks of the time as a young teen. It introduced bullet time before the first Matrix came out, it helped kick-off what would eventually become a vampire craze and most importantly, it helped set up Marvel as a viable film franchise.
Despite the film’s R-rating and weak reviews, it and its successors each managed to bank around $150 million each in worldwide box office earnings.
Unfortunately, the trilogy was rounded off with a movie that took screen time away from the lead, was riddled with behind-the-scenes problems, and was poorly received by critics and many moviegoers making disappointing box-office numbers considering its increased budget relative to the first two films.
For me however, I dug the third movie and liked the villainous Dracula played by Dominic Purcell. The main issue for me with that movie was Jessica Biel’s bow-wielding mp3-listening-while-fighting character.
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Rob Keyes
New Blade Movie Coming?
6 July 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news
SpikeTV's "Blade: The Series" was easily one of the worst shows on TV. From bad casting to even worse storylines the tv series really sucked. That said the film behind it which starred Wesley Snipes was pretty much kick ass from start to vampire ass kicking finish. That is of course if we pretend Blade Trinity never existed.
Today from Mania.com comes word that a Blade prequel is being developed by Steven Norrington. The oddball part is the focus will be on Deacon Frost the villain from the first one and seemingly not blade. Quite odd. Shouldnt it be called 'The Deacon' and not Blade then?
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Blade Prequel Starring Stephen Dorff?
6 July 2009 6:37 PM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
It.s a shame that Wesley Snipes is such a dick, because the first two Blade movies are fucking fangtastic. It.s Snipes attitude that.s really to blame for the third one, his character was marginalized in preparation for a franchise takeover by Ryan Reynolds who, is a lot easier to work with. Without Snipes as the focus, Blade Trinity was an unmitigated disaster and the whole vampire hunting franchise went straight into the sewer. A few years later in a franchise recycling friendly environment there.s now talk of bringing it all back and righting what once went wrong. Mania has been talking to Stephen Norrington, director of the first Blade movie. He tells them that he.s working on a return to the world of Blade once he finishes his current project, an unnecessary remake of The Crow. His leading man for Blade: Revisited? He wants
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Blade: The Prequel Trilogy?
6 July 2009 6:02 PM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news
With Wesley Snipes facing a jail sentence due to his habit of sticking his fingers in his ears and going ‘la-la-la, I can’t hear you’ whenever the taxman turned up asking for his money, the future of the Blade franchise looked bleak. And that’s not even considering the awful last film, Blade: Trinity, which did plenty to hammer the final nails into the Daywalker’s coffin.But you can’t keep a good bloodsucker down, it seems, for there may be another Blade trilogy coming our way. And, wouldn’t you know it, it’s a prequel trilogy.The idea was first mooted by Stephen Dorff, who told the impeccably-credentialed Sunday Mail last year that he was chomping at the bit to play Blade’s arch-nemesis, Deacon Frost one more three last times.But today, Comics2Film managed to get a quote from original Blade director Stephen Norrington which,
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Bob Uecker Confirms Major League 4
6 July 2009 6:00 PM, PDT | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news
According to Moviehole, Bob Uecker (commentator Harry Doyle from "Major League") was at the Wrigley stadium last week where he talked about the game and his involvement in the "Major League" franchise. He confirmed that he has been speaking with the creative team behind the first three films and that a fourth installment is being planned. He did not reveal whether the new movie will be made for the big screen or straight-to-dvd, but one can assume that it's the latter. In the original 1989 film, the new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her. It stars Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen.
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Michael Jackson at the movies…
27 June 2009 11:21 PM, PDT | From SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news
Yes, he was the punchline of approximately a quarter-million Tonight Show jokes. But Michael Jackson's stop-on-a-dime dance moves and sensual soprano have influenced generations of musicians, dancers and entertainers, and the man was so much more than what the tabloids made him out to be. One of entertainment's greatest icons, he was incredibly gifted, and like most gifted individuals he was an equally troubled genius who kept us captivated at his most dazzling, and at his most appalling moments. The New York Times once described him as one of the six most famous people on the planet. I'd like to up the ante: he was the most famous person on the planet. He influenced artists ranging from Justin Timberlake to Madonna, and genres from rock to pop to R&B to even rap. No other artist has been as unifying. Jackson also helped elevate the music video, turning it
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Kyle Reese
Michael Jackson Will Live On In Movie History
26 June 2009 9:57 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news
A sad day indeed. Michael Jackson wore many hats over the course of his long career. He was an international superstar, and he leveraged that status to dip his toes into anything that interested him. In the world of film, Jackson enjoyed unparalleled access. He worked with luminaries, artists and auteurs who shaped the course of the medium as strongly as the pop star himself did in the music world.
Jackson was a pop cultural icon and his touch will forever be felt in all facets of entertainment. Here are just a few of the stars he hitched to in film during his long and storied career.
Sidney Lumet is a director’s director. He gave us classics like “12 Angry Men,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Network,” “Serpico” and the modern-day masterpiece “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.” He also gave us “The Wiz,” a playful recasting of
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