Are you Brave Enough To See Monsters Inc. 2?

Rich Ross announced at his underwhelming press conference that The Bear and The Bow had been re-named to Brave and will be released on June 15, 2012. On November 16, 2012, Monsters Inc. 2 will arrive, marking the 5th PIXAR sequel.

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Jones and Smith are back...in 3D!!

We all love Back In Black..but what about Back In 3D? Adding to the infinite list of 3D films, Men In Black 3D is coming for 4th of July 2012. Both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones will be back in their roles as Agent J and K. I liked the first two, so lets hope they do well here.

Now just look in this little red dot...

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The Complete 3D Guide 1/4 Done

With Clash of the Titans a hit, studios are now (sadly) going to make everything 3D. This is a list of all that's coming now until 2013. Those in italics are being either considered for 3D or are in the midst of being converted. Noted if they are in IMAX 3D.

The rest of the 3D movies, along with photo's, will be added soon.

2010:

*Shrek Forever After 3D (May 21, 2010) (IMAX 3D)

*Toy Story 3 (June 18, 2010) (IMAX 3D)

*Despicable Me (July 9, 2010)

*The Sorcerror's Apprentice (July 16, 2010)

*Inception 3D (July 16, 2010) (IMAX Digital)

*Cats and Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore 3D (July 30, 2010)

*Step Up 3D (August 6, 2010)

*Avatar 2010 Re-Relase (August 13, 2010) (IMAX 3D)

*Pirhana 3D (August 27, 2010)

*Resident Evil: Afterlife (September 10, 2010)

*Legend of The Guardians 3D (September 24, 2010) (IMAX 3D)

*Alpha and Omega 3D(October 1, 2010)

*The Zookeeper (October 8, 2010)

*Jacka$$ 3D (October 15, 2010)

*Saw VII (October 22, 2010)

*Megamind 3D (November 5, 2010) (IMAX 3D)

*Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part One 3D (November 19, 2010) (IMAX 3D)

*Tangled (November 24, 2010)

*The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (December 10, 2010)

*Tron: Legacy (December 17, 2010) (IMAX 3D)

*Yogi Bear 3D (December 17, 2010)

*Gulliver's Travels (December 22, 2010)

*Cabin In The Woods (January 11, 2011)

*The Priest (January 11, 2011)

*Hood VS. Evil (January 2011)

*The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made (January 21, 2011)

*Gnomeo and Juliet (February 11, 2011)

*Beauty and The Beast 3D (February 2011)

*Drive Angry 3D (February 11, 2011)

*I Am Number Four (February 18, 2011)

*Mars Needs Moms! (March 11, 2011) (IMAX 3D)

*Rango (March 18, 2011)

**Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules! (March 4, 2011)

*I Hop (April 1, 2011)

*The New Tales of Winnie The Pooh (April 1, 2011)

*Rio (April 8, 2011)

*Scream 4 (April 14, 2011)

*Thor (May 6, 2011) (IMAX Digital)

*Eli (May 2011)

*Pirates of The Carribbean: On Stranger Tides (May 20, 2011)

*The Hangover 2 (May 26, 2011)

*Mission Impossible 4 (May 27, 2011)


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A 3D Web To Spin

In the most unsurprising news all-day, Spider-Man Reboot (as I am calling it for the moment) will be in 3D and released on July 3, 2012. In other date news, Mission Impossible IV will be released May 27 2011.

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Weird Al to Go On Cartoon Network

The fledging network that is Cartoon Network has hried Weird Al to make several TV shows and a live-action film. The movie is the 1st thing to air. The film will air in late 201 and the shows will premiere throughout 2011 and 2012.

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Bilbo Will Arrive in 2012

Well it's official The hobbit has been postponed to 2012 thanks to MGM's bankruptcy. It also seems some script problems bumped the film off the Winter 2011 calander. A little sad, but at least it's refreshing that someone NOT from PIXAR is postponing a movie thanks to quality.

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The Rumors Are True

IT seems Marc Webb will direct Spider-Man "The Awful Reboot" after all. I must admit THIS intrigues me. Just...please no Tyler Lautner as Peter Parker, alright?

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Which Is The Real X?

It seems a SECOND X-Men movie has been said to be next. Despite X-Men: First Class having a director and Deadpool having a finished script, a second Wolverine film has something those films don't: a start date. The film is set to start filming next Spring and have a script and casting done by the end of 2010. Hmm. My question is where does First Class come in? Maybe it's right after it?

TIme will tell.

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Sean Re-Becomes A Stooge

Sean Penn has returned to The Three Stooges as Larry. Benico Del Toro will play Moe. The only role left is Curly. Jim Carrey would've played him, but he dropped out.

This project should be out by 2012. This is an interesting one. Could Shemp be in it perhaps? We shall see.

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Editorial: Where Disney Goes Now

The Princess and The Frog has held up well this week. So well in fact, that it still has a chance of surpassing Bolt. Which would put this picture in blockbuster status. So after this hit, where does Disney go?

Next up is Rapunzel and you probably saw the post with the 1st image from the film. The film has been in production for 6 years, with the image aboving being from a 2006 version of the film. However, it finally will be in 3D cinema's later this year. When that arrives on November 12 2010, what's after it?

5 months later it's back to the Hundred Acre Woods as we go back to a Winnie the Pooh film like the grand Winnie the Pooh shorts Walt used to make. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is among my favorite films. I remember watching the VHS over and over and over again. A 2D film like that would be marvelous. Of course, this film won't just be aimed at pre-schoolers, a saving grace. That film should be out by April 2011.

Afterwards, well as the indian said to Bart in "Bart To The Future" 'It gets kind of hazy after that.' The film Disney had afterwards was King of The Elves, which was set for December 2012. That film has been pushed to 2014. What takes it's place? Joe Jump. That film was thought to be a big CGI film back Eisnier was in power. He thought the film would be out by 2009. However, John Lassetter scrapped it.

Yet, John has decided to take it and another 2D picture out from the shelved department and forge ahead. Both of these Eisnier era films will continue on. Joe Jump will be out in November 2012.

Finally, in 2013 that other 2D picture shall be out. What's it called? The Snow Queen, that film I reported on not too long ago. It'll be out in 2013.

Just as note, I think you might notice a pattern. Look at the list below:

*The Princess and the Frog-2009-2D
*Rapunzel-2010-CGI
*Winnie The Pooh-2011-2D
*Joe Jump-2012-CGI
*The Snow Queen-2013-2D
*King of The Elves-2014-CGI



On even years, Disney will release a CGI film, wheras on odd years a 2D film will be released. That is Disney animation's buisness paln thus far. I'll report on any Disney Animation film updates.

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Bone Movie Puttering Along

I love the graphic novel Bone. It's funny, yet so epic! And it seems a certain great producer ha it right by descriibng it as: "Shrek meets Lord of the Rings". It seems Bone will become a 2011/2012 film and the director should be announced by Spring. I had been applying for the direction and even had wrote a script for it...but hey! Sounds like htey might have something.

Jus ta suggestion: Get Nathan Lane to voice Phoney Bone. He'd be terrific.

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First Class Is Up Next

The next X-Men film has been announced: X-Men Origins: First Class. Even better, Bryan Singer (director of X-Men and X2 and above) will direct. Good news for the franchise and defenitly will give us some quality action come 2012. Jamie Moss is writing a script right now. Exciting.

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Box Office: The Princess and The Hit, The Blind Side Barely Falls, Invitus OK, New Moon Keeps Dropping & Lovely Bones Ugly

The Princess and The Frog made 25 million and hit number 1. Although at first this seems bad, it actually could wind up being awesome for Disney. After all, most films in December 6 times the buisness they do on the 1st weekend. This could be like 150 million. It seems 2D could be back for good.

The Blind Side dropped only 19% to 15 million an has now made 150.2 million dollars. It is now the biggest Sports Drama and will be the biggest Sports film soon enough. There's a good chance it'll hit 200 million by the end of the Holiday season.

Invictus had an OK weekend. It only made 9 million, but like The Princess and The Frog will likely hold thanks to huge Oscar talk.

New Moon made 8 million and has now made 267.3 million. A total of 280-285 million is likely to happen.

A Christmas Carol only dropped 11.5% to 6.8 million and has made 124.4 million. It is 1.1 million dollars ahead of The Polar Express at this point.

2012 made 4.4 million and has now made 155 million. It has made nearly 700 million worldwide.



Old Dogs made 4.3 million and a total of 39.9 million.

Up In the Air made 2.4 million and now has a wonderful total of 4 million. It and Precious are right now front-runners in the Oscar race.

The Lovely Bones and A Single Man went into limited release. The Lovely Bones only made 116,000 at 3 theatres and A Single Man made 216,000 at 16 cinemas. The embarrasing part about The Lovely Bones is that it cost 100 million dollars and with bad hype surrounding it, expect a bad outcome for that film.

The weekend made 89 million, the first time in years that the second December weekend was below the 1st December weekend. However, Avatar should change the course of this so far lackluster month.

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There's Snow Queen Like The Snow Queen

Disney will release this Friday The Princess and The Frog (which is why our name has changed again). They had a film called King of The Elves set for November 2012, but story problems have delayed it to 2013. What'll take it's place?

The Snow Queen, that's what.

The Snow Queen was mentioned as early in 2004, when Diseny Animation was going all CGI after the bombs off Atlantis and Home on The Range. The Snow Queen actually would've followed 2010's CGI musical Rapunzel. However, the new head of Disney Animation (John Lasster) entered and stopped all the projects coming out until that point in their tracks.

I love this idea, and the fact that it will be in 2D like The Princess and The Frog shows Disney is coming back better than ever.

Plus, Disney has a project slated for 2013/2014: Joe Jump. This was another CGI project that was cancelled, but John loves the idea, so he's giving it a retool, a la' Bolt.

This makes me feel much better about Disney Animation. Story comes first. Then, your dolls and such can come rolling in.

Oh, and finally, someone else has joined that 2010 production of Rapunzel. Donna Muprhy will voice the witch in the film. Nice cast choice.

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The Blind Side Hits A Touchdown, New Moon Eclipsed, Noboyd's Fine, Armored Rubber, Brothers OK & Up In The Air Great

The Blind Side took 3 weeks to reach number 1, but that was fine. It still made 20 million over the weekend. Plus, it has now made 129.2 million dollars, becoming the 4th biggest Sports film ever. It'll likely be the biggest Sports film ever and be the first to make 200 million by the end of the month.

New Moon kept falling, showing that this installment was quite front-loaded. It made 15.7 million dollars and has made 255.6 million. It making 300 million is still likely.

Brothers opened up with 9.7 million. It's an okay opening, though it may have trouble recouping it's 26 million budget.

Armored was mediocre at number 6 in the box office, making 6.6 million dollars.

Everybody's Fine, the largest film this weekend, bombed with only 4 million. This makes another bomb for Robert De Niro, one of the greatest actors of all time and the death of Everybody's Fines studio: Miramax who has been on life support for years now.

Among hold-overs, A Christmas Carol fared best with 7.5 million, holding better than Santa Clause 2 and Elf at this point. It has made 115 million and is ahead of The Polar Express by 6 million dollars.

2012 continued it's good plight at the cinema's with 6.6 million, the same as Armored. When the actual box-office results come in later today, it will be seen if 2012 is at number 7 or 6. 2012 has made 666 million worldwide and 148.7 million here in the USA.

Old Dogs plummeted to 6.9 million dollars and has made 33.9 million. It is likely to make 50 million total.



Up In The Air made 1.1 million dollars at 15 theatres, making 79,00 dollars at each cinema.

Transylmania made only 282,000 dollars at number 21 in only 1,007 theatres. It has the horrid honor of being the worst opening film in 1,00 theatres.

Overall, this weekend was the biggest ever for this time of year, making 94 million dollars.

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DiCaprio Is Now A Guardian...

Leonardo DiCaprio will become a voice actor for the first time in The Guardians, DreamWork's Animation Fall 2012 feature.

In the film, several childhood fantasies such as The Sandman and Jack Frost, team up to take down a villain that is bent on putting the world in eternal darkness.

Leonardo will play Jack Frost. This could turn out to be an interesting film...

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The Hobbit...POSTPONED??

Oddly enough, The Hobbit seems to have been postponed. Peter Jackson said earlier this week that they would start filming in the summer. I didn't think that would call for a whole year bump, but it does, I guess. They have said that they MAY still get in for 2011, but 2012 is the day looking most likely.

Hmm. More on this, as we get it.

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Box Office: New Moon Falls, Blind Side Hits A Touchdown, Carol Lifts Holiday Spirits, 2012 Stays, Old Dogs Not Quite A Dog, Fox Not So Fantastic

New Moon won, but it was The Blind Side that struck up the news. New Moon made 42.5 million, dropping 70.2% from last weekend, one of the biggest drops of the year. It made 10,515 dollars at each cinema it played at. It has now made 230 million total.

The Blind Side went up 17.6%. This is a rare as the yeti in Hollywood and was the
4th smallest drop at the Box Office ever. It has now made 100.2 million and will soon surpass the Proposal to become Sandra Bullock's biggest film ever.

Old Dogs made 16.6 million. It wasn't quite a flop though thanks to it only costing 35 million to make. The marketing, though, kept it from becoming really big. It has made 24 million right now.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox made 7 million. Like Old Dogs, the film isn' quite a bomb thanks to it's low budget.

2012 stayed at No.3, the same spot it was last weekend. It has now made 138.7 million and is behind The Day After Tomorrow by 14.4 million.

The only other new release was Ninja Assassin. It made 13.1 million and 21 million thus far.

A Christmas Carol made 16 million and made 106 million so far. It's way ahead of The Polar Express and Santa Clause 2 at this point, though behind Elf by 23 million.

The Princess and The Frog made 712,000 at only 2 theatres and had a theatre average of 356,000, the 3rd best ever. It will go wide December 11.

The Road had the best theatre average in the Top 12, with 13,000 pet theatre (The Princess and The Frog was at number 18)

The weekend's total gross was 176 million. This made it the 2nd biggest November weekend ever, behind last week.

We have now ended the biggest november on record. Plus, with this weekend, 2009 became the biggest year ever and by December 2009 will likely make a record: It'll be the first year ever to have sold 10 billion dollars worth of tickets.

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Jeremy Renner is Hawkeye?? Maybe...

Jeremy Renner may cameo in Thor as Hawkeye. He also mentions a possibility of being in The Avengers. Who is Jeremy Renner? This guy below.



He might do well. I like him. If you don't know who he is, he was in The Hurt Locker. The Marvel superhero film universe continues to expand.

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Ryan Reynolds is Excited About Going Green

Ryan Reynolds (above) is super-excited for The Green Lantern. In that he'll star as Hal Jordans or the Green Lantern in other words!! He'll also be starring in the Deadpool spin-off as the title character. He says he's seen the Green Lantern costume and it was defining moment of 2009.

Personally, he's a great actor that I really feels has vast potential. He was great in Wolverine and I think he'll be exceptional as The Green Lantern. I'm very excited.

The Green Lantern comes out on June 17, 2011 and Deadpool will be out in 2012/2013. Superhero films just keep getting better. In fact, look for a post about the imprevious Iron Man later today!!

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