Looks like we have a few small stories and rumors that I just wanted to highlight:
McFarlane Writing New Spawn Movie
First off, it sounds like that McFarlane has started writing a script for a new Spawn movie, which I believe is going to be a reboot:
“The story has been in my head for 7 or 8 years,” McFarlane said. “The movie idea is neither a recap or continuation. It is a standalone story that will be R-rated. Creepy and scary.”
He added that “the tone of this ‘Spawn’ movie will be for a more older audience. Like the film ‘Departed.'”
It will be interesting to see where this goes, and if it ever gets off the ground. Don’t realy see any reason why it wouldn’t…
Batman 3 to be Filmed Completely in IMAX?
Next up, we have Ain’t It Cool News reporting a rumor that Nolan’s third Batman film may be being shot entirely in IMAX:
The THIRD chapter of Christopher Nolan’s Caped Crusader’s saga could very well be FULLY shot in IMAX, not IMAX Digital – but the beautiful, stunning IMAX that we saw pieces of THE DARK KNIGHT in.
Now this is something that I’m sure a lot of you will feel is a no-brainer. Nolan blew us away with the IMAX sequences in that film – but it was a very tough process to work in. Mainly due to the limitations of how many available real IMAX rigs there are. Not only that, but lenses had to be created, adapted and god forbid one broke down. Part of the reason that Nolan went forward with INCEPTION first – besides taking a creative break from the cape and cowl adventures… was possibly to create a few new IMAX cameras made to his specs. Once again – the cost of shooting an entire feature film on IMAX… the stock, the time it takes to reset, to load, to move the cameras… Well… it is daunting, but as Nolan proved with DARK KNIGHT – the difference is stunning.
Hancock 2 Has Writers
And finally, sounds like, like it or not, Columbia Pictures is moving forward with a sequel to Hancock. According to The Hollywood Reporter:
Columbia has hired scribes Adam Fierro and Glen Mazzara to pen the sequel to the Will Smith superhero movie, which grossed $624 million worldwide last year. The original producing team is expected to return.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the scribes will work with Smith and director Peter Berg to build on the world hinted at in the first movie.
Hancock was a movie that made me extremely upset. It was a movie that played around with what I thought to be some pretty cool mythology and hinted to some awesome ideas, but in the end, just screwed the audience. Supposedly, in the second installment, they will dive more into the mythos that were merely hinted at in the the first film, and while I would love to be cautiously excited about that, the first movie was just so… bad, I have absolutely no hopes for it.
If you interested, you can check out the original script for Hancock, which was originally titled Tonight He Comes. The original draft was a hard ‘R’ rating with lots of extreme superhero violence and sex. But, of course, the studio and star wanted a PG-13 rating, so instead we got the film that was…