Let me tell you a secret.
I’m on a one-man mission to tell anyone who would listen that GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra sucked. It sucked ass so majestically that I’m using the DVD (Bluray’s too good for this movie) as a pooper scooper for my dog. Seriously. GI Joe was such a major disaster that even my five year old son, who loves his fair share of whiz-bang special effects blockbusters (he adored Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen), would rather tend to his virtual farm in Harvest Moon. It was that bad. And I whimper everytime I say this because Christopher Eccleston — my fave actor — is in this insult to good taste.
I really hoped that Stephen Sommer’s suckfest was the last we’ve seen of it. But apparently, the decent $300 million take GI Joe got was enough to actually merit a sequel (barf bag please).
According to rumors, a scriptwriter was already hired to write the script for the sequel, which signifies Paramount Studio’s serious intent for a sequel. The scriptwriter will be working on what Sommers and his team have already thought up for a sequel, which was already available even before the first movie was released.
I’m pretty sure a lot of people will be excited about news of a GI Joe sequel. Count me out though.
Rambo V takes “new” direction
The planned First Blood Sequel, Rambo V, has taken a different course again. According to Sylvester Stallone, they have changed their mind about the story for the new movie.
According to him, the story about hunting “the man/beast” will now be told through another character. Rambo, in the main story, will be going “across the border” to go to a violent city and speculations are rife that he will be battling human traffickers this time.
What’s interesting about this latest development is the fact that the original sequel storyline was actually the one with the human traffickers. It was changed at some point, but it looks like its back to the original concept again. I kinda get why the original storyline was chosen. Human traffickers as the bad guys would mean the body count will be so much bigger — and that’s what action fans want.
Predators reboot gets cast
You guys know how I feel about this constant release of “rebooted” material from Hollywood. Now a new reboot is has taken a significant step towards completion.
Robert Rodriguez’s reboot of Predator has finally completed its cast. The list of actors will be headed by Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody. Another rumored addition is Topher Grace, who will play the role of an accountant who is actually a lethal serial killer.
Other actors confirmed to be included in Predators include Rodriguez regular Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Alice Braga, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, and Louiz Ozawa.
Predators will be directed by Hungarian director Nimrod Antal, who directed last year’s Vacancy.
Transformers 3 slated for 2011
Transformers 3 fans now have a real reason to get excited. Director Michael Bay has officially announced the release date for the third installment in the hit franchise.
In his official web site he revealed that a story has now been developed for the Transformers sequel and the release date is slated for July 1, 2011, a year earlier from the speculated 2012 release date.
Bay revealed that he had a meeting with Industrial Light and Magic and that he will be going to Hasbro’s headquarters with writer Ehren Kruger to talk about new characters for the movie.
Oh, and he also left a little note for Megan Fox, who has been badmouthing the Michael Bay and the Transformers franchise.
“P.S. Megan Fox, welcome back. I promise no alien robots will harm you in any way during the production of this motion picture. Please consult your Physician when working under my direction because some side effects can occur, such as mild dizziness, intense nausea, suicidal tendencies, depression, minor chest hair growth, random internal hemorrhaging and inability to sleep. As some directors may be hazardous to your health, please consult your Doctor to determine if this is right for you.”
Hilarious, and just slightly upped Bay’s cred for me.
Indiana Jones 5 being developed
The fourth Indiana Jones movie was such a bad one that I’m amazed that there were plans to make a new sequel.
Harrison Ford himself has revealed that the story for the new Indiana Jones movies is already being written. In an interview with the French publication Le Figaro, Ford said that he, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have already agreed about what the fifth adventure will be about.
Hopefully, this plan doesn’t push through.