Weekend To Do – Rumors/News 06-15-07

Hi Everybody:

Here are some thoughts on what’s happening this weekend.

DVD
(click on the title to buy the DVD from Amazon.com!)

The Messengers – 6/5/07 – Looks wicked scary.

Deadwood – The Complete Third Season

Ghost Rider (Widescreen Edition) – (only to see the expressions on Nic Cage’s face!)

Breach (Widescreen Edition)- Starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Philipe, Laura Linney, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert (The Unit) – Drama/Thriller

Based on a true story of an FBI Agent who finds another agent selling secrets to the Russians. Sounds like a really good movie that just slipped from the eye of theatergoers and probably needed a little more attention from the studios to get it jumpstarted!

TV

Supergirl will be joining the cast of Smallville this coming season which will probably be it’s last. They haven’t cast the role yet but I read where she has the power to fly. Clark doesn’t know he does too! She is the daughter of Zor-El, Jor-El’s brother…which makes her Clark’s cousin.

(note from Jamie: Helen Slater, the star of the 80′s Supergirl film is also rumored to appear on Smallville)

The Sopranos Finale - I like millions of others, thought my cable went out at the end of the show! After calming down from screaming at the TV, I realized that David Chase is a very smart man. Not only does he leave it up to you, the viewer, to decide what happens to Tony and his family BUT it also leaves the door wide open for a movie… if the principal characters want to do it… money talks!!!

John From Cincinatti – I gotta tell ya; I’m ‘out to lunch’ on this one. It is written/directed/created by David Milch who gave us the brilliant Deadwood. However, THIS series is about surfers and I honestly can’t see that many swear words being justified in a surfer series!!!!

Big Love – Hope everyone caught the season premiere on Monday night. If not, you can watch it on Comcast ON DEMAND. Good to have it back.

Rescue Me – Haven’t watched it yet but I’m sure it’s good.

Reminder: MEADOWLANDS starts Sunday night on HBO.

MOVIES:

Opening on 10/12 is a movie I didn’t talk about yesterday. It is called:

We Own The Night and it stars Robert Duvall, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg. It’s a crime drama that you can be sure that Sony will promote!

Also, one more: Wanted – Opening on 3/28/08

Starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman.

This one is hard to summarize. It sounds like it takes place in the future. McAvoy works as a hypochondriac account manager who is stuck in his work cubicle until his dad dies.

Maybe Jamie will have the trailer

(note from Jamie: This is based on the 2004 comic book series by Mark Miller about a secret fraternity of super-powered assassins looking to kill mythological beings that control the laws of life and death. I think it’s still too far off for a trailer yet, but it does have Russian director Timur Bekmambetov of the Nightwatch films on board)

 

RUMORS:

Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly (who met on A Beautiful Mind with Russell!) will star in a movie named: ABANDONED (horror) It is the story of a couple who settle in an idylic English town to raise a family. Their life is shaken when the husband, a claymation artist, discovers his creations are acting out a nightmare that he dreams.

Filming will start in the UK in August. – By the way, Clive Barker will exec. produce it.

Frank Miller is already working on Sin City III even though II hasn’t started filming yet. I wonder what’s happening on Miller’s HELL AND BACK?

In Theaters:

Finally… Fantastic Four – Rise of the Silver Surfer

Ocean’s 13 – Knocked Up – Surf’s Up – Pirates

OK, that’s it for now. Talk to you soon.

Joanie