Terror Tidbits

Posted by bob in Comics, Films, News on July 18th, 2008

The MPAA has given J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers an R. All it needs now is a release date from Lionsgate. The western chiller is about a group seeking a missing family and the culprits turn out to be something unearthly.Actor/writer/producer Justin Theroux (Six Feet Under) has been signed to write Iron Man 2. The triple-threat, according to Variety, will work alongside returning director Jon Favreau. The main cast of Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terence Howard will all return in the film, slated for an April 30, 2010 release.

Less than a month after release, Wanted 2 is already being planned by Marc Platt Productions which has re-signed with Universal Pictures. Director Timur Bekmambetov and writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas are already figuring out what to do next. Platt and company are also mounting several other projects including the movie adaptation of the theatrical smash Wicked. Platt is also involved in the Edgar Wright-directed Scott Pilgrim vs. the World in addition to Bekmambetov’s recently adaptation Christian Gossett’s The Red Star.

For those traveling aboard, be comforted in knowing that China has relented and will allow The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor to screen.  Of course, that comes after cuts Rob Cohen had to make to appease the local censors, according to Variety. The truth appears to be that Edko Films had already received a certificate to play the film in China. The cuts were said to be exceptionally minor.