Terror Tidbits
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 30th, 2008
Transsiberian, which has been performing well on its two screens, will expand starting August 8 in Los Angeles; August 15 in Chicago, Washington DC and San Francisco; August 22 in San Diego, Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Dallas, Seattle; and August 27 in Minneapolis.
Chuck Jones’s classic would-be conqueror, Marvin the Martian, is now in development by Warner Bros. in partnership with Alcon Entertainment. The proposed feature film will use CGI and live action. According to Variety, the pitch involves Marvin coming to Earth to ruin Christmas for all until he gets trapped in a gift box. This matches his other attempts at destroying the Earth, usually to be foiled by Bugs Bunny (starting in 1948) or Duck Dodgers.
What can X-fans expect after X-Men Origins: Wolverine next May? Well, there’s the David S. Goyer-written Magneto origin film in the works. But, what about the rest of the team? Production Weekly has listed a new project, X-Men: First Class, which exactly the name of a Marvel Comic about the original quintet of mutants with a fresh, modern day approach from writer Jeff Parker and artist Roger Cruz. Try www.x-menfirstclass.com and you get taken to 20th Century-Fox’s website. Interesting, no?
