Terror Tidbits

Posted by dominie in Films, News on September 29th, 2008

MGM has slated A Perfect Getaway for release on March 13, 2009, one year after its production began.  Written and directed by David Twohy (Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick) for Relativity Media, A Perfect Getaway is the story of a newlywed couple who vacations to Hawaii for their honeymoon “getaway.”  Unbeknownst to them, it will be their worst nightmare when they meet two hikers who turn out to be vicious killers.  The film stars Timothy Olyphant, Steve Zahn, Milla Jovovich, and Kiele Sanchez.

According to Variety, arthouse director Kenneth Branagh (Henry V) has been in talks to direct Marvel Comics’ next live-active film, Thor, to be released in summer 2010.  Thor follows a disabled medical student Donald Blake, who has an alter ego as the hammer-wielding Norse god Thor.  Similar to Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, Thor will be funded by Marvel using their $500 million credit facility through Merrill Lynch.  The Iron Man sequel will also go through the same treatment.