Quickly, before the death rattle for the current vampire craze, let's take a look at films in the expansive, ultra-profitable sub-genre that have been lost in the shuffle. Day three of Movieline's Halloween 25 features Christopher Walken with fangs, a cameo by David Lynch, the blacksploitation vampire film that wasn't and more!
The geeks truly have taken over the world. Hot on the heels of the news that James Cameron is planning to make two Avatar sequels, comes actual news about Christopher Nolan's next Batman sequel. The director tells Hero Complex that his third foray into Gotham City will be called -- drumroll, please -- The Dark Knight Rises. Huh. Guess Batman Returns was taken. Nolan also reveals that the main villain won't be The Riddler, meaning you can begin anew your Tom Hardy character speculation. Enjoy! [LAT/Hero Complex]
Stop the presses! The highest grossing movie of all-time just got itself a sequel. Scratch that: Two sequels! That's right Pandora fans: Twentieth Century Fox has announced that James Cameron will make the two Avatar sequels his next films. This is bad news if you were one of the unicorn breeders still hoping that Cameron would make Cleopatra with Angelina Jolie, and good news just as long as the world doesn't end in 2012.
When word broke Tuesday morning about Charlie Sheen's naked (and possibly addled) destruction of a hotel room in the Plaza Hotel, my imagination ran wild. Did Sheen pull a Hangover and toss his mattress out the window? Did he throw a television across the room in some feat of Hulkian strength? Did he...well, really, what else could he do to a hotel room? There aren't a lot of movable parts. Now though, thanks to TMZ, there is photographic evidence of Sheen's "hotel carnage." Can you handle the carnage? Click ahead to witness the horror...
Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: More Darren Aronofksy-is-going-to-direct-some-robot-crap rumors... Thriller may be adapted for the multiplex... Wesley Snipes has a bad idea... A town in Maine wants to import Chinese kids... and more!
And the "Rally of Hope" succeeds! The Hobbit will shoot in New Zealand! You can all finally sleep at night! New Zealand has agreed to increase financial incentives for the film in exchange for Warner Bros. agreement to use their marketing clout to promote New Zealand as a tourist spot. Maybe they can partner with Universal for Couple's Retreat 2: Kiwi Paradise. [Telegraph]
· Bravo's VP of programming Andy Cohen is a powerful man. You knew that already. Well, consider yourself retaught, because Cohen just grouped together a bunch of female SNL alums for a Real Housewives reunion parody. It's the only new sketch in a clip show special honoring the women of SNL. There's Tina Fey. Who else showed up? [World of Wonder]
By now, you're likely aware that Back to the Future celebrated its 25th anniversary this week. Unfortunately, because of all the attention that Robert Zemeckis's film is receiving, there's a number of overlooked films celebrating their own important milestones in the shadows this week. For example, I bet you didn't know that Wednesday is the 15th anniversary of one of Eddie Murphy's biggest disasters not called Norbit.
As you've no doubt heard, Charlie Sheen is back in the news today, which is usually what happens when the cops are called to your hotel room at 2 a.m. and find you naked, ranting and cavorting with a prostitute. Of course this isn't the first time that Sheen has been the subject of scandalous tabloid fodder and it probably won't be the last. As his 1994 interview with Movieline shows, the Two and a Half Men star simply might be rehab-proof.
Remember earlier when I said things were always developing when it comes to Charlie Sheen. Yeeeeeeah. According to RadarOnline.com, the embattled Two and a Half Men star will check himself back into Promises rehab center following his naked, hotel-room-exploding blowout last night. Sheen's representation has yet to comment on the incident, other than to say that the star "had an adverse allergic reaction to some medication and was taken to the hospital." Production of Two and a Half Men is on a scheduled break this week. Sheening... [RadarOnline.com, LAT/ShowTracker]
· As you come to realize that Abby Elliott should have been the female performer let go before the 36th season of Saturday Night Live instead of Jenny Slate, take a moment out of your afternoon to catch up with the Brooklyn comedienne in the latest edition of her recurring web series, Bestie x Bestie. Click ahead to watch the slightly NSFW funny and stick around for more Buzz Break.
A rumor is circulating today that Lucasfilm plans to convert the four Indiana Jones movies to 3-D, a move echoing its six Star Wars conversions that will debut in 2012 with The Phantom Menace. It could be interesting, right? Alas, a Lucasfilm representative tells Movieline we won't find out any time soon.
If it weren't for Thor, what upcoming movie would the Internet collectively rag on? Oh, right: Green Lantern, The Green Hornet, any updated adaptation of a children's fairy tale, New Year's Eve, etc. But those movies don't have an ace up their sleeve, like Thor does. I'm not talking about ridiculous-looking production art, eye patches, unexciting sizzle reels and general geek indifference. Nope, I'm talking about Avatar.
Hey, the World Series starts tomorrow! If you didn't know (and some of you very well might not know, considering the ratings expected for this thing), the Fall Classic will pit the San Francisco Giants against the Texas Rangers, and it's especially important this year because of each team's historical postseason futility: The Giants have not won a World Series since 1954, and the Rangers have never even been in a World Series. In short, we've got underdog vs. underdog -- and you can bet Disney is watching.
Day two of Movieline's Halloween 25 delves into the ultimate taboo: children. Sure, everyone hates seeing children die, but sometimes they must. Sometimes they are evil. Sometimes your own survival depends on the death of a child! At least that's what horror movies have told us ever since the release of The Bad Seed in 1956. Today's films include mutant babies, talking teddy bears, an island full of murderous children and more! Read on for all of the overlooked gems in the "Terrible Child" sub-genre...
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