-While everyone may have thought that the success, and highly unexpected, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise had sailed into the sunset at the end of At World’s End it has been reported that Disney are planning a fourth movie.
The film is supposedly scheduled to be released in 2011 however no plot, cast members or director was hinted at in this report.
However many will assume that Johnny Depp
will be tied to this project as Captain Jack Sparrow, the character that made these movies such a success.
During promotion for the third instalment the popular actor did admit that he would be open to returning to this character in the future.
-The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to Rita Marley’s account of living with reggae star Bob Marley
, No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley.
It is believed that the film would follow Rita and Bob Marley rocky relationship which includes the birth of their children, his affairs and an assassination attempt.
No cast has yet been named.
This would not be the first time a Marley production has tried to tell the singer’s story as Warner Bros tried to get together a project based on Timothy White’s book Catch a Fire.
-Warner Bros, now the writer’s strike is over, are now moving forward to get The Justice League project off the ground.
Amendments are being made to the script and casting is going ahead in the hope that the film will be in cinemas by 2009.
The Justice League, based on the popular DC Comic, brings together some of the most beloved superheroes including Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
Rumoured to have already been cast is the O.C’s Adam Brody as the Flash, rapper Common as the Green Lantern, and Megan Gale as Wonder Woman.
What roles Superman and Batman will have in the new project is yet to be determined with both characters having stand alone projects. Batman actor Christian Bale claimed that he would not take part in the Justice League movies.
-Another comic book project being eyed up by Marvel is a CGI animated version of Avengers after seeing the success of Beowulf.
The Avengers, like the Justice League, are a superhero team that Captain America, Thor, Iron Man and the Hulk.
-Terminator looks set to return to the big screen by 2009 Warner Bros have announced that Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins will be in cinemas in just over twelve months on May 22.
The film, which stars Christian Bale, is expected to begin shooting on May 5, after the actor wraps on Michael Mann’s Public Enemies with Johnny Depp.
The plot of the latest movie in the Terminator franchise is being kept a closely guarded secret but is rumoured to part of a three picture arc.
-Director David Gordon Green has announced that he will be remaking Dario Argento’s cult horror film Suspiria.
The original film which centres on a ballet academy where a young student realises that the teacher are witches is a dramatic change for the director who brought us Snow Angels and George Washington.