“The Dark Knight” is Heading for Best Opening Ever!
Batman fans anxious to get a glimpse of the late Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker are snatching up tickets online more than three weeks before The Dark Knight’s July 17 premiere.
According to Fandango, tickets for the upcoming “The Dark Knight” are selling out, even though the film is still three weeks away from being released in theaters. Lots of midnight screenings have sold out and many theaters are now adding 3am showings to meet the demand.
“We are currently seeing a surge in advance ticket sales,” said Ted Hong, vice president of marketing for Fandango, which first began selling tickets for Dark Knight last Friday. “It makes sense that there’s a rush for tickets — it looks action-packed and film fans are anxious to see Heath Ledger.” Read the rest of this entry
“Spider-Man 4″ Targeted for May 2011
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Spider-man producer Laura Zisken says the studio is aiming for a May 2011 release date for the fourth Spider-man movie.
In remarks Thursday to theater owners from California and Nevada, Ziskin added that the screenplay is not finished yet, but that she and Sony Pictures were hopeful Spider-Man 4 could be ready in three years’ time.
The first three movies comprise one of the most successful franchises in modern Hollywood history, grossing a combined $2.5 billion worldwide. Neither star Tobey Maguire nor director Sam Raimi is yet committed to work on the next installment. But Sony has paid Marvel to renew its rights.
Sam Raimi’s ‘Hell’ Adds Three
Jessica Lucas, Lorna Raver and David Paymer will help bring scares to Sam Raimi’s “Drag Me to Hell” for Ghost House Pictures and domestic distributor Universal.Lucas (”Cloverfield”) will play the roommate and best friend of Stephanie (Alison Lohman), the unwitting recipient of a supernatural curse.
Raver plays Mrs. Ganush, a proud Eastern European woman with an old-world belief system who, when defied and humiliated, vengefully casts the curse. Paymer will play Mr. Jacks, Stephanie’s practical bank-manager boss.
Raimi wrote the screenplay with his brother, Ivan. Principal photography begins Monday in Los Angeles.
Lucas is repped by Gersh and Willie Mercer of Thruline Entertainment. Raver is repped by Michael Greene of Greene & Associates Talent Agency. Paymer is repped by APA and Susan Smith Co.
Ellen Page Signs On For ‘Drag Me to Hell’
Sam Raimi has directed a couple of horror movies in the past such as Evil Dead 1 and 2, The Gift and Army Of Darkness and now he is set to direct Drag Me to Hell. Raimi will be returning to the horror genre after spending the last few years directing a small trilogy known as Spiderman. Oscar nominated actress Ellen Page has joined to lead the cast, according to Variety. Ellen has recently stared in Juno and played Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat) in X-Men 3.
The film is described as ‘a morality tale about the unwitting recipient of a supernatural curse’, which I am guessing is Ellen Page. To see Ellen in a horror movie is going to be interesting. We know she can do comedy, drama and action but we haven’t seen that lovely face of hers shriek in fear, and who else better to do that with than Sam Raimi?
Filming will begin in Los Angeles in March.
