Happy weekend and a happy Father’s Day to all you Shockya.com readers out there with kiddies. What better way to come down from a day packed with love, presents and good BBQ food than a Movie News Cheat Sheet? Not only do we have updates on plans for San Diego Comic Con and a wrap up of all the material that emerged from the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, but the latest on two much-talked-about projects that have yet to reach the green light, the Hot Wheels movie and Jurassic Park 4. We’ve also got some casting news to share for both the Percy Jackson sequel and The Hobbit, plus  [ Read More ]

Sadly, Warner Bros., Disney, Dreamworks and Marvel have all apparently opted out of Comic Con 2011, but hey, that means more room for Summit Entertainment. Come July, Summit will be right in the middle of the action and has a hefty schedule planned. The studio will offer updates on Paul W.S. Anderson’s rendition of The Three Musketeers, the alien invasion film The Darkest Hour and, drum roll please, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. While Summit has yet to release the plans for The Three Musketeers and The Darkest Hour, the studio did announce that Breaking Dawn will be one of the very first panels in Hall H  [ Read More ]

The new trailer for the new comedy/drama “50/50″ starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen hit the Internet today. “50/50″ was directed by “The Wackness” director, Jonathan Levine and was penned by Will Reiser and was formerly titled, “I’m With Cancer” and will distributed by Summit Entertainment. “50/50″ will also feature Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Anjelica Huston. This trailer looks great! It looks very funny and it’s every beat. I can’t wait to see this movie! You can watch the trailer in HD at Apple.com or the official website. Official Synopsis: Inspired by personal experiences, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely  [ Read More ]

In this recent interview at Cannes, actor Mel Gibson talks with Variety about his film “The Beaver” by director Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Cherry Jones and Jodie Foster. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from The Beaver. Synopsis: Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with two-time Academy Award winner Mel Gibson in THE BEAVER – an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter  [ Read More ]

Title: The Beaver Director: Jodie Foster Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Cherry Jones, Riley Thomas Stewart, Zachary Booth Off-screen, Mel Gibson may or may not be a deplorable human being — and I tend to think on a certain level he kind of is, with the caveat that I additionally understand he’s also very much a guy in deep, deep pain — but the fact remains that he and his new movie, “The Beaver”, are uniquely suited for one another. When Gibson, after a string of disastrous incidents in his personal life, mounted a comeback with last year’s “Edge of Darkness”, his first starring role in  [ Read More ]

Three additional actors have signed on to star alongside Amanda Seyfried in Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment’s new movie ‘Gone,’ including Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley and Jennifer Carpenter, www.collider.com is reporting. The thriller will be helmed by Brazilian filmmaker Heitor Dhalia. The script, which was penned by ‘Fame’ screenwriter Allison Burnett, follows Seyfried’s character, a kidnap survivor, who tries to find the killer she believes abducted her sister. ‘Gone,’ which is believed to jump-start Seyfried’s action career, much like ‘Taken’ did for Liam Neeson in 2009, is set to begin shooting in April 2011. However, there’s no word yet what roles Wickersham (of ‘I Am Number Four’), Bentley (most  [ Read More ]

Summit Entertainment is currently in talks to distribute the big screen adaptation of the controversial novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky, collider.com is reporting. The news comes after rumors began circulating in May that Emma Watson and ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians’ actor Logan Lerman were signed to appear in the film. John Malkovich is also attached to ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ as a producer, and Chbosky is on boarad to write and direct the film. The book, which has been criticized for its frequent references to drugs, sex homosexuality and suicide,  follows the life of a shy teen who assumes the name Charlie,  [ Read More ]

After raking in almost $165,000 at the box office and being nominated for Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy at this year’s Golden Globe Awards, screenwriters Jon and Erich Hoeber have been rehired by Summit Entertainment to pen a sequel to last year’s action-comedy ‘RED,’ Collider.com is reporting. If the studio is happy with the final script from the Hoebers, who wrote the original film, the highest-grossing Summit movie outside of the ‘Twilight’ films, it will officially green-light the follow-up. Summit is also so happy with the two writers that studio officials also hired them to work on the script for the upcoming thriller ‘Man on a Ledge,’ starring Sam Worthington.  [ Read More ]

Summit Entertainment has already picked up the film rights to author Erin Morgenstern’s first novel Night Circus, even though the book won’t be published until September, Comingsoon.net is reporting. The independent studio, which rose to fame after it released ‘Twilight’ in 2008, is hoping to repeat that series’ success with the new romantic novel. Night Circus is set at the turn of the 19th century, and tells the love story of two young magicians who are expected to follow in their illusionist fathers’ footsteps and be enemies. However, they don’t continue their fathers’ long-standing rivalry, and instead fall in love. The fates of everyone involved in the circus, including performers  [ Read More ]

Summit Entertainment is in negotiations to acquire the big-screen adaptation rights to the young adult book series “Homelanders” by Andrew Klavan. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura has been attached to produce the adaptation, which is about a young man who wakes up one morning in a random nightmare involving forces beyond his control. The first two books in the series are called “The Last Thing I Remember” and “The Long Way Home”. The third untitled volume is slated for release this November. The book’s official synopsis reads; “Sometimes you have to go home to find out who you really are. Charlie West went to bed one night an ordinary high school student.  [ Read More ]

In an effort to promote and capitalize on the videos on demand (VOD) option, cable companies are entering into a $30 million advertising campaign with Hollywood studios, the Hollywood Reporter announced on March 17. With theater prices rising and the recession continuing, more people are turning to VOD to watch the latest releases. After accepting this fact, cable companies and Hollywood studios decided to launch the television, print and internet ad campaign, titled “The Video Store Just Moved In.” The campaign is focused on showing digital cable subscribers how easy it is to use their remotes to order movies on demand. Some of the movie studios who are participating in  [ Read More ]

You’d think losing a lead like James McAvoy would be a deal breaker, but replace him with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and it’s like nothing ever happened. It doesn’t hurt that regardless of who takes the lead in Summit Entertainment’s comedy, formerly known as I’m With Cancer, will star alongside Seth Rogen and have a supporting cast including Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston and Philip Baker Hall. According to MTV, McAvoy had to ditch the project due to personal reasons. Gordon-Levitt assumes his role of Adam, a 25-year-old diagnosed with cancer. Rogen calls the film “a very personal story, about what happened to our friend for the most part.” That  [ Read More ]

Scott Kosar (“The Machinist”, the remakes of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, “The Crazies”) has been brought on to work on the screenplay for “Vlad”, Summit Entertainment’s take on the classic Dracula mythology. The original script was written by Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy”), and Anthony Mandler recently came on-board to direct the project. Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner are producing through their Plan B joint production company. Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production, and Meredith Milton, VP of production, are overseeing the project. Jeremy Kleiner is shepherding for Plan B. No casting information or any other info has been released yet about this project. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more on  [ Read More ]

Summit Entertainment has acquired the North American distribution rights to the Mandate comedy formerly titled “I’m With Cancer,” which is slated to start shooting later this month in Vancouver. The studio also announced that Bryce Dallas Howard (“Terminator: Salvation”) has joined the project’s cast, alongside James McAvoy, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse). Jonathan Levine will be directing the film, based on a script by Will Reiser. McAvoy will be playing a man who learns that he has cancer and ends up successfully battling the disease over several years. The character is based on the real-life experiences of screenwriter Reiser, who won his own fight with cancer  [ Read More ]

Summit Entertainment has acquired the feature-film rights to the romantic zombie novel “Warm Bodies”. Jonathan Levine (“The Wackness”, “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane”) has been attached to both write and direct the film, based on the book of the same name by Isaac Marion. Marion originally self-published the novel before it was picked up by Atria Books, with a publication date set for this summer. “Warm Bodies” will be produced by Bruna Papandrea, with Laurie Webb and Cori Shepherd Stern executive producing. The book’s story follows an existentially-tormented zombie who becomes friends with the girlfriend of his latest victim. Their relationship will transform not only him but also other  [ Read More ]