After the new internet trailer for “Dead Island” surprisingly garnered attention and popularity this week, the video game received more good news when veteran producer Sean Daniel announced he has picked up the rights via his Sean Daniel Company, http://www.slashfilm.com is reporting. Daniel, who is known for producing such movies as ‘The Mummy’ and ‘The Wolfman,’ is possibly looking to make a movie based on the as-of-yet released game, but no official announcement has been made yet. Even though there isn’t a script, or even a screenwriter on board for the potential “Dead Island” movie, Daniel felt it was the best time to buy the rights, as the public was…

Now that director Joe Johnston has lived down the critical and fan disappointment he received last year after the release of his movie ‘The Wolfman,’ he’s assuring comic book fans that his upcoming film, ‘Captain America: The First Avenger,’ will be better, Cinemablend.com is reporting. Johnston is now admitting that he regrets making ‘The Wolfman,’ and he only took the job because for the first time in his career, he desperately needed money. “I had a cash flow problem…money is always the wrong reason for doing something that requires passionate devotion.” Johnston also blames his discontent with ‘The Wolfman’ on the fact that Universal only gave him three weeks to…

Title: The Wolfman Directed By: Joe Johnston Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving The Wolfman has everything you’d expect: a furry man-beast, gallons of blood, a few stray organs, ominous characters and howling at the moon. Top all of that off with a stellar cast, effective score and mesmerizing set design and you think you’d have a masterpiece. You could have the finest ingredients in the world, throw them in a bowl and still burn the final product into uneatable char. Director Joe Johnston collected all of the prestigious components, tossed them in the pot and hoped for the best. Oops. Looks like Johnston forgot to…

Universal Pictures has done a major revision of its 2009 release calendar, moving Fast and the Furious 4, Ridley Scott’s Nottingham and The Wolfman remake. Fast and the Furious 4, originally scheduled to premiere on June 12th, is now set to hit the big screen on April 3rd, taking the place of The Wolfman. The classic monster movie remake, which stars Benicio Del Toro with Joe Johnston directing, has been pushed to a November 6th release date. Scott’s Nottingham, starring Russell Crowe, was bumped from 2009 entirely and will open sometime in 2010, but no official date was set. Universal said the reshuffling was the sensible thing to do, considering…