A Broadway musical adaptation of Tim Burton’s first
Batfilm will be directed by Burton himself. Details
on Sci-Fi Wire.

Apparently Brad Pitt has opted out of the psychological fantasy "The Fountain" to join up with Wolfgang Petersen and his epic.

Darn, and I was hoping that "Troy" would be watchable.

According to this Cinescape article, Brett Ratner (of “Rush Hour” fame) is ready and willing to start shooting a Superman movie in January. This is not the Batman vs. Superman project, but the solo Superman project once in line for McG.

Some of these we’ve reported before, but for completeness, I’ll give you the whole list:

• Scooby-Doo – Oct. 11
• Spider-Man – Nov. 1
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron – Nov. 19
• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Nov. 12
• Ice Age – Nov. 26
• Men in Black II – Nov. 26
• Lilo & Stitch – Dec. 3
• Stuart Little 2 – Before Xmas

Announcements for Minority Report and Austin Powers in Goldmember are coming soon.

Check it out!

Looks pretty intense to me.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures have signed Wolfgang Petersen (Superman vs. Batman, Air Force One, Das Boot) to direct and produce the epic tale on film. It is being titled “Troy.”

No word on when filming will start or who will be in it. It goes without saying that, if this is a hit, a big screen adaptation of the sequel, “The Odyssey” won’t be far behind.

Now that you’ve watched the View Askew parody below,
it’s time to participate in the real thing. View
Askew has put out a call for
extras to appear in the next View Askew movie,
Jersey Girl, starring Ben
“Daredevil” Affleck, Liv “Arwen”
Tyler, George
“Rufus” Carlin, Jennifer
“my dress is slipping” Lopez, Joey
Lauren “Fingercuffs” Adams, Jason
“Azrael” Lee, and Jason
“Say No To Drugs” Mewes.

Ain’t
It Cool News obtained a list of Marvel’s planned
movie releases. Most of the list is not surprising,
but this is the first time I’ve heard that the
updated and re-edited X-Men DVD relese will
be titled X-Men 1 1/2, and the first I’ve
heard about the Nick Fury movie.

According to this
Ain’t It Cool News article, Petersen’s Batman
vs. Superman has been cast with Colin
Farrell as Batman and Jude
Law as Superman. They’ve both got time to work
out, so I see nothing wrong with those choices.

Chris Columbus opted out of directing the third
Harry Potter movie some time ago. Well, according to
this
Cinescape article, Alfonso
Cuaron has stepped up to take over.