Miramax Makes Deal with Hulu
Miramax continues with its new business model. On June 1st, the company announced a multiyear deal to make its movie library available on Hulu and Hulu Plus.
Surprising Decision on House
Fox’s series House, starring Hugh Laurie, is renewed for an eighth season. The surprising part? Lisa Edelstein, who portrays Dr. Cuddy; House’s boss, ex-girlfriend and essentially an antagonist (though our “hero” House is more like the antagonist) will not return for the new season.
Angelina Jolie’s Directorial Debut on In the Land of Blood and Honey
Angelina Jolie’s first film she has written and directed has found a U.S. distributor at Cannes Film Festival. The distribution company FilmDistrict will release Jolie’s film entitled In the Land of Blood and Honey on December 23, 2011.
Glee‘s Chris Colfer Writes Disney Pilot and Indie Film
Glee star Chris Colfer has been a busy man. He’s penned a pilot for the Disney Channel’s The Little Leftover Witch. The premise is on a young witch who crash lands near a family who takes her in. The pilot is based on the children’s book written by Florence Laughlin.
Guillermo del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness Shelved
Director Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness has ceased production. It’s a huge disappointment since it was del Toro’s dream project, Tom Cruise was interested in a role — and not to mention James Cameron’s involvement as well. Apparently Universal couldn’t invest in a $150 million R rated movie. The risk was too great.
Guillermo del Toro hopes Universal will allow his production to move to another studio, but for the time being, At the Mountains of Madness is in a stalemate. del Toro went on to say that it was simply a business decision by Universal.
Sony Pictures and Platinum Dunes Adapts Zombies vs. Robots
The rights to the comic Zombies vs. Robots was acquired by Sony Pictures for Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes. The comic is the inspiration and basis for JT Petty’s spec script Inherit the Earth. It centers around a girl who is the sole survivor of the human race. She’s closely guarded by a group of robots from evolved, intelligent zombies.
I like the title Inherit the Earth, but apparently it’s been renamed World War Robot. It isn’t inspired and completely overlooks the zombie aspect of the premise. Reverting to Petty’s title would be a good decision.
Produced by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Rick Jacobs, Dave Alpert and Andrew Form — World War Robot is bound to have explosions galore.
(Deadline)
RoboCop Statue Denied in Detroit
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing asked people on the internet ideas on how to revive the impoverish city — and what was one of the ideas kicked back his way? A statue of RoboCop. What better way to symbolize revival for Detroit other than its sci-fi hero?
It’s a ridiculous idea overall for Mayor Bing, who replied via Twitter: “There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop. Thank you for the suggestion.”
It’d be amazing if Detroit had a RoboCop statue, but Mayor Bing made the right decision. The city has enough on its plate to fix and shouldn’t waste resources on a statue when it could be used to focus on real life problems.
Nevertheless, Detroit should erect a RoboCop statue as a job-well-done when its back on its feet.