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Source = Cinemablend.com

According to industry rumors (see how professional and attractive I sound?), Godzilla is going to be remade once again for American audiences. The company, Legendary Pictures, is responsible for such movies as The Dark Knight and others that aren't The Dark Knight. Godzilla fans should be pumped: Legendary Pictures seems to have their heads on straight as far as a studio goes and have made some badass films in the past few years (Dark Knight, Dark Knight, Watchmen).

This is the part where everyone is going to say "it'll probably be better than P.O.S. 1998 Roland Emmerich debacle", but you know what? I love that movie, so shut your mouth! Granted, I can see why people hate it, but that's a big part of my childhood. Let's just hope that whoever makes this movie either does a really good update from the 50's version or throws in some crazy ass monster fights. As much as I dig the 1998 version...raptor-zillas aren't exactly cool you know?

Oh and if Legendary Pictures is reading...I'm free to write the script. In fact, I'll pay YOU for the chance. No I won't. Okay, yes I will.

-Jon

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is based off the stories of Tucker Max, the writer of the book of the same title as well as his infamous website TuckerMax.com. Based off the Austin Road Trip story from both his book and his website, the film centers around Tucker who takes his two friends out to the greatest strip club in the world, and all the chaos that ensues because of it. It's a road trip movie, a buddy comedy, and judging by the trailer, a comedy that will be both hilarious and controversal.

I love Tucker Max's writing, and could care less if it is real or not. The trailer does not disappoint, and already has lines worth quoting ("fat chicks aren't real people"). I can see this movie being a douchebag's paradise, but I don't care. The trailer is a bit neutered, but there's talk of a red band trailer in the future, so all the Tucker Max fans can get pumped to truly get the essence of the film.

Watch the trailer, lemme know what you think, and bask in the hilarity this movie promises...and hopefully delivers.

I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell comes out September 25th.

I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell: The Movie Blog

-Jon

Source: IMDB.com

1. Funny People - 23.4 million (23.4M)
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 17.7 million (255m)
3. G-Force - 17.1 million (66.5m)
4. The Ugly Truth - 13 million (54.5m)
5. Aliens in the Attic - 7.8 million (7.8m)
6. Orphan - 7.25 million (26.8m)
7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - 5.3 million (182m)
8. The Hangover - 5.08 million (256m)
9. The Proposal - 4.85 million (159m)
10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - 4.6 million (388m)

As expected, Funny People was the winner at the box office this weekend. The Judd Apatow film with a star studded cast beat out the competition, but also underperforming from his other two films and may be the one that grosses less. Maybe finally Apatow will stop putting his name on everything. Probably not.

Ugly Truth and Proposal still hold strong, and still proves that women do not care about the feminist movement.

Transformers is almost off the top ten, but is even closer to the 400 million boom. Once again, shame on you America for letting Michael Bay make money.

On the bright side, The Hangover is still raking in the dough and hopefully that leads to more non-Judd Apatow good R-rated comedies. As long as they don't have Katherine Heigl, but she's too feminist to do such low roles...wait...

Anyway, that's the box office jargon I've got for you this week. This looks a lot harder than I thought it would.

NEW RELEASES AUGUST 7TH: GI Joe Rise of the Cobra (guaranteed to ruin everyone's childhood), Julie and Julia (I want to see this, but don't tell my guy friends that), Shorts (...ugh), and A Perfect Getaway (...who?).

Until next week...something witty.

-Jon

Source: E! Online

According to E! Online, Ridley Scott has announced plans to direct an Alien prequel. While the script hasn't even been written yet, fans everywhere should get somewhat excited: he is the man who created the series and is one of the best science fiction directors ever (anyone who doubts the awesome of Blade Runner shall be punished).

I feel two things: first, I'm glad he's returning to the syfy (*rimshot*) genre, as I like those movies a lot more than I've liked any of his others (Gladiator is the exception). Buuuut, I'm not the biggest Alien fan on the planet. I found it plodding and boring, although I'm sure it was groundbreaking at the time. It would've been more of a boon to get James Cameron to agree to it, as he created the best entry in the series. Oh well.

Alien nerds (and Chris), here's your chance to make everyone forget Resurrection and the two horrible AVP movies.

-Jon

Source: Cinemablend.com

Michael C. Hall, who plays the title role in the coolest fucking show ever Dexter, is set to star in the film East Fifth Bliss, in which he, as a 35 year old man, begins a relationship with an 18 year old girl. Now, in the article I read, it mentioned Hall as continuing to be creepy. I, on the other hand, would like to give him a handshake and a high five. Let's face: all dudes wanna date younger girls, and she's 18, so I don't see what the creepiness factor of this movie is going to be. In fact, this film gets our stamp of approval for flying in the face of moral decency.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm meeting a 13 year old at her house to tell her NOT to talk to creepy pedophiles. And to give her the lube she requested/I assume she requested.

-Jon

P.S. If you don't get the joke, shame on you.

Source: Cinemablend.com

According to the article posted on Cinemablend.com (which was taken from a story in Variety.com), Rob Marshall is "most likely" going to be directing the 4th Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Now, some of you may ask, "why is there a Pirates 4 and who the hell is Rob Marshall?" Marshall is the director of the Academy-Award winning musical Chicago, the Catherine Zeta Jones picture that was both overrated and...well, overrated. Me, I love musicals (what straight man doesn't?), but Chicago was just a mess that was aimed towards the middle aged and I'm not there yet. Plus, anyone who lets Renee Zellwegger in a movie is no friend of mine.

Anyway, Marshall's new film, Nine (not the sweet animated one, but SHOCK a musical), will be hitting theaters soon and Pirates 4 may or may not be his next picture. It isn't etched in stone yet, but I think I speak for the general public when I say: who cares?

Pirates ran its course many moons ago, and the third film wasn't exactly the greatest film to cap the series on. I understand it's a cash cow and Johnny Depp needs (no he doesn't) 40 million dollars, but milking a franchise running on empty is not the way to recessitate Hollywood. Still, it will probably gross a boat load, but I expect a 70 percent drop second-week. I call it now. Remember this.

Who knows, maybe Rob Marshall, should he take the job since it isn't etched in stone yet, will breathe new life into the series. All I know is I won't be watching either way. Three was enough.

-Jon

If there's one director with an overrated track record, it has to be Richard Kelly. Hitting on the scene with Donnie Darko, a boring and self-indulgent mess featuring Jake Gyllenhall as Donnie and Drew Barrymore as...no one integral to the story. He followed it up with the three thousand hour (at least it felt like it) epic Southland Tales starring The Rock and Sean William Scott, a reunion all five Rundown fans had been waiting for. Although markedly better than Donnie Darko, Kelly showed himself to be a man who likes to, as the Greek philosophers put it, suck his own dick.

"The Box", starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden(swoooon in a manly way), is about a couple who get a visit from some creepy dude with a face issue (Frank Langella) carrying a box with a button inside. He tells them if they push the button, someone they do not know will die. However, they will also be compensated for their guilt with one million dollars.

The trailer looks somewhat interesting, I guess. I like Frank Langella and James Marsden, so that may get me to watch it. However, some of the visuals in the trailer (gawking man outside the house, I'm looking at you!) are just unneccessary and there to be there.

I don't know, maybe Richard Kelly will finally make a movie that is worth watching. We'll see. Check out the trailer and give me your thoughts! DO IT!

-Jon

The "Saw" series, for my money, is one of the better film franchises going. Although many have said it's lost steam as time has gone on, you cannot deny the fact that every year, you're guaranteed some blood, some guts, and even a little story. As Halloween edges close, Lionsgate has released the teaser trailer for Saw 6, which is being shown before Orphan.

From the trailer, you cannot really tell what is going on, as it just leads you into many CGI rooms with monitors displaying the action. However, the blurb about it states that (SPOILERS) Detective Hoffman has become the new Jigsaw and now has to fend off the FBI.

I admit, I have not seen the 5th film, but I found the 4th to be a worthy entry in the series. As time gets near, I may go through all five Saw movies in anticipation for the 6th.

Anyway, watch the trailer below, let me know what you think.

Source: Cinematical

The Joe Johnson directed remake (I know, they made another one) The Wolf Man has been delayed until February of 2010. Originally supposed to come out in November, it apparently fell victim to the dreaded evil known as post-production and reshoots.

The film stars Benicio Del Toro in the title role, and judging by the picture to the left, the makeup at least looks pretty cool. I won't judge the film yet until I see a trailer, but I won't lie...I'm pretty pumped to see it. Unfortunately, with the January-February stretch of the year being used a dumping ground for crap projects (hellooooo Legend of Chun-Li!), that makes me a bit nervous.

Anyway, your Thanksgiving season will be less wolfman-y than previously, although if you love werewolves, check out the next installment of the Twilight franchise, New Moon. Actually, don't.

-Jon