Tag: Brett Ratner

Watch The New Trailer For ‘Hercules’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: If you’ve written off the Brett Ratner directed, Dwayne Johnson starring Hercules up to this point, you should definitely give it another chance. The second trailer for the film has just hit the web, and it’s even cooler than the first!

The Rock looks great, the creatures look great, and we can’t wait to see more.

Take a look at the trailer below, and let us know what you think. Hercules stars Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan, John Hurt, Rebecca Ferguson, Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Aksel Hennie, and Reece Ritchie, and hits theatres on July 25th.

The First Trailer For ‘Hercules’ Is Here, And It’s Way Better Than Expected

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: If you’ve written off the Brett Ratner directed, Dwayne Johnson starring Hercules up to this point, you should definitely give it another chance. The first trailer for the film has just debuted online, and it’s actually pretty bad-ass.

The Rock looks great, the creatures look great, and the thing looks epic as hell.

Take a look at the trailer below, and let us know what you think. Hercules stars Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan, John Hurt, Rebecca Ferguson, Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Aksel Hennie, and Reece Ritchie, and hits theatres on July 25th.

http://youtu.be/4JZhGYrgCPg

Valiant Moving Forward With ‘Harbinger’ Film Adaptation

by Shawn Madden

With the film currently stalled at Paramount, Valiant Entertainment Group has chosen to move forward themselves with a film adaptation of Harbinger. The company has brought back Stephen Susco (Texas Chainsaw 3D) to pen the script for the film. This part is great news. The only bad news is that the potential director attached is Brett Ratner, but keep in mind that potential director doesn’t necessarily mean that he actually will be directing the film. If he does get brought on to direct, could Ratner redeem himself here for X-Men: The Last Stand?

 

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The film originally in development over at Paramount, but underlying rights issues in the whole Fox and Warner Bros. lawsuit over Watchmen has stalled the project. Well, instead of going the the studio route, Valiant has “chosen to seek financing and was given a capital infusion from private investment company Cuneo & Co. and partnered with former Marvel CEO and vice chairman Peter Cuneo to relaunch and independently develop their own library of over 1,500 titles.”

 

The series, which was created by Jim Shooter, is a dark and modern twist on the mutant/superhero mythology and follows Pete Stanchek, a teenager- turned-superhero and his battle with a equally powerful industrialist. If you’ve never read an issue of Harbinger, do yourself a favor and check the series out. You won’t be disappointed.

 

Source: Variety

Brett Ratner To Direct Dwayne Johnson In ‘Hercules: The Thracian Wars’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Looks like Brett Ratner is set to take on another comic book property. Let’s just hope that this one turns out better than his last attempt!

MGM and Paramount announced today that Ratner has signed on the direct Hercules: The Thracian World, an adaptation of the Radical Studios original graphic novel by Steve Moore and Admira Wijaya. The script has been adapted by newcomer Ryan Condal.

Being that the film isn’t set to start production until 2013, not a whole lot is known about it. Dwayne Johnson of course will play the herculean hero, and at this time the film has no other stars attached.

It’s been a rather good year for Radical Studios, as production just wrapped on a film adaptation of their popular property Oblivion. Oblivion has some major stars attached, including Tom Cruise, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo.

Are you excited to see Dwayne step into this role? Are you excited that Ratner is taking it on? Is Kevin Sorbo the only real Herc?

Source: RadicalPublishing

Even More Names Added To The List Of Potential Directors For ‘Justice League’

by Shawn Madden

It looks like we’re getting even more names added to the list of potential directors for Warner Bros. upcoming Justice League film. Peter Georgiou of Thinkmcflythink Tweeted earlier this week that he had heard some more names that were on Warner Bros. radar for the upcoming and he didn’t sound too stoked on the names he had heard. He’s revealed some of the names on the list that include Zack Snyder (Watchmen), Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) and joining Brett Ratner on the list of people that no one wants to do it…McG (Terminator: Salvation).

Georgiou also Tweeted that they were about eight names in total on this list, and we can possilby expect more to be revealed shortly. Keep in mind that of course if these directors are on the list it doesn’t mean that any of them are going to do it. Hell, some of these name have most likely not even been approached yet for the upcoming project. Let’s just keep Brett Rater and McG away from this one please Warner Bros. I think of all the names revealed Snyder, Fleischer and The Wachowskis are definitely the best picks on the list. So, what do you think about these?

Source: Peter Georgiou [via ScreenRant]

Brett Ratner On List Of Considered Directors For ‘Justice League’?

by Shawn Madden

Originally it was reported that Warner Bros. wanted Ben Affleck to direct their upcoming superhero epic, Justice League. After Affleck announced that he was not interested in doing the film the studio began compiling a list of directors which has been reported to be topped by Lana and Andy Wachowski. But, now another name has been reported to be on that list. While this may be a rumor, and man do I hope it is, Superman Super Site is reporting that sources close to the project are hearing that studio executives are very interested in Brett Ratner. Apparently none of these executives have seen the horrendous X-Men: The Last Stand.

“The studio is very pleased with the work that Brett [Ratner] has done as a producer and director on past projects,” states our sources. “They are now very interested in seeing what he can do with helping finally bring this group of iconic superheroes to the big screen!”

Yes, this would not be the first comic book movie for the filmmaker that is best known for directing the Rush Hour franchise. No, this is definitely not the project for that director. One of the few road bumps in this possibility is that Brett Ratner has just started pre-production on a fourth Rush Hour film. And may we all pray that they decide to go with someone else here. I am honestly quite interested in seeing a Wachowski helmed version of Justice League and hope that the rumors of them being the second choice on the list come to be true and end up with them helming the upcoming film. Until anything official is announced though…let’s keep this one on the rumor list.