For those who were looking forward to a fourth Bourne movie, I'm sorry to say that it now appears that (despite various hopes) Matt Damon won't be returning to the action role.
Writer (and director on 'The Bourne Legacy') Tony Gilroy has confirmed that the new movie won't be a prequel or a re-boot, but rather a sort of spin-off from the original story.
Gilroy explains why his new story will be branching off the previous movies:
"The easiest way to think of it is an expansion or a reveal.
"Jason Bourne will not be in this film, but he’s very much alive. I’m building a legend and an environment and a wider conspiracy. Everything you saw in the first three films actually happened, and everyone who got into will be rewarded for paying attention. We’re going to show you the bigger picture, the bigger canvas."
Is this the right way of keeping fans from the previous Bourne movies? Can't help thinking that 'if it ain't broken, don't fix it', but I might be totally pessimistic here.
With the fourth movie well into production, news has come through that Wes Craven’s Scream saga might continue for another 3 more movies.
In an interview with MTV, Craven comments on the fourth movie:
"The studio wants to be very, very secretive about it.
"I think it’s kind of known that Neve [Campbell, who plays Sidney] is returning to her hometown for a short visit, and all hell breaks loose. But there’s also a whole cast of new characters — there’s some very, very interesting kids.”
Does Craven see a future in the the fifth and possibly a sixth installment?
He adds:
"I think the studio is realistic enough to say, let’s see how it does, but Kevin Williamson does have an idea for a planned trilogy out of it."
Singer Calvin Harris has slammed rumours he is planning to take legal action against Chris Brown for apparently sampling one of his songs without permission - insisting a lawsuit wouldn't do any "good".
The Scottish DJ took to his Twitter.com page this week to rant about the singer's new track, Yeah 3x, revealing he almost "choked on (his) cornflakes" when he heard the alleged similarities to his own song, I'm Not Alone.
But although Harris is that even though "stealing is stealing, doesn't matter who you are", he won't be taking his complaint to court as he doesn't want to become tangled in years of expensive litigation.
In a series of posts on his Twitter blog, he writes:
"Stealing is still stealing, doesn't matter who you are! Because Chris Brown is an international celebrity doesn't make it OK to rip off a guy from U.K. not many people have heard of... How are you going to call me irrelevant when his brand new song sounds just like my two-year-old song?
"Of course I'm not going to take it to court? What good would that do?! Happy for people to make their own mind up...
"And those saying I'm doing this for publicity, that's f**king laughable - what I have I got coming out? F**k all! Don't want or need it."
It's a shame when folk start sampling your songs (without your permission), but I can see Harris' point on this. Sometimes the hassle's not worth it.
Reports are surfacing that the much-anticipated (and talked about) prequel to Ridley Scott's 'ALIEN' could be stalled indefinitely, after creative differences between Twentieth Century Fox and Scott began to appear.
According to Latinoreview.com, Scott's vision of the prequel requires a budget of around $250 million, and an obvious 18 / R rating attached to it. However, Twentieth Century Fox aren't accepting any of this, and are proposing the budget be trimmed down substantially, and chop the prequel down enough to make it into a PG / 12A movie.
Should Scott give in to the studio's demands, and provide what can only be imagined as a very tame 'ALIEN' prequel? Or should he stick to his guns and give the fans (the majority of the cinema-paying public and would ultimately determine the success of this movie) what they really want?
The project is all set to go, but this could potentially wedge a stubborn spanner in the works!
