Astroboy heads to theaters in 2009

Slated for worldwide theatrical release in 2009 from Summit Entertainment,
Astro Boy will feature the voices of Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage, Scarlett Johansson, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane and Eugene Levy with Freddie Highmore in the title role. David Bowers is directing from a screenplay written by Timothy Harris, with Maryann Garger producing.

Astro Boy was created by the "god of manga", Japan's Osamu Tezuka, in the early 1950s. Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist. Our hero embarks on a journey in search of adventure in a netherworld of robot gladiators before he returns to save Metro City. Astro Boy is the second CG-animated feature film from Imagi Studios, following on the success of its 2007 box office hit, TMNT.

Special Effects Wizard Stan Winston passes away

Another Hollywood legend has left this world. Special-effects guru Stan Winston has passed away at the age of 62. The cause of death has not been released yet, but according to reports, Winston died on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Winston revolutionized the special-effects in film, designing effects on such iconic films as The Terminator, Aliens, Predator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Jurassic Park and most recently with Iron Man, just to name a select few.

Winston was also said to be working on Jurassic Park IV and Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins at the time of his death. Winston had won three Oscars for visual effects over his career, and was nominated for six other statuettes. He was only the second visual effects artist ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The man was a legend in the film business, and his magic will continue to live on.

Brad Pitt as Mighty Thor

We all know that Marvel is preparing to make Mighty Thor jump to the Silver Screen.

If there is any other perfect to play Mighty Thor, it would have to be Brad Pitt. Just take a look at these photo of Brad Pitt from the movie Troy. He really could play Mighty Thor to perfection. He has proven that he can be buff and it would be great seeing Brad Pitt holding that axe and wearing that Red Cape.

Although he can also play Captain America, but I believe that he is more perfect with Mighty Thor.

What about you ? Do you think that he fits the bill as Mighty Thor ?

It's Time for Gears of War

Len Wiseman has signed on to direct New Line's Gears of War, based on Microsoft and Epic Games' hit videogame.

Fanboys have been speculating for nearly a year that Wiseman may direct the project. The game was even featured in his most recent film, Live Free or Die Hard.

Gears of War revolves around a world reeling from an invasion by aliens known as the Locust, and a small team of elite soldiers who fight to retake the planet Sera and save its human inhabitants.

New Line had initially aimed for a summer 2009 release for the picture, but further development on the project now will likely delay that plan. No production date has been set.

I'll keep you updated in the coming days about this project.

Still Looking Sexy

Take a look at Ashlee in a figure-hugging, plunging brown dress as she flaunts the all natural benefits of being a pregnant while stopping by Ren-Mar Studios in Hollywood to attend a taping of his husband Pete Wentz's new MTV show.

Well I guess there’s nothing much to say I am going to keep this real brief so that guys can resume staring.

ROBOTECH as a LIVE ACTION MOVIE

Due to the box office success of TRANSFORMERS, producers are now turning to Anime' to make a new movie. This time it will be ROBOTECH.

Lawrence Kasdan, the noted screenwriter behind Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders Of The Lost Ark, has just had his name attached to Robotech. According to reports, Kasdan will be the new writer for the adaptation of the American cartoon based on three Japanese anime series.

The original cartoon of Robotech tells the story of a future Earth which comes under a series of alien invasions, and uses that alien technology to create transforming vehicles to fight back. The American series drew from three unconnected Japanese series, but somehow managed to make them into a coherent storyline.

Robotech is set to be developed by Tobey Maguire's Maguire Entertainment for Warner Brothers.

It's pretty obvious that Tobey Maguire will play the lead role, but were not sure yet, so will have to wait.