This week has been a pretty good week for comic book films. No surprise that even a year before its release The Amazing Spiderman has been scheduled for a 2014 sequel film. On top of this the two big DC films currently under production "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Man of Steel" had some more big reveals including images from the set of Anne Hathaway sporting her Catwoman costume and a fancy bike, as well as the big reveal of Henry Cavill as he will appear playing Superman in "Man of Steel." I am rather indifferent about the intricacies of both characters though it will be interesting to see how the new character designs play into "The Dark Knight Rises."Some more news came this week in what seems to be an epidemic of films based on the Disney classic "Snow White and The Seven Dwarves." For some time there have been a pair of studios each working on their own films based on the Disney film. The currently untitled Snow White film starring Arnie Hammer and Lily Collins, as well as Snow White and "The Huntsman" which features Chris Hemsworth and Kristen Stewart in the starring roles. This week though a third contender entered the fray as Disney has green-lit a project that has been in the works for years. After Michael Arndt presented a script to Disney the new film "The Order of the Seven" was underway officially re-imagining the seven lovable dwarves as an order of deadly warriors who must protect an Englishwoman from an ancient evil.
In other news of remakes is word that the rights to everyone's favorite 80's sentient robot comedy "Short Circuit" have been purchased for a reboot film. The project has been on the rocks for a couple years now but this week the company looking to make the film has brought in director Tim Hill. Tim Hill the man behind such abominations as "Hop" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" will oversee the production of the films unfinished script which may very well be an unfortunate turn for the project.This week was also a big week for appreciators of classic cinema as footage from the first film legendary director Alfred Hitchcock was credited on was discovered in a film collection from New Zealand. The 1923 silent film "The White Shadow" was discovered after the New Zealand Nation Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) provided a grant to restore the New Zealand Film Archives nitrate film collections. Among the collection was discovered three reels that together produced 30 minutes worth of footage from the silent film. The films will be returned to the United States for a re-premiere before being added to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Hitchcock archive.
If you have seen any of his films it is likely that you have a pretty concrete image of what you expect from Jonah Hill in his movies. He may be working hard to expand that image after having slimmed down for his more serious role in the baseball drama Moneyball but frankly this week's trailer favors his better known style with the film "The Sitter."
Wait, Chinese warrior dwarves?
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