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Movie news you should care about.

I obsessively keep up with all the movie news I can find, or at least what I can find from the couple of blogs and web sites I read. Anyway, here’s a summary of some exciting stuff I think we should all be looking forward to.

1. Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood – already filming, no idea when it’s supposed to be done. Cast includes Russel Crowe as Robin Hood and possibly also as the Sheriff of Nottingham; Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian. There will be musical numbers in the movie. Ridley Scott has previously directed Blade Runner, Hannibal, Alien, Black Hawk Down, and American Gangster, if you didn’t know.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/25/ridley-scotts-robin-hood-cast-and-plot-revealed-vanessa-redgrave-mark-strong-others-added/

2. Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby – yes, a Gatsby remake, and I’m pretty excited. Luhrmann has directed Moulin Rouge and the 1996 Romeo + Juliet, so it’s bound to be a little bit weird and a little bit awesome. Supposedly he may want to cast Leonardo DiCaprio as Nick Carraway, but that may be hard to pull off. No news on who will play Gatsby or Daisy, though if Luhrmann is bringing back actors he’s worked with before, I wouldn’t mind seeing Nicole Kidman as Daisy. Most other people seem to think she is either too old or is a terrible actress, though. Others have suggested Ewan McGregor as Nick and even Christian Bale as Gatsby.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/27/exclusive-leonardo-dicaprio-possibility-for-baz-luhrmanns-great-gatsby/

3. 2011 looks like it will be a big year for more comic book superhero movies, of which I am always a fan, even though I hardly read any comics. Green Lantern was recently announced, along with Thor, Captain America, and Spider-man 4.

http://green-lantern.moviechronicles.com/

Yeah, Spider-man 4 on May 6, 2011, possibly in 3-D. It’s also supposed to be “darker” and “edgy.” Script is still in progress, and no one is talking yet about who the villains will be. Personally, I hope they don’t try to cram three villains into one movie like they did with Spider-man 3. I’m still waiting for someone to explain to me why that happened, especially if there were plans to continue the series.

http://spider-man.moviechronicles.com/

Oh, and Natalie Portman is playing Jane Foster, the love interest in Thor. I don’t know much about this comic series from Marvel, but I do like Norse Mythology and Natalie Portman, so I’ll go see it, also in May 2011.

http://www.cinematical.com/2009/07/13/natalie-portman-cast-as-love-interest-in-thor/

4. There are rumors going around about Batman 3, including Johnny Depp as a possibility for the Riddler. I’m sure Depp will make an appearance in the franchise at some point; it’s rather inevitable.

http://www.cinematical.com/2008/07/31/new-batman-3-rumors-riddler-and-penguin/

5. Smurfs, the movie – even if this one ends up being terrible, there’s no way you can’t be excited about a Smurfs movie. And it might end up being pretty funny, seeing as two of the screenwriters worked on the second and third Shrek movies.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/07/08/smurfs-movie-happening-scooby-doo-director-tapped/

I could go on, but I’ll leave it at that for now. In the meantime, which upcoming films are you looking forward to?

--ALLISON