Some Quick Tidbits

● Talk about bringing back the Scream franchise has been going on for a while, but we now have some solid indications on exactly what Wes Craven and Co. are planning to do with this successful horror series.  Last week Entertainment Weekly reported that Courtney Cox Arquette and David Arquette have been approached by writer Kevin Williamson to return in Scream 4 as reporter Gail Weathers and deputy dumb-dumb Dewey respectively. Well apparently the ambitions of this return is is larger than originally thought. SlashFilm reported today that Kevin Williamson cleared the air via Twitter saying:

“It is not a remake. Scream 4. The first chapter of a new trilogy.”

Okay, well that does clear things up. A completely new trilogy, instead of just one additional sequel. However, we’ll see just how much horror-master Wes Craven has to do with this as he seemed very stand-offish during an interview with DigitalSpy, saying:

“…I’m not closed to it, I’m not open to it, I’ll be perfectly happy to read a script and tell him what I think.”

Well, it seems like they’ve got some work to do getting this thing together, but I love Scream…Scream 2 was okay and Scream 3 was meh. But if they can write a good story, incorporating some of the old characters and bring in some new blood, I’ll def check it out.

● Robert Rodriguez is an extremely busy bee these days. Check out the lineup of films he’s going to direct over the next couple years: Machete, then a sci-fi action film called Nerverackers, a reboot of the Predator franchise called Predators, Sin City 2 and finally, according to MTV…wait for it…a live-action adaptations of The Jetsons. Now this is a very interesting decision by Rodriguez. How is he going to adapt this iconic futuristic cartoon family? One would assume that he would make it family-friendly, as he’s shown with the Spy Kids series, but you never know. He could throw some Sin City in there and make it a teen/adult Sci-Fi adventure, because I doubt kids today even know what The Jetsons is. Those damn kids and their rap music.

● These were posted last week, but I had to comment on them. Check out the newly released logos above for Marvel’s upcoming superhero franchise flicks. Ain’t It Cool got these from a studio licensing show in Las Vegas and as you can see, features logos for Iron Man 2, Thor, The First Avenger: Captain America and The Avengers. I posted a small update last month on Marvel’s upcoming lineup, featuring the great casting news of Chris Hemsworth as Thor, with the film being directed by Kenneth Branagh. I get the whole “throw back” classic vibe that Marvel is trying to convey with these logos, but frankly, The Avengers and the Thor logos suck. As studios are trying to one-up each other in the superhero genre, trying to go bigger and better, especially after The Dark Knight, this comes off as a lazy attempt to make a first impression among fanboys. Check out the logos below:

Here’s a recap of the release dates for Marvels lineup:

Iron Man 2: May 7th, 2010
Spider-Man 4: May 6th, 2011
Thor: June 17th, 2011
The First Avenger – Captain America: July 22nd, 2011
The Avengers: May 4th, 2012

What Do You Think? Discuss.