Archive for June, 2006

Warner Bros wants ‘Conan The Barbarian’ sequel

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Conan

According to the news, Warner Bros is pushing the much anticipated Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Conan The Barbarian’ sequel in production. After over a year of planning and thinking of a sequel, the movie will be directed by the Wachowski brothers while the film is being backed by Warner Bros.

The shooting will start in early 2007 and it seems that for ‘Conan The Barbarian’ sequel the Wachowski brothers ( ‘The Matrix’ ) with Boaz Yakin are keen on adapting the original movie to a more contemporary theme.

Previous Week Top Box Office

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Cars

Animated movie Cars, from Disney and Pixar, came in No. 1 at the U.S. box office for a second weekend with $31.2-million, beating four new movies including the comedy Nacho Libre and another car story, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Previous Week Top Box Office, Weekend of June 18, 2006        

1. Cars
( Weeks Released 2 - Last week on 1st place )
2. Nacho Libre  -  new
3. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift  -  new
4. The Lake House  -  new
5. The Break-Up
( Weeks Released 3 - Last week on 2nd place )
6. Garfield’s A Tale of Two Kitties  -  new
7. X-Men: The Last Stand
( Weeks Released 4 - Last week on 3rd place )
8. The Omen
( Weeks Released 2 - Last week on 4th place )
9. The Da Vinci Code
( Weeks Released 5 - Last week on 5th place )
10. Over the Hedge
( Weeks Released 5 - Last week on 6th place )

Out of Top Ten Box Office of last week are:

  • A Prairie Home Compa…
  • Mission: Impossible III
  • R.V.Poseidon

Brad Pitt and Billy Bob Thornton set for ‘Peace Like A Rive’

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Brad Pitt

According to the news, Brad Pitt and Billy Bob Thornton have now something else in common than Angelina Jolie. Hollywood star Brad Pitt is apparently set to work alongside his current girlfriend Angelina Jolie’s ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton in the planned drama ‘Peace Like A River’ after Thornton has signed to star in the film adaptation. The movie is a Warner Bros. project on which Pitt will serve as a producer through his Plan B production company.

Based on the book by Leif Enger, “Peace” is a tale of loyalty and revenge that revolves around an American family who are harassed by two neighbourhood thugs. According to The Sun the shooting will begin later this year in the city of Calgary.