By Katey Rich
A director who has made his name with mind-bending independent films is taking on a beloved character from the past who has suffered from some not-so-great movies in recent years. No, not Christopher Nolan, silly! It's Darren Aronofsky, signing on to direct MGM's reboot of RoboCop. Variety adds that David Self, who wrote Road to Perdition and 13 Days, will be adding a little more prestige to the whole thing. Well, even if it doesn't work out, the paycheck should fund at least one or two more movies about Rachel Weisz traveling through time and turning into a tree.
This Hollywood Reporter item points out something interesting about "The Twilight Zone" that had never actually occurred to me. Even decades after the show went off the air, it's a palpable part of pop culture, more so than probably any show of its time period. And now Leonardo DiCaprio is aiming to make it even more ever-present, acquiring the rights along with Warner Bros. to many of the show's episodes. The idea is to make a movie that's one long story, rather than a series of vignettes like those in the 1983 Twilight Zone movie.
Harold and Kumar may have finally made it to White Castle and even escaped from Guantanamo Bay, but they're not done having adventures. Stars John Cho and Kal Penn have signed on for a third movie, as have writers and directors Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz. Variety says that Warner Bros. will likely distribute the film, taking over for the now-shuttered New Line.
And finally, prognosticators say The Dark Knight could very well bring its total domestic grosses to $300 million this weekend. That would be record time for a movie to reach that mark. Will The Dark Knight and Titanic go down as the two biggest movies of all time, some weird black-white allegory for the things that Americans love most?
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