TMMC's Weekly Round Up

With so much going on in the world, we at TMMC know it's hard to keep up with your movie news.  To help you stay current, the TMMC team has been working all week to compile some stories to help catch you up to speed.  Let me know what you think of TMMC's first Weekly Round Up - Your Place For All The Fair and Balanced Movie News That's Fit to Print.

• In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day last Monday, TMMC learned Steven Spielberg is producing the first MLK biopic authorized by the King Estate.  You might as well just give it the Oscar now.  Read more.
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the new Spider-Man?  He better start hitting the gym and gaining some bulk, that's for sure.  It was officially announced this week that (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb will take on the next comic installment.  Will he be able to manage a budget 35x that of his rom com?!  Will he cast his favorite leading man JGL?!  Will someone finally uncover Peter Parker's worst kept secret?  Read more.
• Submissions from 65 countries for the Academy Award's Best Foreign Film have been whittled down to nine, including Golden Globe winner The White Ribbon.  Find out who the finalists are so you can at least pretend you're interested and saw them.  Read more.
• Tim Burton running out of material?  Perez Hilton claims off the heels of Alice and Wonderland, the ghoulish director has his sights on another remake based on one of Disney's best villains, Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent.  No bother holding casting calls, Helena Bonham Carter's already got her next gig obviously.  Read more.
• Blockbuster's on the ropes thanks to Netflix and RedBox, but everyone better watch out now that YouTube has announced it will start renting movies starting with those from the Sundance Film Festival.  Without a doubt it will likely catch on fire and create a stir.  Read more.
• And who needs health care reform when you can woo Hollywood to visit a state near you?  In an effort to attract more movie shoots, a bill has been introduced in the Florida Legislature proposing $75 million in tax credits over the next 3 years.  New York's governor has also included $2.1 billion in film tax incentives in his state's budget plan.  Maybe that will do more for creating jobs than anything Washington's done.  Read more.

Well I hope you learned something new today and stay tuned next week for more new reviews.  Enjoy the weekend!