Weekly Round Up

I have some pretty interesting movie news bits to share with you in today's Weekly Round Up, and ironically they all have something in common.  They're all movies that I'm not sure should've been or should be made, falling into the category of, "are you sure that was a good idea?"  

Do you ever wonder what it's like when a studio greenlights a movie?  All men and women in suits, dripping with money and sitting around a board room table pondering such questions as, "I'm not so sure Monopoly would make a great movie - I mean, I'm not sure Rich Uncle Pennybags would test well with the 18-25 year olds.  Now Battleship - we can fill that s$*@ with explosions and turn it into 3-D to make even more money."  Seriously?  And with nearly 10% employment you're not standing in an unemployment line?

Maybe you'll see these movies, and maybe you won't - certainly some will be blockbusters and others will be straight to the Target bargain bin disasters.  So without further ado, round it up...

• Since I already let the cat out of the bag a bit with this first new bit, let's start with Battleship, the movie.  Yes, I wasn't relying solely on my wit with the aforementioned joke.  This is a real movie, being made with real money, paying real actors (or at least want to be).  Battleship the movie is headed to production, with a cast that includes the Oscar-robbed Tom Arnold.  A-h-oye vey!  Read more.
• As if Trannies Two wasn't awful enough, let's keep the good times rolling with a third installment of Transformers.  Let's not only kill the franchise, let's beat it so senseless that snot comes out of their robot alien noses.  Let's kill the dreams of hundreds, if not thousands of young boys from the 1980's who are now in their 30s.  And you know what's sick - pretty much the entire cast is coming back to do it!  Read more.
•  Women and gay men are giddily shrieking like school girls over the upcoming Sex and the City 2, and with the release of the latest preview, now they can add dramatic gasps to that.  Oh those witty women are back at it again...just like cockroaches.  Oh I'll see it, and I'll enjoy it...but I won't be proud of it.  I can't wait until they trade in their thongs for Depends in Sex and the City 3.  Read more.
• And what makes more sense than greenlighting a big budget sequel to a movie not in theaters until December?  Well I guess since it's Disney, just leave your common sense behind.  A sequel to the hyped up Tron Legacy, which is totally overblown in my opinion, is already moving forward with script development.  Good Lord!  What the hell if the thing flops?  Stranger things have happened - look at the Golden Compass.  Read more.
• And finally, capitalizing off Avatar's success, more blue alien-like creatures will soon hit the screen as "The Smurfs" kicks off production.  Yes, Gargamel, Papa Smurf, Smurfette and the rest of the gang are hitting the big screen in an upcoming live action/animation flick with a strange cast that includes Neil Patrick Harris, George Lopez, Katy Perry and Alan Cumming.  Once again Hollywood refuses to learn from its own mistakes.  One word.  Garfield.  Poor Bill Murray, he hasn't been the same since.  Read more.

Well I hope you didn't cringe too much by this week's round up - I know it had some doozies in there.  If you haven't already voted in this week's TMMC poll, please do with only 1 day left.  It's a close neck and neck race - your vote may make the difference!  Have a great weekend!