The Spot News: Unbreakable 2?

M.Night's next "Chronicle" will basically be Unbreakable 2?

Universal's DEVIL has pretty much disassociated itself with M. Night Shyamalan after reports of heckling the director's name came from various theaters even though he hatched the story and produced the flick.
Despite the public's complete disinterest in the Shyamalan brand, he and Universal are still moving forward with more "Night Chronicles", the series of horror films based on his ideas.
The next "Night Chronicle" will be TWELVE STRANGERS, which may or may not be helmed by Daniel Stamm. And after that? Well, let's just call it UNBREAKABLE 2.
In an interview with MTV, Shyamalan revealed this much about the third "Night Chronicle": "I cannibalized the idea for the sequel to 'Unbreakable' for one of the 'Night Chronicles.' It was such a cool idea for a villain, and it was actually originally in the script for 'Unbreakable,' and it was too much. There were too many villains, so I pulled this villain out and was like, 'I'll make this the second flick.'"
"I fleshed it out more and more, and thought, 'This could be a standalone movie.' I'll just say it: the third 'Night Chronicles' movie is what would have been the sequel to 'Unbreakable'. So now I need to come up with a new idea."
Shyamalan goes on to prove that, generally, he's still unaware what the hell he's talking about: "I love that movie. 'Unbreakable' and 'The Village' are my favorite two movies of mine."

The Spot News: Piranha sequel news

Piranha 3D sequel wants YOU to choose which celeb dies!

Alexandre Aja's PIRANHA 3D didn't do amazing at the box ofice but it seems it pleased the majority of genre fans out there who gave it a shot. Personally I was expecting a little bit more from the flick but in the end I left the theater with a smile on my face. So when news broke that The Weinstein Company were already moving forward with a sequel it put another smile on my face. And it seems they're wasting no time in getting things rolling!
Well today's update doesn't really have anything to do with the actual production of the sequel but it does give us an idea of where The Weinstein's are going with it! You see the folks over at the NY Post recently got the lowdown on an interesting route The Weinsteins are planning on going with the PIRANHA 3D sequel. It seems Jerry O'Connell's character from the film was a hit with fans so The Weinsteins and company have decided to make the sequel interactive! What does that mean exactly? Check it:
Fans will be asked to participate in an online contest to vote for the celebrity they'd like to see eaten, or killed by other methods, in the sequel.
Nice!

Coming Soon! Resident Evil Afterlife

Coming Soon! Resident Evil Afterlife 3D

By Jose

Resident Evil Afterlife 3D

So here comes the fourth installment of a franchise that borrowed very loosely from the actual source material. Yet a fourth movie has been made, due to the other previous three making a profit. How? I am not too sure. I have enjoyed the franchise for what they are to me: a alternative take of the Resident Evil universe. But with the fourth and fifth parts of the game series out and more than worthy being made directly into movies we keep on getting this odd movie franchise. With Afterlife it seems they are trying to remedy the lack of continuity from the games by including villains and I am guessing a form of “Las Plagas”. Also by finally putting Wesker into the forefront. Will Afterlife be good? Not sure. Will it make money? Yes of course. It was filmed in 3D instead of converted and people will go to see this. I want to see the executioner from the fifth game in action. But will the injection of actual game characters help bring this series a new breath of life or will the continued lack of actual game story line finally nail the coffin shut? Well soon see.

Resident Evil Afterlife 3D 9/10/2010 Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Boris Kodjoe, Norman Yeung, Kasey Barnfield

Machete Review

By: Robert Acosta

Cast:
Danny Trejo as Machete
Jessica Alba as Sartana
Michelle Rodriguez as Luz
Jeff Fahey as Booth

Plot: After the guys who hired him turn their back on him, Machete is out for revenge against his ex-boss and anyone who stands in his way.

Review: Machete is one of those fun movies that could be taken seriously as a full out action movie. At the same time, you can just look at it for all the fun ways someone dies and have a good time with it. The movie really does a good job of offering both options.

Machete features an interesting cast filled with beautiful girls and Danny Trejo. I'm sure some people only saw the movie just for Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba and even the return of Lindsay Lohan. I can't blame them, that was my initial reason too. Machete offers a lot more than just great eye candy and good action.

The story is pretty decent, it all makes sense. A man gets hired to kill someone, unknowingly gets set up as the fall man, police are after him, he goes on a rampage to get revenge. Nothing too complex, no Inception here folks.

I've mentioned this a couple times already but the action is what makes the movie so fun. The non stop killing, almost comedic, is really what makes it stand out. Danny Trejo may have put himself in the badass conversation. Had both Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez on top of him, murdered practically everyone(including a famous 80's action star) and used many different weapons to do so. Hell, the guy calls himself Machete. Bad ass.

If you're looking for a good way to just sit back, relax for 1 hour and 45 minutes, I can't really think of a better way than to just go out and watch Machete.

Rating: 4 out of 5

Scott Pilgrim VS The World Review

Scott Pilgrim VS The World Review

By Jose

Plot:

Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.

Review:

Scott Pilgrim VS The World, simply put, is about a guy in a band finding his true love. But his true love comes with seven obstacles that Scott must defeat before Ramona and Scott can truly be together and those obstacles so happen to be seven, evil, super powered, and angry exes. Mayhem, hilarity, and just about everything follow Scott in his adventure.

I was going into this movie with the intention to be entertained and stimulated in the most enjoyable way possible. After the credits rolled I realized that Scott Pilgrim did not disappoint. Edgar Wright did a wonderful job taking the graphic novel and creating a movie version that not only stayed true to the source but ramped it up and pushed the dial to ten.

The huge cast: Micheal Cera (Scott Pilgrim), Alison Pill (Kim Pine), Johnny Simmons (Young Neil), Ellen Wong (Knives Chau), Kieran Culkin (Wallace Wells), Anna Kendrick (Stacey Pilgrim), Aubrey Plaza (Julie Powers), Mary Elizabeth Winstead ( Ramona Flowers), Ben Lewis (Other Scott), Keita Saito and Shota Saito (Katayanagi Twins), Satya Bhabha (Matthew Patel), Chris Evans (Lucas Lee), Brie Larson (Envy Adams), Mae Whitman (Roxie Richter), Brandon Routh (Todd Ingram), Jason Swhartzman (Gideon Graves) were all amazing and played there parts of either friends of Scott or enemies pretty well.

The graphics were pretty much top notch and very comic book like. Which fits with the graphic novel. Some of the graphics and CGI were amazing like in the Katayanagi vs. Scott battle of the bands fight were an electric/sound wave gorilla fought a twin headed electric/sound wave dragon. To just the small little additions here and there made the movie richer in feel and overall enjoyment.

Final Thoughts:
Regardless of Scott Pilgrim being a “failure” due to not making money. And why would box office receipts determine a movie being good or bad? Everyone loved it. The whole theater going audience when I saw the movie enjoyed themselves and left happy. Edgar Wright and the cast did an awesome job and I truly loved this movie and can’t wait until it is released on DVD.

Ratings: 5 out of 5

The Spot News: Clash of the Titans 2

The Spot News: Clash of The Titans 2

CLASH OF THE TITANS 2:

I'm not sure how many of you were fans of Louis Leterrier's CLASH OF THE TITANS. The 3D from what I hear was a bit of a mess (2D for me). Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures are apparently vying for director Jonathan Liebesman to helm a sequel. The studio has been working around the clock to get a sequel going ever since the movie grossed $500 million worldwide. Leterrier made it clear since last April that he would not return for a sequel.


Update: Liebesman will indeed direct the sequel.

The Spot News: Deadpool

The Spot News


DEADPOOL:

Ryan Reynolds is still wanting to do a solo Deadpool film-- however
he's a busy guy and so is Deadpool directing hopeful Robert Rodriguez. The director says that he really likes the script, but there's just so much going on for him right now. Between promoting Machete and directing Spy Kids 4 there's not a lot of breathing room. Rodriguez has said, "We haven't really gotten into the discussion, but they are trying to make a certain small window that's going to be tough because of Spy Kids. If they push it back, it would be a lot better for me."

DVD Releases September 7th

With September comes some not so great movies in the theaters. I didn't say anything about DVDs and September may produce some DVDs worthy of rental and even purchase.

Here are the DVD releases:
Bold means DVD is also available in Blu-ray

• MacGruber(Unrated Edition)
• Killers
• Camp Rock 2:The Final Jam
• Solitary Man
• Chuck(Season 3)
• Smallville(Season 9)
• Supernatural(Season 5)
• Megadeth: Rust in Peace(live)
• Final Destination Collection
• Wall Street

Another week filled with possible buys and something different for each type of style. Don't let the numbers or the reviews fool you, MacGruber was pretty damn funny. Bad timing mixed with a bad history of Saturday Night Live character movies not doing so great really buried this movie too early. If you have the opportunity to rent or buy MacGruber on DVD or Blu-ray, do it.

Another possible buy would be Camp Rock 2:The Final Jam. If you're into musicals, liked the first Camp Rock or just want to occupy your kids for 2 hours, this is the movie for you. With a sing-a-long feature, extended scenes and behind the scene extras included on the DVD, you can't go wrong.

Finally, for anyone following the fall season TV show line-up, Chuck, Supernatural and Smallville are coming back with a new season soon so if you missed the prior season or just enjoyed the prior season, the DVD and Blu-ray of the prior season are out today.

Weekend Box Office Numbers September 3rd-5th

So the first week removed from the summer season of movies is in the books and it was not a strong one as many could have and probably did predict. An interesting set of movies came out this past weekend which included Machete, The American and Going The Distance. All three had the potential to be pretty strong movies, all offering something different this weekend.

Enough of the extra talk! On to the numbers for this past weekends box office numbers!:
NOTE: These numbers do not include Labor Day.

1. The American- $12.9 Million
2. Takers- $11.5 Million
3. Machete- $11.3 Million
4. The Last Exorcism- $7.6 Million
5. Going The Distance- $6.9 Million
6. The Expendables- $6.6 Million
7. The Other Guys- $5.4 Million
8. Eat Pray Love- $4.9 Million
9. Inception- $4.5 Million
10. Nanny McPhee Returns- $3.6 Million

I would like to think that having a movie in the $20-25 million dollar range for an opening weekend is a solid place for a good movie to be. With that said, no movie reached $13 million this weekend. Unless you count The American which has been out since September 1st made $16.1 Million. Still, this weekend was a bust. I'm a little angered by Takers edging out Machete for the 2nd spot, Machete was a much stronger film than Takers. Expect a review for Machete this week.

As for next week, Resident Evil: Afterlife seems destined to take the top spot next week, at least if that film isn't a total bust. Either way, the slow month of September is under way.

September Releases/The Leaves will be changing colors soon..

Ahhh August is over, the hot weather will soon be over, the summer movie season is nearly over. Technically summer ends on September 21st but most peoples summer ends when the first say of September arrives. The end of summer may be here but movies will still live on!

Here are the September movie releases:

September 3rd

• The American (September 1st)
• Machete
• Going The Distance
• The Tillman Story (x)
• Mesrine: Public Enemy # 1 (x)

September 10th

• Resident Evil: Afterlife
• The Virginity Hit
• Legendary (x)
• I'm Still Here (x)

September 17th

• Easy A
• The Town
• Devil
• Alpha and Omega
• Never Let Me Go (x, 9/15)

September 24th

• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
• You Again
• Legends of the Guardian: Owls of Ga'hoole
• Waiting For Superman
• Buried (x)

Robert Acosta:

September has never truly been a great month for movies. Lots of movies get dumped in here and most of them end up bombing at the box office and getting mostly negative reviews. While a lot of the movies seem to fit that mold, there are some movies to have some hope for.

The first week of September features two action packed movies in The American and Machete, both of which look like a good time at the movies. I've never been too much of a fan of George Clooney but he kind of looks like a bad-ass in The American. On the other hand, what is not to like about Machete. You got two amazingly beautiful girls to look forward to in Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba, along with some good old fashioned action created by Danny Trejo and seemingly Cheech Marin. 

It seems like the Resident Evil series may be taking a turn for the best with Afterlife. But is it too late? After 3 sub-par movies could a good or great 4th movie help the series at all? Hell I could be counting my chickens before they hatch by saying this movie will be good, cause it very well be the like the other 3.

September 17th features a couple of movies that look interesting. You got Devil which just looks flat out creepy and a fun time for people who are into horror/ mystery type movies. Then you got Easy A with the knock out Emma Stone in it which looks like a funny movie about the twist of kind of being  whore. Weird but she makes being a whore look good. 

The last week of September also features interesting movies but they seem like movies that could be a bust. I'm a big Shia LeBeouf fan, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps looks interesting but I feel a bust coming on. I can't quite put my finger on it, i'm just hoping i'm wrong.

You Again casts two beautiful girls in Kristen Bell and Odette Yustman clashing against each other in what probably won't do well in the box office.

Finally, The Legends of the Guardian: Owls of Ga'hoole looks beautiful. Something that is in 3D and rightfully deserves to be in 3D. But every time I see the trailer, I leave with the same feeling. What is this movie about?

Jose Diaz:

Kids heading for or back to college. Last minute back to school sales. Yup Summer is over and with it the Summer movie season. Which felt rather like a let down this year. Thankfully we had Scott Pilgrim VS the World and The Expendables to help console us at the end. So September. What will you offer us?

September is overall not a great month for movies due to summer ending and everyone back to school and work. With that said, there are a few offerings that seem to be good viewings. Plus a rather large amount of limited releases. Which is odd. 

So the first two weeks we have The American starring George Clooney as a James Bond type character like movie thingy. See what I did there? Not interest in it at all yet with George it will make money. Machete looks great and seems to follow the Expendables formula of action movies done right. 

We are also getting another Resident Evil movie. Which looks like it might try to be good by incorporating some aspects of the last two games. Plus it was filmed in 3D not converted. We’ll see what happens with this one. Then you have the obligatory romantic comedy of the month in Going The Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Drew Barrymore seemed to stop aging and still good looking. Ben Affleck tries to make a comeback from whatever vacation he was in with The Town. 

Later in the month of September movies seem to pick up a bit of steam. Easy A looks to be funny with a good young star cast and a take on the Scarlet Letter. Devil looks to be a rather fun horror movie about being stuck in an elevator with what possibly could be the devil himself.

At the end we get a cool looking CG movie about owls in The Legends of The Guardians. Another comedy about relationships and old grudges in You Again which looks fun. And finally a sequel to a great movie, that I think should not have been made, in Wall Street Money Never Sleeps or some shit like that. Then you have the eleven, yes eleven, limited release movies that includes Buried with Ryan Reynolds which looks great and want to catch when and if it comes out at my theater.