RottenTomatoes.com
Log In | Register | What is RT?
Check out the new RT Community
  • Home
  • Movies
  • DVD
  • Celebrities
  • News
  • Critics
  • Trailers & Pictures
  • CommunityBeta
  • Features
  • | Columns
  • | Guides
RT Search Powered by Google
help icon Enhanced RT
searches on Google
Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches.
 
News / Columns / Weekly Ketchup
The Weekly Ketchup: J.J. Abrams' Untitled Gets Title (Maybe), Superman Villains, Kate Beckinsale on Possible Roles, And More!
Also, More Dark Knight and Wolverine News
by Nick Hershey | August 10, 2007
Discuss Article
In this week's Ketchup, the Untitled J.J. Abrams Project appears to finally have a title (though we still can't be sure), Superman: Man of Steel will have two villains, and Kate Beckinsale tells the Comic-Con crowd about her past and future movie opportunities. Also, some Dark Knight spoilers and Wolverine news and rumors to keep the fans hungry. Read on.

This Week's Most Popular News:

J.J. Abrams Project Title Mystery Solved?
Say what you will about his followthrough, but J.J. Abrams knows how to set up a project. He's established himself as something of a trailblazer for viral ads, littering the Web with various Lost-related content, and he's using the same tactics to create buzz for his next film production -- so much buzz, in fact, that the thing doesn't even have an official title yet, and that's news, as Slashfilm's Peter Sciretta recently learned firsthand.

Superman: Man of Steel To Have Two Villains?
On the grand continuum of movie rumors, this item falls somewhere between a conversation half-overheard at a restaurant and something a dude you know heard from this one guy, but it concerns the breathlessly debated Superman Returns sequel, so we can't very well not report it, can we?

Beckinsale On Catwoman, Wonder Woman, And Her Bond Girl Offer
One of the highlights of the super-long Whiteout panel at Comic-Con came when Kate Beckinsale popped in, fashionably late, and addressed a handful of roles she's been rumored to play.

Here Come The Dark Knight Spoilers!
You want Dark Knight rumors? We've got Dark Knight rumors! Well, technically, Slashfilm has them -- but why split hairs when we can be rolling around in all the spoilery goodness, right?

More Wolverine News Than You Can Shake a Claw At!
In the mood for a little dish on the forthcoming Wolverine movie? How about a lot? Today's your lucky day -- Wizard has posted a fat pantsload of information, speculation, and other assorted -ations, and we're here to break it down and point you in the right direction for all the Wolvie news that's fit to print.


Fit for two villains

In Other News:
  • Thomas Haden Church will star opposite Eddie Murphy in NowhereLand, a comedy directed by Karey Kirkpatrick for Paramount Pictures.

  • P.J. Hogan will direct Confessions of a Shopaholic, the adaptation of the Sophie Kinsella novel being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

  • Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen and Renee Zellweger are set to star in the western Appaloosa, with Harris planning to direct.

  • Fido director Andrew Currie will direct the comedy Space Invader starring Will Arnett for Fox Atomic.

  • Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos and Tomas Arana have joined the cast of Edward Zwick's Defiance, which already stars Daniel Craig, for Paramount Vantage.

  • Jessica Alba, Verne Troyer and Romany Malco have joined Mike Myers in the comedy The Love Guru, set to begin filming next month with Marco Schnabel directing.

  • Christopher Walken and Alessandro Nivola will star in the road movie Five Dollars a Day, with Nigel Cole directing for Thinkfilm.

  • Michelle Monaghan has joined Shia LaBeouf and Rosario Dawson in the cast of Eagle Eye, with D.J. Caruso directing.

  • Constantin Films will produce an English-language remake of the German comedy Maybe... Maybe Not (1994) for Screen Gems.

  • Colin Hanks, Beverly D'Angelo and Rachel Specter have joined the cast of the untitled Anna Faris comedy (aka House Bunny).

  • Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck, Mary-Kate Olsen, Olivia Thirlby and Method Man will star in the independent comedy The Wackness for Occupant Films.

  • Patrick Swayze, Kris Kristofferson and Eddie Redmayne have joined the cast of writer-director Timothy Linh Bui's Powder Blue, with Jessica Biel, Ray Liotta and Forest Whitaker already on board.

  • Alec Baldwin has joined Dane Cook and Kate Hudson in the comedy Bachelor No. 2, with Howard Deutch directing for Lionsgate.


She'll be starring in something called The Wackness

Related Items
Movie: Fido
The Dark Knight
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Maybe... Maybe Not
Powder Blue
Celeb: Mary-Kate Olsen
Josh Peck
Famke Janssen
Ben Kingsley
Anna Faris
Rachel Specter
Beverly D'Angelo
Colin Hanks
D.J. Caruso
Rosario Dawson
Olivia Thirlby
Method Man
Howard Deutch
Kate Hudson
Dane Cook
Alec Baldwin
Forest Whitaker
Ray Liotta
Jessica Biel
Timothy Linh Bui
Eddie Redmayne
Kris Kristofferson
Patrick Swayze
Shia LaBeouf
Michelle Monaghan
Will Arnett
Andrew Currie
Jeffrey Abrams
Renée Zellweger
Viggo Mortensen
Ed Harris
Jerry Bruckheimer
P.J. Hogan
Karey Kirkpatrick
Eddie Murphy
Thomas Haden Church
Liev Schreiber
Jamie Bell
Nigel Cole
Alessandro Nivola
Christopher Walken
Marco Schnabel
Mike Myers
Romany Malco
Verne Troyer
Jessica Alba
Edward Zwick
Tomas Arana
Alexa Davalos
Kate Beckinsale
Bookmark and Share
Comments (1-7 of 7 posts) | Reply
Ryuk_Apples
Ryuk_Apples writes:
on Aug 10 2007 08:04 PM

If Paramount could slip the entire film under our noses until Transformers released, I'm sure they'd be more sneaky about keeping the title under wraps until they were ready to formerly release it. Overnight is just a code name like cheese and cloverfield. Mark my words.

(Reply to this)
KubrickIsG-d
KubrickIsG-d writes:
on Aug 11 2007 08:22 AM

I gotta give Dane Cook credit, he proved that just like musicians and actors today, comedians no longer need any actual talent in their field to be successfull, just the right look to appeal to the masses.

I think he should do do a movie with Jessicca Alba


(Reply to this)
unbreakable_samurai
unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Aug 11 2007 11:25 AM

Wow, lots of good sounding stuff. Appaloosa with Harris and Mortensen. Defiance, I'm a big Zwick fan(he's directed two of the best films ever), plus Schreiber's cool. The Wackness started off good with Kingsley and Janssen but it goes down hill from there, so who knows. I love Walken and Nivola so that's damn sweet that they are making a movie together. Eagle Eye with Caruso, LeBeouf, and most importantly Dawson could be good. And Powder Blue should be awesome with the combination of Biel, Liotta, Whitaker, and Kristofferson.

(Reply to this)
Canuck666
Canuck666 writes:
on Aug 11 2007 02:50 PM

Superman better not have Lex back as a major villian. People would prefer to see Superman actually fight somebody. If they had the villians be Bizarro and Livewire or Doomsday and Mr.Mxyzptlk that would make a great action movie. As for "Overnight" I think the novelty of a giant monster movie filmed in crappy shaky cam will wear off after the first 5 minutes of the movie and people will hate it. Tomatometer: 11% and it won't gross more then $50 million domestically.

(Reply to this)
AcE!
AcE! writes:
on Aug 12 2007 05:33 AM

Theres no way lex will not be a main villain, hes not dead, hes not hurt, so theres no way he wont come back. Itll probably be like Superman 2, lex and then another super villain thats capable of brawling with superman. I agree that was a problem with superman returns though, the only action you could really have was superman saving people and catching giant falling objects, that gets boring really quick. I dont want bizzaro though, I have a feeling he'd look stupid on the big screen. Im all for metallo, braniac, and darkseid for the sequals.

(Reply to this)
darrinsgoodman
darrinsgoodman writes:
on Aug 12 2007 10:40 PM

they should drop the superman returns sequel idea and make a movie for smallville

(Reply to this)
dylan21484nj
dylan21484nj writes:
on Aug 13 2007 04:06 PM

In reply to this comment (#1033464)
Shermdawg? is that you?

i like Smallville when they pay homage to the movies and because Smallville's Lex poses a bigger threat than his film counterpart, but the show is incredibly hit-or-miss and the Lana/Clark love story was so drawn out and aggrevating. the fact that Returns is a sequel of sorts to Superman I & II isn't what made the movie bad, it was its rehashing of concepts from the first movie that made Returns so tiresome. a film that is set in the world set up by the movies but brings in new ideas has the potential to be one kickass Superman flick.


(Reply to this)
Read More Comments
Page | 1
Post Your Comment
You must be registered to post comments. Login or Register.

Related Links

Cloverfield
  • Pictures
  • Posters
  • News
  • Forum

Related Articles

  • Five Favourite Films with J. J. Abrams (15)
  • Abrams Plots Cloverfield Sequel-Type Thing Opens in new window (23)
  • Matt Reeves Will Let the Right One In Opens in new window (0)
  • RT on DVD: Cloverfield, Charlie Wilson and 2008's Worst-Reviewed Film (47)
  • Guide of the Dead - An RT Romero Retrospective (18)
  • UK Box Office Breakdown: Jumper Leaps into First (0)
  • Exclusive: Matt Reeves Clarifies Cloverfield Sequel Status (37)
  • Box Office Guru Preview: Montana Hopes to Win Super Bowl Trophy (10)
  • Matt Reeves Prepares Cloverfield Sequel, The Invisible Woman (34)
  • Box Office Guru Preview: Rambo Leads Army of New Films Into Battle (9)

Most Discussed

  • 12 Facts About 2012 (132)
  • Total Recall: George Clooney's Best Movies (90)
  • RT on DVD: G.I. Joe, Rocky, and Christmas Classics (75)
  • Box Office Guru Wrapup: This Is It Tops Box Office Worldwide (55)
  • Critics Consensus: A Christmas Carol Dazzles But Disappoints (40)
  • Ho-ho-horror! 10 Scary Christmas Movies (36)
  • Weekly Ketchup: Abrams eyes Micronauts, Aykroyd as Yogi Bear (27)
  • Friday Harvest: Prince of Persia, The Road, and more! (21)
  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview (14)

Latest News

  • Weekly Ketchup: Abrams eyes Micronauts, Aykroyd as Yogi Bear (27)
  • Friday Harvest: Prince of Persia, The Road, and more! (21)
  • Critics Consensus: A Christmas Carol Dazzles But Disappoints (40)
  • Ho-ho-horror! 10 Scary Christmas Movies (36)
  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview (14)
  • Total Recall: George Clooney's Best Movies (90)
  • RT on DVD: G.I. Joe, Rocky, and Christmas Classics (75)
  • 12 Facts About 2012 (132)
  • Box Office Guru Wrapup: This Is It Tops Box Office Worldwide (55)
  • Weekly Ketchup: A Paranormal Sequel, Hopkins Joins Thor (35)

Latest Interviews

  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview (14)
  • Terry Gilliam Talks Doctor Parnassus (15)
  • Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview (8)
  • Wolverine Creator Len Wein Talks About the Film (28)
  • Gavin Hood Talks Wolverine; Possible Sequel (28)
  • Duncan Jones talks Moon, Sam Rockwell, and Mute (14)
  • Emma Stone talks Zombieland - RT Interview (40)
  • Michael Moore: The RT Interview (139)
  • Andrea Arnold talks Fish Tank - RT Interview (4)
  • Neill Blomkamp talks District 9 - RT Interview (51)

Latest Features

  • Ho-ho-horror! 10 Scary Christmas Movies (36)
  • 12 Facts About 2012 (132)
  • Terry Gilliam Talks Doctor Parnassus (15)
  • Five Favourite Films with 24's Carlos Bernard (33)
  • Six Horrible Part Sixes (31)
  • Christopher Smith's Favourite Cult Horror Films (14)
  • Gavin Hood Talks Wolverine; Possible Sequel (28)
  • Five Favorite Films with F. Gary Gray (29)
  • Duncan Jones talks Moon, Sam Rockwell, and Mute (14)
  • Five Favorite Films With Kristen Bell (49)

Sponsored Links

 
 
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Games| Celebs List| Newsletter
IGN Logo

IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive | Green Pixels


By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2009, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.