Thursday, the fourth day of the workweek. If you’re reading this in America, today is your Friday as tomorrow is the fourth of July: fireworks, Bar-B-Qs and perhaps a road trip are in order. Before you book out of work and begin thinking of what to serve up for yourself on the long weekend let’s get busy and tell you what’s happening in the latest edition of “The Dailies”.
…Sony’s Hancock made an early Tuesday night debut in theaters and immediately benefited from the advance screenings. The comedic/dramatic/superhero movie took in an estimated $6.4 million in ticket sales. While reviews have been mixed most industry analysts are predicting a $100+ million opening weekend for Hancock, perhaps even as high as $115 M. And if you want to see how different the final version of Hancock is from the original spec script that was the basis of the film (which was titled Tonight He Comes), Hollywood Elsewhere has the screenplay available in PDF format.
…the trailer for Blindness has arrived on the internet and comes recommended by the MovieSet blogging team. Julianne Moore stars as a woman who seems to be one of the only people left to not come down with sudden and seemingly irreversible blindness. As society begins to fracture and fall apart Moore’s character is sent away with her now-blind husband and a host of others. Based on the trailer the plot seems to take a Lord of the Flies turn right about there. The movie hits theater screens this coming September.
…In an interview with NDTV Music, Dark Knight composer Hans Zimmer reveals that he almost went back and rewrote the picture’s score after the death of Heath Ledger. “I, for a moment, was thinking, ‘Oh my god, I should throw out all the music I’ve written for The Joker and just start over again,’ which is just exactly the wrong thing to do. To honour his (Ledger) performance, I had to stick to my guns.” There has also been mounting talk that Ledger`s performance as Batman`s greatest nemesis could earn him an Oscar nomination. Undoubtedly some of that talk is being dereived from the untimely death of the talented actor but I’ve also heard from friends that have seen the film that his manic performance is remarkable.
…and while North American audiences haven’t as yet seen the trailer for The Day the Earth Stood Still, it`s somehow managed to find its way onto YouTube. This remake of the classic 1951 sci-fi movie stars Keanu Reeves as an alien that has come to Earth to give its nations a dire warning. Whereas the original film addressed the threat of nuclear annihilation, Reeves’ spaceman is here to deliver an environmental message to us. Blessed YouTube, thou are most great:
Meh. Could go either way. I need to see more before passing judgment on it.
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