Mattitude Follower
2005-03-02 16:04:15 UTC
Marvel Enterprises heads Avi Arad and Peter Cuneo presented an overview of
the Company at the Bear Stearns 18th Annual Media Conference in Palm Beach,
Florida yesterday and Marvel Gateway has taken down the important points
about their movies in development from that meeting:
- The cast of the "Fantastic Four" movie is currently signed on for multiple
films.
- "Ghost Rider" is definitely aiming for a PG-13 rating. Peter Fonda is
officially signed on to play Mephisto. - For "X3" the cast is in and a
director announcement should be coming soon.
- Jamie Foxx was being looked at for "Luke Cage" before his Oscar win. Foxx
has now put his decision on hold and Avi says they're looking around.
- Director Nick Cassavetes is currently doing a rewrite of "Iron Man". Avi
says it will be a "huge movie" and be like "G.I. Joe meets James Bond meets
Tom Clancy."
- Set as a high priority at Paramount Pictures, "Deathlok" is Marvel's
version of the Terminator. The movie is a go with one of the better scripts
in town.
- Avi mentioned an "action television Blade show." A Blade TV series?
- "Punisher 2" wise they are finishing the script right now.
- A "Curious George" film is set to be released in Feb 2006 with Ron Howard
and Brian Grazer producing. An animated television series of Curious George
will debut in the Fall of 2006.
- "Daredevil" is in a period of rest right now as they're hoping for people
to forget Elektra before moving on to a sequel.
- A deal is just about done with "Thor", and is considered a very big
character yet to be touched.
- Marvel and Lions Gate Films will make animated films as previously
announced, with Avengers being the first movie to be out in Q1 2006. Lions
Gate will handle distribution with Marvel being the creative consultant. The
movies will all be direct-to-video. The studio is currently developing a
third now, which is expected to be Iron Man.
- AnteFilms Productions, a leading French animation producer, will produce a
"Fantastic Four" animated television series with Marvel being a creative
oversight and having part ownership.
the Company at the Bear Stearns 18th Annual Media Conference in Palm Beach,
Florida yesterday and Marvel Gateway has taken down the important points
about their movies in development from that meeting:
- The cast of the "Fantastic Four" movie is currently signed on for multiple
films.
- "Ghost Rider" is definitely aiming for a PG-13 rating. Peter Fonda is
officially signed on to play Mephisto. - For "X3" the cast is in and a
director announcement should be coming soon.
- Jamie Foxx was being looked at for "Luke Cage" before his Oscar win. Foxx
has now put his decision on hold and Avi says they're looking around.
- Director Nick Cassavetes is currently doing a rewrite of "Iron Man". Avi
says it will be a "huge movie" and be like "G.I. Joe meets James Bond meets
Tom Clancy."
- Set as a high priority at Paramount Pictures, "Deathlok" is Marvel's
version of the Terminator. The movie is a go with one of the better scripts
in town.
- Avi mentioned an "action television Blade show." A Blade TV series?
- "Punisher 2" wise they are finishing the script right now.
- A "Curious George" film is set to be released in Feb 2006 with Ron Howard
and Brian Grazer producing. An animated television series of Curious George
will debut in the Fall of 2006.
- "Daredevil" is in a period of rest right now as they're hoping for people
to forget Elektra before moving on to a sequel.
- A deal is just about done with "Thor", and is considered a very big
character yet to be touched.
- Marvel and Lions Gate Films will make animated films as previously
announced, with Avengers being the first movie to be out in Q1 2006. Lions
Gate will handle distribution with Marvel being the creative consultant. The
movies will all be direct-to-video. The studio is currently developing a
third now, which is expected to be Iron Man.
- AnteFilms Productions, a leading French animation producer, will produce a
"Fantastic Four" animated television series with Marvel being a creative
oversight and having part ownership.