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The Weekly Ketchup: "Spider-Man 4" Villain Talk, "Iron Man" Cast Photo, Disney Scraps Lame Video Sequels, And More!
by Nick Hershey | June 29, 2007
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In this week's Ketchup, Sam Raimi discusses possible options for a fourth "Spider-Man," the cast of "Iron Man" is looking rather sharp in the first cast photo, and the Disney brain trust makes a wise business decision.

Also, "Transformers" unleashes a slick TV spot for those not already excited enough, and "Kill Bill" may have two more sequels on the way. Read on.

This Week's Most Popular News:

Sam Raimi Discusses "Spider-Man 4" Villains

A whole bunch of new bad guys might be on their way ... but still no love for The Lizard?

First "Iron Man" Cast Photo!

The guys who are in charge of early marketing for Marvel's "Iron Man" have been keeping us pretty busy over the last few weeks. And now comes a rather cool new cast photo.

Disney Halts DTV Sequels! Hooray!

Good news all around. Plus, get this: Disney CCO John Lasseter has called the upcoming Tinkerbell movie "unwatchable." Ouch.

Powerful New "Transformers" Ad

You guys know I've just recently come around on this "Transformers" flick. I was pretty skeptical at first, but with each new trailer and promo spot, I'm getting just a little more geeked for the movie...

Is Tarantino Preparing Two "Kill Bill" Sequels?

Well, according to one source he sure seems to be ... maybe.


A little more of this Kiddo wouldn't hurt.


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  • "V For Vendetta" helmer James McTeigue will direct "Bangkok 8," the first in a three book best-selling mystery series by John Burdett.
  • Bradley Cooper will star with Sandra Bullock in the comedy "All About Steve," for Fox 2000 Pictures, with Phil Traill making his directorial debut.
  • Shoreline Entertainment has set Jeremiah Chechik to direct the adaptation of Kem Nunn's novel "Pomona Queen."
  • David Ondaatje will direct the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's first film, "The Lodger" for Sony Pictures.
  • Stephen St. Leger and James Mather will write and direct "The Lost Squad," based on the Devil's Due comic written by Chris Kirby and drawn by Alan Robinson.
  • William Wisher (writer of "Terminator 2") will write and produce "Escape of the Pacific Clipper" for 20th Century Fox.
  • "We Are Marshall" screenwriter Jamie Linden will adapt Nicholas Sparks' novel "Dear John" for New Line Cinema, with Channing Tatum set to star.
  • George Hickenlooper will adapt and direct Colin MacKinnon's espionage thriller "Morning Spy, Evening Spy," with Todd Traina producing.
  • Mos Def will star in and executive produce the drama "Bobby Zero," with brothers Markus and Mason Canter writing and directing.
  • Arielle Kebbel and Emily Browning have joined Elizabeth Banks and David Strathairn in the remake of Ji-Woon Kim's "A Tale of Two Sisters."
  • Djimon Hounsou will star in the drama "Get Some," with Jeff Wadlow directing for Summit Entertainment.
  • Megan Fox has joined Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges and Danny Huston in the cast of "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," the adaptation of the Toby Young memoir being directed by Bob Weide.

Let's hope he gets a quality remake.

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CannibalPenguins
CannibalPenguins writes:
on Jun 29 2007 09:28 PM

[b]Screw Disney!

No more DTV sequels means we'll never see Cinderella 4, 5, 6 and 7!!![/b]

[i]At least we still get The Little Mermaid 3![/i]


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Sputnik99
Sputnik99 writes:
on Jun 29 2007 11:01 PM

And I was getting ready for crossovers. "The Little Mermaid Meets Aladdin" or "Beauty, the Beast and the Hunchback of Notre Dame."

Guess my dream is gone. =(


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Film Cricket
Film Cricket writes:
on Jul 01 2007 12:24 AM

"The Little Mermaid Meets Aladdin" or "Beauty, the Beast and the Hunchback of Notre Dame." I think I saw variations of those titles at the adult video store.

Haha I have a topless mermaid statue that I use for a coffee table and I painted her to look exactly like Ariel. Topless of course.

Disney should just stop making copies of all the cheap sequels and recall the current copies from the stores. Roll out Tinkerbell and Mermaid 3 as quietly as possible and put everything into promoting the new theatrical projects and home video releases of classic movies. There are enough copies of the sequels out there that they'll be available in second-hand shops, e-bay and internet file sharing for years. If the sequels were produced under the belief that kids will watch anything (and sales seemed to prove that), then kids can be entertained without desecrating classic movies. They'll just get their pablum from somewhere else.

On a tangential note, it's decisions like these that could lead to open discussion of releasing Song of the South on DVD. Maybe "integrity" isn't a curse word at Disney anymore, like it was under Eisner. The movie is part of Walt Disney's legacy and of course has conveniently been slipped into the memory hole so that the man himself can escape criticism for the sincere racial tone of the movie that bears his name. That Disney the man is viewed as an American icon without acknowledgment of the racial content of Song of the South is historical revisionism without shame, a perversion of the truth. America has to face up to the fact that Song was considered acceptable children's entertainment as little as 21 years ago, during the modern 80's era. Now, Disney is a literal media empire that covers up it's own embarrassing secrets with censorship, a whitewashing of their founder's legacy, and refusal to face up to mistakes (except where the mistakes are harmless little video productions that wouldn't bring down the wrath of the NAACP.)


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