Ever have one of those days where no news stories really impress you? Yeah…
The early summer 2010 season is already getting crowded. Ridley Scott’s “Nottingham” “Robin Hood” is set for a May 14, 2010 release date. Other films scheduled in around that time are “Shrek Goes Fourth” (May 21) and the decidely homoerotic “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” (May 28) – [ComingSoon]
Storyboards for Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” “Ashecliffe” are online by the artist Karl Shelfelman. His official site also includes storyboards for Francis Ford Coppola’s still-unfilmed, possibly-abandoned for good, “Megalopolis.” [Shefelboards]
Jay Baruchel has passion projects other than hanging out with friends and playing video games? Evidently he does and one called “Johnny Klutz,” about a lovable loser who is impervious to pain that Universal is behind. [THR]
WTF, Fox is going to start removing special features from their DVDS? And that’s smart how exactly? [/Film]
Joaquin Phoenix’s hip-hop career had another incident. He jumped off stage and confronted a audience member that was heckling him. Said dissident was ejected by security. Congratulations, no one really cares. [Vulture]
It’s the summer of Woodstock all over again. First Ang Lee’s film, “Taking Woodstock” is comging out August 14. Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (“American Dream” and “Harlan County U.S.A.”) is directing a documentary tentatively called “Woodstock: 40 Years Later” that VH1 and the History Channel are co-producing. Warner Home Video is also re-releasing the near-unwatchable, 3-cameras always going 1970 documentary “Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music” Blu-ray and DVD June 9, [Nab365]