Ghostbusters 3 on the Horizon?

Could it be true? Are the movie gods kind enough to give us a Ghostbusters 3? Well, in a sense we are already getting a third entry in the franchise in the form of the upcoming Ghostbusters video game, but in movie form?

Personally, I wouldn't hold my breath, but Dan Aykroyd recently spoke a bit about what could or could not be an upcoming third entry in the ghost hunting comedy franchise. During an online chat promoting a new House of Blues, a question came up about a possible third Ghostbusters to which Aykroyd replied: "Script is commenced early summer. Hope to be in production by late fall 2009."

There have been rumblings of a Ghostbusters 3 for months, perhaps years now, but it's still way too early to tell if anything will take shape. A couple short sentences by Aykroyd mean nothing in the grand scheme of things and this news should be taken with a grain of salt.

Still, if there is any justice in the world, the ghost hunting quartet will be resurrected. It worked for Rambo and Indiana Jones. Why not Ghostbusters?

The Dark Knight Hits Milestone

It's official (as if it wasn't already). The Dark Knight is one of the most successful movies of all time, racking up over 1 billion dollars worldwide. Amazing, and it couldn't have gone to a better movie.

The Dark Knight is only the fourth movie to ever reach that mark, accompanying Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

One question remains though? Did Warner Brothers cheat to get to the billion dollar mark? The film failed to reach that number during its initial run, so WB re-released it prior to the Oscars and it slowly crawled up to that milestone. It seems legit to me--money is money--but apparently, some people are calling it a cheat.

Regardless, it's a terrific movie (my number one movie of 2008 in fact--read my top 10 here) and it deserves all the credit it gets. Congratulations all around.

Complete Oscar Winners List

As you should know by now, the 81st annual Academy Awards aired last night and personally, I found it highly enjoyable and one of the best in years. Hugh Jackman was in top form and pulled off the trifecta of hosting, singing and dancing all in one fell swoop. Unsurprisingly, Slumdog Millionaire sweeped pretty much everything that it was nominated for and Heath Ledger won for Best Supporting Actor for his vicious and brilliant portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. In case you missed it, I've put all of the awards down below, with the winner bold faced. Just for fun, I've underlined what my personal preference would have been if I had picked the Oscars (which I totally should). Ready? Go! (Note: I'm not italicizing movie titles for the sole purpose of simplicity--the bold and underlining is enough already.)

1) Best Picture

Slumdog Millionaire

Milk

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Reader

Frost/Nixon

2) Best Actor

Sean Penn-Milk

Mickey Rourke-The Wrestler

Frank Langella-Frost/Nixon

Brad Pitt-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Richard Jenkins-The Visitor

3) Best Actress

Meryl Streep-Doubt

Anne Hathaway-Rachel Getting Married

Kate Winslet-The Reader

Melissa Leo-Frozen River

Angelina Jolie-Changeling

4) Best Director

Danny Boyle-Slumdog Millionaire

David Fincher-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Stephen Daldry-The Reader

Ron Howard-Frost/Nixon

Gus Van Sant-Milk

5) Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger-The Dark Knight

Robert Downey, Jr.-Tropic Thunder

Philip Seymour Hoffman-Doubt

Josh Brolin-Milk

Michael Shannon-Revolutionary Road

6) Best Supporting Actress

Marisa Tomei-The Wrestler

Amy Adams-Doubt

Penelope Cruz-Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Taraji P. Henson-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Viola Davis-Doubt

7) Best Original Screenplay

Courtney Hunt-Frozen River

Dustin Lance Black-Milk

Martin McDonough-In Bruges

Mike Leigh-Happy Go Lucky

Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon-Wall-E

8) Best Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy-Slumdog Millionaire

Eric Roth-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Peter Morgan-Frost/Nixon

John Patrick Shanley-Doubt

David Hare-The Reader

9) Best Art Direction

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

The Duchess

Revolutionary Road

10) Best Cinematography

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

11) Best Foreign Language Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Class

Departures

Austria

Waltz With Bashir

12) Best Original Score

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Defiance

Milk

Slumdog Millionaire

Wall-E

13) Best Animated Film

Wall-E

Kung Fu Panda

Bolt

14) Best Costume Design

Australia

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Duchess

Milk

Revolutionary Road

15) Best Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Iron Man

The Dark Knight

16) Best Original Song

"Down to Earth"-Wall-E

"Jai Ho"-Slumdog Millionaire

"O Saya"-Slumdog Millionaire

17) Best Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Frost/Nixon

Milk

Slumdog Millionaire

18) Best Makeup

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

19) Best Sound Editing

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

Slumdog Millionaire

Wall-E

Wanted

20) Best Sound Mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Slumdog Millionaire

Wall-E

Wanted

21) Best Documentary Feature

The Betrayal

Encounters at the End of the World

Man on Wire

The Garden

Trouble the Water

22) Best Documentary Short

The Conscience of Nhem En

The Final Inch

Smile Pinki

The Witness-From the Balcony of Room 306

23) Best Animated Short

La Maison de Petits Cubes

Lavatory-Lovestory

Oktapodi

Presto

This Way Up

24) Best Live Action Short

Auf der Strecke (On the Line)

Manon on the Asphalt

New Boy

The Pig

Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Produce Uwe Boll's New Movie!

Do you enjoy garbage? Are you one of those few who don't look for quality in their movies, but rather two hours of endless, dull idiocy? Do you want to be a part of one of the worst directors in film history's movies? If so, now's your chance!

JoBlo.com is reporting that schlock king Uwe Boll, best known for his award winning (read: consistently terrible) films like Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead, is asking for your assistance to make his new film, titled Blackout. That's right, for the small price of only $50, you will be a co-producer on his latest cinematic catastrophe. However, the movie will not be made unless he can raise $18.5 million. So you literally hold his movie's life in your hands.

But what will you get in return you ask? A limited edition copy of the flick on DVD! Boo-yah! What more could you ask for (besides a film that is even moderately amusing)?

Of course, the question remains, what if you contribute money and the film is never made? Well, you'll get 40 bucks of it back. While you're free to do whatever you like with your money, I'm convinced Boll is pulling a fast one on all of us because he should know full well by now that nobody in their right mind is going to give him a penny to create another critical and commercial failure. He'll get to reap the benefits of keeping the extra 10 bucks from all of the suckers who fall for this while they themselves get screwed over. However, if you feel like wasting your money, head right on over here to contribute. Have fun with that.

The Expendables Shaping Up To Be All Kinds of Awesome

What could be my most anticipated movie ever due to excessive amounts of awesome is about to get a whole lot more awesome-er.

Latino Review is reporting that Danny Trejo (pictured right as a vampire in the terrific action/horror flick From Dusk Till Dawn) has now joined the cast of Sylvester Stallone's action flick, The Expendables, creating an action overload of epic proportions.

Other cast members include Sly himself, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Forest Whitaker and even Arnold Schwarzenegger in a cameo role. My brain just overloaded thinking about how truly amazing this sure to be extremely violent and wonderful flick could be. Keep your fingers crossed.

Any Movie Is Better With A Predator

Warning: super cool news ahead!

Coming hot off the heels of the recent news that Seth Grahame-Smith's novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, is going to be adapted to the big screen comes the news that another Pride and Prejudice spin-off is in the works titled...wait for it...Pride and Predator!

Assuming this is more than just a rumor run rampant, the film would presumably be a period piece following an epic battle between the loving couple, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, and a totally awesome, bad ass, Predator ripping them a new one.

Of course, Fox owns the right to the Predator franchise and I personally can't see them boogeying down with this bad boy, but my fingers are crossed nonetheless.

Seeing as how all of Jane Austen's novels are in the public domain, I can only imagine what kind of nonsense others will try to get made into a film now that two possibly amazing adaptations are supposedly in the works. Got an idea? Have at it. One thing's for sure. It won't be any worse than the two wretched Alien Vs. Predator flicks.

Stretch Armstrong Movie in the Works

There have been plenty of films based on toys: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Masters of the Universe, and a whole bunch of direct-to-DVD Barbie films. Well, thanks to the overwhelming success of Michael Bay's summer blockbuster, Transformers (and the upcoming sure-to-be-huge sequel), it looks like an endless barrage of movies based on toys may be on the horizon.

Accompanying the upcoming G.I. Joe flick is a Universal live-action film based on Stretch Armstrong. Seriously. Steve Oedekerk, of Bruce Almighty fame, is penning the script. The only question now is which appendages will be stretched because God knows this could be one interesting adult movie, if you know what I mean.

Halloween 2 Site Live

Considering that the reboot of Friday the 13th hits theaters in a couple of days, I suppose it's only appropriate that my first post be about a sequel to another popular horror franchise reboot. Of course, I'm talking about Halloween 2 (affectionately titled H2), which is set to hit theaters August 28, 2009. While Rob Zombie is busy pumping out every bit of casting news he can via his Myspace blog, it seems somebody has taken the time to create a website for the flick, although I probably could have made this one considering how barren it is. It features only the poster for the film (which you can check out on the right), but for all you rabid Halloween fans out there, this is probably wonderful news so have at it.

The cast for the picture includes Matt Bush, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor Compton, Chris Hardwicke, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Ezra Buzzington, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Daniel Roebuck, Danielle Harris, Howard Hesseman and Bill Fagerbakke (the man behind the voice of Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants -- strange casting indeed).

Believe it or not, filming hasn't even started yet and that August date is getting closer every day. They better get cracking. Cross your fingers H2 isn't as bad as the stinkpile Zombie's first effort turned out to be.