Movie News: Superhero movies Thor & Green Lantern moving forward and Ghost Busters too!
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by Hot MommaBranagh in talks to direct ‘Thor’
Kenneth Branagh is reportedly in serious negotiations to direct Marvel Comics “Thor,” the next superhero property that will be turned into a live-action film by Marvel Studios. The “Thor” negotiations come during a resurgence for Branagh. He’s currently drawing raves on the London stage in the title role of “Ivanov,” and he’ll next be seen acting in the Richard Curtis-directed “The Boat That Rocked” and the Bryan Singer-helmed “Valkyrie.”
“Thor” follows disabled medical student Donald Blake, who has an alter ego as the hammer-wielding Norse god Thor.
Branagh is the latest in a string of directors — such as Jon Favreau (”Iron Man”), Christopher Nolan (the Batman franchise) and Gavin Hood (”X-Men Origins: Wolverine”) — with arthouse roots taking on big-budget comicbook fare.
Marvel will set a distributor for “Thor” shortly as the film is set for a 2010 release.
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Green Lantern Movie Starts Shooting Next Spring
Producer Donald De Line, who is developing the Green Lantern film, says that “a new draft of the script came in” and they’re “gearing up to start shooting early spring.” While it’s not confirmed, he added that “it’s coming together and I’m excited about it. “ The structure adheres closely to the ’superhero origin movie paradigm.’ In Green Lantern’s case, Hal Jordan has to overcome his selfishness and self pity over the death of his father Martin Jordan. De Line confirmed again that Greg Berlanti, of “Everwood” and The Broken Hearts Club, will be directing.
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Ghostbusters 3 moving from dream to definite possibility
Bill Murray broke his silence on the long-rumored third installment at last night’s Fantastic Fest, and you can watch what he had to say above (the good part starts 5 minutes in).
Among other things, Bill tells the Austin crowd how much fun he had making the first Ghostbusters, and how the first 40-45 minutes of the film are “about as fun as movies get” (I’d tend to agree). That said, the second movie lost him when it started becoming more about the special effects than the characters, and Murray hopes the new writers (Office scribes Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg) can bring the story back to its character-driven roots. We hope!
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