Last we saw of Kevin Munroe's Dylan Dog adaptation, the Brandon Routh-starring film looked like a nit that jumped off a Joss Whedon WB series and hid away until it grew big enough to be released in theaters as an actual movie of sorts. But that was half a year ago, and it was just a promotional reel. Now that they've had some time to polish up the effects for the American trailer? This thing is totally bumped up to a "stupid, confusing dream you had after drinking heavily and watching Superman Returns and Hellboy back-to-back"! Well done, everyone.
No, but it might still be a WB series. Judge for yourself at Apple Trailers.
Remember when you considered George Lucas a demigod because he invented two of the most indisputably great franchises ever created? Well, as if he didn't disappoint you enough with the last few Star Warses, now he's doing some kind of cartoon musical with fairies:
George Lucas is tackling his first musical.
The untitled, top-secret CGI-animated film is in preproduction at Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in Marin County.
Kevin Munroe is directing the CGI film, which is expected to feature music from a variety of sources. Munroe hails from the animated world and made his directorial debut in 2007 with the fourth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, “TMNT.”
Plot details are locked tighter than the plans for the Death Star, but one element known is that the script features fairies.
George Lucas makes movies that influence countless future generations of filmmakers; one of those filmmakers does a cheap, straight-to-video CGI Tinkerbell movie that apparently influences George Lucas. The circle is complete.
Sammo Hung, the veteran Hong Kong action star you all know from the '90s Rush Hour-style CBS cop series Martial Law (alongside Arsenio Hall!), is in talks to star in Dark Horse Films' War Monkeys. From THR:
Sammo Hung is negotiations to star in "War Monkeys," a horror comedy shaping up to be the biggest feature yet from the independent arm of Dark Horse Films.
UTA-repped Kevin Munroe ("TMNT") is in negotiations to direct the film for Dark Horse Indie.
The horror comedy follows two janitors who, during a Christmas holiday, get trapped in an underground research facility after accidentally unleashing military-trained Rhesus monkeys. Hung is one of the janitors who battles the rabid simians.
To give you an idea of what Sammo Hung and another guy fighting an army of armed Rhesus monkeys might be like, I've included a clip below the cut that should help you envision it. Just pretend everyone but Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (Pete Wentz-hair guy) are monkeys.
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