Sequel Bits: Star Trek Beyond, Ghostbusters, Clerks 3, Fantastic Beasts, Rush Hour 4
By Germain Lussier/June 3, 2015 4:00 pm EST
Paul Feig, promoting the fantastic film Spy, has been asked about his next film – Ghostbusters – a lot. It starts shooting later this month and in an interview with the Sam Roberts’ Show, he talked about those pressures and – most interestingly – the fact all the Ghostbusters’ technology will be brand new and updated for 2015. That point is at 3:40.
With a bunch of projects on the horizon, we aren’t exactly sure when Kevin Smith is going to make Clerks 3. Probably after Mallrats 2. Still, the script is done and talking to the Hollywood Reporter Smith talked about the film’s tone in pretty lofty terms:
In an interview with Radio Times (via Moviepilot) Star Trek Beyond co-writer and star Simon Pegg gave an update on the upcoming sequel:
I wrote Clerks 3 like a King Lear movie in a convenience store. It’s funny, but it’s fucking sad.
The “today” in that statement is probably about a week ago so, do the math accordingly.
We started again six months before we were due to start shooting, which is insane! In fact…we start shooting in Vancouver in four weeks – and we’re only handing in our first draft today.
Actor Chin Han, who played Lau in The Dark Knight, has been cast in Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day 2. He revealed the news on his Twitter:
Entourage is now in theaters and everyone involved in the film has been cautiously talking about a sequel. The man with the most power to do that is producer Mark Wahlberg, who said the following to the Hollywood Reporter:
Super excited to officially welcome Chin Han to the cast of #IndependenceDay2 @TheChinHan pic.twitter.com/LMCu5gxJHk
— Roland Emmerich (@rolandemmerich) June 2, 2015
This report was from TMZ, so you can’t exactly take it completely seriously, but interviewing Jackie Chan on the street, the legendary actor told them Rush Hour 4 would be coming soon. Watch the clip at this link.
Paramount revealed six character posters for Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation before Thursday’s new trailer.
In the interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. head of film production talked about J.K. Rowling’s script to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them:
Finally, Deadline talked to Justin Lin about Star Trek Beyond, and he had a lot of fascinating things to say about where the story could go:
She’s so talented, and no surprise, she wrote a brilliant screenplay. Also, she had an amazing collaborator in Steve Kloves, who worked on many of the Harry Potter scripts. He’s not writing, but he’s around to help her if she ever needs anything.
It’s also a whole new story, not based on any previous Trek.
