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It has been a while since any good movie news worth reporting, but finally there have been some interesting stuff come up.



ANOTHER VAMPIRE MOVIE ON THE WAY
Platinum Studios is adapting the comic book series, "Blood Nation", to the big screen. The film tells the story of a country overrun by vampires and walled off from the rest of the world. Decades later, rumors that these creatures have found a way to escape their isolation force a small group of humans to pierce into the heart of the nation on a desperate mission to save humanity. But what they find there may not be the wasteland they expect.

It sounds like Daybreakers mixed with Doomsday. I am really burned out on the vampire vs. human stories. They are beating this genre to death. Does it have potential, I suppose so, but I don't have faith that they will develop a good script and gather a respectable cast together.





TWO SEQUELS GET GREENLIGHT
Warner Bros. have greenlit both a Journey to the Center of the Earth and a Clash of the Titans sequel. Journey to the center of the Earth is targeting a fall 2011 release while the Clash of the Titans sequel is targeting a spring 2012 release. Sam Worthington is expected to reprise his role and shoot the film before he begins Avatar 2.

I could care less about the Journey to the Center of the Earth sequel, but they better get the Clash sequel right this time. Them deciding convert last to 3D last second ruined the film. I read where originally Zeus was supposed to be the bad guy and all the gods, such as Poseidon who only had one scene, were originally in the film much more. That film had some real potential, and they took a massive dump on it instead. Thankfully Louis Lettier is not returning to direct.




PAUL REUBENS JOINS THE SMURFS
Is this big news, no. But I love Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman, so I thought I would share some Reuben news. Paul Reuben will be voicing Jokey Smurf for the upcoming Smurfs film. He joins Neil Patrick Harris, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria, Anton Yelchin, Katy Perry, Alan Cumming, Fred Armisen and George Lopez.

Why does George Lopez have a voice role in every animated film? I didn't know there was a mexican smurf. As much as this movie sounds horrible, I do like a lot of the cast members.



HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON GETS A SEQUEL
The surprise hit How to Train Your Dragon will be getting a sequel in 2013. So far the first film has grossed $180 million dollars so far and regained the number one spot in it's fifth week in theatres.

I really need to see this movie.



YOU KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN......THE RING 3D
Unfortunately, another sequel to The Ring is happening and of course in 3D. The new film is being fashioned as more teen-centric than the first, and though the story is being kept under wraps, the aim is to reinvent the franchise.

I loved the first film. It was original, it was scary and they did without spending a ton of money and throwing 3D at you. Then they made the sequel, which was absolutely terrible. I'm not a big fan of them doing a third one, simply because I am so partial to the original but I wish it the best.



WARNER BROS. GREENLIGHTING ANOTHER DC COMIC
With Green Lantern currently filming, Warner Bros. has decided to give the greenlight to another comic franchise. You would think it would be The Flash, Wonder Woman or maybe Aquaman, but instead they are going with a less known character, Starman.

This is why Warner Bros. fails everytime they try and tackle any of the superheroes besides Batman. They need to do what Marvel did and map out a five year plan. Let's start with Green Lantern and develop Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and get the new Superman going and lets build up to a Justice League movie. Starman may turn out to be a good movie, I'm always open to a comic book movie, but this isn't what people want to see. Your telling me they can develop something for Starman but not Wonder Woman, Aquaman or The Flash? Give me a break.