Weekly Movie News 11-22-2011

The Avengers movie is coming to the screen on May 4, 2012 and many people are wondering how different the Incredible Hulk might be now that Mark Ruffalo is taking over the Bruce Banner/Hulk character. Matt McDaniel of Movie Talk has an exclusive interview with director Josh Whedon which covers this and many other topics related to next year's most highly anticipated feature.

Featured Two Oh Six Movie Reviews:

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Latest Movie News:

Grantland.com posted an article asking if any of these three Hollywood mega stars (Clooney, Pitt, DiCaprio) deserve to win an Oscar this year or will a lesser known nominee walk away with the trophy.


Filmschoolrejects.com is reporting that David Fincher, best known for 'Fight Club' and the gruesome crime thriller 'Se7en', is preparing a remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for Disney Pictures.


Amazon.com is releasing their list of Black Friday deals which includes some pretty amazing prices for Blu Ray movies like Pulp Fiction, 300, Mad Men, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and many more titles.

Here's a brand new poster for next year's Expendables sequel. Looks like Jean Claude Van Dam and Chuck Norris are joining the aging cast of action stars.

FilmSchoolRejects.com has created a fun and informative guide to The Muppets.



Local Movie News:
Seattle International Film Festival is hosting two free Fundamentals of Film seminars put on by Oppenheimer Cine Rental and Eastman Kodak. Space is limited and details are available on the website.

Current Box Office Top 10:

1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - $140M
2. Happy Feet Two - $22M
3. Immortals - $12.3M
4. Jack and Jill - $12M
5. Puss In Boots - $10.7M
6. Tower Heist - $6.96M
7. J. Edgar - $5.9M
8. A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas - $2.9M

9. In Time - $1.68M

10. The Descendants - $1.22M (limited release)

(click film titles with hyperlinks to read my review)

Opening This Weekend:

A Dangerous Method
Hugo
The Muppets
(click film titles to view trailers)


Featured Trailer:
This trailer features the next animated film from Pixar and Disney which will debut on June 22, 2012. The same creative team that brought Finding Nemo, Wall-E, and Up to the big screen now presents Brave.