News Shotgun 3/8
- Black Dynamite confirmed for another season: Tommy Davidson aka Cream Corn talked to CNN about the second season, which you can watch by hitting the link.
- National Lampoon’s Vacation sequel filming this summer: The latest sequel to the comedy classic finds Ed Helms as adult Rusty Griswold, who is trying to take his family on a vacation as memorable as the ones he used to go with his father, Clark.
- Poltergiest remake has a director: Sam Raimi is producing the remake and director Gil Kenan, probably best known for directing Monster House, is on board to direct.
- Giovanni Ribisi and Liam Neeson join Seth McFarlane’s next movie: The movie is “A Million Ways to Die in the West” and follows MacFarlane as a timid sheep farmer named Albert who loses his girl when he bails on a gunfight. A mysterious woman arrives in town and teaches Albert the finer points of dueling but her outlaw husband arrives and is none too pleased with the two getting friendly. Charlize Theron is supposed to be playing the gunfighting love interest and Liam Neeson is in talks to play the outlaw husband. Ribisi is in talks to play Albert’s friend, Edward, a cobbler who encourages him to learn to fight.
- Sam Mendes passes on Bond 24: Initially it was thought the Skyfall director would return for Bond 24 but Sam Mendes has passed on directing another entry in the franchise. Mendes has a busy theater producing and directing schedule that was one of the main influences on his passing.
- Halle Berry returning as Storm for X-Men: Days of Future Past: Pretty much all the original X-Men from the original trilogy are back and joining the First Class cast for the upcoming Days of Future Past.
- Harrison Ford joins Anchorman 2: As if the cast of Anchorman 2 could not get any bigger, Harrison Ford has joined the cast as a veteran news anchor, in the vein of a Tom Brokaw.