"Jurassic Park 4" is finally moving forward. Universal hired "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver to pen the script to the long-awaited sequel. For more information about the sequel, read "Steven Spielberg Confirms Jurassic Park 4" and "Jurassic Park 4 Still in the Works"
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- Jim Carrey dropped out of the "Dumb and Dumber" sequel. The movie, directed by the original's directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly and written by Sean Anders ("That's My Boy") and John Morris ("Hot Tub Time Machine"), was apparently not a very high priority for Warner Brothers which upset Carrey, who eventually decided to leave the project. "Dumb and Dumber" co-star Jeff Daniels was also set to reprise his role, but now the fate of the sequel is uncertain.
Paul Verhoeven ("Robocop", "Basic Instinct", "Showgirls") is the last director on Earth you would think about when you're talking about a Jesus movie. But, since biblical epics are making a comeback (Aronofsky's "Noah", Spielberg's "Gods and Kings" and Ridley Scott's "Moses"), Verhoeven is preparing one of his own and in his particular brand of cinema, no less : "Jesus might have been the product of his mother being raped by a Roman soldier, which Verhoeven said was commonplace at the time, and that Jesus was a radical prophet who performed exorcisms and was convinced he would find the kingdom of Heaven on earth, and did not know he would be sentenced to die on the cross by Pontius Pilate." The movie, which will be written by Roger Avary ("Reservoir Dogs"), is based on Verhoeven's own book titled "Jesus of Nazareth", which breaks away from the mystical angle and presents Jesus as a "complete man, someone who was changed by events, the leader of a political movement, and, perhaps most importantly, someone who, in his speeches and sayings, introduced a new ethic in which the embrace of human contradictions transcends the mechanics of value and worth that had defined the material world before Jesus." Check out the book on Amazon.com for more information.
Verhoeven also said in the interview that : "If you look at the man, it’s clear you have a person who was completely innovative in the field of ethics. My own passion for Jesus came when I started to realize that. It’s not about miracles, it’s about a new set of ethics, an openness towards the world, which was anathema in a Roman-dominated world. I believe he was crucified because they felt that politically, he was a dangerous person whose following was getting bigger and bigger. Jesus’ ideals are about the utopia of human behavior, about how we should treat each other, how we should step into the shoes of our enemy."
More "Transformers 4" buzz. Michael Bay revealed more details regarding how the new sequel will fit into the franchise : "It’s not a reboot, that’s maybe the wrong word. I don’t want to say reboot because then people will think we’re doing a Spider-Man and starting from the beginning. We’re not. We’re taking the story that you’ve seen — the story we’ve told in three movies already — and we’re taking it in a new direction. But we’re leaving those three as the history. It all still counts. I met with the writer before I went off to do Pain and Gain and we talked about a bunch of ideas. We let that simmer for a bit. He’s been thinking about stuff and now we’re getting back together next week to see what we’ve got and to see if it gels." For more information about "Transformers 4", read TRANSFORMERS 4 - A Reboot Sequel Directed by Michael Bay 
And in a cool last bit of news, it was announced this week that Hans Zimmer will compose the music for the Superman reboot "Man of Steel". The movie is directed by Zack Snyder ("300", "Watchmen") and produced by Christopher Nolan ("Inception", "The Dark Knight"). Anyone expecting the return of John Williams' excellent Superman theme will probably be disappointed. I'm sure that the soundtrack Snyder is looking for is more in the vein of Zimmer's work on the Dark Knight Trilogy. For more information about "Man of Steel, read MAN OF STEEL (2013) - First Official Image and Press Release.
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