Tron Legacy, Green Lantern, Cowboys & Aliens, Batman, Last Airbender, A-Team, Star Trek and more headline Vegas Licensing Expo
According to a report on THR, film studios will be squarely focused on tentpole franchises at next week’s Licensing International Expo, which will be celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Licensing International Expo runs from June 8th through the 10th, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, and will feature attendees from the worlds ….
Twilight’s Lautner to star as iconic Stretch Armstrong
HeatVisionBlog reports that Taylor Lautner is set to star in Universal Studio’s Stretch Armstrong movie, based on the classic Hasbro toy. The studio has decided to shoot the film in 3D, which will push back its release date from May 15, 2011 to some time in 2012.
Will Smith bringing classic board game Risk to the big screen
It looks like Hollywood’s going diving into the classic board game seas for inspiration again, as Sony Pictures has apparently nabbed bigscreen rights to the board game Risk from Hasbro according to Variety. Will Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment will produce the film alongside the studio. Risk pits players against one another in a ….
Hasbro lining up top talent for film adaptations including Brian Grazer producing Stretch Armstrong, Gore Verbinski directing Clue, Michal Bay helming Ouija and Ridley Scott directing Monopoly
Universal and Hasbro jointly announced that the first feature film to be released under Universal and Hasbro’s six-year partnership, Stretch Armstrong, has been dated for theatrical release on April 15, 2011. They also announced Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, American Gangster) will team with Hasbro to bring the iconic action figure ….