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Weekly Ketchup: Charlie Hunnam Drops Out of Fifty Shades of Grey (36 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Oct. 18 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup includes development news stories about movies about earthquakes (San Andreas), dinosaurs (Jurassic World), Jesus (Son of God), toy cars (Hot Wheels), the Mexican "Day of the Dead" holiday, and a very tiny superhero (Ant-Man). There's also new roles for Russell Crowe, Will Ferrell, and Dwayne Johnson.

Weekly Ketchup: MLK Biopic in the Works (32 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Oct. 11 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup comes to you from one of the early weeks of Awards Season, 2013, and as such, there's an unusual number of new movies being announced, as well as released, that have more impressive credentials than you might see in, say, the summer. Included in the mix are biopics (Roger Ebert and Martin Luther King, Jr.), ensemble thrillers, and new movies starring Peter Dinklage, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Emma Watson.

Weekly Ketchup: Disney Plans Live Action Cruella de Vil Movie (38 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Oct. 04 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup is heavy on movie development news stories involving fantasy/fairy tales (The Chronicles of Narnia, Maleficent, and Happily Ever After), science fiction (Chappie and Home), comedy sequels (Horrible Bosses 2 and Ted 2), and comic book adaptations in general (almost everything else).

Weekly Ketchup: Colin Farrell and Paula Patton in Talks for Lead Warcraft Roles (34 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Sep. 27 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup is loaded with new roles for actresses and celebrities like Katie Holmes, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jennifer Lawrence, and Taylor Swift, as well as remakes of East of Eden and Tarzan, and "true story" movies about ESPN, chess and... syrup?

Weekly Ketchup: Insidious 3 Gets the Greenlight (78 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Sep. 20 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup covers seven days in which there weren't many (confirmed/non-rumor) "big stories," and some of those that did break out were sort of "rotten" (like the new Jack Black, Adam Sandler and Vince Vaughn movies). On the "Fresh" side of movie development stories, we have new films for Bryan Cranston, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Michael Fassbender.

Weekly Ketchup: J.K. Rowling Will Adapt Harry Potter Spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (65 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Sep. 13 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup covers movie development news about the sequels Jurassic World, Fast & Furious 7, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Step Up 5; new roles for Ellen Page and Keanu Reeves; and J.K. Rowling's long-awaited return to the Harry Potter movies.

Weekly Ketchup: Fans Upset Over Fifty Shades of Grey Casting (113 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Sep. 06 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup features movie development news from both Hollywood and Toronto (where their annual film festival just started). Included in the mix are movies involving Sir Ian McKellen playing Sherlock Holmes, new roles for Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill Murray, and Robert Pattinson, and the resolution of all the fan casting for Fifty Shades of Grey. There's also big movie franchises like Terminator and Independence Day in the mix, and new movies based on The Fall Guy and The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Weekly Ketchup: James Spader Is Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron (74 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Aug. 30 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup includes movie development news about a musical biopic (James Brown and Get On Up), a robotic super villain (The Avengers: Age of Ultron), reboots of Dracula and Scooby-Doo, and a whole bunch of Matt Damon stories (and non-stories).

Weekly Ketchup: Ben Affleck to Play Batman in Man of Steel Sequel (122 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Aug. 23 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup is another batch dominated by superhero movie casting (Batman! Scarlet Witch! Rocket Raccoon!), but there's also the Act of Valor sequel, and new projects for directors Clint Eastwood, Timur Bekmambetov, and Guy Ritchie.

Weekly Ketchup: Disney Schedules Zootopia for 2016 (102 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Aug. 16 2013, 04:40 PM

The Dog Days of Summer brought us and Hollywood a sort of "meh" week in movie development news stories. Included in the mix in this week's Ketchup, however, are stories involving one of Disney's big animated movies for 2016 (Zootopia), new projects for directors Darren Aronofsky and the directors of Mud and Oblivion, and new roles for Vin Diesel and Kristen Wiig.

Weekly Ketchup: Has Marvel Planned All the Way to 2021? (135 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Aug. 09 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup includes coverage of news stories for the sequels Finding Dory, The Expendables 3, Now You See Me 2, and Paranormal Activity 5 (which is actually Paranormal Activity 6... sort of). There's also new movie projects for Leonardo DiCaprio, Harrison Ford, and Life of Pi director Ang Lee.

Weekly Ketchup: James Cameron Announces Full Trilogy of Avatar Sequels (147 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Aug. 02 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup covers seven days of movie development news including the latest on James Cameron's continued plans for the world of Avatar and reboots and/or remakes of Akira, Quasimodo and Scarface.

Weekly Ketchup: Fruitvale Station Director and Star Sought for Rocky Spinoff Creed (67 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Jul. 26 2013, 04:20 PM

This week coming off the end of San Diego Comic-Con lacked some of the big names seen in a typical week. But, hey, that just left room for two different remakes of Jean-Claude Van Damme movies, as well as remakes of The Butterfly Effect, and a Rocky spinoff focusing on Apollo Creed's grandson. Every thing old is new again.

Comic-Con Ketchup: Batman to Appear in Man of Steel Sequel (165 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Monday, Jul. 22 2013, 05:26 PM

The Weekly Ketchup is normally published on Fridays, but this is a special edition just covering the events of San Diego Comic-Con 2013, hence the Monday publication date instead. Read on for the latest news involving the latest comic book adaptations, as long as they were published by DC, Marvel, or Rob Liefeld.

Weekly Ketchup: The Conjuring Becomes a Franchise (47 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Jul. 19 2013, 03:50 PM

This week, many of Hollywood's movers and shakers are down in San Diego for Comic-Con. So, there will actually be another Ketchup column on Monday to cover all of the news stories that either emerged there, or were at least timed in conjunction with SDCC. Indeed, this weekend, the Internet in general is sort of obsessed with all things SDCC, so this entry of the Weekly Ketchup will attempt to be a response to that. Here are the top stories this week that were NOT connected to San Diego Comic-Con!

Weekly Ketchup: Is X-Force Fox's New Franchise? (41 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Jul. 12 2013, 04:45 PM

This was another slow week in Hollywood movie development news for two reasons. Many people are still on summer vacation the week after Independence Day, and we're still before next week's San Diego Comic Con, which is usually a huge "news dump" each year. Marvel got several stories ahead of the pack (including news of an X-Force movie), and there are also new projects for Ben Affleck and Johnny Depp.

Weekly Ketchup: New Grapes of Wrath Adaptation In Development (52 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Jul. 05 2013, 06:01 PM

Because Independence Day is on a Thursday this year, this week's Ketchup is a much slimmer crop of movie development stories to recap, and so what you'll see here are several stories that probably would not have made the cut in other busier and longer weeks. Included in the mix are new adaptations of classic novels The Grapes of Wrath and The Sound and the Fury, new roles for Nicolas Cage and Helen Mirren, and a remake of Jacob's Ladder.

Weekly Ketchup: World War Z and This Is the End Getting Sequels? (79 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Jun. 28 2013, 05:20 PM

This Week's Ketchup includes sequel news for Taken 3, the fifth Terminator, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1; movies based on Captain Planet, Encyclopedia Brown, and Knight Rider; and new roles for Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and (maybe) Vin Diesel.

Weekly Ketchup: Robert Downey Jr. to Return as Tony Stark in Avengers 2 and 3 (87 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Jun. 21 2013, 04:20 PM

Here's a "very special" edition of the Weekly Ketchup, as Hollywood this week was assaulted by an onslaught of sequel news stories comparable to either the Kryptonians in Man of Steel or the zombies in World War Z (take your pick of timely film references). We've got superhero sequels (The Avengers 2 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2), science fiction sequels (Independence Day 2 and Terminator 5), comedy sequels (Bad Teacher 2 and Dumb and Dumber To), and even a sequel to Dolphin Tale. And next week, this column will even get a sequel.

Weekly Ketchup: Man of Steel Sequel In the Works (201 comments)

by Greg Dean Schmitz on Friday, Jun. 14 2013, 04:20 PM

This week's Ketchup includes movie development stories for several video game adaptations (this week was E3), and sequels for Man of Steel, Planes, The Purge, and the Terminator franchise. There's also new roles for Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, and Emma Watson.