Movie News and Views Sept. 23, 2008

To quoth the Staind, "It's been a while..."

- Jon Favreau will be directing the "Iron Man" sequel, after the head of Marvel became upset that he took his "cause" to the Internet.

- Paramount Pictures has created a straight-to-DVD division. Watch for sequels to the films "Road Trip," "Bad News Bears," "Mean Girls," "Grease," and... wait for it... "The Naked Gun" to come to video store shelves soon. They plan on releasing 5-6 titles a year. Why?!?

- Ah-nold, the Governator, will have something to do with the upcoming "Terminator: Salvation" movie. Just what is not known...

- The joint Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson collaboration, "Tintin," has been refused funding by Universal Pictures who cite that the film would HAVE to make $425 million, and they don't feel it would happen.

- "The Strangers" will have a sequel.

- Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter of such films as "A Few Good Men," and "Charlie Wilson's War," will be writing a movie about Facebook. Is MySpace not good enough? What about Hi5?

- Warner Bros. is planning a "Superman re-boot." Think "Incredible Hulk" vs. "The Incredible Hulk." Geez...

- Bruce Springsteen has written the theme to the upcoming Darren Aronofsky movie, "The Wrestler."

- "Ghostbusters 3," everyone's favorite rumor, is supposedly in the works.

- "Where the Wild Things Are," directed by Spike Jonze, has a release date of Oct. 16, 2009.

- "Spider-Man 4 & 5" are currently in the works, with Tobey Maguire reprising his role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

- Spike Lee is moving forward on "Inside Man 2."