Max Brooks novel World War Z is hands down one of the best zombie stories ever told. Those that have read it know why a well made movie would be amazing. The movie had a rough start but it seems that now it’s actually being filmed finally.

When talks of the movie first surfaced I was more than excited to hear that a movie adaptation was being planned. Along the way there were delays because of the grand scale of the sets needed and the lack of budget. There was also a bidding war between Leonardo DiCaprio’s Production company and Brad Pitt’s company. Brad Pitt’s company Plan B Entertainment won, J. Michael Straczynski joined as a screenwriter and Marc Forster joined to direct. The movie bounced around, the screenplay got leaked, then it was re-written by Matthew Michael Carnahan. Brad Pitt is set to star and a lot of actors, such as Milo Ventigila, Matthew Fox and Ed Harris have been in and out of roles.

As of right now the film has begun filming in Glasgow, Scotland. If done correctly this could be one of the greatest zombie films ever made. Another awesome piece of info is that the scheduled release date is December 21st, 2012. I know where I’ll be spending doomsday.

Nope you didn’t read wrong. There was and still is a Oujia board movie floating around Hollywood. Apparently when apprehending the rights to G.I. Joe and Transformers, Hasbro threw a few other gems in the pot. According to a contract from 2008 there are five other Hasbro Toy movies trying to make it on the big screen. Among them is Ouija, Candy Land, Stretch Armstrong, a new Clue and Battleship.

If you don’t already know there is a trailer up for Battleship if you really want to see it. So far the buzz for that movie has been exactly the opposite of what the studio wanted. Stretch Armstrong is also getting negative buzz and Clue has already been put on the shelf.

Universal has to pay Hasbro $5 Million bucks according to the contract for pulling off the film. Now this leaves McG and Michael Bay left searching for a new studio and so far even Paramount Pictures, the developers of Transformers, have declined. Will Ouija ever see production? Better question is Does anyone really care?

Remakes, Reboots, Re-imaginings, the three R’s of Hollywood. Another reboot that has caught my eye is the Total Recall project.

Now something I didn’t know was that Total Recall was loosely based on a short story by Philip K. Dick entitled “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”. One of the major differences between the 1990 movie and the story is that the story does not have anything to do with mars. The new reboot is also said to not deal at all with mars and is to be more like the short story. This is the plot according to IMDb.com:

“As the nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for supremacy, a factory worker begins to suspect that he’s a spy, though he’s unaware which side of the fight he’s on.”

If this is the case then why even name the movie Total Recall. No mars? No three boobed alien chick? No scenes with our main character’s eyeballs being sucked out of their face? Then I ask what is the point? I mean now that I think about it the movie sounds like it could have potential, but with the name it’s carrying people who are fans of Total Recall are going to be expecting something a lot different.

So far Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, Jessica Beil, Ethan Hawk, Colin Farrell and John Cho are some of the official cast members.Len Wiseman, of the Underworld series, is set to direct this project.