“The Last Vampire” chronicles the life of Sita as a character prone not only to great spiritual beliefs and human-like compassion, but also brutal acts of retribution. “She is at once captivating and beguiling, due in part to her personification as a beautiful, intelligent, innocent appearing, contemporary girl — who is in reality a 5000-year-old predator,” Preger said.

You know, because we don’t have enough vampire films in the world right now… 

The Walt Disney Co. has announced that it would not renew its first-look deal with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, bringing an end to a longtime partnership between the Hollywood icons.

The company said it will continue to focus on its branded properties from Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm.

“Jerry is one of the most respected and prolific producers working in the motion picture industry, and we have had an incredibly successful collaboration over the past two decades and he is a friend to many of us here at Disney,” said Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn in a statement. “We will continue…

TJ recaps what he feels are the newsworthy items from the past week. The highlights include, ‘Insidious Chapter 2’? Yes, it was number 1 at the box office this past weekend. And Disney’s CFO wants to dump more money into more franchise films and less money into original films. That’s just sad. Justin Bieber seems to think maybe he’ll be in ‘Man of Steel’ as Robin. That moaning you just heard was probably from TJ. ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ is projected to reach $950 Million worldwide. TJ is not sure where they come up with these numbers at, but the film should be good, so that sounds like a good thing. Darren over at Gateworld thinks that Rolland Emmerich can save ‘Stargate’. TJ would rather not see ‘Stargate’ saved if that’s what it takes. Gwyneth Paltrow says she probably won’t be in ‘Avengers 2’. Oh well, there are worse things TJ supposes. Joss Whedon did rewrites for ‘Thor: The Dark World’, which is unsurprising and probably a very good thing. And J.K. Rowling has final say over the script for the upcoming ‘Harry Potter’ Spinnoff. That also seems like a good thing. And of course, don’t miss what films are our in theaters that you might like to see.

According to a new report, Saoirse Ronan has read for a role in Episode VII. “Has read for” is a long way off from “finalized a deal for,” but personally, I’d love to see this one pan out.

Word of Ronan’s potential casting comes from Latino Review, who have reported several Episode VII casting rumors already. None of them have been confirmed as fact at this point, but none have been definitively proven false, either. Disney’s just not ready to give away anything yet.

She’s a good actress and so I would welcome her casting in the upcoming Star Wars film. What part do you guys think she…

There will be no new Pixar movie in 2014. The highly decorated computer animation company, which is owned by Disney, has pushed the release of The Good Dinosaur from June 2014 to November 25, 2015. But wait, wasn’t Finding Dory scheduled for that date? It was, but now the underwater sequel will open June 17, 2016.

Disney also moved the Angelina Jolie film Maleficent up from July 2, 2014 to May 30, 2014, the space vacated by The Good Dinosaur.

Hmm. Should we worry about the beloved animation studio? Probably not. Actually, I’d rather see them take the time they need to make a good film…

For Rowling, the most important issue was creative control‚ not an easy ask for a first-time screenwriter. Sources say Warners cannot hire someone else to rewrite her script without her approval – a gamble for the studio and a departure from the Potter films, which were written by such seasoned scribes as Steve Kloves and Michael Goldenberg. Rowling also has script approval on subsequent Fantastic Beasts films.

This seems like a very good thing to me. My problems with the films tended to feel like things that J.K. Rowling would not have done. Her books are fantastic. I realize that…

The newbie this weekend is Prisoners. It looks less than amazing to me, but at the same time, it has some potential. In fact, given the last several weeks, I’d say this film positively shines and stands out amongst its peers.

New This Weekend

Prisoners — R

As a parent, there’s certainly something compelling about the truth behind the story here: how far would you go for your child? For the drama of it, this film looks like it could be good. At the same time, there was a film earlier this year, The Call, that was not very good due to it’s third act being so terrible. I kind of wonder if…

This one’s a little odd, but anyway… Deadline is reporting that Marvel is working on a concept for a TV series based on Agent Carter, as in Peggy Carter, the character featured in an “Agent Carter” short on the upcoming Iron Man 3 Blu-ray.

Deadline claims it is “one of several projects” in the works at Marvel, so who knows if it will go anywhere.

Hmm. I really liked Peggy Carter as a character but this seems a little bit odd and I’m not sure if I want a TV show based on the character. Weird. 

“This time, it has Brad Pitt…

Bwaas!”

Man I love these trailers. World War Z wasn’t a bad film, but it did have its problems, as highlighted here.