DODGEBALL 2 (In Development)

• DODGEBALL 2

A sequel to Rawson Marshall Thurber's 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is in the works at 20th Century Fox, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter. The studio has hired Clay Tarver, best known for co-writing Joy Ride alongside J.J. Abrams, to provide the screenplay.

The original film starred Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn as rival gym owners who agree to compete in a winner-takes-all dodgeball championship. The sequel is said to follow a series of circumstances that will force Stiller's White Goodman and Vaughn's Peter La Fleur to join forces.

Vaughn will be back on the big screen this summer in Shawn Levy's The Internship while Stiller both stars in and directs The Secret Life Walter Mitty, opening in December.

Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld are attached to produce the Dodgeball sequel through Stiller's Red Hour Productions.

HERCURLES 3D (Cast news)

• HERCURLES 3D

"Spartacus: War of the Damned" star Liam McIntyre has signed on to play an army captain in Renny Harlin's upcoming action project, Hercules 3D (Not to be confused with Hercules, starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson). The Hollywood Reporter has the news, saying that McIntyre's character is a trusted friend of Kellan Lutz's Hercules.

Liam McIntyre

Hercules 3D is one of two dueling Hercules films set to hit theaters in 2014. The Brett Ratner-directed Hercules will star Dwayne Johnson and arrives on the big screen July 25, 2014. Hercules 3D is said to be aiming for a March release.

Hercules 3D features a screenplay by Sean Hood and Hanna Weg.

CLOSE ENOUGH (Cast News)

• CLOSE ENOUGH

Marvel alumni Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston have signed on to headline the latest film from writer-director Paul Andrew Williams (Song For Marion), Screen Daily reports.

Tom Hiddleston & Hayley Atwell

The film, set during the 1930's, tells the true story of war photographers Gerda Toro (Atwell) and Robert Capa (Hiddleston). The film follows their meeting in Paris through their work in the Spanish Cil War in the latter part of the decade.

Atwell and Hiddleston are well known for their roles in Marvel Studio's cinematic universe. Atwell played Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger while Hiddleston played Loki in Thor and Marvel's The Avengers.

Production on Close Enough is scheduled to begin in June.

THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Trailer)

• THOR: THE DARK WORLD

Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios have released the first trailer for Thor: The Dark World, directed by Alan Taylor and starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins.

Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Hopkins as Odin

This certainly looks like the Thor film I wanted and expected from Alan Taylor and it has to be my most anticipated film in Marvel’s Phase Two.

Opening in theaters on November 8, Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel's "Thor" and "Marvel's The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos...but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

RATCHET & CLANK (In Development)

• RATCHET & CLANK

Recently I just wrote an article talking about studios preference to to try and adapt Modern games, which are themselves cinematic, into films, over Classic Games, which have a thin story in comparison yet extremely fun. I stated that it would be better to develop Classic Games intoFilms and it looks like Insomniac Games agrees.

Insomniac Games announced recently, that an animated Ratchet & Clank movie is coming to theaters in 2015. "We’ve wanted to do a movie for a long time! Ratchet & Clank’s action, humor and galaxy-spanning adventures have really been the basis for a fantastic game series, and we think it’d translate perfectly to the big screen," the company said today.

Blockade Entertainment and Rainmaker Entertainment are currently in production on Ratchet & Clank’s first cinematic adventure. Insomniac has a hands-on role with the film's production, screenplay, character development, and animation consulting. T.J. Fixman, who has written all of the recent "Ratchet & Clank" games, is writing the script for the film as well.

You can watch the first teaser and check out artwork below!

CLICK HERE FOR MY ARTICLE GAME-TO-FILM ADAPTATIONS FAIL