ROTTEN TOMATOES: The Weekly Ketchup: Dark Knight Trailer, Peter Jackson Back On Hobbit, Terminator 4 Plot Details

The Weekly Ketchup: Dark Knight Trailer, Peter Jackson Back On Hobbit, Terminator 4 Plot Details

Also: that Lost in Translation whisper revealed; MPAA rejects a movie poster.

by Nick Hershey | December 21, 2007

In this week's Ketchup, those who missed the Dark Knight intro at the IMAX get a nice consolation prize, Tolkien fans can rest easy as Peter Jackson makes peace with New Line, and Terminator 4 plot details are leaked online. Also, that mysterious Lost in Translation final whisper gets solved, and the MPAA is not a fan of hoods.

This Week's Top News:

New Dark Knight Trailer, Synopsis Online!
Okay, so you weren't one of the lucky IMAX viewers who were treated to that six-minute The Dark Knight prologue at screenings of I Am Legend last weekend. How about a new trailer for consolation?

Peter Jackson, New Line Kiss and Make Up; Jackson to Produce Two Hobbit Films
Yes, you read that right -- the day we've all been waiting for has finally arrived. In a joint statement issued today, Jackson, MGM's Harry Sloan, and New Line's Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne have announced that they've formally buried the hatchet, leaving Jackson free to fulfill his cinematic destiny.

Terminator 4 Plot Details Leaked!
After the comparatively lackluster T3: Rise of the Machines, more than a few people left the Terminator series for dead -- but as it turns out, the franchise may just be catching its second wind.

The Secret of the Lost in Translation Whisper Unlocked
Ah, the wonders of technology. First it gives us the remote control, then the Roomba -- and now, it's been used to solve one of the most impenetrable riddles in all of modern cinema.

MPAA Rejects Taxi to the Dark Side Poster
The poster submitted by ThinkFilm for Taxi to the Dark Side -- the Alex Gibney documentary opening January 18 -- has been rejected by the MPAA.

Peace is good for everyone.
In Other News:

Jon Hamm has joined Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly in the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Brad Pitt is in talks to star in the Terrence Malick drama Tree of Life.
Edward Norton is exiting State of Play, with talks under way for Ben Affleck to replace him in the Kevin Macdonald-directed drama for Universal Pictures and Working Title.
Kristin Kreuk has been cast as Chun Li in the upcoming Street Fighter adaptation.
Joining Sienna Miller, Ray Park and Rachel Nichols in the cast of G.I. Joe are Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje from Lost and Said Taghmaoui from The Kite Runner, as characters Heavy Duty and Breaker, respectively.
Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah and Sophie Okonedo have joined the cast of The Secret Life of Bees, the adaptation of the Sue Monk Kidd novel, with Dakota Fanning and Alicia Keys in negotiations to star.
Peter Berg is in talks to direct Edwin A. Salt, the spy drama being developed as a star vehicle for Tom Cruise.
New Line has acquired The Rite, based on Matt Baglio's upcoming non-fiction account of an American priest who studied at an Italian exorcism school.
Mischa Barton will star in Homecoming, an indie thriller from screen writer Frank Hannah and director Morgan J. Freeman.
Alec Baldwin has joined Cameron Diaz, Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning in My Sister's Keeper, the adaptation of the Jodi Picoult novel with Nick Cassavetes directing.
Rachael Harris has joined Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr. and Catherine Keener in the Joe Wright-directed musical drama The Soloist.

Your new Chun Li.

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lestatthevampire writes:
on Dec 21 2007 10:02 PM

She would make a better BLANKA.

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Bloody Mathias writes:
on Dec 21 2007 10:38 PM

The Dark Knight trailer/prolouge was definitely THE news this week.

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Canuck666 writes:
on Dec 21 2007 11:33 PM

By the time the Dark Knight movie comes out we will have already seen two thirds of the movie. It's being over hyped like Spider-Man 3 was, hopefully this won't turn out like Batman & Robin.

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bytwilight13 writes:
on Dec 22 2007 12:13 AM

Terrence Malick and Tree of Life, that's all I need to hear. I can only imagine how beautiful that might turn out.

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dracus writes:
on Dec 22 2007 03:44 AM

In reply to this comment (#1384561)
I don't know Bloody Mathias, while The Dark Night new was good, the fact that Peter Jackson has signed on for The Hobbit will no doubt be one of the movie news stories of the year simply for that fact that it will continue to make news on a regular basis until well after the release of DVD's of the Hobbit movies.

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~*Admiral Snowstorm*~ writes:
on Dec 22 2007 07:26 AM

Indie thriller from Morgan Freeman? Wow, that should be interesting.

And it looks like Dakota Fanning's got a few new projects under her belt right now. Which should also be interesting, since she's kind of at an awkward stage right now, going through puberty and all.

The Rite could potentially be good. I'll keep an eye on it.

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CoUcH ToMaToE DoUgIe writes:
on Dec 22 2007 03:02 PM

hey, if that blasted street fighter movie is too stubborn to make the

definitive street fighter movie: based on Ryu or and Ken!!!!!

Then i guess if has to be based around chung-li, than make her an intersting hottie,

like Kristen Kreuk! so for video games nerds, THIS was the news of the week. along

with that dark knight thingie;)

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Bloody Mathias writes:
on Dec 22 2007 03:34 PM

Dracus, PJ/New Line/Hobbit news was tarnished by the fact that he won't be directing.

Admiral, that movie's not directed by THE Morgan Freeman. Just some young filmmaker with the same name.

Canuck, The plot mechanics of the actual movie have been kept underwraps so far.
I think the viral marketing has stopped now that the trailer and prologue have been released. And the mere fact that Nolan is producing/writing/directing TDK promises a Batman movie of equal quality to Batman Begins or hopefully even better.

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GelflingJen writes:
on Dec 22 2007 08:42 PM

I bet the "Street Fighter: The Later Years" will be better than the movie.

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South Texas Terror writes:
on Dec 23 2007 02:35 PM

Batman and plot mechanics dont belong in the same sentence. We all know he faces the joker and two face will come on late in the movie. Crash and Traffic = plot mechanics.
Did anyone else notice there was no street fighting in the first street fighter. And if I want to see the hobbit, Ill watch one of the lord of the rings trilogy.

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pacers3115 writes:
on Dec 23 2007 03:50 PM

crash= a touchy subject (racism) exploited by like 8 people experiencing the worst day of their life....not really plot mechanics, literally had the story of a soap opera, they might as well of said that they were all related....and you must like don cheadle or something.....(as do i)
HOWEVER crash traffic < Batman Begins

I am so happy about jackson....only person who should do anything relating to Lord of the RIngs...besides south park...

P.S.
OVERHYPED!! WE have hardly seen anything. for how big this movie is, and how big batman begins should have been, they want to surpass the box office marks of begins which did not have enough marketing.

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tycox writes:
on Dec 24 2007 07:58 AM

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It is not the Morgan Freeman we all know and love! It's Morgan J. Freeman. I'm sure he put the J. in there so he wouldn't be mistaken anymore than he already would be!

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tycox writes:
on Dec 24 2007 08:11 AM

In reply to this comment (#1385100)
It is not the Morgan Freeman we all know and love! It's Morgan J. Freeman. I'm sure he put the J. in there so he wouldn't be mistaken anymore than he already would be!

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Dec 25 2007 10:34 AM

That's sweet that Malick has a Tree of Life movie coming out with Pitt. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is damn cool so that makes me care a little bit about G.I.Joe now. That sucks that Norton left State of Play.

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