On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (March 7th, 2016) Mark Ellis, Jon Schnepp and John Rocha discuss the following: · Weekend box office report (Brought to you by AMC Theatres) · Venom stand alone movie announced by Sony · 21 Jump Street/Men in Black announced · Joseph Gordon-Levitt exits The Sandman movie · Bruce Willis to star in Death Wish remake · Dr. Strange expectations · What type of film would the Collider Movie Talk crew make? · Collider Shows on iTunes It’s Monday which means it’s time for the weekend box office report brought to you by our friends at AMC Theaters. Disney’s new animated feature Zootopia easily took first place this weekend with a reported $73.7 million dollars representing the best March debut ever for an animated movie. London Has Fallen opened in the No 2 spot with $21.7 million. Deadpool finally relinquished its hold at No 1 dropping to No 3 with $16.4 million dollars. Rounding out the top five, the weekend’s other wide release, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, took the No 4 spot with $7.6 million dollars. And at No 5, Gods of Egypt took in $5 million dollars. Now that Spider-Man is all situated for his reboot in Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, Sony is back to planning their own spin-off’s again. According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, the studio is now planning a new Venom movie that will be scripted by Dante Harper. The movie will revolve around the symbiotic Spider-Man villain, however, it will not be connected to the upcoming standalone Spider-Man film and therefore, will be unconnected to the Marvel Universe. Amazing Spider-Man producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are producing Venom, which is intended to launch a franchise of its own. BUY OR SELL After the announcement of a stand alone Venom movie, Sony looked to combine two of their most popular franchises into one, giant event movie. According to a report from Variety, Sony will crossover their 21 Jump Street franchise with their Men in Black franchise, tapping The Muppets director James Bobin to take the helm. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum will reprise their Jump Street roles with production targeting a start date in June. The report however, mentions that Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones will not be appearing in the movie, with insiders speculating that the crossover will serve as a reboot to the franchise with an opportunity to cast two young up-and-comers as the new Men in Black. Soon after news broke that New Line Cinema hired a new screenwriter to work on the long in development adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comic The Sandman, star and director Joseph Gordon-Levitt exited the project citing ‘creative differences.’ Production was scheduled to take place later this year when Levitt took to his Facebook page to announce his departure. Gordon-Levitt explained that when the project moved from Warner Bros. to New Line, he and the studio had different ideas as to how a Sandman movie should be developed. The project is now moving forward with with Final Destination 5 and The Conjuring 2 writer Eric Heisserer. No director, star or a release date has been revealed. Deadline is reporting that Paramount and MGM have hired Big Bad Wolves directors Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado to direct Bruce Willis in a new remake of Death Wish, the 1974 movie about a mild-mannered architect who decides to take vengeance on the street punks who raped and murdered his wife and daughter. A-Team and The Grey director Joe Carnahan was originally supposed to direct having penned the original script, but left the project some time ago. A new draft of the script has now been completed by writers Dan Gilroy and Graham Yost with production slated to begin this summer. MAILBAG LIVE TWITTER QUESTIONS Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ColliderVideo Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ColliderVideo Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colliderdotcom Follow Mark: https://twitter.com/markellislive Follow Schnepp: https://twitter.com/JonSchnepp Follow John: https://twitter.com/TheRochaSays Follow Ashley: https://twitter.com/AshleyMova As the online source for movies, television, breaking news, incisive content, and imminent trends, Collider Videos is more than an essential destination. Visit Collider: http://collider.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SCHMOES YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE: https://www.youtube.com/user/schmoesknow

• published: 07 Mar 2016
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