Some big news from a busy week:
Following DreamWorks Animation’s pushing back of “Mr. Peabody and Sherman” to March 2014 and cancellation of “Me and My Shadow”, the comedy “Last Vegas” has moved into “Sherman”‘s original spot: November 1, 2013. “Vegas” has an all-star cast, including Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, and Robert De Niro. “Vegas” was originally set to open on a crowded December 20th along with “Anchorman 2”, “Saving Mr. Banks” and “Monuments Men. Now it’s only competition will be the sci-fi film, “Ender’s Game”.
All four of last year’s Acting category Oscar winners: Meryl Streep (“The Iron Lady”), Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”), Octavia Spencer (“The Help”), and Christopher Plummer (“Beginners”) will present at this year’s Academy Awards. They’ll now be joined by The Avengers! More specifically: Robert Downey, Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jeremy Renner.
And finally, “The Force” will definitely be with all of us: Along with the next three “Star Wars” installments from Disney (the first directed by J.J. Abrams), there will also be several spin-off character films. As of now, Yoda, Han Solo and Boba Fett films are all in the works.
Oh, and beginning in August there will no longer be regular mail delivery. Crazy.