Peter Berg to Sink Your Battleship, Sets Up Lone Survivor

Let’s face it, the “Battleship” movie that Peter Berg has just been announced as directing for a 2011 release date ain’t gonna be all that much like the game. For one, it’s a low-tech game where you push sticks into sockets. Not a whole lot of “plot” there to...

September 15th, 2009 | Read More

Peter Berg Says Everyone’s Coming Back for Hancock Sequel

Of course, we already knew that. $624 million worldwide gross can’t be wrong. For a movie that most people didn’t like, it’s amazing how well “Hancock” did. Now according to director Peter Berg, who was over at the Toronto Film Festival, the film’s original cast —...

September 10th, 2009 | Read More

Hancock 2 Gets Writers, Possibly Fast-Tracked

It was just last week that we posted a story about “Hancock” director Peter Berg throwing out ideas for a possible sequel to his 2008 movie with Will Smith. He also mentioned that if Columbia Pictures had their way, they would definitely try to fast-track the sequel. Berg must be psychic,...

August 25th, 2009 | Read More

Peter Berg Talks Hancock Sequel

You know, I never thought “Hancock” was as bad as many people made it out to be. Sure, there were issues (it didn’t have a proper villain, for one), and the film sometimes felt too rushed, like it was in a hurry to get some place that, when you finally got there, you wondered what all...

August 19th, 2009 | Read More

Will Smith Confirms Hancock 2

During a press junket to promote his upcoming Oscar bait — er, I mean, new drama “Seven Pounds”, Will Smith confirmed to the boys at Joblo that there will indeed be a sequel to last year’s hit superhero movie “Hancock”, the film that, once and for all, proves without...

December 5th, 2008 | Read More