The week in movie news...

Well, there hasn't been a lot of news in the world of movies this week, so instead of covering each story separately, I will combine them.

Sherlock Holmes got a release date of Nov. 9, 2009. The movie, starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachael McAdams has already released a few photos that show Robert Downey Jr. looking very different than we have ever seen him before, proving that there is no limit to the mans depth; and it has Rachael McAdams, so it is already a must-see.

Resident Evil 4 was given the green light by Sony today, with pre-production starting before the end of the year. It seems the undead are not the only ones to suffer here as we seem to need to beat a dead horse over and over again.

Steve Carrell will play his lovable, goofy self in Brigadier Gerald, a French Soldier in a 3 movie deal Carrell signed this week which will include another Get Smart movie. I am really excited about this because Carrell is one of the biggest comedic talents of our time, and there is simply not enough of him to go around.

Sam Raimi, the director of Spiderman, and all around good-guy did an interview this week about the upcoming Spiderman movies. He is apparently filming 2 at one time, but wont start for another year, so we are probably 3 years away, which will give us all time to forget the terrible Peter Park dance scene in the third movie.

Also, they are gearing up for a fourth Bourne movie and are working to find someone to pencil the script. The first 3 were adapted from a trilogy of books, there is no word as to whether Matt Damon will reprise his role as Jason Bourne or not.

And, the big news is for Star Trek, the J.J. Abrams project, set for May, 2009 released some very interesting photos this week. They look beautiful, but I'm a little worried this is gonna come off as a Pup Named Scooby Doo version of Star Trek, but we'll see, I think Abrams is a genius and I'm looking forward to the idea, but, we'll all have to wait until it comes out to find out. In the mean time, check out these pics!

Very promising indeed!

That is all for now, but keep in mind one thing, as I was playing 'six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon' today, I realized Mystic River is the answer to all problems....remember that!