A mighty congratulations is in order for writer/director Joss Whedon and his mega-hit Marvel's The Avengers. The superhero all-star movie has officially become the third highest grossing film of all time, it only trails James Cameron's pair of blockbusters Avatar and Titanic.
In other news, we've recently discovered that Christopher Nolan's epic conclusion to his Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, will sport a theatrical runtime of 2 hours and 45 minutes. Leaving it 10 minutes longer than The Dark Knight and 25 minutes longer than Batman Begins. Furthermore, it was recently leaked that Warner Bros. executives wanted to force the hand of Nolan and have the director star Leonardo DiCaprio as notable villain The Riddler in the final installment. Unfortunately for Warner Bros., Nolan calls his own shots (I'd say that it's worked out pretty well for him so far) and decided to go with Tom Hardy as Bane instead.
Finally, it's funny how things come full circle as The Bible (ya know, the BIG book) is officially "in". Just last year we heard about director Darren Aronofsky's (Black Swan) plans to bring the story of Noah to the big screen. The film will star Russell Crowe as the main biblical figure and Aronofsky has just added a few more names to the cast. However, Aronofsky isn't the only big named director tackling a biblical tale. Fresh off of his European release of Prometheus (which hits U.S. theatres on Friday June 6th), Ridley Scott recently announced his plans to make a movie about Moses. When you've got big shots like Aronofsky and Scott telling the stories, who needs Sunday School?
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