Michael Jackson’s “This Is It!” Movie Release Date

The Michael Jackson movie everyone has been talking about has a release date. The movie is titled This Is It for what would’ve been Jackson’s final concert tour in London.

It’s being given an unusual release for a limited two week run on October 28, 2009 and the studio is putting the tickets up for sale on September 27, over a month before the film is actually released.

I guess it’s fitting that the director of the film is Kenny Ortega. The choreographer/director had worked closely with Jackson before becoming director of what was to be the upcoming This Is It concerts.

The filmmakers confirm that This Is It will not contain sequences shot in 3-D, as previously reported.

Stay tuned as this story develops.

Trailer for Heath Ledger’s Last Film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

After filming only half of the movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in the starring role of Tony, Heath Ledger, unexpectedly passed away.

The role was recast with Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell portraying transformations of the character as he travels through a dream world.

For a glimpse of director Terry Gilliam’s film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus please view the trailer below. The film has a US release date of December 25.

John Hughes Has Died At 59

John Hughes has died at 59 of a heart attack.  He reportedly suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk in NYC.

He will be remembered for writing and directing popular ’80s films as “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”  Through those movies he helped launch the careers of many of the famous 1980′s Rat Pack, especially Molly Ringwald.

He will be remembered and missed.