Didn't hear this anywhere else but MTV Movies Blog reported that during the Con, Bruce Willis revealed the following:

• Die Hard 5 - "It's imminent.  The coin is about to drop."  As for me?  To paraphrase one of my favorite episodes of West Wing, "Didn't see the fourth one... not likely to see the fifth one."
• Unbreakable 2 - "I think we'd have to hip-check Night into doing it.  I think that movie should be made." After the very loud boos, that Shyamalan's name got during the Con, I'd say the amount of people who want to see him make ANY movie is growing thinner and thinner.

I mostly did this post to show off the poster.  Pretty cool, huh?

We sat through the "Let Me In" panel because we were waiting for something else.  It actually was a panel I was hoping to avoid as I still haven't seen "Let The Right One In" and was hoping to avoid spoilers of it until I do.  Thankfully, the panel didn't have spoilers.

But what it did have was a lot of director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) trying to defend the decision to remake a movie from like... two years ago.  

As much as he appreciates the story, Reeves has a very clear idea of how he sees "Let Me In" standing apart from its inspiration. "I hope in what we've done that there's a sense of suspense and dread. I don't know if that will feel different [from the original, but it's something] I'm really anxious to see."

From the panel, I really got a sense that Reeves respects the source material a lot but felt the studio was going to make the remake with or without him and that's why he took the job.

As for the movie itself?  From the clips shown, I remain tentatively interested.

I'm not sure I see the need for a remake if the original is as good as everyone says and I doubt this will be a replacement for that but it might expose the story to an entire new audience that might not be as forgiving of subtitles as some of us are.

The news came quick.  

I was trapped outside Hall H waiting in line to get in when the news starting burning up the Internet.  

"Guillermo del Toro appeared at the Disney panel!"

"del Toro's doing a Haunted Mansion movie!"

"GdT's not taking Eddie Murphy's phone calls!"

It was one of the most exciting pieces of news to come from the entire Con.  Guillermo del Toro had indeed made a surprise appearance during the Disney Studios panel to announce that he is currently developing a new flick for Disney based on the classic Disney theme park attraction, The Haunted Mansion.

It seems like a great match, doesn't it?

“Dark imagery is an integral part of the Walt Disney legacy.  After all, Disney himself was the father of some really chilling moments and characters - think Chernabog from Fantasia or Maleficent as the Dragon or the Evil Queen in Snow White,” said del Toro.  “I couldn't be more excited to be a part of my own adaptation of the original theme park attraction Walt envisioned and that remains- for me- the most desirable piece of real estate in the whole world!"

 “Millions of people from around the world visit The Haunted Mansion each year, but no one has ever had a tour guide like Guillermo del Toro,” said Rich Ross, Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. “Guillermo is one of the most gifted and innovative filmmakers working today and he is going to take audiences on a visually-thrilling journey like they’ve never experienced before.”

Personally, I am super-hopeful that Disney turns him loose on this project and doesn't handcuff him into making something family friendly.  I was on the Haunted Mansion this past Monday and tried to look at it through the eyes of what COULD BE possible for a feature film.

Part Blair Witch?  Part Paranormal Activity?  Part Pan's Labyrinth?

I'm looking forward to hearing more details on this one as they trickle out.

We walked in a little late during Zack Snyder's Suckerpunch panel at the Con so I didn't get to hear if he was asked about this or not but the LA Times had this news last week:

We closed the writing deal on Xerxes. We started writing about a week ago. So we’re doing it. It’s happening.

"We" is Snyder and his 300 partner Kurt Johnstad.

He was less committed to directing the project.

It’s really going to depend on what the studio wants to do and what we do when we finish; I don’t have a directing deal in place but we are writing it, so call it intent.

Is anyone looking forward to this?  

Well, I wasn't sold on the first 300 either until footage started leaking out so I'll give this one a "wait and see."