Predictions for 2007?

The L.A. Times asked us
to make some overall predictions for 2007 and while I generally hate
doing those sorts of things, I was in a goofy mood when I received
the email and decided to kickstart the three molecules in my brain
and see what I might be able to come up with. The paper’s online
version posted my “predictions” along with a number of
other webheads RIGHT
HERE, but you can read mine alone below, and as per usual,
please post your OWN PREDICTIONS further below and yeah…feel free
to have fun with it!

• “Fantastic Four 2” will
  make more money than the original, while Jessica Alba will
  remain very, very hot.

• “Hannibal Rising” will
  tank and end the franchise once and for all (or until they write
  another book and figure out another way to milk it for more
  money)

• At least two major stars will
  “come out of the closet” and one of them will even do
  it willingly.

• “The Hills Have Eyes 2”
  and “Hostel 2” will prove that the torture/horror
  genre is running out of gas.

• “Smokin’ Aces” will
  smoke our asses!!

• “Ocean’s Thirteen” will
  be better received than “Ocean’s Twelve” and make more
  money as well. Hoo-ha!

• “The Punisher 2” will
  be better received than the original “Punisher” if
  only because it’s actually being set in NY, as opposed to
  Florida??

• “Shoot ‘Em Up” will
  prove that Clive Owen is an actor with great range and that
  Monica Bellucci remains super-hot, no matter how many times she
  plays a prostitute in movies.

• The release of “Wild
  Hogs” will confirm that Hollywood is still stuck in a sad
  creative funk.