January 29, 2006 - February 4, 2006 Archives
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Bryce Howard made an appearance on Tuesday's The Tonight Show, showing off her blonde dye-job for the role of Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3. I think Bryce looks pretty great as a blonde, and far more natural than I would have thought. Now, hopefully she won't react to her newly ... / Continue →
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Virginia Madsen, who recently starred with Harrison Ford in Firewall, is the latest casting rumor for Indiana Jones 4. To be honest, I'm sick of all this casting crap. I want to know the plot, and I want that plot to involve a re-animated cyborg Hitler, invincible save for a se... / Continue →
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When America demands more Shaggy Dog, Walt Disney delivers. Over at ComingSoon.net they've got not only The Shaggy Dog trailer, but the new Super Bowl spot as well. The TV spot seems a little contrived, giving the movie a play-by-play like the football game, but the trailer a... / Continue →
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Warner Bros. has released some kind of Harry Potter senior picture of new cast member Evanna Lynch, recently chosen to play Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Still no word on when we'll see the shot where she's with a golden retriever, holding her sax... / Continue →
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Matt Lucas, star of the British series Little Britain, will reportedly star as Alfred Hitchcock in a film with Ewan McGregor that traces the director's early life. I must say, after seeing his picture, I can't imagine someone casting him as anything other than Alfred Hitchcock. ... / Continue →
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The sequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been green lit and Andrew Adamson has been set to direct. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was officially announced yesterday and, considering the first has made $637.8 million worldwide so far, it's not surprising ... / Continue →
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I'm going to be honest with you, I've never seen a single episode of #1 Single. Apparently it's about Lisa Loeb and it may or may not feature actual footage of her wearing clothes. Considering what I have seen, I'm leaning towards 'may not.' Some more after the jump.... / Continue →
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Over at IESB, an apparently reliable source has delivered a scoop about Harry Osborn's role in Spider-Man 3. So if you care about plot, and surprises and things, don't read this: All the assumptions that Harry Osborn is the third villain the Hobgoblin are all wrong. Spiderman ... / Continue →
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The Jim Henson Company has announced that Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of Samurai Jack and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, will direct a sequel to the 1982 fantasy puppet film, The Dark Crystal. The second chapter, titled Power of the Dark Crystal, will take place hundreds of years af... / Continue →
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If there's one role that's sure to earn critical acclaim (besides playing the mentally challenged), it's playing a transsexual. Surely knowing this, Catherine Zeta-Jones is rumored to be up for a role as transsexual cabaret artist April Ashley, an aristocrat whose marriage to Ba... / Continue →
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Director Roland Emmerich's prehistoric epic, 10,000 BC, has been picked up by Warner after the studio passed on the successful The Day After Tomorrow. The film follows a young mammoth hunter at the dawn of modern man, and is expected to have a budget of over $100 million. I rea... / Continue →
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Ricky Gervais, co-creator and star of the British The Office, is the latest addition to the cast of the Ben Stiller comedy Night at the Museum. He will play the uptight museum director, joining Carla Gugino, Kim Raver, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney and Dick Van Dyke in the film.... / Continue →
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NBC announced yesterday that Britney Spears will guest star on Will & Grace and play a Christian conservative sidekick to Sean Hayes' character, Jack. The episode will premiere on April 13 which, ironically, is the same date I'll be stabbing myself in the eyes. Coincidence? You b... / Continue →
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Yahoo! has the new trailer for Scary Movie 4 and it looks like the typical stuff you've come to expect from movie spoofs. It's nice to see they decided to include Dr. Phil and Shaq though, because I don't think the movie was a big enough joke as it already is. Maybe for Scary M... / Continue →
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Production is set to begin in May on The Coen Brothers' next project, an adaptation of the novel "No County for Old Men." From the description, it sounds like the film will be a return to the noir genre the duo has become best known for: In the brothers' script Llewelyn Moss, h... / Continue →
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ABC has ordered a television pilot based on last summer's box office hit, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, in which a bored married couple learns they're both deadly assassins when they're hired to kill each other. Doug Liman, director of the film version, will shoot the episode if his schedul... / Continue →
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To the delight of parents everywhere, Marilyn Manson is set to direct and star in Phantasmagoria, a film about Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." The producer, Alain de la Mata, assures us that, "What people expect from Manson, they're going to get her... / Continue →
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America's only true hero, Tom Cruise, may have his next project planned, having purchased the rights to an untitled romantic comedy from Serendipity writer Marc Klein. And why wouldn't he? Tom Cruise is a normal, heterosexual man who enjoys both romance and comedy. This sounds... / Continue →
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In a recent interview with Tom Baker, popular for his portrayal of the titular role in Doctor Who, the actor revealed that he'd be interested in returning to the series if the circumstances were right: If they could come up with a good enough part I would consider it. It would d... / Continue →
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The nominations for the Academy Awards were just announced. Best Picture Brokeback Mountain Capote Crash Goodnight and Good Luck Munich Achievement in Directing Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain Bennett Miller, Capote Paul Haggis, Crash George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck Steve... / Continue →
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New pictures leaked from Spider-Man 3 show Kirsten Dunst wearing an elegant blue dress on an unidentified set. Many are speculating about what exactly the pictures portray, so let me offer my own theory: She's descending from a lesbian spaceship, where she, Bryce Howard, and ... / Continue →
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If you consider yourself a member of the human race, I demand you watch the trailer for Stick It. The premise is that a stunt bike riding tomboy gets in trouble with the law by breaking a window and has to face the consequences. So she goes to juvenile hall, right? Or maybe ... / Continue →
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With filming set to start on the fifth, CBBC has revealed that George Harris has been cast as Kingsley Shacklebolt in the fifth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Harris is an interesting and accomplished actor, having been in films like Raiders of the... / Continue →
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Alex Cox, director of the 1984 Emilio Estevez cult hit Repo Man, has said in an interview on the newest DVD release of the film that one of the stars has come up with a premise for a possible sequel: Miguel Sandoval has actually come up with an alternative sequel to Repo Man, fo... / Continue →
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Conan O'Brien's production company, Conaco, has scored a pilot on NBC: O'Brien's Conaco, along with NBC Universal TV Studio, is behind an as-yet-untitled hourlong drama, formerly titled The Haskett Chronicles, from writer Willie Reale (Keen Eddie). The potential series revolves... / Continue →
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In case you haven't been watching Lisa Loeb's reality show, #1 Single, you've been missing stuff like this where she prances around in a thong. I'm not sure what it has to do with her quest to find a boyfriend, but I'm sure the producers wet themselves when she decided to drop he... / Continue →
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All the naughty bits are strategically covered, but I think I finally understand why Underworld: Evolution was universally regarded as being superior to the first. If a naked Kate Beckinsale doesn't make your movie a masterpiece, nothing will. Except maybe Christopher Walken dan... / Continue →
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Fans of the 50's pin-up star Bettie Page, or just general perverts, should check out the trailer for the new biopic The Notorious Bettie Page. The whole trailer has a pretty interesting look, with parts shot in black and white, parts in color, and parts in enormous panties. I... / Continue →
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I've always said, "Sure, Jason Voorhees is great at a-killin', but what was he like before he started hacking people apart?" New Line has finally responded with the news of a Friday the 13th prequel in the works, to be released on Friday, October 13th, the very day/date combinat... / Continue →
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So Fox has released a teaser trailer for The Omen 666. In it, we slowly approach the Devil incarnate child Damien as he slowly drifts back-and-forth on a swing. Just as we get close to him, he quickly turns towards the camera, staring with all the evil inside him. Except, he... / Continue →
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Andy Serkis, who gained a following playing Gollum in Lord of the Rings, both Kong and Lumpy in King Kong, and having the hair of Brian Setzer, has been cast as an assistant to David Bowie in Christopher Nolan's new film The Prestige. In the film, Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale... / Continue →
