September 7, 2008 - September 13, 2008 Archives
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Universal has recruited Simpsons writer/producer Dana Gould to write an adaptation of Sid and Marty Krofft's Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. That's it. Movie production is officially a form of archaeology, simply looking for absolutely any remnants of past civilizations to uneart... / Continue →
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When the LAPD returns Angelina Jolie-character's lost son to her, she thinks it's a dream come true. That is, until she realizes, "Wait a minute, LAPD, this isn't my kid! This is a trained dolphin you've put in a special land suit and boy costume!" But, of course, the corrupt L... / Continue →
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OK, so our banking system is falling apart, but we've got bigger problems: it turns out one of the banks is corrupting, extorting, and murdering (as conspicuously seen in their ATM menu options). The only man who can stop them? Clive Owen playing Clive Owen, obviously. And he w... / Continue →
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The MPAA rejected Kevin Smith's first Zack and Miri poster because of the implication that the back of someone's head placed at crotch level necessarily constitutes oral sex (why couldn't it be someone pleasurably tying someone else's shoe?). In response, Smith has made this ne... / Continue →
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Thanks to K Lee for sending along this clip from Me and Orson Welles, in which Welles asks Zac Efron if he can sing--as if he hasn't seen High School Musical like a zillion times! To demonstrate that he can, in fact, sing, Efron plays a short drum solo and sings a Wheaties jing... / Continue →
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It's true; life does have a mind of its own--and we're powerless to control it! But it's like my mom always used to say: "When life gives you Jamie Foxx ridiculously playing a schizophrenic bum savant, make Oscar bait." The Soloist Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
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Warner Bros. has announced The Dark Knight will have an IMAX rerelease in January, so that come voting time, Academy members will remember, oh yeah, there was that Batman movie. From THR: Warner Bros. wants a statuette -- or 10 -- for "The Dark Knight." So the studio plans to ... / Continue →
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Here's the trailer for The Soloist the semi-real inspirational story of reporter Robert Downey Jr. finding redemption by helping schizophrenic hobo Jamie Foxx play the cello. The only way this thing could be better Oscar bait is if they painted it gold, put it in a wig and make... / Continue →
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I got an email today from Dimension regarding the straight-to-DVD sci-fi horror, Pulse 2. This is the plot: The world has been reshaped by the invasion of ghosts via the wireless internet. That's all you should need to know. Put it in your Netflix queue by September 30.... / Continue →
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TFW2005 has received word that Devastator, the above combination of several construction vehicle robots that form a larger robot, will play a part in Transformers: Rise Revenge of the Fallen. Here are the details: - Seven construction vehicles merge to form Devastator - Devast... / Continue →
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Steven Soderbergh has announced plans to direct a Liberace biopiic with Michael Douglas in the starring, glittering-caped role. From Variety: Steven Soderbergh is in the early stages of developing a biopic about Liberace for Warner Bros., which he will direct. The filmmaker s... / Continue →
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It turns out some Hispanic families, like the African-American family last year, celebrate Christmas too! Here's the trailer to Nothing Like the Holidays, starring Alfred Molina, Debra Messing, Luis Guzman, the cast of Grindhouse, and, for some reason, not Edward James Almost: ... / Continue →
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You know those little vinyl figures that look like rabbits or whatever but with different things painted on them? Those are movies now: Paramount Pictures has made a deal with Wildbrain to turn its Kidrobot branded collectible character creations into a series of feature films... / Continue →
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Universal and Imagine have hired quirk auteur Wes Anderson to write and possibly direct My Best Friend a remake of the 2006 French comedy Mon meilleur ami. From Variety: The French pic starred Daniel Auteuil as a cranky antiques dealer who learns at a dinner with his closest a... / Continue →
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"Truth. Honor. Loyalty. Family. What are you willing to sacrifice?" Maybe it's a rhetorical question--but maybe it's not! Let's figure out which one to sacrifice: Truth For: Without truth, everything is a lie. WHAT'S REAL ANYMORE? Against: If we know everything is a lie, we ... / Continue →
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About a month ago, when the Death Race trailer came out, I offhandedly mentioned to my roommate how bad it looked. He asked what happens in it, and my response was something like, "I don't know. It's just Jason Statham driving around in a car with guns, and some other guys are ... / Continue →
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The warring of Sound of Music fans, Scorpion King fans, Double Jeopardy fans, and Extras fans will at last be silenced: Julie Andrews, Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, and Stephen Merchant are finally starring alongside one another! Best of all, they'll be sharing the screen in a f... / Continue →
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"Never blend in." Just like Milk never blended in. I mean, actual milk blends into nearly any powder or other liquid with just a light stirring, but not Harvey Milk, and that's the point. I think. I don't actually get the point.... / Continue →
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Producer Scott Faye, currently finishing work on Max Payne, has recently realized there was another video game franchise that hadn't been made into a movie yet. This bothers him, so he's going to make a Duke Nukem movie. UGH: “I'm working diligently at making a Duke Nukem movi... / Continue →
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Shooting down rumors of another live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie on the way, Peter Laird has revealed to MTV that the next chapter in the franchise will most likely be a CGI/live-action hybrid: We have pretty much decided that the next “TMNT” movie should be what... / Continue →
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At the VMAs this weekend, Defamer spoke to an uncomfortably greasy Brett Ratner about his idea for a Guitar Hero movie. He had this to say about the likelihood of it getting made: As long as it's really successful, they'll never let me do it. But I think if it starts going dow... / Continue →
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I don't know how anyone would ever top David Cross's portrayal of Allen Ginsberg in I'm Not There--at least in terms of looking exactly like him--but James Franco will soon try his hand at playing a bad-boy heartthrob Ginsberg in Howl, and now five more have joined the cast: D... / Continue →
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Work has started on a Greatest American Hero movie, because that's a timeless, relevant, still-popular franchise. From SciFi: Stephen J. Cannell, creator of the cult '80s TV series The Greatest American Hero, confirmed to fans that a feature film is in the works. "We've writt... / Continue →
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Wait a minute. There's a movie about twin brothers--played by the same actor--once who's a philosophy professor, one who's a marijuana grower--and Eddie Murphy isn't involved? Come on! Didn't anyone realize how funny it would be if, due to excessive "munchies," the marijuana gr... / Continue →
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Someone who loves Bruce Springsteen soundtrack songs went to a screening of The Wrestler and used technology to record a low-quality copy of the Boss's title track. JoBlo has it here. It's pretty hard to make out the vocals, so I've transcribed the lyrics for you:... / Continue →
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Here's a tip: if you're ever directing a Robert De Niro movie, do not try to get this really awesome shot where you capture De Niro, the Boston skyline, and a golf bunker all in the frame at once. I know you're thinking, "But that's an amazing shot, symbolic of how the weight o... / Continue →
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1. Bangkok Dangerous - Only $7.8 million? There's no way this thing is even going to make back its hairpiece budget. 2. Tropic Thunder - Thunder rolls--around in piles of money! Yes, thats what I said. ($7.5 million) 3. The House Bunny - Still empowering women with the messag... / Continue →
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Here are some short clips from The Wrestler intermixed with brief interviews with director Darren Aronofsky and star Mickey Rourke. Even if you don't care about The Wrestler (but you should), you need to see what Rourke looks like in the interview portion. He's become a pre-hum... / Continue →
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Harold Ramis emailed Chicago Tribune writer Mark Caro confirming that Ghostbusters 3 is being made, and suggesting we'll probably see some Apatowians involved, as is the likelihood in every modern comedy: yes, columbia is developing a script for GB3 with my year one writing pa... / Continue →
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This portly, scornful man with a face like a porthole of flesh in a sea of fur is Max Payne director John Moore. He's currently upset, because somehow The Dark Knight getting a PG-13 rating has caused his film to not get a PG-13 rating, because the MPAA is totally gay for Batma... / Continue →
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Well, here's the teaser trailer* for Gatchaman, the CGI adaptation of that anime where everyone is always wearing bird costumes and that's all I remember about it. *By teaser trailer, I mean it's ten seconds of some cars doing things and a spaceship leaving, and only teases yo... / Continue →
