October 10, 2010 - October 16, 2010 Archives
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Ready for probably the biggest, most tiresome film ever? Here it is: James Cameron directing Angelina Jolie in another telling of the story of Cleopatra. According to Deadline, it's a real possibility, with Jolie attached to an adaptation of Stacy Schiff's book, Cleopatra: A Li... / Continue →
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With remakes of '70s and '80s series, and forcing more and more actors to list "Bruce Banner/Incredible Hulk" on their acting résumés, both so inexplicably popular right now, Marvel and ABC are teaming up to once again bring a live-action version of the Hulk to willing televisi... / Continue →
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Man, has Nicolas Cage ever out-Nicolas Caged himself this time. Challenged by no one, he's decided to debunk the common myth that Nicolas Cage could never make a more ridiculous Hell-themed, vehicle-based action film than Ghost Rider. In fact, he can easily make a more ridiculo... / Continue →
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The new Muppet movie just got some much-needed elements: likable, attractive women and Chris Cooper. Amy Adams is in negotiations to join the cast as the girlfriend of Jason Segel, who's writing and starring in the film. Parks & Recreation's Rashida Jones, meanwhile, is in talk... / Continue →
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With yesterday's addition of Alec Baldwin, Sharlto Copley, and Gemma Arterton to Men in Black 3, the number of cast members reached a point where it was statistically impossible for Betty White not to be one of them, thus automatically adding her to the cast as well. Bloody Dis... / Continue →
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As anyone who's seen the beloved classic The Room can tell you, writer/director Tommy Wiseau is more than just the brilliant auteur behind creating a global sensation: he's also a classically-trained actor. So it's no wonder Studio8 and Atom hired him to star alongside Cheaters... / Continue →
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Kirsten Dunst thought she had the Perfect Husband: rich, handsome, Ryan Gosling-esque. What could go wrong? EVERYTHING. As any Lifetime Original Movie will tell you, Perfect Husbands are always the ones who end up probably murdering you, your friends, and your neighbors. That's... / Continue →
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Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement and Emma Thompson are going to have so much company on that belated Men in Black sequel. Pajiba reports Alec Baldwin, Sharlto Copley, and Gemma Arterton are all in talks to wear alien costumes or black in the film. For the 1969-set scenes, in which ... / Continue →
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Following the archetypical Nicolas Cage poster format of "intense Nicolas Cage face + some flames," the one-sheet for Drive Angry has arrived to remind us what cinematic refuse film's most resilient cockroach is rooting in now. (It's something with angry driving.)... / Continue →
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Also, an orchestra plays. It's sort of like that old Jay Leno Show promo where Jay drove around a sports car and gave smug grins to the camera, except with explosives, fireworks, and popcorn kernels. And entertaining, rather than whatever Jay Leno just driving around a car is.... / Continue →
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Sorry, Dylan Baker, but it looks like your most monstrous film role will remain "that pedophile from Happiness." The actor, who paid his due playing Dr. Curt Conners in all the previous Spider-Man films--presumably so that he could eventually mutate into the character's evil al... / Continue →
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Hey, something for some crazy "family" organizations to probably get unnecessarily worked up about: an R-rated Muppet murder mystery! Lionsgate has just acquired the rights to Happytime Murders, a noir comedy written by Todd Berger to be directed by Henson scion Brian. Heat Vis... / Continue →
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Congratulations to Tom Hardy. He did such a good job Incepting, Christopher Nolan has reportedly signed him for a part in the next Batman film. The specifics beyond being a "lead role" are still being kept secret, but speculation is already rushing in the direction of probably-... / Continue →
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It's been a while since we heard anything about that Alien prequel, but don't start thinking we'll be spared an extra-terrestrial addition to Ridley Scott's uneven track record. Vulture has news Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof has just turned in his draft of the script, and Fox ... / Continue →
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Here it is. The funniest thing that's ever happened thus far: Adam Sandler in drag for the Jill portion of his dual role in the high concept comedy Jack and Jill. This guy basically just threw a brick through the Meet Dave façade Eddie Murphy lives behind, and now the world mus... / Continue →
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Actually, he did it for the Spike Scream Awards, but when it comes to Michael J. Fox bothering to put his Nikes back on, you're just going to have to take what you can get. Don't worry, it isn't depressing. He nails it.... / Continue →
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The ongoing back and forth between Darren Aronofsky doing or not doing the next Wolverine movie is again looking like a go, with Deadline reporting Aronofsky has turned down Warner's offer to direct Tales from the Gangster Squad as he nears a Wolverine 2 agreement with Fox. Asi... / Continue →
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In case the prior trailers for Faster and The Dilemma had too much Rock-shooting-dudes and gay slurs for you, respectively, here are sanitized versions of both trailers for you--perfect for if you want to go into the theater unaware, leaving you joyously surprised at all the Ro... / Continue →
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Seems kind of late in the series to reposition it as a basic cable crime procedural, doesn't it? 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
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To the fury of Francis Ford Coppola Winery, Roman Coppola and Wes Anderson--who has some experience slyly promoting alcohol--were hired to direct a little commercial for Stella Artois, and they made something filled with all the preciousness, careful staging, and symmetry you'd... / Continue →
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From PopSugar, here's an early look at the main cast of The Hangover 2 shooting in LA/Ontario International Airport last Friday, giving you an early peak at the hair and clothing that will make Zach Galifianakis a distinctively stupid-looking go-to Halloween costume for so many... / Continue →
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As caught by Geekologie, the shooting of Transformers: Dark of the Moon had some problems yesterday when a D.C. police officer--apparently concerned he should do something because Transformers was happening in real life--turned on his siren and drove onto the set, getting into ... / Continue →
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If you're Hollywood director Robert Zemeckis, perhaps you'll recall a time--back before The Polar Express and The Forrest Gump--when you were shooting a little time travel film with a young actor named Eric Stoltz, who you now enjoy on Caprica (when you manage to make time to c... / Continue →
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In keeping up with indie favorite Darren Aronofsky doing a Wolverine movie, however slim that possibility might be, argumentative director David O. Russell has reportedly signed on to write and direct an adaptation of the 2007 game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for Columbia. The P... / Continue →
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Zero Hour somehow wasn't enough of a gag-free Airplane! for Kypros Kyprianou and Simon Hollington, so the two decided to edit all the jokes out of the spoof, rendering it down to a 14 minute, poorly-acted melodrama. So if you ever wanted to see Airplane! be less funny, here it ... / Continue →
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Now that Marc Webb has finally figured out who's going to be Peter Parker's would-be girlfriend in his superhero reboot, the director has quickly moved on to the issue of the film's enemy, casting Rhys Ifans as a character named in the press release only as "the villain." Colum... / Continue →
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As noted by our soulmate site, sneaky spraypainter and street artist Banksy designed last night's Simpsons intro sequence, and, in his standard fashion, made sure to call out all Fox's cheap foreign labor practices in the process. Suffice to say, it was probably pretty awkward ... / Continue →
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20th Century Fox, who dutifully brought us a Marmaduke film this summer, is at last ready to do the same for the other famous, inexplicably long-running series of printed anti-jokes. Deadline reports the studio is teaming with Christian production company Walden Media to bring ... / Continue →
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Your weekend box office: 1. The Social Network - On top a second weekend, taking in $15.5 million, it seems The Social Network isn't having any trouble making FRIENDS! ("Friend" is a term used on Facebook website.) 2. Life as We Know It - $14.6 million, barely half what The U... / Continue →
