It’s the kind of movie news movie fans don’t want to hear: studio bailout on SD Comic-Con. But it’s happening, and, as some weigh in as to why, it is with good reason. A write-up in The New York Times has some insight: Warner’s main studio operation is bringing nothing. … [Read More]
Universal was apparently considering doing a return the 2010 Wolfman despite the mixed reaction on the film by audiences and critics. They have rethought, reconsidered and finally realized: they don’t want a sequel and we should rejoce, right? Well, no, they just want to… well, what’s another buzzword that starts … [Read More]
Sony has found a scribe for ‘Risk’, a film based upon the popular strategy board game. I’m sure some of the int’l friends are overjoyed; others wish H’wood would rather try a game of Scrabble or Connect Four. In any case, Cinemablend gives us this: Sony Pictures has set John … [Read More]
Like his work, despise it or fall somewhere in between, Roland Emmerich has his audience, and he can deliver stupid movies with popcorn moments. Asteroids -based on the classic arcade game- could fall into the ID4 helmer’s hands. Cinemablend reports: Universal has only offered the project to Emmerich, and who … [Read More]
One of my favorite, yet underrated filmmakers, Antoine Fuqua, could be the director not of a proposed Tupac bio-pic, but a boxing picture with Marshal Mathers,aka Eminem. Name of the film? Southpaw. First Showing gives us the lowdown: The project will have Eminem playing a fast-rising welterweight boxer who brawls … [Read More]
Overall the 2009 sequel Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull was a good ride for Shia LaBouf. So much so is that he’s eager to reprise his role from the series. That might be sooner than the rest of us think. From the good people over at … [Read More]
Thanks for checking out our Forgotten Fridays feature. This is a feature to review some older films that maybe you have forgotten about or maybe never got around to seeing that we just want to share. They may not be old, maybe not forgotten, but they are not new. Just … [Read More]
It seems Warner’s is going to have a new franchise regarding Tarzan, with ‘Hustle & Flow’ helmer Craig Brewer ready to go. Screenrant swings this from the vines: Warner Bros. was ready to revisit one of the longest-running and most popular literature-turned-film franchises in Hollywood – by making a new … [Read More]
I know some folks out there aren’t the biggest fans of Vin Diesel. I know some folks out there were disappointed with the second (live action) film in the Pitch Black series. I know we been hearing how a third film with star Diesel and writer-director David Twohy has been … [Read More]
It seems the latest Hollwood trend is to greenlight sequels to films that haven’t opened yet. Yes, these films are remakes or something with a ‘brand name’, but still, it seems fiolks are getting a little ahead of themselves. And also telling us who’s going to survive in the first … [Read More]
Okay. There’s something that’s shown up on the web the last few days that *could be* The Dark Knight Rises related as the three virals do have some kind of uprising at Arkham, where the inmates are supposedly chanting Bane’s name. However, there’s two other connections to the films as … [Read More]
One of my favorite rising directors, James Gray (We Own The Night, Two Lovers) is prepping his next film, Low-Life. Marion Cotillard has already signed on, and Jeremy Renner is also being lured with a supporting role. But Gray has also apparently convinced Joaquin Phoenix – who starred in most … [Read More]