There are some movies that get made these days based on old stories, shows or movies that make me jump up and say “yeah, that’s a great idea”. And then there others, like Flash Gordon, that make me yawn out loud and wonder why I don’t have a job as … [Read More]
I regularly take a look at the trailers coming out, and tentatively watch them hoping not to spoil the film, but eagerly hoping to be excited and fired up to go and see a good movie. It’s especially interesting when you’ve heard so much about a film before you get … [Read More]
John picked up the rumour of a Halo movie from Ain’t it cool in this previous post, and if news from the German site SciFi News brought to my attention from Film Rotation, is true then it’s well underway and any previous issues with Ridley Scott proving uninterested are solved. … [Read More]
Continuing, yet again, on the Hollywood trend of messing up a good potential series, here comes new from MovieHole, read through Coming Soon, that Saw 2 may not include the two creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell. Already, Lions Gate have greenlit a sequel to √¢‚Ǩ≈ìSaw√¢‚Ǩ¬ù, but Wan and Whannell … [Read More]
The drip feed of teasers keeps coming as we catch the fist glimpse of Dr Doom from the Fantastic Four movie. (Check out here for previous posts on the movie topic) There is a lot of talk that it’s not very good, that it doesn’t do the character from the … [Read More]
There has been a big ruckus buzzing around over the inclusion (or lack thereof) of some scenes in the upcoming film Alexander that would show (or only insinuate) Alexander as bi-sexual. My goodness, just read over the comments in this post to see the kind of emotional responses this is … [Read More]
Continuing on the thread of the Game and Movie industry moving closer together, I was caught by the information in IMDB today when I was researching James DeMonaco for the story on the Trailer for Assault on Precinct 13. I saw the title Driver under his writing credits and I … [Read More]
This rules: Robin Williams, a five-time Golden Globe winner, will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement at January’s ceremony. The announcement Thursday from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hands out the Golden Globes, cited Williams, 52, for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.” Along with … [Read More]
As previously mentioned, sequels can be tricky things. Trying to recapture the essence of the first movie while being fresh and new is not an easy thing to do. However, if the sequel you’re making is Mrs. Doubtfire, you may have a chance. Why? Because the first Mrs. Doubtfire rode … [Read More]
Pardon me, but would the last sane person to leave the planet please turn off the lights on your way out. Why is it no one listens to me?!?! (Besides the fact that I’m an idiot). Jessica Simpson has just landed the leading role in the upcoming film Room Service. … [Read More]
Oooh, ooh! According to the Guardian Film news it appears that Watchmen has a new Director! Oh, my fingers can hardly stay on the right keys! They point to Aint It Cool News who have brought out the rumour. Paul Greengrass of recent Bourne Supremacy fame and such real event … [Read More]
I’m a huge John Carpenter fan, and when I first heard this was being remade (I think we should have a current Hollywood remake counter!) I was appauled and very scared for the original. That movie, and many other Carpenter classics, followed the pattern of a group of people thrown … [Read More]