Taking shameless advantage of his friendship with Guillermo del Toro (and, as we all know, del Toro does not make friends easily), Neil Gaiman has traveled to Budapest and posted the very first, and very unofficial, pics of Hellboy 2 to his official website. This unfortunate episode only grows more sordid when you realize Gaiman … Continue reading
See below for the update! In April, we got our first glimpse at The Bourne Ultimatum with a teaser that was indeed nifty, but also half rehash of the two preceding films. Finally, the full trailer is out, and it’s slightly less action-oriented, but just as kickass. It’s also just as lacking in Paddy Considine, … Continue reading
One movie apart was all they could take. The cast list for Woody Allen’s next film, to be shot in Spain, has been released, and headlining once again is Scarlett Johansson. Rounding out the cast is Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Chris Messina, Zak Orth and Pablo Schreiber. The cast was announced … Continue reading
PETA has written a letter to Speed Racer producer Joel Silver saying that they’ve heard reports of animal abuse on the set of the Wachowski-directed adaptation of a crummy cartoon. "We are in receipt of information that may upset you," PETA wrote. "We’ve received several troubling complaints from people who have been on the ‘Speed … Continue reading
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has turned down Oliver Stone’s request to make a documentary about him. Seems that Stone, despite being a popular whipping boy for idiot conservatives in America, is still too Satanic for our Persian enemies-in-waiting. Says the LA Times: "It is true that [Stone] is known as a dissident in the U.S., … Continue reading
Since last fall, George Romero has been back in Canada, shooting Diary of the Dead in and around Toronto. In case you missed news of the flick, this isn’t Dead movie number five in a chronological sense. Diary follows a group of students who were making a movie in the woods at the time of … Continue reading
Chris Kohler over at Wired has compiled a list of the games and franchises that used to be exclusive to Sony, but are now making their way onto other platforms. There has been quite a bit of debate on what losing exclusivity spells for Sony, without much consensus. Are developers losing confidence in the PS3? … Continue reading
Less than a year ago, Jamie Lee Curtis claimed that she was done with acting, and after watching only bits of Christmas With The Kranks, I’m pretty certain that acting feels the same way about her. Zero sum game then, all good. But today she’s making a move. Not even a vaguely entertaining one like … Continue reading
Last week I ran a piece about unemployed Superman Brandon Routh being very, very eager to get back in the cape and tights… and also star in a Justice League movie. Some readers took exception to that, possibly members of the Twinks4Routh club. They felt it was mean-spirited of me to poke fun at the … Continue reading