Back at the beginning of the month, our own Jeremy Smith told you that Zachary Quinto was in talks to play Spock in Kirk & Spock: The Early Years, and now it’s looking more and more confirmed. According to E! Online, Quinto’s contract is in the final stages of lawyering and shit, which means the … Continue reading
All of Paul Greengrass’ films deal with two thematic elements: the state of the world today and what he likes to call asymmetrical warfare, whether it be the IRA versus the British in Bloody Sunday, the 9/11 hijackers in United 93 or Jason Bourne against the CIA in the Bourne films, but there’s been a … Continue reading
This review has spoilers. Don’t read it if you have not read the book. Obviously this makes it useless as a review, but this is the seventh book in a massively popular series, and if you don’t know if you’re going to want to read it already, no review will sway you. Jerk. I didn’t … Continue reading
Steve Guttenberg’s IMDB filmography over the last couple of years is enough to bring a tear to the eye of any Police Academy fan. While The Gutt has been working more or less steadily, it’s all been the kind of gigs where you bring your own lunch because the budget doesn’t cover the catering. I … Continue reading
In terms of the internet this is old news – it broke a couple of days ago – but I was out at junkets and reading Harry Potter all weekend (I’m still not done, but Jesus, Rowling is bloodthirsty this time out, huh?) so this tidbit slipped through my crack: Latino Review says that there’s … Continue reading
Unlike characters like Superman, Batman or Spider-Man, who are very associated with a single city, the Incredible Hulk is a character without a home, a character who wanders America occasionally smashing shit up when he gets angry. While the first Hulk movie ended up in San Francisco, don’t expect the new Hulk movie (ie the … Continue reading
One of the final pieces of Peter Jackson’s Lovely Bones has been aligned*: Stanley Tucci has joined the cast as the man who rapes and kills the film’s young protagonist, Susie. This, amazingly, is not a spoiler, as the whole movie is told from her point of view in Heaven as she looks down on … Continue reading
So what the heck is next for Matt Damon? At this weekend’s The Bourne Ultimatum junket, the actor was very aware of the impending strike that looms over Hollywood*, and said that he was making his decisions based on that. “I’m hoping to do the Green Zone movie [Imperial Life in the Emerald City] that … Continue reading
This week Zack Snyder is going to announce the cast of Watchmen at Comic Con… but who’s going to be surprised? Over the last couple of weeks almost the whole cast has leaked (thanks in part to your friends at CHUD.com!), and now two more names have been added to the cast list. Here’s who … Continue reading
From the mouth of Matt Damon himself: he won’t be playing Captain Kirk in JJ Abrams’ reboot of Star Trek. Talking with IGN, the actor seemed actually warm to the idea of playing Kirk, saying that William Shatner had even given him his blessing. But it’s all a rumor, Damon says, and they’re actually casting … Continue reading