When I’m Clint Eastwood’s age, I hope I’m dead. If I’m not dead I hope I’m spending a lot of time chilling out; I can respect Eastwood’s drive to keep on making movies even as the very bones in his body slowly disintegrate with age, but I can’t understand it. Eastwood’s still not done with … Continue reading
The more cineastes get to know Bong Joon-Ho and Park Chan-Wook, the more likely it is they’ll be known as the Spielberg and Lucas of Korea. They’ve already redefined Korean cinema, and made huge blockbusters that have outgrossed each other (Oldboy was a huge hit, but The Host‘s gross was so high that 25% of … Continue reading
John Lasseter, the big man at Pixar, appeared at Disney’s shareholder meeting (held in New Orleans, I guess as a way to throw some bucks in the direction of what is incredibly still a disaster area) and announced, “We are finally in production on Toy Story 3.” He then gave a date for the release: … Continue reading
IESB is reporting that Jay Scherick and David Ronn, the poison pens behind Norbit, have been brought in to do a rewrite on a big screen version of old anthology show Fantasy Island, which will apparently star Eddie Murphy in a number of roles. My bet is that he’ll play just about every role – … Continue reading
Shooting has started on the second Chronicles of Narnia movie, Prince Caspian, and already Disney and Walden Media are looking ahead to number three. That film, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, will not be directed by Andrew Adamson, the Shrek guy who has helmed the first two. So who will be taking over the reins? … Continue reading
MTV.com got an exclusive with Star Trek XI co-screenwriters and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci where they spilled a very few beans (their most common reply to the interviewer seems to be “Really, who can say?”) – including one that feels pretty big to me: Star Trek XI is not a prequel but … Continue reading
Just five weeks before the remake of Bunny Lake Is Missing starts shooting, Reese Witherspoon has dropped out. The film, which is being directed by CHUDdy Buddy Joe Carnahan, is now without its star… and one of its producers, a role Witherspoon was also filling. This development puts everyone in a bad place. Five weeks … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, Aint It Cool News broke the story that Shia LaBeouf would be appearing in Indiana Jones IV as Indy’s son. We quickly corroborated that story, and it hit the web in a big way. But of course Variety likes to pretend that only they generate news (like… Zyzzyx Road, perhaps), … Continue reading
Gentle giant Alex Riviello at our si(ni)ster site, Creature Corner, has scored the scoop of the millennium. At least it is to me – Alex has uncovered the fact that there is a Street Trash 2 in the planning. And even bigger than that, original director Jimmy Muro is coming back to make it. First … Continue reading
I have seen 300 twice now, and the second viewing was crucial. Not because it was on an Imax screen – a very impressive way to watch the film – but because I came into the theater without the kind of expectations I had my first time through. I knew that 300 wasn’t as crazy … Continue reading