You expect the director of Germany’s submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar to have a German accent. Not this time. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, the director of The Lives of Others, was born and is from Germany, but he spent some very formative years in the United States. In New York City, in fact … Continue reading
Sean Penn has officially joined the cast of What Just Happened?, the adaptation of Art Linson’s insider look at making movies in Hollywood, mostly focusing on putting together and shooting The Edge. Which was a good movie but would have been better had it featured the guitarist from U2 fighting a bear instead of Hannibal … Continue reading
Did you like Borat? Well, Rupert Murdoch is promising you more, according to the Financial Times. The Supreme Evil Leader of News Corp and owner of 20th Century Fox says that Sacha Baron Cohen will be returning to Fox after doing Bruno for Universal. This seems odd, as most people have assumed that Borat has … Continue reading
Director Mark Romanek, last seen helming One Hour Photo, has signed on to direct Benicio Del Toro as he plays Marv Wolfman, the mastermind behind Crisis on Infinite Earths and who… Oh, wait. Romanek is signing on to direct Del Toro as THE Wolfman. When did he lose the space? In 1941 he was The … Continue reading
Dr. Dre isn’t just waiting around for Eminem to want to record another hit record – he’s decided to move into the movie business with his homies at New Line. Dre (fun fact: he’s not actually a medical doctor) will be mostly producing under his Crucial Films banner. But that’s not where he’s stopping – … Continue reading
The best thing about writing for CHUD, besides all the ass I get, is having the opportunity to tell you about cool movies that are coming up. Movies like The Host, the fantastic Korean monster film that is hitting US shores in just about a month. The Host really, completely and truly fucking rocks, and … Continue reading
Just yesterday we discussed a terrible scenario where sectarian dwarf fighting broke out in Hollywood that would make the Sunni/Shia conflict look like a playground squabble: former Hollywood go-to wee person Warwick Davis going after current It Dwarf, Peter Dinklage. Experts agree we were on the verge of a full on dwarf war when The … Continue reading
It’s worth it sitting down with self-obsessed starlets and dimwitted action directors to finally get a chance to talk to someone like Eric O’Neill. Eric isn’t a movie star, and he’s not a screenwriter, and he’s only been involved with one movie – the true story of how he helped crack America’s largest spy case. … Continue reading
Rumors swirled (and continue to swirl) around Factory Girl, the Weinstein Co movie about Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol that I reviewed here last week. Director George Hickenlooper was recently in New York City for a Factory Girl press day, and he addressed some of these rumors. The biggest rumor about Factory Girl was that … Continue reading
What the hell is going on with JJ Abrams and Star Trek XI? Last week Latino Review announced that he was off the project. Paramount denied. Last night they reiterated that he was off the project, and even announced the movie he was doing instead, a film called Cloverfield, which they say is a horror … Continue reading