A month or two ago we ran a story about Jonathan Hensleigh’s Welcome to the Jungle, a down and dirty cannibal movie that was characterized by Fangoria as all but a remake of Cannibal Holocaust. Hensleigh and I actually traded some emails about the whole thing, and in the end I was happy when he … Continue reading
Disney has found their title character for Prince Caspian, the next film in The Chronicles of Narnia. Now they just have to make sure they have some lawyers available, as the actor might be sued by his current employer. The actor’s name is Ben Barnes, and he’s currently appearing in the National Theater’s production of … Continue reading
While we wait for Dan to bring us the weekend box office report, I wanted to give you two bits of exciting news about friends of the site: The Messengers, the first film written by former CHUD journalist Smilin’ Jack Ruby (Mark Wheaton to his bank) debuted this weekend at #1. Morrissey may hate it … Continue reading
It was only a matter of time before Severin Films ran into some trouble. Calling themselves the “Criterion of Smut,” the new DVD label puts out wonderful editions of extremely naughty movies like Just Jaeckin’s legendary Gwendoline and the adult cartoon Once Upon a Girl. This week they ran into some moralist outrage with their … Continue reading
Warner Bros cleaned house on two superhero properties this week – not long after Joss Whedon announced that he was off the Wonder Woman movie, David Goyer chimed in with the news that he was no longer involved in The Flash. For many people this is good news – there’s a lot of anti-Goyer sentiment … Continue reading
This set visit piece will contain minor spoilers for His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass. Standing in a vast expanse of green, the young girl hugs a disembodied polar bear head. She cries and speaks, inaudibly where I’m standing, to the head, which responds to her in an equally disembodied voice that is loud, gravelly … Continue reading
What’s the point of making Hair II if you can’t get Treat Williams back? This was what was going through my head as the trailer for Across the Universe played. The comparison people are going to be using is Moulin Rouge, since the movie, a musical about a group of hippies in the 60s, uses … Continue reading
The most shocking thing about Joss Whedon being off the Wonder Woman movie is how quickly it was announced. Just yesterday, Warner Bros bought a non-Whedon Wonder Woman script, claiming they were trying to head off a potential lawsuit. Many people were skeptical – those people were justified today when Whedon announced he was off … Continue reading
On his Hollywood Elsewhere blog Jeffrey Wells has begun a campaign to “take down” Eddie Murphy in the Oscar race. We’re not even going to get into whether or not a blogger can “take down” anything besides the buffet at a junket – we’ll take Wells at his word. The reasoning for his new campaign … Continue reading