Embed This Video | Visit Fox Searchlight We’ve been waiting for this film for a long time, ever since Danny Boyle spilled the beans at the press day for Millions, and it’s just about finally here – Sunshine, the sci-fi epic written by Alex “28 Days Later” Garland and directed by Boyle. It’s fifty years … Continue reading
Last night I watched some of the American Idol season 6 premiere, and I noticed that it had a lot in common with the 24 season 6 premiere – namely torture. There’s no other word for what goes on in the preliminary rounds of the singing competition, when anyone can walk off the street and … Continue reading
A couple of weeks back we were proud to present the red band trailer for The Host, the fantastic Korean monster movie that’s going to be opening here in the States shortly. Now there’s a more mainstream green band trailer available on MSN, and you should click here to watch it. This trailer’s pretty great … Continue reading
This could be as close as Dwayne Johnson gets to Spy Hunter – he’s signed on to appear in Get Smart, the Steve Carrell-starring adaptation of the 1960s Mel Brooks spy spoof TV series. He’ll be playing the newly created character of Agent 23, meaning he’ll be on the side of the good guys, aka … Continue reading
If you could get whiplash by being surprised about an article in the trades, I’d be wearing a neck brace right now. That’s how shocked I was to learn that HBO has acquired George RR Martin’s fantasy novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire, for a TV series – one that will be executive … Continue reading
Update: Aint It Cool News’ scooper turned out to be 100% right. Variety has confirmed this story. I am wary of running scoops that originate from Aint It Cool News spies. Hoaxing that site seems to be the pastime of a depressingly large number of people, and once you’ve run the “Silver Surfer will be … Continue reading
Truth, they say, is stranger than fiction. And sometimes it’s more inspiring as well. Vince Papale was a regular 30-year old Philadelphia bartender and Eagles fan who answered his desperate team’s open try-outs in 1976. No one thought that Papale would ever make the team, but he stuck with it and did, becoming the oldest … Continue reading
UPDATE! Did the Burroughs estate decide? Variety just ran a story saying Disney is optioning the John Carter books… but they add no new information beyond what TMZ reported last week. It’s odd to see no quotes from anyone. Could the trade be stealing stories from the web again? Some projects never go away. For … Continue reading
When it was announced that the Silver Surfer would be in Fantastic Four 2, some people began to get worried about whether or not Galactus would be showing up in the film. Comic nerds know that Silver Surfer’s first appearance way back when was as the herald of Galactus, a huge guy in a silly … Continue reading
The follow-up on that mysterious Ghostbusters game footage has come, and I remain a lone voice in the wilderness, decrying how un-Ghostbusters this looks. But the good news is that this game will never, ever be made. Why do I say that? This statement showed up on the site of game developers ZootFly: "We are … Continue reading