This past weekend was Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina, aka the convention for people who can’t get to San Diego in a couple of weeks. Coming Soon caught a small bit of news that evaded most people when it was announced at Heroes’ All Things Marvel panel – David Goyer is writing the treatment … Continue reading
James Cameron erupted into a fiery rage at the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest premiere when he realized that not only had some fat New Zealander beaten him to the trilogy punch, so had the guy who made fucking Mousehunt. Before he could be tranquilized by riot gear adorned Mousketeers (not really – … Continue reading
The talk about Keith Richards playing Captain Jack Sparrow’s dad in the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie may yet actually come true. We’ve been hearing this for a while; Johnny Depp based his character on the life-abusing Rolling Stones guitarist and a possible cameo has been something all involved have been interested in. The … Continue reading
The announcement that The Birds was being remade by Platinum Dunes was met with deserved derision. Yeah, it’s not Hitchcock’s best film, but it’s one of his best known films, and it’s one of the best examples of how that fat dude could elevate the most B-level material into something more interesting. The idea that … Continue reading
As if I needed more proof that New Line just doesn’t get the (rapidly waning) Snakes on a Plane phenomenon, Snakes on a Blog has gotten some pictures of the truly terrible final poster. Looking at the poster I have to wonder who the hell thought this would sell anything – there isn’t even a … Continue reading
You can stop guessing who will be playing the Silver Surfer in the new Fantastic Four movie (apparently titled The Fantastic Four and The Silver Surfer. Oopah) – director Tim Story tells Moviehole that the character is going to be computer generated. “The Surfer will be a new CGI design being developed especially for the … Continue reading
Just a few hours ago we told you that CanMag is reporting that Spy Hunter and He-Man are both dead projects. While that may be the case with Prince Adam, Prince Adrian says his movie is alive, and quite well. That’s Adrian Askarieh, who is producing Spy Hunter. He tells IGN that John Woo being … Continue reading
File this one under “I saw that coming”… CanMag is reporting that John Woo’s Hollywood expedition has come to an end for the time being. Woo never seemed to manage to recreate the magic he had in Hong Kong, and after a series of diminishing films, he has turned his attention back to the Orient, … Continue reading
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl had the absurdity of its very premise going for it: how could a movie based on an amusement park ride, of all the creatively bankrupt things, turn out to be good? But it was – the film was a blast from beginning to end, it gave … Continue reading
Last week cub reporter Derek Faraci visited the set of The Brothers Solomon, a comedy starring Wills Arnett and Forte, directed by Bob Odenkirk. While much of Derek’s set report is embargoed for a while, he was able to sneak out some interesting info he acquired while having a private lunch with Bob himself. Bob: … Continue reading