The wait has been maddening! Last year, when Shaun of the Dead hit the US and changed so many lives (including mine. Seriously. The film is one of my all-time favorite movies already), Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, the geniuses behind it, were saying that their next film would be Hot Fuzz, a cop comedy. … Continue reading
Is there hope for fans of Arrested Development? Could another network pick up the beloved – and little seen – comedy? ABC and Showtime have been in talks with 20th Century Fox to get their hands on the show, which Fox has all but cancelled, leaving us with only 13 episodes this season. Arrested Development … Continue reading
Pierce Brosnan may be out of the 007 business, but that doesn’t mean he’s out of the spy world for good. The ex-Bond has signed on to star in The November Man, based on Bill Granger’s novel There Are No Spies, part of his November Man series. What’s it about? Variety says: “Coldly effective but … Continue reading
A title like Fed X is so evocative. To me it says, “FBI agent becomes angry black muslim, hilarity ensues.” To Hugh Jackman and his production company, Seed Production, it says “Lame play on the name of a well known delivery company.” 20th Century Fox has bought the Dario Scardapane spec script for Jackman to … Continue reading
A friend came back from Cannes, where he had seen Match Point, Woody Allen’s latest film. He told me it was one of the best films of the year, if just for the scene where Scarlett Johansson is walking in the rain in a white shirt. These two pictures, which I have been told are … Continue reading
King Kong rampages into theaters tonight, and we’re going to be bringing you the rest of our massive coverage the rest of this week. You’ve probably already read the Peter Jackson interview (click here if you haven’t, you naughty thing), today it’s time for the beauty that killed the beast, Naomi Watts. By the way, … Continue reading
Is Sam Raimi going to bring the most hated Spider-Man character ever to the big screen? Could he be adding Ben Reilly to Spider-Man 3? Maybe. You may recall Adrian Lester from Primary Colors, or maybe you know him from the UK show Hustle. Now he’s come on board the next Spidey story. Who is … Continue reading
Ursula K LeGuin was very unhappy with the SciFi Channel version of her first two books. Obviously everyone was unhappy with it because it was a SciFi Channel production, and the only thing they’ve gotten right so far is the new EarthseaBattlestar Galactica. But LeGuin was really upset that the network changed the races of … Continue reading
When I was offered the opportunity to talk to Judd Apatow on the phone I jumped at it. His TV show Freaks & Geeks (buy it here!) is one of my all-time favorite things – not just favorite TV show, but just anything at all. He followed that show – which was cancelled way too … Continue reading
When I was offered the opportunity to talk to Judd Apatow on the phone I jumped at it. His TV show Freaks & Geeks (buy it here!) is one of my all-time favorite things – not just favorite TV show, but just anything at all. He followed that show – which was cancelled way too … Continue reading