Yesterday the news about Marvel making its own movies, with marketing and distribution from Paramount, was announced. One of the ten film projects mentioned was Ant-Man. Much derision ensued across the internet. Meanwhile, in an Aint It Cool talkback, Moriarty said that he knew who was in talks to direct the film, and that fandom … Continue reading
Weird news is percolating, and the gist of it is that Elijah Wood will be playing Iggy Pop in a biopic about the one-time front man of The Stooges. As Quint from Ain’t It Cool points out, this isn’t exactly that shocking from Elijah, who has been carefully trying to not get trapped in his … Continue reading
The third season of Arrested Development is shaping up nicely. By that I mean it’s coming back to TV, which is much more than I ever expected. Now there’s an announcement that a beloved cast member is leaving – but his replacement is pretty amazing. Henry Winkler, who played family lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn, is leaving … Continue reading
Welcome to the latest lettercol from yours truly. This one’s going to be a little short, but I think it’s all about quality over quantity, honestly. This past week has been weird for me. I tend to get really focused on stuff, and I have been very focused the past week on Hurricane Katrina and … Continue reading
You know what it’s like to be a pariah? Not until you’re the guy who gives A Lot Like Love a good review you don’t. Our DVD reviewer disagrees with me (check out what he has to say here), but I thought this Ashton Kutcher starrer was a harmless and occasionally very charming romcom, and … Continue reading
If you thought that Brett Ratner taking a swing at the franchise was about as low as the Hannibal Lector films would go, you were wrong! There’s yet another Hannibal film in development, and in an act of seriously extraordinary whorism, it’s being based on a new book by Thomas Harris, who apparently cranks these … Continue reading
Sometimes you’ll hear about someone in this industry we call The Industry taking a less than personal or creative job so they can do other – and presumably better – things. Roger Avary is doing that quite literally. It seems that the money he has made from writing the script for Bob Zemeckis’ high tech … Continue reading
Back when Jimbo Cameron was emotionally abusing his way through the filming of Titanic, Variety ran a daily front-page Titanic Watch. That may have been the most famous troubled production in decades (and the most profitable since Gone With the Wind), but it wasn’t alone. And to this day movies find themselves getting deeper and … Continue reading
The international poster for Joss Whedon’s Serenity is here, and I can say for sure that it does not suck as badly as the domestic one. It does, however, really suck. The thing here is that the suck bar has been set quite high by the domestic poster, which looks more like some kind of … Continue reading
The next phase in movies based on Marvel Comics is about to begin. And it might just be a completely mediocre phase. There has been a lot of talk about Marvel and Paramount Pictures getting into bed together, and by the time you’re reading this over your morning coffee, it will be official. The studio … Continue reading