Here’s one more project to keep Ridley Scott away from the less and less likely Blood Meridian — he’s working with Fox 2000 to tell the story of the Gucci family and fashion dynasty. It’s a post-strike project to be written by Charles Randolph who, as the writer of The Life of David Gale, was … Continue reading
It’s just a Justice League Friday. First the (rather dubious) Batman casting news, and now Quint at AICN is reporting that he can corroborate an Australian magazine’s claim (and long-standing rumor) that Aussie model Megan Gale will be George Miller’s Wonder Woman. Was it this photo that sold him, with the subtle Mad Max aesthetic? … Continue reading
After thinking for a few minutes about George Miller’s potential Batman, I’m actually relieved to turn to new job as marketing assistant by proxy for the Ford Motor Company. See, there’s a new Knight Rider pilot in the works, and KITT 2008 has been revealed! Yeah, hooray. It’s a five trillion horsepower Shelby Mustang GTXV2000HKTVONTR … Continue reading
"But if George Miller is thinking Superman or Batman for the young Mr. Brody, then this project is fucked beyond belief." Sometimes, we don’t even know how wrong we can be. Quote above is what Jeremy had to say a month and a half ago about the casting of George Miller’s upcoming Justice League, and … Continue reading
Set me down at the end of the bar where no one but the saggy old woman tending can see us, put down a bottle and wait a couple hours, and I might tell you how much I actually, truly enjoy House of Wax. The remake. The one that was part of the nascent torture … Continue reading
I’m not the guy that thinks every discussion of The Dark Knight turns on an opinion about Batman Begins. Not so with Louis Leterrier’s upcoming The Incredible Hulk, which has an explicitly and rather shamelessly stated goal of wiping out the film Ang Lee released in 2003. Granted, I’m also not one to mount a … Continue reading
Back in June, Jeremy assumed that the script for Reposession Mambo was pretty alright; it had, after all, helped get Jude Law and Forest Whitaker on the line. But the film’s summer start date has come and gone, and now the project is staring down the barrel of 2009. Assuming it can see even an … Continue reading
Looking at this new US trailer for The Orphanage a second and third time, I’m happy to say that while there are at least half a dozen shots in there that give things away, no one is going to know what they are without having seen the film. (Except for you frame by framers. If … Continue reading
Way back at the turn of the century, Edward Stratemeyer decided to apply the Horatio Alger model of writing and publishing to children’s books. The result was one series after another of ghostwritten, unified young adult novel series that provided a model for children’s fiction that lived for years. Tom Slade, Nancy Drew, The Bobbsey … Continue reading
OK, that title is actually misleading since it’s obviously intended to suggest that the Weinstein Co. period drama Shanghai, starring a locked Gong Li and in talks John Cusack, is glossing off the non-success of Ang Lee’s recent wartime period flick. And for audiences it will seem that way, since Cusack would be an American … Continue reading