This sounds about right. The reinvented Bond franchise doesn’t need a heavy hand behind the camera, and while Marc Forster hasn’t been shy about enforcing David Fincher’s style on his movies, he can also dial it down (e.g. Finding Neverland, which was so dialed down I made like Little Nemo at the WGA screening room). … Continue reading
Still got your panties in a wad about the end of the Sopranos? Get over it. Maybe you can click here and let Hilary Clinton shock you out of any post-finale trauma. (Seriously, her video is hilariously dumb.) James Gandolfini certainly isn’t going to help you. He’s going back to HBO in the fall, but … Continue reading
Looks like Fox’s lack of invention has finally bled over into their usually creative marketing department. Had to happen sooner or later. That’s Christopher Eccleston doing his best Viggo Mortensen on the horse, btw. Susan Cooper’s Dark is Rising series was one of several kiddie-skewing fantasy series I tore through between grade school and junior … Continue reading
I look at Walt Becker and think: there’s a guy I’d hire for a Gillette commercial. I expect seven-bladed razors to fly at his face any second now, swirling around in a CGI orgy of shaving cream and impeccably cut whiskers. Guy’s face is rugged enough to use as a location for Marines recruitment commercials.But … Continue reading
I’ve already said/admitted to many things on this site that would greatly endanger my membership in the black race. Here’s another: I don’t and have never watched Girlfriends. In fact, you probably haven’t either, but here’s the deal. It is currently the longest running live-action sitcom on the air. A quiet giant, if you will. … Continue reading
In an unsourced article, Coming Soon is claiming that Tim Burton has dropped off of the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not movie he was to direct with Jim Carrey playing a young and adventuring version of the purveyor of popular trivia and curiosities. According to the site Paramount is currently searching for a new director. … Continue reading
Since we’re all about fanboy wishes this morn, here’s another one we’ll briefly indulge. It wasn’t so long ago that fanboy casting for a Watchmen film ran rampant and in completely different directions than the most recent rumblings of Jackie Earle Haley, Jason Patric, and Patric Patrick Wilson. Wilson seems almost a lock for the … Continue reading
Recent talk from Brad Bird this weekend has produced some Oh Don Piano vibes manifesting in the form of rumors of a sequel to The Incredibles. Specifically, Bird was quoted during press for Ratatouille regarding that film “I love the world. I love the characters, and if I could come with a story that was … Continue reading
If I were Guy Ritchie, I’d want to be Matthew Vaughn right now. It’s not enough that the Brit filmmaker’s longtime producer has gone on to out-direct and out-marry him (Layer Cake and Claudia Schiffer respectively); now, Vaughn’s MARV Films has just struck a three-year first-look deal with Sony Pictures that could allow him to … Continue reading
What’s with all the non-Judd Apatow comedies being announced tonight? I didn’t know you were allowed to make a comedy in Hollywood without winning the kingpin’s approval. Thankfully, this one sounds much, much better than Man-Witch. Truth be told, I think it sounds downright hilarious. Written by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Freaks and … Continue reading