In its most ludicrous decision since the censoring of the one-sheet for Michael Winterbottom’s The Road to Guantanamo (exclusively unveiled by CHUD back in ’06), the MPAA has rejected the poster for Alex Gibney’s Oscar short-listed documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side, because its depiction of torture "is not suitable for all audiences". At issue … Continue reading →
I’ll never give up on Chow Yun-Fat, but I have completely given up hope that he’ll ever make a decent English language film. Actually, I remember kinda liking James Foley’s The Corruptor, but let’s not get into that now. Rather, let us slouch in collective dismay at the news that the one-time coolest man in … Continue reading →
Once upon a time, Stephen Sommers’s G.I.J.O.E. was threatening to go all A-list on us with the casting of George Clooney as Duke. Actually, that was never going to happen, but it’s fun to remember ridiculous casting rumors. Now that the production has lowered its sights, they’re finally making headway in filling out some of … Continue reading →
When Ain’t It Cool broke the story that Christian Bale was in Terminator 4, playing John Connor, one of my sources became confused. That couldn’t be true, I was told – John Connor is barely in the movie. Turns out that it’s true, and that yes, John Connor is barely in the movie. Over the … Continue reading →
Several years ago, Brad Pitt dropped out of Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, which prominently featured the mythic tree of life. Now, he’s dropped out of Kevin MacDonald’s State of Play to (maybe) star in Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life. I’m sure Aronofsky’s made his peace with Pitt’s abrupt departure (which almost killed his passion project … Continue reading →
This Rob Zombie rumor is vaguely more credible than the last one (*cough* CHUD) because he started it himself. Either that, or Zombie’s people have been angling for a couple extra Macy’s gift cards before Christmas and there’s been some hacking. Regardless, this appeared on Zombie’s MySpace blog this evening: A Werewolf Women question How … Continue reading →
The cynic in me wonders if this trailer for Nim’s Island was ready to go a couple of days ago, or if the editing staff has been working around the clock since Jodie Foster made news by quietly outing herself. The deeper cynic in me wonders if she actually did the outing to distract from … Continue reading →
Our sworn enemies over at IGN have scored a pair of Hellboy II exclusives, the first of which is viewable to your right. See that guy on the far left? That’s Johann Kraus, everyone’s favorite psychic glob of ectoplasm (he’ll be voiced by Thomas Kretschmann, best known as "Roscoe" in SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2)! And … Continue reading →
I don’t remember when I began writing for CHUD. It was six years ago or so; sadly most of our archives are – at the moment – inaccessible. I do know that when I began writing for the site I would send in news stories to Nick or Dave and they would write little intros … Continue reading →
Kevin MacDonald must be getting an ulcer. His follow-up to The Last King of Scotland, State of Play, has been anything but smooth sailing even before a frame of film is shot. The script got rewritten a number of times, going between writers all the way up to the strike. Then star Brad Pitt, unhappy … Continue reading →