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AQUEOUS ABE

Here’s the second character poster for Hellboy II: The Golden Army, coming to theaters next year. Universal will be debuting more in the coming days, including Big Red himself tomorrow and new character Johann sometime in December.Abe Sapien gets a much bigger role in this sequel, and even has a love story of his own. … Continue reading

WAYANS GO HOME

The Wayans Brothers are like the HPV of the movie world – they are with you for life, they come and go and tend to be more unsightly than dangerous. Now that HPV is having a new outbreak, and it could be the ugliest one yet: Shawn Wayans tells moviepicturefilm.com* that he and his siblings … Continue reading

MALCOLM LEE GETS SOUL

When Soul Men was announced back in September, I couldn’t get too excited on account of the screenplay by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone (who brought you Intolerable Cruelty, Life and the spellbinding Man of the House). Though the casting of Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac as feuding soul singers who reunite to honor … Continue reading

CROWE WILL PLAY

Universal’s State of Play nightmare may have finally come to an end. The film, which lost Brad Pitt last week and needed to find a star ASAP to start filming by pretty much NOW, has roped in Russell Crowe. Director Kevin Macdonald flew to Australia over the weekend to cajole the actor into appearing in … Continue reading

SAMUEL L. JACKSON’S NANNY DIARIES

Looking to capitalize on the enduring cult popularity of Mr. Nanny and the recent box office windfall generated by The Nanny Diaries, Samuel L. Jackson has agreed to star as a brat minder in The Man That Rocks the Cradle for New Line. I’m currently hitting up sources to clarify that this is not, in … Continue reading

LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

Zac Efron. Mr. Heartthrob. Mr. High School Musical. Mr. "Bet On It". Disney-preened and polished to a sheen impervious to even the most fiery darts of teen scandal: apparently, the kid’s girlfriend showed up all naked and exposed by way of leaked camera phone(?) stills, and if he didn’t do it, who did!? It’s the … Continue reading

HELLBOY II STARTS A-TEASIN’

We’re still an agonizing eight months away from the theatrical release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, but the kind and gentle folk at Universal Pictures have decided to give you an early look at some of your favorite characters from the first film. And they’ve kicked things off with the lovely Selma Blair as … Continue reading

G.I. JOE SCREENWRITER TRIES TO SAVE THE WORLD

I doubt Stuart Beattie enjoys being referred to as "G.I. Joe Screenwriter", but for the amount of coin he’s pulling down to re-imagine the toy line as a "Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity", Mr. Seven Figures can take a little ribbing. Like many screenwriters who fatten their bank accounts on studio junk, Beattie is apparently … Continue reading