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LIZARDS TO BE SHATTERED HENCEFORTH

As this site’s lone Broken Lizard apologist [though are you an apologist if you’re right and they’re wrong?], I find it my duty to paint this news with a nice positive brush despite the fact that it seems to represent a departure for the group of lunatics behind the decent Puddle Cruiser, magnificent Super Troopers, … Continue reading

ESCOBAR TIMES THREE

The New York Times just published a good rundown of the whole Pablo Escobar biopic entanglement. For the new kids: Joe Carnahan and the team of Antoine Fuqua and Oliver Stone (with backing from the Yari Film Group and J2 Pictures, respectively) each want to make films about the late drug lord, and we’re all … Continue reading

I’M GOING TO HAVE TO WEB YOU PEOPLE

There’s still no telling whether Sam Raimi will return for his fourth Spider-Man movie, but if he does, I’ve a feeling he’ll be working from the franchise’s best screenplay yet. Judging from this year’s excellent Zodiac and his spot-on adaptation of Richard A. Clarke’s Against All Enemies (which Robert Redford is currently set to direct), … Continue reading

THE BLACK FREIGHTER SETS SAIL

From my exclusive interview with Zack Snyder at this summer’s Comic Con: You guys have not yet decided on the Black Freighter. I’ve decided on it! I want to do it. It’s just whether or not we get the money for it, and we’re working on it. You’d shoot it for the DVD? Yeah, that’s … Continue reading

MORGAN FREEMAN’S WORLD OF FANCY BULLETS

If ever a foreign filmmaker were destined to succeed in today’s Hollywood, it’s Timur Bekmambetov. His goofy, good-versus-evil light shows, Night Watch and Day Watch, were shameless major studio tryouts; they were calibrated to catch the eye of execs hungry for a stylist with zero qualms about selling out. Though Bekmambetov’s films may heavily mimic … Continue reading

CHARLIE WILSON’S SKIRMISHES

I’m beginning to think Universal is having some serious tone issues with Charlie Wilson’s War. A few weeks ago, we got our first look at Mike Nichols’s big December release about the titular Texas congressman’s vigorous efforts to fund the Mujahadeen’s jihad against the encroaching Soviet Union, and it looked… okay. Today, we get our … Continue reading