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We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

STEEE-RIKE!

The specter of a strike in Hollywood has been hanging over the world like an impending Category 5 hurricane these last few months. Terror has taken up residence in the hearts of the people as they wonder whether Transformers 2 could possibly be made pre-strike, and if not, does that mean we won’t get to … Continue reading

DEXTER PLAYS A GAME

Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor love video games. Crank was essentially an adaptation of a video game that does not (yet) exist, and they’ll be doing a sequel to that. Their next project is even more specifically game-related: it’s actually called Game and it’s set in a near-future where a MMORPG called Slayers is hugely … Continue reading

THE SPIRIT PRESSES PAZ

Who the hell knows if Frank Miller’s adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit is going to be any good (actually, I might have an inkling if I ever get around to reading the script that’s been sitting on my living room table for the past week)? All that matters is this: Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, … Continue reading

KOECHNER AND RHAMES BLOW IT OUT

It’s beginning to sound like The Goods: The Don Ready Story, a Used Cars-ish romp being produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay for Paramount Vantage, is essentially a reworking of August Blowout, a long-dead script that was partially cannibalized for Anchorman. Fine by me. Though the current version of the script is credited to … Continue reading

CHECK OUT THE DRAWERS ON ASTRO BOY!

Imagi Animation Studios’ big screen rendition of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy couldn’t be more off my radar, but now that I’ve seen this splendid first image of the legendary character… I now know an Astro Boy movie is being made! And that Astro Boy will look like Astro Boy. And that there’s going to be … Continue reading

DELLAMORTE’S BO WRAP UP – 10/5/07

Name of this Film Gross (Weekend) Per Screen Gross (Lifetime Channel) 1 The Game Plan $16,262,000 (-29.1%) $5,237 $42,811,000 2 The Heartbreak Kid $14,031,000 $4,345 $14,031,000 3 The Kingdom $9,345,000 (-45.5%) $3,335 $31,368,000 4 Resident Evil: Extinction $4,300,000 (-46.5%) $1,509 $43,474,000 5 The Seeker: The Bile Is Rising $3,725,000 $1,185 $3,725,000 6 Good Luck Chuck … Continue reading

YOU’RE WITH APRIL, LEATHER

That headline’s only, what, two years past its expiration date? I’ve also got video of a tranquilized bear bouncing off a trampoline if you’re interested. Jeffrey Wells broke this story last Wednesday, but I held off filing a reaction on the off-chance he got some bad information. It’s not that I had any reason to … Continue reading

CONTROL: NOW AND THEN

I always appreciate when studios take the quiet road in their viral marketing, rather than coming up with some elaborate website/phone line/bomb hidden under a car scheme. YouTube user adin1978 is the former; seemingly a Weinstein Company employee, the person has posted a clip from I’m Not There, and now this neat little ad for … Continue reading