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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…

GOOD ROCK OR BAD ROCK?

Buried in our archives is a story I wrote in 2003, when I was but a young journalistic tyke, breaking the scoop that The Rock was being considered to star in a movie version of the DC Comic Shazam! (the character is Captain Marvel, Shazam is his catchphrase). That archived story is not available through … Continue reading

MCNULTY GOES BAD

I saw 300 before watching The Wire, so it took me a little while to clear the evil Dominic West out of my head and come to love him as McNulty, the fucked up Baltimore cop who is trying to make a difference. Come to love him I did, and now watching West be villainous … Continue reading

RAIDERS OF THE INDY IV SPOILERS

A couple of months ago, when we were breaking story details about Indiana Jones IV (then called Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods, a title I still think is better than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), there was a meeting of the production crew. ‘Who’s leaking info to CHUD.com?’ … Continue reading

HILARY SWANK FILM TO MINT MONEY

I don’t know how Hilary Swank got hooked up with Richard LaGravenese, but if she’s serious about having a lucrative career beyond those two Best Actress wins, she couldn’t have picked a better collaborator. The writer of The Bridges of Madison County, The Horse Whisperer, The Mirror Has Two Faces and Living Out Loud is … Continue reading

BIEL TO HOGTIE BAD GUYS?

Those open casting sessions for George Miller’s Justice League film sure are turning up some fresh faces. The first to get some public non-announcement (WB: We’ll announce the whole cast when it’s bloody ready, you Watchmen deflaters!) is the top-running actress to fill Wonder Woman’s wristbands, boots and corset: Jessica Biel, currently ‘in talks’ to … Continue reading

BEFORE THIS POSTER KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD

By and large I don’t like linking to images on IGN, not because the people over there aren’t cool (they definitely are) but because the company splashes that ugly logo on everything. Branding an image makes sense when you’re Getty Images, but not when you’re a website running someone else’s material for purposes of promotion. … Continue reading

SET VISIT: FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

Jason Segel is late for lunch, but that’s his problem. I’m on a mission. I’ve got to find out where Judd Apatow’s Lakers seats are. And Segel – the writer and star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the set I’m ostensibly "visiting" – can either cough up the info, or eat a cold veggie burger. "They … Continue reading