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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…

BEOWATCH

I’ve been keeping tabs on Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf for some time, mostly because I love the amazing lineage of the story and the fact that no one has truly nailed it. Of course, when I found out it would be some odd hybrid of The Polar Express, Fire and Ice, and my night terrors I … Continue reading

THE CHUD KILL LIST #75

Doing this the right way, counting back as it was back in the day. One a day. Discuss it right here. Previous deaths: 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76. Enjoy!* # 75 – Speed The proposed … Continue reading

GRUNBERG IS MONSTROUS

Hey, there’s actual NEWS about 1-18-08 (or Monstrous or whatever it’s being called) that isn’t some kind of viral campaign or secret website puzzle or some other OCD sorta shit: Greg Grunberg is going to appear in the movie. You may remember Greg as Useless Psychic Cop on Heroes, but he’s also in just about … Continue reading

THE PHANTOM BARBER OF HARBOR DRIVE

When Entertainment Weekly reported earlier this week that Dreamworks/Paramount was planning to preview Tim Burton’s big screen rendition of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, it seemed wrong. Geek god Burton attending (to the best of my knowledge) his first Comic Con with footage from one of the year’s most anticipated … Continue reading

GRENDEL IN LOVE

What the hell is it going to take to get you geeks worked up over Robert Zemeckis’s performance capture rendering of the anonymously penned epic poem Beowulf? It’s the foundation of everything y’all hold dear. The Lord of the Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, Mazes and Monsters… none of it would exist without this watershed work … Continue reading

SPOCK WANTS TO EAT YOUR BRAIN

Back at the beginning of the month, our own Jeremy Smith told you that Zachary Quinto was in talks to play Spock in Kirk & Spock: The Early Years, and now it’s looking more and more confirmed. According to E! Online, Quinto’s contract is in the final stages of lawyering and shit, which means the … Continue reading

SOUTHLAND TALES GETS DATED

Just yesterday in part four of his epic consideration of 2007’s release slate, Jeremy wondered aloud whether we’d see Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko follow-up this year. Turns out we will, on November 9. According to Variety, Samuel Goldwyn is releasing the picture in conjunction with Destination Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group. That’s a … Continue reading