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G.I. JOE WON’T BE GOING TO IRAQ

Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura has a busy summer ahead of him – he’s opening 1408, Transformers and Stardust in the coming months. He also has a plate (and a half) full of other projects in development, and one of them, a movie version of G.I. Joe, got resurrected this past week. This afternoon I was … Continue reading

TEA TO GHOST TOWN

Any Tea Leoni fans in the house? News for you: the steady drip that’s been Leoni’s output since ’91 will remain remarkably consistent. The wife of Mulder has been cast with Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear in prolific writer and Spielberg go-to-guy David Koepp’s upcoming directorial effort, Ghost Town. Ghost Town (as described here in … Continue reading

BROKEN LIZARD’S GETTING SOME TAIL

Despite their recent verbal commitment to the project, there’s still not much concrete news on Broken Lizard’s Super Troopers 2. And with that lack of movement, we’re looking at a wide open horizon for the boys where any number of projects they’ve talked about in the past could fill the void. Now they have to … Continue reading

300 DAYS OF NIGHT?

Every time I look at the teaser poster for 30 Days of Night, I see 300. It’s the red, and the splatters, and the font. Oh, and the pose. The ‘based on the graphic novel’ tag has nothing to do with it, though. 30 Days of Night is indeed based on the graphic novel of … Continue reading

ZACK SNYDER TAKES THE FIFTH

MTV News asked Zack Snyder about the Watchmen casting rumors that recently popped up on Aint It Cool News: will Patrick Wilson play Nite Owl, Keanu Reeves play Dr. Manhattan and Jude Law play Ozymandias? Snyder’s cagey. "Um — you know what? I would say ‘No,’ but then you’d call me later and go like, … Continue reading

PREACHING TO PAY TELEVISION

Last night I snarked a little bit about Scott Collura’s encounter with Mark Steven Johnson published in IGN, which ended with a tease about forthcoming Preacher news. Scott took it well, and has already emailed with a link to the Preacher article. (Which had actually been published when I wrote the article last night — … Continue reading

I AM A TRAILER

I’m one of the few people, I think, that genuinely likes The Last Man On Earth, the 1964 film version of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend shot in Italy and starring Vincent Price. Sure, The Omega Man is fun to watch with a group, but the first act of Last Man is a good depiction … Continue reading

THE GHOST COULD RIDE AGAIN

There’s no place to be a journalist, especially a freelance one, like New York City. The sheer number of ‘press events’ held to promote everything from movies to DVDs to flat screen TVs, phones and video games is staggering. And they’ve all got free food and alcohol. Seriously, it’s like going to ‘brunch’ by hitting … Continue reading

STEVE MINER: STILL EMPLOYABLE

What’s your favorite Steve Miner movie? Is it Friday the 13th Part II or Part III? House or Warlock? Lake Placid or Texas Rangers? All joking aside (my apologies if you’re actually pondering the above query), Miner did direct one minor classic: the first season Christmas episode of The Wonder Years in which Jason Hervey … Continue reading