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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…

FLANDERS FEELS

Come July 20th, if you don’t get enough of The Simpsons on a steady diet of weekly escapades and ever-present syndicated reruns, hopefully you can fill up on 90 minutes of a beefy The Simpsons Movie. In the mean time, take a Simpson family tour with six character posters that look like they could easily … Continue reading

ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES AN IRON MAN

Beyonce changed costumes four times at this year’s Grammy Awards, which means she changed her clothes more times in a night than I do in some weeks. And according to Freeze Dried Movies Tony Stark is giving her a run for the money in Iron Man, changing costumes at least three times. We’ve seen the … Continue reading

RAIDERS OF THE (KIND OF) LOST ARK

The Dark Horse comics anthology series Dark Horse Presents, was the launching point for quite a few properties that finally made it into filmdom. Both Hellboy and Sin City cut their teeth in the black and white anthology, while other notable comic titles like Concrete gained their popularity in its pages. The format ended in … Continue reading

GRIZZLY PARK VIDEO #5

This week will see a series of mini-featurettes about Grizzly Park, my maiden voyage into producing a feature. Directed by the enigmatic Tom Skull [I don’t know his legal name], it’s a nice cocktail of horror and comedy that we’ll hopefully be seeing in theaters later this year. Here’s the fifth video, Glenn Morshower:

CILLIAN THE OBSCENE HIPPIE

Bridget Jones’ diary seems to have some smutty parts: Beeban Kidron, the director of Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason, is taking on a famous British obscenity case, and she has a passel of stars to do it with her. Cillian Murphy will star in Hippie Hippie Shake as Richard Neville, an Australian who brought his … Continue reading

CLOONEY’S BRINGING ‘EM BACK

I know lots of Chewers share screenwriting aspirations, and we’ve enjoyed a lot of success tales lately from the likes of Dave Davis and Jeremy Slater. But for the rest of you undiscovered masses out there, here’s a super secret tip for getting your work sold: Stop writing screenplays and start freelancing for fancy mags … Continue reading

IS JESSE JAMES THE PITTS?

“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is one of my most anticipated films this year.” I wrote that almost exactly 12 months ago. Oops! The western, starring Brad Pitt as the outlaw Jesse James and written and directed by Andrew Dominik, started shooting in late summer 2005, and it just now … Continue reading