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DECONFIRMED: SHIA IS NOT INDY JR?

Frosty from Collider dropped me an email saying that he had just come from an event for Surf’s Up, the latest fucking penguin movie, where Shia LaBeouf denied being in Indiana Jones IV. “It’s turned into this insane thing, and it’s fun to watch everybody talk about it, but I don’t have a deal or … Continue reading

THE ICEMAN KILLETH

I really wish Paul Bartel wasn’t dead. I have this thought often. These days it’s usually just one beard having empathy for another. But right now it’s because based on looks alone, Bartel would be perfect* to play Richard "The Ice Man" Kuklinski in a film likely to be directed by the Hughes Brothers. Los … Continue reading

SECRET RORSCHACH, HIDDEN WATCHMEN?

Udated at the bottom! Alert reader Tony Cigarette Burns sends this message: Devin,Thanks to the powers of YouTube, some extended trailer of 300 has made its way onto the net:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UapGEIMQtkwNow I know what you’re saying, who cares, right? Scroll to 1:52 into the trailer for this beauty: Well that’s certainly Rorschach from Watchmen, Zack Snyder’s … Continue reading

MAKING A BAD MOVIE FROM BAD ART

Writing for CHUD these last few years has made me less actively cynical – ‘You soulless corporate bastards!’ – and more passively cynical – ‘It’s a business, what do you expect?’ – but every now and again something so egregiously awful comes down the pike that I find myself getting the old dander up. Such … Continue reading

2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE TOY STORY 3

John Lasseter, the big man at Pixar, appeared at Disney’s shareholder meeting (held in New Orleans, I guess as a way to throw some bucks in the direction of what is incredibly still a disaster area) and announced, “We are finally in production on Toy Story 3.” He then gave a date for the release: … Continue reading

EDDIE MURPHY HAS A FANTASY

IESB is reporting that Jay Scherick and David Ronn, the poison pens behind Norbit, have been brought in to do a rewrite on a big screen version of old anthology show Fantasy Island, which will apparently star Eddie Murphy in a number of roles. My bet is that he’ll play just about every role – … Continue reading

NEXT IN NARNIA?

Shooting has started on the second Chronicles of Narnia movie, Prince Caspian, and already Disney and Walden Media are looking ahead to number three. That film, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, will not be directed by Andrew Adamson, the Shrek guy who has helmed the first two. So who will be taking over the reins? … Continue reading

STAR TREK WRITERS HIT THE RESET BUTTON

MTV.com got an exclusive with Star Trek XI co-screenwriters and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci where they spilled a very few beans (their most common reply to the interviewer seems to be “Really, who can say?”) – including one that feels pretty big to me: Star Trek XI is not a prequel but … Continue reading

SCARLETT FOR THE TRIFECTA

Following today’s theme of developing stories we first reported on a few weeks back, Woody Allen spoke to the Spanish press this week about his upcoming untitled romantic drama set there and he mentioned that he’d like to add to the already cast Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz with his favorite muse as of late, … Continue reading