When I talked to Frank Darabont a couple of weeks back about The Green Mile special edition DVD, he mentioned that they were starting casting on The Mist. At the time there was a name that had already come up: part time Punisher Thomas Jane. Recently UGO talked to Jane about The Director’s Cut With … Continue reading →
Every week there seems to be new Hot Fuzz promo material in my email inbox, and each week I get a little more excited about the film… which is still like three months away. But how can I not get psyched when three new posters come out, which include the likes of the image above? … Continue reading →
Tis the season to be holy. Everybody is getting in on Christianity! It’s the hot new fad in movie land, and even if The Nativity Story was aborted by the wire coat hanger of complete disinterest, Hollywood thinks there’s gold to be mined in them thar Jesus Freaks. Fox has already started their new Fox … Continue reading →
I generally feel that television shows based on movies are pretty much a bad idea. I can’t think of any, really, that have been successful (Note from Nick: Aside from M*A*S*H, Buffy, and The Accused). But every once in awhile, we do get a little gem that proves me wrong. That being said, I don’t … Continue reading →
In the last few years Spike Lee has made a heartbreaking documentary, a crowd-pleasing heist film, a terrible comedy no one bothered with and a great, gritty New York City film. It’s been so long since he’s made a controversial movie that he might actually be considered a safe director now. His next film could … Continue reading →
The other day we announced that Joe Carnahan, director of Narc and next month’s Smokin’ Aces, would be answering your questions on his blog, smokinjoecarnahan.com. The response was terrific; we got a ton of great questions, which Joe has been answering at a damn quick clip. This is the second installment, and there are more … Continue reading →
We all suspected as much, but now it’s official: JJ Abrams will be captaining the Starship Enterprise on its next adventure in space. The guy behind Alias, Mission: Impossible III and, to some extent, Lost, was long involved as a producer on the newest installment of the Star Trek franchise, but directing wasn’t confirmed until … Continue reading →
The National Board of Review – the fairly strange and often secretive group of non-critics who give out the awards season’s first honors – has name Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima as the best picture of the year, certainly making Warner Bros glad they moved the thing up from 2007. It also gives the … Continue reading →
Steven Spielberg’s spent the last couple of years attaching himself to projects and then walking away. When he’s at his best, he can be attached to as many as 46 different films in any given week. One that he keeps coming back to, though, is a biopic about Abraham Lincoln, which would star Liam Neeson … Continue reading →