Today I got a new pair of underwear, and they have “Balls of Fury” emblazoned on the front. I can’t tell you how long I have been waiting to get underwear as swag – if I could just get a pair of socks I would have a whole outfit (Jackass Converse are on their way … Continue reading
When it was announced that Angelina Jolie was playing Mariane Pearl, wife of the tragically beheaded reporter Daniel Pearl, in Michael Winterbottom’s next movie A Mighty Heart (based on Mariane Pearl’s book of the same name), it did seem a touch odd – Mariane Pearl is of Cuban and Dutch ancestry, and quite obviously what … Continue reading
Aint It Cool ran a piece forever ago claiming that Terrence Howard had landed the role of James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes, Tony Stark’s Afro-American buddy in the world of Iron Man. Now it’s official – Oscar nominee Howard is on board Jon Favreau’s take on Marvel’s Armored Avenger. Despite the flippant attitude of this article’s title, … Continue reading
In season two of Entourage Vin was cast in the lead role of an Aquaman movie, a concept that was hilarious on its very face – Aquaman is the silliest superhero of all. And then he appeared on Smallville and got himself a pilot on the WB. The show wasn’t picked up, but man was … Continue reading
When Inland Empire showed at the New York Film Festival on Friday, someone asked David Lynch if he had a distributor for the movie. “Technically… no,” he said, being as cryptic as his film. It turns out that Lynch will self-distribute the digital video film. The director acquired the North American rights from financier Studio … Continue reading
The LA Times is reporting that Evan Almighty, the Noah and the Ark-inspired sequel to the “What if Jim Carrey was God” existential nightmare of Bruce Almighty, is running a little over budget. By about 40 million dollars. And when all the marketing costs are factored in, it could end up being the most expensive … Continue reading
The New Line movie The Nativity Story just got a little meta – the same week the theatrical trailer hit, actress Keisha Castle-Hughes announced that she, like Mary, had been knocked up quite young. As in, she’s 16. I don’t even want to speculate what this means for the young actress’ seemingly up and coming … Continue reading
Ace reporter Ed Douglas from Coming Soon sat down with Ridley Scott this weekend to talk about his upcoming film A Good Year, in which the only things Russell Crowe kills are a couple of bottles of wine. Talk drifted to what Scott’s next project might be after American Gangster, the film Scott is currently … Continue reading
I’m giving Sylvester Stallone a lot of the benefit of the doubt when it comes to Rocky Balboa, aka Rocky VI. I’m less inclined to give him much benefit but much more inclined to doubt when it comes to the new Rambo film, subtitled In the Serpent’s Eye. Jesus, might as well call it Straight … Continue reading
Note from Devin: Please welcome one of my favorite people, currently going by the name of perculator66, to the CHUD main page. He’s smart as hell and twice as funny, and he happened to find himself on the set of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, a film which – as he notes – recently made some … Continue reading