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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…

FANTASTIC FOUR 2 GOES NOVA

New casting for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer reveals some interesting new elements of the plot, and as far as I’m concerned completely gives away the ending of the film. I’ll put that discussion after the basic news item so anyone not familiar with the history of the Fantastic Four and Galactus in … Continue reading

HOT FUZZ: THE PREQUEL

When Hot Fuzz, the cop film from the fellas who brought us Spaced and Shaun of the Dead, hits theaters next year it won’t be director Edgar Wright’s first attempt at a British cop film – that would be Dead Right, from 1993, shot when he was just 18. There’s a minute long clip from … Continue reading

LIVE WRIGHT OR DIE HARD

When IESB.net sat down with Tom Rothman, head cheese of Fox, he told them that the next few weeks would bring an announcement as to who will be the main villain of Live Free or Die Hard, the movie that returns John McClane to the big screen. He promised that the casting was exciting, and … Continue reading

THE SCIENCE OF SLAUGHTER

The Bourne Ultimatum, the third film in the best modern spy series (fuck you if you disagree) is shooting now in Tangiers. You gotta love how these films go out there and get the local flavor, filming all over the world. It shows on screen in a way that faking it in Vancouver never could. … Continue reading

THE ADL THINKS YOU’RE STUPID

Last night I had CNN on in the background and my attention was grabbed by an ad for Kazakhstan. I stopped my reading and started paying attention – was this a new Borat commercial? I had a chance to see Borat at ComiCon and chose to drink instead, a decision I halfway regret now, especially … Continue reading

FLAME ON, PONCH

Despite all human wisdom to the contrary, there is an actual CHiPs movie in the works. As previously announced, the film will star walking tween starlet deflowerer Wilmer Valderrama as Ponch, the part originally essayed by Erik “You’re a homo.jpg” Estrada. The big question looming over the mental defectives who are actually interested in this … Continue reading

WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPLAY A GAME?

The sequel to WarGames is getting momentum, with a director now being added to the mix: noted auteur Stuart Gillard will be helming the (I think) DTV sequel, hot off work like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and the TV show Charmed. I don’t fully understand why this is a sequel and not just a … Continue reading

TOM ROTHMAN: HERALD OF GALACTUS

The title of the Fantastic Four sequel (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) pretty much tells you who the newest character in the mythos is, but while we’ve been hearing about who will play the Surfer in motion capture (Doug Jones) and thoughts about who will be voicing him (they haven’t decided yet, but … Continue reading