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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…

ROGUE SQUAD LEADER

Universal’s genre subsection Rogue Pictures is really getting into comics – they’ve already got the horror book Hack/Slash in feature development thanks to producers Daniel Alter and Adrian Askariah, and those same guys have now brought them Devil’s Due’s WWII action title Lost Squad. I haven’t read the series yet since I’m a “trade waiter” … Continue reading

DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE IN GANGSTER

Having reanimated the long-troubled 70s street thriller American Gangster and reunited with his Gladiator cohort Russell Crowe, director Ridley Scott is now amassing an abundance of additional actors. Desperately in search of cred, Scott has gathered raptors Common, TI and The RZA, who’ll have to retcon some rhymes to fit the pre-Sugarhill Gang era in … Continue reading

GOIN’ POLISH #3

Polish movie posters are the best thing since the Earth was built by aliens and left cooking in the sun long enough so people thought they were civilized and followed the rules of a God. Let’s just say this… if there is a God, chances are good that he made his daily wage designing polish … Continue reading

SOUTH PARK BOYS GET LIVE

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are coming back to live action films for the first time in years. They have two new movies lined up, one of which sounds like it’s got a real shot at being a classic. The first of the two is My All-American, a high school comedy, which should be interesting … Continue reading

CHOKE ON ‘EM!

Good CHUD friend and all around yellow peril Mike Kim sent me a link to a French website that seems to have among the first pictures from the Day of the Dead remake, including a shot of Ving Rhames in his Rhodes outfit. This bugs me on a couple of levels. First of all, Ving … Continue reading

ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A VIKING

I guess Karl Urban has made his peace with being the only actor in modern memory being typecast in Viking roles. His “break out” performance was in the Lord of the Rings movies, where he played essentially a Viking on horseback, and his next film to be released will have him starring in Dances With … Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Talladega Nights $14,100,000 $114,600,000 3 2 Snakes on a Plane $13,800,000 $15,200,000 1 3 World Trade Center $10,800,000 $45,000,000 2 4 Accepted $10,100,000 $10,100,000 1 5 Step Up $9,800,000 $39,400,000 2 6 Barnyard $7,400,000 $45,900,000 3 7 Little Miss Sunshine $5,600,000 $12,700,000 4 8 Pirates of the … Continue reading

SNAKES ON A BLAME

Here’s the spin you’re going to be reading about Snakes on a Plane’s underperforming opening weekend: internet buzz doesn’t equal box office. It’s the easy answer to draw from the situation, because the film’s “cult” started on the web a couple of years ago, and that fanbase was an important part of New Line’s marketing … Continue reading

GOIN’ POLISH #2

Polish movie posters are the best thing since the Earth was built by aliens and left cooking in the sun long enough so people thought they were civilized and followed the rules of a God. Let’s just say this… if there is a God, chances are good that he made his daily wage designing polish … Continue reading