Yesterday I did the press day for Dukes of Hazzard (an utterly dismal film, by the way), and Seann William Scott came into the room with his head shaved for his role in Richard Kelly’s next film, Southland Tales. I never had a chance to ask him about it, though, as Scott launched into a … Continue reading
Dave Davis reported to you a few days back that Mel Gibson is directing a new film, called Apocalypto. You can read Davis’ article here, where he tells us that the film is to be written by Gibson, it’s a historical action piece, and it revolves around an ancient civilization. And where you can see … Continue reading
I saw Stealth last night. It looks like Boston’s favorite son, Dave Davis, will be reviewing it for CHUD.com, so let me just give you my quick impressions: dumb, dumb, dumb but fun. Sure, the attempts to shoehorn some commentary are out of place, and hey, not a whole lot of it makes sense. And … Continue reading
Are huge robot movies this week’s flavor in Hollywood? The Transformers movie may be hitting rumor potholes (though I have little doubt the movie will get made), but other creative/greedy types are looking at options while the mechanics get Optimus Prime roadworthy. Longtime producer Mark Gordon (Speed, Saving Private Ryan) is piecing together the giant mechanical … Continue reading
Did you read my exclusive interview with Jon Favreau from San Diego Comic Con? Not only did he reveal that he reads CHUD.com (as all rightminded citizens should), he also talked about how important practical effects were to him when making his new film, Zathura. Now there’s a trailer for the family sci-fi adventure, and … Continue reading
Richard Clarke, the counter-terrorism expert who blew the whistle on how the White House willfully ignored pre-9/11 threats and that the Bush Administration was ready to invade Iraq no matter what the evidence against Hussein was, is writing a novel. And in the way of such things, the novel has been optioned. Called The Scorpion Gate, … Continue reading
The new Steven Spielberg film, one of my most anticipated movies of the year (and how insane is it that the guy is filming a movie in July that will be out this year?) now has a title. It had been going under a variety of names, including Vengeance, which was pretty generic, but it … Continue reading
Mayhem master/bird wrangler John Woo has been working for almost a year (when he doesn’t get distracted with videogames and remakes of French New Wave cinema) putting together his historical film The Battle of Red Cliff, and he’s finally starting to gather humans to fill the ranks. We’d heard last year that the great Chow … Continue reading
Second-hand smoke really does kill. At least when it has hook-handed specters contained within. In the remake of John Carpenter’s 1980 weather-horror flick The Fog, an angry cloud of billowing mist descends upon a small California island community and attacks good-looking people like Tom Welling (Smallville), Maggie Grace (Lost) and Selma Blair (Hellboy). This mysterious … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $28,300,000 $114,100,000 2 2 Wedding Crashers $26,200,000 $80,900,000 2 3 Fantastic Four $12,200,000 $122,500,000 3 4 The Island $12,100,000 $12,100,000 1 5 Bad News Bears $11,500,000 $11,500,000 1 6 War of the Worlds $8,800,000 $208,300,000 4 7 Hustle and Flow $8,100,000 $8,100,000 … Continue reading