Greg Rucka is great. His comic book work, primarily the Queen and Country series, is oftentimes better than the love of a grandmother and his work as a novelist ain’t too shabby either. As a downside, he is friends with Thor’s Comic Column scribe Sean Fahey, and we all know what kind of chore that … Continue reading
There are not many A-list superheroes waiting in the wings to be adapted into movies, so attention has turned to the B and C-list, with varying degrees of success. Ghost Rider recently proved that a superhero movie doesn’t need to have brand recognition to succeed. Or a good script, acting or action scenes, for that … Continue reading
It’s been a quiet couple of years for Fernando Meirelles, who came out of the gate strong with City of God and followed up nice with The Constant Gardener. Now the Brazialian director has a third picture lined up: an adaptation of the novel Blindness by Jose Saramago. (Buy the book from CHUD!) (OK, maybe … Continue reading
Don Cheadle is an amazingly busy man. In addition to working on the book ‘Not On Our Watch’, which arose from his time in Africa working on Hotel Rwanda, his own Crescendo Productions has five pictures in the pipline, starting with Cheadle’s (new) directorial debut: a biography of legendary trumpeter Miles Davis. The Davis biopic … Continue reading
So Terminator 3 was kind of a ho-hum experience. The explodey chase-fest had action and peril, but was just missing soul. U-571 was a round of old fashioned submarine paint by numbers but still delivered a satisfyingly good time. Yeah, I’m segueing into likeable Jonatan Mostow, the guy with only two major releases this decade … Continue reading
After 9/11, there was a bit of a question with how Hollywood was going to deal with the subject and the larger subject of terrorism and how to portray it on film. But while that’s a fertile ground for a lot of different stories, I’m looking forward to more films where it’s part of the … Continue reading
Pitches for movies often boil down to either a combination of two notable films or simply referencing a notable film but with a new setting. In a more obvious example of the latter, today brings news of a new western that’s a spin on a very old concept. The Uncatchable Cowgirl Bandits of Nottingham, Texas … Continue reading
The career of Victor Salva has continued to take unprecedented turns. The director came back from what seemed like assured career annihilation after he pled guilty to having oral sex with a 12 year old boy – and taping it! I have a feeling you’d have a tough time getting your job at TGI Fridays … Continue reading
Here’s another one for the alternate universe casting of Watchmen – Ron Perlman tells Daniel Robert Epstein, usually of Suicide Girls but this time at Newsarama, that he was once in consideration to play the Comedian in the adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ comic book classic. See, Lloyd Levin and Larry Gordon, the … Continue reading
A little earlier this month, I brought you news of a new Halle Berry picture based on the real life incident in Tulia, Texas where half the town’s black male population was convicted and imprisoned in an absurdly shaky drug bust devoid of any physical evidence whatsoever and based solely on the word of one … Continue reading