On Monday, I had the honor of passing along the news that (A) Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has sights set on a G.I. Joe flick and that (B) he wouldn’t mind having Mark Wahlberg on board. Today, Latino Review ran an exclusive interview with the producer in which he spilled a few more Joe-y … Continue reading
Making Manga into live action films has always been a dubious concept to me. The fantasy worlds of martial artists, giant robots, school love, and everything else in between just don’t seem to work as well when you don’t have the benefit of creating motion lines behind rigid stances to convey action. And no, I’m … Continue reading
One of the scenes you’ll probably never see in the CHUD.com movie involved a couple of minor characters hunting for the autographs of famous — and not-so famous — monsters. The next best thing might be Nick Redfern’s novel Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monster, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil … Continue reading
I only have a passing familiarity with the Robosapien toy. It’s some sort of plastic robot that is preprogrammed to mimic certain human functions and respond to commands from a remote. And by virtue of it being comparatively cheap against 4-figure toys like Sony’s now-defunct AIBO robot dog, this thing has fulfilled the dreams of … Continue reading
After Ole’ Nunz’ impassioned rant against the upcoming CG/live action hybrid Alvin & The Chipmunks movie a few weeks back, I chuckled and then promptly readied myself to repress all memory about this latest mistake from Tim Hill, esteemed director the second Garfield movie. But I knew that one crucial piece was missing from this … Continue reading
Just five weeks before the remake of Bunny Lake Is Missing starts shooting, Reese Witherspoon has dropped out. The film, which is being directed by CHUDdy Buddy Joe Carnahan, is now without its star… and one of its producers, a role Witherspoon was also filling. This development puts everyone in a bad place. Five weeks … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, Aint It Cool News broke the story that Shia LaBeouf would be appearing in Indiana Jones IV as Indy’s son. We quickly corroborated that story, and it hit the web in a big way. But of course Variety likes to pretend that only they generate news (like… Zyzzyx Road, perhaps), … Continue reading
Gentle giant Alex Riviello at our si(ni)ster site, Creature Corner, has scored the scoop of the millennium. At least it is to me – Alex has uncovered the fact that there is a Street Trash 2 in the planning. And even bigger than that, original director Jimmy Muro is coming back to make it. First … Continue reading
Thirty seconds after I wrote an oblique Tom Waits joke into an article about The Return, I hit on another news item that actually features the guy. Expect a lot more Waits jokes in the future if they’ll always conjure up new film appearances by my favorite voice. Waits is among the cast members of … Continue reading
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the end of Marvel Civil War and issue 25 of Captain America. Steve Rogers is dead. If you’re not a comic book reader, you probably know him better as Captain America, the World War II super soldier who was frozen and thawed out in the modern world. Recently things … Continue reading