Peter Berg was previously slotted to helm the movie adaptation of the megapopular Splinter Cell videogame series, but now he’s apparently looking elsewhere for his espionage fix. And he found it in a stack of comics. Runny sauce man Berg is planning to write and direct The Losers, based on the DC/Vertigo book that CHUD’s … Continue reading
It’s like a big ol’ reunion on the quirky indie drama The Astronaut Farmer. The movie has Billy Bob Thornton as a peculiar small-town guy whose dreams of traveling into space compel him to build his own spaceship, which draws the attention of neighbors, the media and the government. And a bunch of other actors. … Continue reading
I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine When I awoke and looked at my schedule this morning, it was almost like I wasn’t even at a festival. This was the lightest day yet, which was incredibly relaxing. Somehow I … Continue reading
Our man Jakob once again hooked us up with what appears to be the first exclusive image from Uwe Boll’s almost inevitable celluloid disaster, Dungeon Siege. So what can possibly be said about this? Honestly, my mind’s a blank. You’ve got John Rhys-Davies in the background praying for Peter Jackson to come in and swoop … Continue reading
By now, everyone should know that I’m a pretty big advocate of clay, especially of the animated variety. I’ve gone on in the past about Wallace & Gromit, both the upcoming feature length endeavor The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as well as creator Nick Park’s original three shorts (A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, … Continue reading
Hey, internet news sites – you really have to read CHUD.com. A month ago Russ Fischer had a one on one with David Cronenberg (here!) where the Canuck revealed that his scifi film Painkillers was dead, dead, dead. “Painkillers is not going to happen. I can’t get into my own script anymore, which is a weird … Continue reading
Constantine director Francis Lawrence already did a swell job of capturing the hellish landscape of Los Angeles, and he’s sticking around that misery-filled town for more bleak treats with the adaptation of the fantastic Richard Matheson vampire story I Am Legend. The influential tale follows Neville, the last living man in a postapocalyptic LA where … Continue reading
I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine It’s that time in the festival when there’s less that I’m desperate to see, and I’m beginning to be disappointed that (inevitably) I had to miss certain films in favor of others. … Continue reading