The Speed Racer trailer is online in a format that doesn’t really give you a good sense of the visuals. First the trailer, then my confession: So here’s the problem I’m running in to: I don’t know what sort of stance to take on Speed Racer. I think the Wachowskis are trying to do something … Continue reading
Two pieces of Wolverine news in one day! As you may know, the script for X-Men Origins: Wolverine* got a last minute pre-strike workover. I don’t know of anyone who has been able to get their hands on the latest draft, which means that we don’t know what changes have been made from David Benioff’s … Continue reading
That article title is my own way of suggesting that, contrary to all expectations (assuming I had any, though such an assumption would be false), this new Punisher almost looks like the real thing. And by ‘the real thing’ I mean the character I will forever hold in mind having been first exposed to the … Continue reading
The Pursuit of Happyness came to screens wearing a bulletproof vest. Instead of the bright yellow letters of law enforcement (FBI, POLICE, etc) it had that most deflective phrase scribed on the back in large letters: ‘based on a true story’. What kind of heartless dick would criticize such a touching, heartfelt tale? (Dicks like … Continue reading
If there is ever going to be a box office hit based on economic theory, it will be Freakonomics. Based on the bestselling tome by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, which utilizes Levitt’s economic expertise to illuminate "mysteries of everyday life", the film is shaping up as a sort of documentarian all-star effort. … Continue reading
A closely placed and highly trusted source has told me that there’s been some casting shake-ups on X-Men Origins: Wolverine. According to my source, Karl Urban had been in talks to play Creed – the guy who would become Sabretooth – but has fallen out. The production is now reaching out to Gerard Butler to … Continue reading
Mohammed is the most common name in the world! That’s one of the useful facts audiences learned from Superbad last summer. And next year, the newbie actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who might forever be known as McLovin, could conceiveably be playing a character named Mohammed — he’s been cast in the Judd Apatow production Year One, … Continue reading
Mark Wheaton is taking over the trades! Yesterday, we received word from The Hollywood Reporter that Samuel L. Jackson had become attached to the once and future Smilin’ Jack Ruby’s Unfinished Country, a South Africa-set hospital drama. Today, it’s Hilary Swank who’s gettin’ in the Wheaton business with an adaptation of John Marks’s Fangland. Actually, … Continue reading
Sometimes good news can come out of a strike, like the fact that Castlevania has been delayed. The live action adaptation of the truly heinous, dull and repetitive video game series was set to begin shooting in a couple of weeks but has been shelved due to someone feeling the script was in need of … Continue reading
With his planned next project, Shantaram, delayed by the strike, Johnny Depp has found something else to pass the time – he’ll star in a new Michael Mann film. The movie, Public Enemies, is about the great American crimewave of 1933-34, when larger than life hoods like John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy … Continue reading