A mysterious scooper has given Robert Sanchez of IESB.net some information about the first couple of pages of the script for Star Trek XI*, which is being produced under the auspices of Mr. JJ Abrams, of Alias, Lost and Mission: Impossible 3 fame. IESB reports that while the first few pages of the script don’t … Continue reading
Scooper Brendan O’Neill sent us a link to this picture, which is apparently the first image from Alien vs Predator 2, and it’s a doozy. And by doozy I mean a complete piece of crap. There’s something about the rubbery Xenomorph suit that calls to mind the crummier Godzilla movies. The Predator looks good enough, … Continue reading
Coming Soon “caught up”* with Kevin Smith and talked to him about some of his upcoming projects, most of which will hopefully keep him in front of the camera and not behind it. The biggest thing he had to talk about was his five days of work on Live Free or Die Hard; the Jersey … Continue reading
Last week we told you about Johnny Depp’s production company and Warner Bros optioning the rights to an upcoming book about mortally irradiated Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Now Columbia Pictures and Michael Mann are getting in the act – they’re optioning a book called Death of a Dissident, which is being written by Alex Goldfarb … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I ran an editorial about why I had quit monthly comics in 2006. Today DC Comics announced something that made my decision look positively prescient, and makes me wonder what kinds of dopes their reading audience is. Last year DC Comics had an “Infinite Crisis” – a big crossover miniseries … Continue reading
Tony Kerasotes*, owner of the Kerasotes Theater chain in the Midwest is not just apparently a racist – he also seems to be a racist who doesn’t own a calendar. How else do you explain banning a black film from his theaters on MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WEEKEND? I swear to God, it’s like this … Continue reading
I’ve been holding a bitter grudge against the Weinsteins for nine years. It all started when Shakespeare in Love pranced away with the 1998 Oscar for Best Film thanks to a marketing coup, “stealing” it from Saving Private Ryan– a film which actually meant something. I know it’s frivolous. I just can’t shake the injustice- … Continue reading
Roger Ebert hoped to be back on his feet and reviewing movies by now, and so had we. But it turns out that the cancer in his salivary gland requires more treatment. “[T]he surgeons tell me they will have to take a staged, multi-phased approach to getting me back in shape,” Ebert says in a … Continue reading
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As CHUD’s recent “Turdformers” article proves, sometimes toy manufacturers have no choice but to let the cat out of the bag when it comes to licensed material. On that note, witness the Medicom Real Action Hero Spider-Man 3 Venom doll, distributed by Sideshow Collectibles. These images offer a clearer view of the design than the … Continue reading