This past weekend was Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina, aka the convention for people who can’t get to San Diego in a couple of weeks. Coming Soon caught a small bit of news that evaded most people when it was announced at Heroes’ All Things Marvel panel – David Goyer is writing the treatment … Continue reading
Intriguing Murder Mystery and Phenomenal Artwork Make “Umbra” A Must Read By Sean Fahey This is when comic books are at their very best – when they’re brave enough to try something outside the norm. There are just too many capes in comics right now. Too many safe stories. So, it’s refreshing to see something … Continue reading
James Cameron erupted into a fiery rage at the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest premiere when he realized that not only had some fat New Zealander beaten him to the trilogy punch, so had the guy who made fucking Mousehunt. Before he could be tranquilized by riot gear adorned Mousketeers (not really – … Continue reading
The talk about Keith Richards playing Captain Jack Sparrow’s dad in the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie may yet actually come true. We’ve been hearing this for a while; Johnny Depp based his character on the life-abusing Rolling Stones guitarist and a possible cameo has been something all involved have been interested in. The … Continue reading
The announcement that The Birds was being remade by Platinum Dunes was met with deserved derision. Yeah, it’s not Hitchcock’s best film, but it’s one of his best known films, and it’s one of the best examples of how that fat dude could elevate the most B-level material into something more interesting. The idea that … Continue reading
As if I needed more proof that New Line just doesn’t get the (rapidly waning) Snakes on a Plane phenomenon, Snakes on a Blog has gotten some pictures of the truly terrible final poster. Looking at the poster I have to wonder who the hell thought this would sell anything – there isn’t even a … Continue reading
What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading
You can stop guessing who will be playing the Silver Surfer in the new Fantastic Four movie (apparently titled The Fantastic Four and The Silver Surfer. Oopah) – director Tim Story tells Moviehole that the character is going to be computer generated. “The Surfer will be a new CGI design being developed especially for the … Continue reading
Just a few hours ago we told you that CanMag is reporting that Spy Hunter and He-Man are both dead projects. While that may be the case with Prince Adam, Prince Adrian says his movie is alive, and quite well. That’s Adrian Askarieh, who is producing Spy Hunter. He tells IGN that John Woo being … Continue reading
As you enjoy fireworks and booze and the rhythmic slap-slap of bellies in cabanas, allow us to do our part to bring the slightly rudderless ship known as The Black Pearl into port a little early. You saw Devin’s glowing review, and in the recent spirit of things here’s our contrasting tag team variant … Continue reading