>> Romero Rolls Out “Diary of the Dead 2″

Although “George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead” won’t be released until next year, the horror filmmaker is moving ahead with plans for a sequel.The new film will pick up where the first one ends. Fighting their way out of a mansion through a horde of ravenous zombies, the survivors of “Diary” escape to a [...]

>> “Spider-Man 4″ Picks Up “Zodiac” Scribe

The writer of the serial-killer thriller “Zodiac” has been hired to write the screenplay for “Spider-Man 4.”James Vanderbilt takes over from David Koepp, who worked on the first two installments of Columbia Pictures’ billion-dollar franchise, and returned to write a draft of “Spider-Man 4.”
No deals have been made to bring back series director Sam Raimi [...]

>> DC Superhero News Overload!

MTV spills the beans on “The Flash” feature…
“Wedding Crashers” and “Fred Claus” director David Dobkin revealed to MTV News that he’s signed with Warner Bros. to bring the fleet-footed super to the big screen in a solo project, taking over for Shawn Levy who left for undisclosed reasons.
Dobkin’s film won’t be the character’s first appearance [...]

>> Who will play Superman in Miller’s “Justice League”?

This is an odd bit of casting, but keeping with the rumors that they are skewing very young in the casting for the big screen JLA adventure…
With both Brandon Routh and Tom Welling confirmed to not be slipping into the blue tights, and confirmation that George Miller is skewing young with the cast, today came [...]

>> Roth Readies Phony Coming Attractions for “Trailer Trash”

Eli Roth is one of those guys like Guillermo DelToro, who attaches their name to about a dozen projects at a time, but it seems like Roth is pretty concrete as to what his next film will be…
“When I made that fake trailer for “Thanksgiving,” it was the most fun I’ve ever had shooting anything. [...]

>> We Own the Night (Brandon’s Review, 7/10)

Ne’er do well brother Bobby Green/Grusinski (Joaquin Phoenix), the manager of a local Russian owned hotspot (and son of a family of cops) finds himself in a tight spot when a drug raid on his place of business (led by his brother, Johnny (Wahlberg)) earns them the wrath of a drug dealer named Vadim (whose [...]

>> Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Brandon’s Review, 6.5/10)

(Note: I never saw “Elizabeth” so I have no idea how different Blanchett’s portrayal is from the last)
This was a heck of a movie. I was deeply entertained by it but I find myself hard pressed to call it one of my favorite films of the year. It’s certainly a good looking movie and [...]

>> The Winchesters Vs. Jason!

Jason Voorhies didn’t even appear in the Friday the 13th TV series that used to air on Fox, but here he is making his TV debut during the third season of CW”s cult favorite Supernatural.  Supernatural follows the exploits of Dean and Sam Winchester, brothers who travel around America investigating the things that go bump [...]

>> Chris Pine: The All-New Captain James T. Kirk

Looks like J.J. Abrams has found his Captain Kirk for the new Star Trek film. From the blog of director Joe Carnahan, who had cast Chris Pine in his upcoming James Ellroy adaptation White Jazz:
“The young man playing Junior Stemmons has opted to ‘boldly go where no man has gone before’ and thus, had [...]

>> Movie Ads Make a Cool Half-Billion

Revenue from ads on movie screens reached $455.7 million in 2006, up 15% from $394.8 million in 2005, according to a report out today from the Cinema Advertising Council.Offscreen revenues, including all ad initiatives in theaters that don’t involve the movie screen, also surged 15%, hitting $38.3 million from $33.2 million in 2005.
Clifford E. Marks, [...]