It pains me to say, but doesn’t necessarily surprise me, that “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” is a first-rate disaster. I stopped being amused by the trailer before I saw it for the fifth time then I would groan when I saw the trailer (still a part of me thought the trailer just kept [...]
December 22, 2007
Categories: Reviews . . Author: filmcans . Comments: 5 Comments
“Familiarity breeds contempt,” goes the old saying, and the makers of I Am Legend seem dedicated to reinforcing that idea. Not only has Richard Matheson’s survival novella been brought to the screen twice before this (Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man), but it’s also influenced a varied handful of knock-offs from Night of [...]
December 15, 2007
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Steven Norrington is back. After butting heads with two of Hollywood’s most notorious head-butters (Wesley Snipes on Blade and Sean Connery on LXG), the lure of remaking the 1981 film Clash of the Titans has apparently drawn Norrington back into the limelight for another go at a major motion picture. The guy is [...]
December 15, 2007
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Blockbuster Inc. will present “Jackass 2.5″ free of charge at Blockbuster.com beginning Dec. 19 through Dec. 31; on Dec. 26, DVDs of the film will be available for purchase on the site and at major retailers, as well as for rent at Blockbuster stores and the company’s Web site. The film will also be available [...]
December 13, 2007
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Some completely made-up sounding bunk from Daily Stab today:
“Paul Reubens, who played Pee-Wee in TV shows and films until 1990, has completed two scripts he hopes to bring to the big screen in 2009. Until now, Reubens planned to reprise the role himself, but admits he has spoken to Johnny Depp about taking on [...]
December 12, 2007
Categories: News, Rumor Mill . . Author: filmcans . Comments: 4 Comments
New Line’s The Golden Compass opened to $26 million over the weekend, an opening number that indicates that it not only won’t make back its estimated $200 million budget, but that we won’t be seeing the second two books in the His Dark Materials trilogy. Reviews are mixed, so I doubt this will have [...]
December 10, 2007
Categories: Show Business . . Author: filmcans . Comments: 3 Comments
Slashfilm reports the following:
I have just confirmed that Star Wars Episode 1 star Ray Park has been cast as Snake Eyes in Stephen Sommer’s big screen live-action adaptation of GI Joe.
Snake Eyes is one of the original members of the GI Joe series. Hasbro has released over 30 figures of the character since his debut [...]
December 5, 2007
Categories: News, Rumor Mill . . Author: filmcans . Comments: 2 Comments