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Patton Oswalt welcomes the impending geek-culture apocalypse

Posted 16 years ago

In the decade-plus I’ve been writing about movies and various enthusiasms, the online landscape has significantly changed — a handful of fansites has blossomed into hundreds of blogs and wikis and corporate-owned entertainment entities, studios are using the internet for...

Moon director Duncan Jones wants the World of Warcraft movie

Posted 16 years ago

It’s been a few years since a movie based on the still-insanely-popular WORLD OF WARCRAFT videogame was first announced, but it hasn’t yet escaped the clutches of the Lich King. One guy who wants Blizzard’s massively multiplayer online world to...

Stephen Dorff’s Deacon Frost project probably won’t be a Blade spinoff

Posted 16 years ago

Some time last year, BLADE filmmaker Steve Norrington claimed that he and actor Stephen Dorff had come up with an idea focusing on the ladyhaired bloodsucker that clashed with Wesley Snipes’ Daywalker in the first flick. While Norrington initially said...

Total Recall remake gets its ass to Toronto; Avengers assemble in New Mexico

Posted 16 years ago

You’re about to get Paul Verhoeven’s and Philip K. Dick’s story TOTAL RECALL remade for you wholesale, and it will happen up in Toronto. According to The Star, the production will begin shooting in March at Ontario’s Pinewood studio, reportedly...

Animated Taiwanese news update on the Spider-Man Broadway musical

Posted 16 years ago

We’ve been getting ongoing updates about the troubled stage production SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK — the injuries, story tweaks, music reworking and continual delays. But news isn’t really news until it’s been delivered by NMA, the Taiwan-based media company...

Seems like Steven Soderbergh was serious about retiring from filmmaking

Posted 16 years ago

Once in a while, an actor or director says they’re considering a willing exit from making movies, whether due to frustration, ennui or just other artistic distractions and desires. But while it’s often temporary or a distorted comment (such as...

Ed Helms and John C. Reilly party and sell insurance in the trailer for Cedar Rapids

Posted 16 years ago

Former “Daily Show” correspondent Ed Helms found success with THE HANGOVER, in which he played an uptight guy who gets liberated during a trip that turns wild. In CEDAR RAPIDS, he… does that again. The quirky comedy, co-starring John C....

Cool Videos: Star Wars – Christmas remix

Posted 16 years ago

If you’ve tracked down and endured the infamous STAR WARS Holiday Special, you know that aside from the odd novelty factor and cool Boba Fett cartoon, there’s a long list of reasons to justify why it’s been tucked away in...

Vin Diesel discusses physique plans for the next Riddick movie

Posted 16 years ago

We’re not entirely certain what filmmaker David Twohy and star Vin Diesel have planned when RIDDICK returns, but we’re apparently going to see varying shapes of the intergalactic badass. As Diesel himself recently updated on his bewilderingly popular Facebook page:...

Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell, Peter Weir and others chat in Directors Roundtable vid

Posted 16 years ago

Got an extra hour and love listening to filmmakers discuss their craft, the business and all the peripheral joys and challenges? THR gathered potential award-collecting directors Darren Aronofsky (BLACK SWAN), David O. Russell (THE FIGHTER), Peter Weir (THE WAY BACK),...

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