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Gulliver’s Travels trailer has Jack Black being Jack Black, only bigger

Posted 16 years ago

Since I can’t really think of anything positive to say after witnessing the seemingly endless trailer for the Jack Blackened update of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, I’ll just post the synopsis: In a contemporary re–imagining of the classic tale, Jack Black stars...

Ewan McGregor and others voice WWII puppets in Jackboots on Whitehall trailer

Posted 16 years ago

Now this just looks kind of brilliant. The World War II movie JACKBOOTS ON WHITEHALL tells the story of civilians repelling a Nazi invasion of England. And best of all, the satirical story comes fully puppetized by filmmakers the McHenry...

Director Sam Mendes takes Willy Wonka to the stage

Posted 16 years ago

Filmmaker Sam Mendes has been attached to some considerably different projects in the past few years: an adaptation of the PREACHER comic, the next James Bond movie, even a prequel to THE WIZARD OF OZ. But I still didn’t see...

Rudd and Carell’s meal gets surreal in the new Dinner for Schmucks trailer

Posted 16 years ago

Every summer needs at least one good dirty comedy — will DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS find the same wide audience as last year’s raunchy THE HANGOVER? Putting ANCHORMAN and 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN co-stars Steve Carell and Paul Rudd back together...

Details and art for Frank Miller’s 300 prequel Xerxes

Posted 16 years ago

A sequel to Zack Snyder’s stylish and hyper-bloody 300 doesn’t seem like the most obvious thing to happen, but when a movie with no major stars generates $450 million worldwide, another movie will find a way. Comic creator Frank Miller...

Lost’s Josh Holloway and Kick-Ass kid Aaron Johnson up for Marvel movie roles?

Posted 16 years ago

Holy spandex speculation! Listen up, true believers: could upcoming Marvel movies have a couple of new actors? The current riders of the rumor-go-round are KICK-ASS star/costumed punching bag Aaron Johnson, who was spotted meeting with Matthew Vaughn and new Professor...

James Cameron wants to help stop that gigantic oil spill

Posted 16 years ago

Filmmaker/gill-man James Cameron has spent countless hours underwater, and developed the tech to do so. Does he have a better handle on how to take care of the Gulf oil leak/disaster than the people who are purportedly fixing the problem?...

Teaser for District 9 star Sharlto Copley’s movie Spoon, starring Rutger Hauer

Posted 16 years ago

Before DISTRICT 9 blew us away, the vast majority of us had no idea who Sharlto Copley was. But the hapless alien-displacer has bigger ambitions than just being in front of the camera. In fact, Copley has already completed co-writing,...

The Dream-Share Manual: viral marketing for Inception?

Posted 16 years ago

Wired recently received a mysterious package: the Dream-Share Tactical Employment Procedures manual. Nearly all the text is redacted, but the pictures would certainly indicate what (as far as we know) Leo and company will get up to in Christopher Nolan’s...

Hobbit fallout: who will direct, and what’s del Toro doing next?

Posted 16 years ago

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has officially said Adiós to THE HOBBIT, leaving a considerable hole in the talent team for the eventual production. Who could step into those shoes to take Bilbo there and back again (whenever the behind-the-scenes business...

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