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James Franco versus damn dirty apes in Rise of the Apes

Posted 16 years ago

While a lot of us recently realized just how funny James Franco is, now we’ll have to try and take him seriously, even though he’ll be dealing with a planet populated by talking warlike simians. Franco has reportedly agreed to...

Robert Rodriguez is making a live-action version of Bakshi & Frazetta’s Fire and Ice

Posted 16 years ago

Back in the pre-digital days, I watched the animated fantasy film FIRE AND ICE so many times that I literally wore out the VHS tape. The huge-breasted, scantily clad princess was only partially responsible. And now Robert Rodriguez has acquired...

The video game Heavy Rain will become a really long cutscene in theaters

Posted 16 years ago

The recent PS3 videogame HEAVY RAIN raised a lot of eyebrows with its adult themes, SEVEN-inspired gloom, and nontraditional gameplay mechanics. And given its critical acceptance and reported million-copy sales, it was practically destined for big-screen adaptation, particularly since some...

Cool Videos: AVP Redemption

Posted 16 years ago

The ALIEN vs. PREDATOR movies didn’t quite satisfy the hardcore fans of those extraterrestrial characters, so it’s no surprise people want to make their own. And while I generally steer clear of fan films, it’s obvious a ton of work...

Director Paul Greengrass decides not to take a Fantastic Voyage

Posted 16 years ago

Paul Greengrass didn’t spend too long investigating the body of the FANTASTIC VOYAGE remake. Deadline says the two-time BOURNE director has already moved on, just a couple of months after first expressing interest in Fox’s big-budget 3D project. Even though...

Mark Hamill directs The Black Pearl, based on his own comic

Posted 16 years ago

Almost 15 years after it hit comic stores (back when it was easy to find comic stores), STAR WARS saber-swinger Mark Hamill is getting to direct a feature based on his book THE BLACK PEARL. Hamill, otherwise perhaps best known...

Alfred Molina is on the hunt for Taylor Lautner

Posted 16 years ago

Everyone wants a piece of TWILIGHT’s teen beefstick Taylor Lautner, and Alfred Molina is no exception. But wait, it’s not like that. In ABDUCTION, the former Sharkboy discovers he was kidnapped as a baby, and goes on the run to...

Captain Jack Sparrow coming atcha: Pirates 4 will be in 3D

Posted 16 years ago

Let’s all just accept it: when it comes to any minor, moderate or major genre movie, 3D is going to be the inescapable reality. Disney is bringing the fourth voyage of Captain Jack Sparrow to theaters next year, and it...

Will Ferrell’s brief minor league baseball career

Posted 16 years ago

If you weren’t tuned to Sportscenter a week or so ago, you may have missed Will Ferrell take the mound for his first minor league baseball game. Ferrell appeared incognito as ex-convict Rojo Johnson, a promising pitcher for the Houston...

Tim Burton goes back to adapting Mai the Psychic Girl?

Posted 16 years ago

While countless projects enter Hollywood only to be forever condemned to Development Hell, a few swirl around the River Styx long enough to eventually rise to the surface and escape into production. For example, Latino Review says that Tim Burton...

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