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Physics-defying poses in the new Inception poster

Posted 16 years ago

Hmm, I may have lowballed Chris Nolan’s sci-fi mindjob INCEPTION on this year’s JoBlo summer box office contest. According to Deadline, the cast and their “people” have seen the movie, and “even the most cynical people who usually hate everything were...

Zoolander sequel is still alive and planning to unleash Magnum

Posted 16 years ago

Things looked grim for the return of vacuous pose-striker Derek Zoolander. Although a ZOOLANDER sequel had been seriously discussed recently, last week Ben Stiller made a comment that the project could fall victim to shallow studio pockets. Frightened by the...

Mickey Rourke hops on the hog for Tony Scott and Hell’s Angels

Posted 16 years ago

With IRON MAN 2 blasting into theaters, Mickey Rourke is surfing the crest of his resurrection wave. While he recently talked about portraying Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan, it sounds like that curious project will have to wait. Rourke is planning...

The Uncharted movie may have a director. Could it be David O. Russell?

Posted 16 years ago

My appreciation for the PS3 videogame UNCHARTED was somehow eclipsed by its sequel, which proved to be an even more polished and cinematic experience. And perfect material for a movie adaptation, as Sony also believes. According to the LA Times,...

Predators featurette: Laurence Fishburne, badass in the jungle

Posted 16 years ago

Like the first PREDATOR, the sequel from Robert Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal doesn’t have a very large human population. Before PREDATORS opens in a couple of months, we’re getting to know the small cast of characters… before they’re picked...

Vaughn is on, and X-Men First Class already has a release date

Posted 16 years ago

He’s in, he’s out! He’s in again! No, he’s out. Nope, now he’s definitely in. Amidst a veritable frenzy of activity over the past few days that found him circling, passing on and then reconsidering the project, KICK-ASS director Matthew...

Sir Ian McKellen isn’t sure what’s up with The Hobbit

Posted 16 years ago

I wouldn’t consider THE HOBBIT to be the most troubled production ever, but it’s hardly been smooth sailing. Lawsuits, bad blood, and when things seem to get sorted, a bankrupt studio. Writer-producer Peter Jackson recently addressed and downplayed all the...

Steven Spielberg and the War Horse he rode in on

Posted 16 years ago

See ya later, Abe. Not now, space travel. Take a rest, Gershwin. After developing at least a dozen different projects over the past few years, Steven Spielberg has finally decided on his next. And it will be WAR HORSE, an...

Supervillain witness protection: the comic series Incognito gets a movie

Posted 16 years ago

Proving that making a comic is still a perfectly viable route to get your story seen by a wider audience, Fox has grabbed the rights to a title called INCOGNITO. The comic series (or “graphic novel” as Hollywood still insists...

Who’s on Fox’s wish list to direct X-Men: First Class?

Posted 16 years ago

Fox is intent on prequelizing Marvel’s mutants (thereby retaining the property rights) with X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. But with Bryan Singer returning only in a producer capacity, the studio is hot to get a qualified candidate in the director’s chair. EW...

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