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Cool Videos: John Carpenter’s The Thing – ReDub

Posted 16 years ago

There are a few genre films that some fans (like myself) know inside and out, and John Carpenter’s chilly paranoia classic THE THING is one of them. So it’s amazing what a difference it can make just by dubbing the...

Battlefield Earth writer apologizes for writing Battlefield Earth

Posted 16 years ago

There aren’t many movies as notoriously terrible and universally ridiculed as the space mess BATTLEFIELD EARTH, but at least one person responsible is seeking public penance. Screenwriter J.D. Shapiro (ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS) has come forth and apologized for...

Angelina Jolie is feeling Maleficent

Posted 16 years ago

Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who’s got the sweetest lips of all? Just days after it was confirmed that Disney is spinning off its SLEEPING BEAUTY with the evil fairy godmother movie MALEFICENT, we have a leading contender to wear...

Clash of the Titans director Louis Leterrier wants Y: The Last Man

Posted 16 years ago

The DC/Vertigo comic series Y: THE LAST MAN came to a finish not long ago, but like the story’s protagonist, the feature film remains somewhere in the future. For a while, director DJ Caruso was planning to reunite with his...

Carter Beats the Devil… finally on the big screen?

Posted 16 years ago

Glen David Gold’s book CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL hit bestseller status years ago, and has since been swirling in the mists of Hollywood’s development hell. Now it seems to have a new lease on life… or at least a new...

What the Shrek is up with these new posters?

Posted 16 years ago

Are there still a lot of SHREK fans out there? Someone must be going to see them — they make a ton of money and the series is already up to the fourth entry, SHREK FOREVER AFTER. The latest 3D...

Laugh, cry or cringe at the trailer for Marmaduke

Posted 16 years ago

For those who haven’t looked at a newspaper since the 1950s, MARMADUKE is a comic strip about a Great Dane and all the hypothetical comedy that comes from owning such a monstrous dog. And now it’s a live-action (CG-assisted) movie,...

Wahlberg and Ferrell’s The Other Guys gets a full-motion poster

Posted 16 years ago

While widescreen has become the standard format for movies, TV and gadgets, teaser trailers seem to be going vertical. They may call it a “motion poster”, but this is essentially a differently oriented teaser trailer for THE OTHER GUYS, the...

Angela Bassett lays down the law in Green Lantern

Posted 16 years ago

So far, GREEN LANTERN has rounded up a solid supporting cast that includes Tim Robbins, Peter Sarsgaard and Mark Strong. Now add sexy elder Angela Bassett to the list, bringing her inherent authority presence to the production to play Amanda...

Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer makes a buddy cop movie

Posted 16 years ago

Tom Cruise might want him for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4, but Ruben Fleischer clearly has other plans. The director has been considering a sequel to his headshot hit ZOMBIELAND and the Danny McBride comedy 30 MINUTES OR LESS, and now has...

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