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Incredibles director Brad Bird wanted for the next Mission Impossible

Posted 16 years ago

It would seem like Hollywood might be filled with qualified directors itching to take on a big-budget action flick with an A-list actor, but diminutive superstar Tom Cruise is obviously thinking outside the box for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4. Cruise has...

James Cameron talks about why 3D sucks

Posted 16 years ago

If AVATAR hadn’t blown out the box office with its multi-billion haul, would 3D have come into its sudden omnipresence? Probably not nearly as rapidly, but it doesn’t matter now anyway. As my granddad used to say, you can’t put...

Fanboy goddess Olivia Munn discusses her Iron Man 2 role(s)

Posted 16 years ago

After appearing on G4’s “Attack of the Show”, at various conventions and in the undoubtedly disturbing fantasies of many minds, dangerously fine geek deity Olivia Munn is making her way to the big screen with parts (mmm… Munn parts) in...

Kevin Smith preps Red State before hockey movie

Posted 16 years ago

It seemed like director Kevin Smith was going to follow the generally rejected COP OUT with the hockey tale HIT SOMEBODY — he even went so far as to mention that Seann William Scott will be his star. Things have...

Tom Hanks makes a movie of Green Day’s American Idiot

Posted 16 years ago

Is Tom Hanks a secret punk? Well, “punk” might be an arguable term to describe Green Day, but Hanks knows a solid pop act when he sees it (look what he did for the One-ders). That’s why Hanks’ Playtone production...

Weta FX giant Richard Taylor talks The Hobbit

Posted 16 years ago

Award-winning FX man and exceptionally tall Kiwi Richard Taylor is still going to be playing in Middle Earth, even though the realm has a new overlord. The Weta Workshop co-founder recently spoke about why his friend and colleague Peter Jackson...

300 could come back to screens in 3D

Posted 16 years ago

Like everything that’s not a romcom or family drama (and I’m sure they’ll get the treatment eventually), filmmaker Zack Snyder’s upcoming animated movie LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS and his all-girl action flick SUCKER PUNCH are being configured for 3D. Warner...

Who will have Consent to Kill: Gerard Butler, Colin Farrell or Matthew Fox?

Posted 16 years ago

With the BOURNE series slumbering, all the studios are looking for their own commercially palatable espionage-loaded action-guy franchise. CBS Films is trying to find the best candidate to exercise his trigger finger as CIA gunman Mitch Rapp, from Vince Flynn’s...

Drinking tea makes Hugh Jackman dance like a madman

Posted 16 years ago

I’ve had drinks that gave me a zap of energy or led to some pretty ridiculous behavior, but I can’t remember the last time I boogied through a building after ingesting a mere sip of fluid. Then again, I am...

Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson are animated turkeys

Posted 16 years ago

It’s just a matter of time before every well-known (or even moderately known) actor will eventually provide their voice to an animated movie. I don’t know if we’ve nearly run out, but Owen Wilson is providing his vocals to another...

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