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Jesse Ventura talks about the Wachowskis’ secret movie

Posted 16 years ago

Jesse Ventura is a former Navy demolitionist, a retired professional wrestler, a politician and conspiracy theorist, but you probably know him best as Captain Freedom and the tobacco-chomping Minigun-shooting special forces soldier from PREDATOR. He apparently hasn’t completely given up...

Marion Cotillard has amusing facial breasts

Posted 16 years ago

It’s always nice to see serious actors not taking themselves too seriously. For example, in this (NSFW?) Funny or Die clip, French actress and Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard (PUBLIC ENEMIES, LA VIE EN ROSE) has figured out a novel way to...

New Robin Hood trailer shows more of the legend

Posted 16 years ago

A few impressions that the new trailer for Ridley Scott’s ROBIN HOOD left on me: Maid Marian is a bit of a badass, Max Von Sydow should be in every movie, Mark Strong is swiftly becoming this generation’s best villain...

John Krasinski makes a movie that isn’t Captain America

Posted 16 years ago

After all the furor (and intermittent delight) around the rumor that he would wield the shield of CAPTAIN AMERICA, “The Office” star John Krasinski is instead veering toward the sort of material that might be more expected and appropriate. Krasinski...

The Wizard of Oz: the inevitable remake – in 3D, of course

Posted 16 years ago

Tim Burton’s trippy triple-dimensional ALICE IN WONDERLAND snatched up over $200 million worldwide during its opening weekend, so studios are unsurprisingly looking for their own vivid mainstream 3D freakout. Why not the mother of all nightmare-inducing “family” movies, THE WIZARD...

Thor’s bro Liam Hemsworth joins Arabian Knights – in 3D, of course

Posted 16 years ago

Chris Hemsworth might have received all the attention for landing the lead in THOR, but his kid brother Liam also seems to be on the way up. Liam will lend his ample brows to ARABIAN KNIGHTS, an upcoming 3D action-adventure...

Disney doing biopic of Muppet creator Jim Henson?

Posted 16 years ago

The Black List is an annual Hollywood “insider” collection of the best unproduced scripts in town, and last year’s favorite was Christopher Weekes’ whimsical Jim Henson biography THE MUPPET MAN. The guy who brought so many famous felt creations to...

Director Sylvain White goes from The Losers to the Round Table?

Posted 16 years ago

Vampires might be the most popular genre at the moment, but lately it seems like the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is giving the bloodsuckers a run for the top. Guy Ritchie is reportedly...

The Shadow falls on Fox, but Sam Raimi wants David Slade to direct?

Posted 16 years ago

Sam Raimi has been trying to make a movie of pulp character THE SHADOW for ages (the closest he ever got was DARKMAN), but now the vigilante is finally getting ready to cloud men’s minds and then shoot them. The...

Green Lantern, Sucker Punch and Alien prequel all in 3D

Posted 16 years ago

So the 3D thing isn’t really a craze or a gimmick any more — it’s apparently the standard. At least for anything that has a big budget and isn’t a romcom. Warner Bros. has announced that its new non-Batman superhero...

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