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James Cameron is involved with the Spider-Man reboot! Sorta.

Posted 16 years ago

Nearly two decades ago, long before the comic movie craze caught fire, James Cameron planned to make SPIDER-MAN. And although he’s since moved on to crafting entire new worlds from powerful processors, he’s still caught in the web. By Webb....

The Losers are indecisive, move back to April

Posted 16 years ago

Gotta admit, THE LOSERS looks like a blast. I enjoyed the whole run of the DC/Vertigo comics, but seeing people like Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans and (ohmy) Zoe Saldana as the characters is a real kick. But Warner Bros....

A few details on the third Riddick flick

Posted 16 years ago

For years we’ve heard rumblings that smooth-headed night-visioned intergalactic badass Riddick would return for a third adventure (not counting his animated DVD and excellent videogame exploits), and now it’s officially becoming a reality. But while PITCH BLACK kept things grounded...

A new Treasure Island? Yarrr.

Posted 16 years ago

The success of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and SHERLOCK HOLMES has prompted others to dig up classic material (preferably in public domain) for irreverent upgrades. Last week it was THE THREE MUSKETEERS, and now it’s TREASURE ISLAND. Robert Louis Stevenson’s...

What is Bronson director Nicolas Winding Refn doing and not doing?

Posted 16 years ago

Although Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn first made an impact with his must-see PUSHER trilogy, it was the recent prison movie BRONSON that really packed a punch. Recently the director has been juggling several projects, but some of them have...

Why haven’t we seen a new Fletch movie?

Posted 16 years ago

Disguise-happy investigative reporter Irwin M. Fletcher might be skilled at sneaking into places, but the movie theater isn’t one of them. There have been many attempts over the years to bring the character back to screens as a prequel, sequel...

Kevin Costner directs himself as a sheriff in WWII

Posted 17 years ago

Since he won an Oscar for DANCES WITH WOLVES, Kevin Costner hasn’t been directing a whole lot (although OPEN RANGE more than makes up for THE POSTMAN). But he’s putting himself behind and in front of the camera for A...

Get Him to the Greek trailer has Jonah Hill, Russell Brand and vomit stains

Posted 17 years ago

Some of the people involved in FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL obviously had a blast, since a bunch of them reunited for another comedy. Judd Apatow and FORGETTING helmer Nick Stoller hooked up for Universal’s GET HIM TO THE GREEK (described as...

Luc Besson is still doing action and sci-fi, but now in 3-D

Posted 17 years ago

Filmmaker Luc Besson already blended action and sci-fi with his wonderfully garish epic THE FIFTH ELEMENT, but now he wants it with an extra dimension. Besson and EuropaCorp are producing SECTION 8, which takes place in “a prison orbiting 50...

Jaime King is a sexy online journalist

Posted 17 years ago

I’ve been doing this sort of thing for a decade or so, and while JoBlo.com has some pretty folks on the team, I can honestly say there aren’t a lot of occasions to use the phrase “_______ is a sexy...

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