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Hobbit casting call

Posted 17 years ago

Are you short and slight of build? Hairy feet? Love to puff the leaf? You might be a perfect candidate for THE HOBBIT. Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson are currently seeking various humans for their live-action adaptation(s) of Tolkien’s...

Dune taken by Morel

Posted 17 years ago

Now that filmmaker Peter Berg has ditched DUNE to play with the big-screen board game BATTLESHIP, who controls the spice? There were rumors that Paramount was seeking a suitable replacement, and names like DISTRICT 9’s Neill Blomkamp and THE DESCENT’s...

RZA talks kung fu flick

Posted 17 years ago

It’s been a while since we first heard that rapper (author, music producer, actor) The RZA wanted to bring his love of old-school martial arts flicks to screens. RZA still plans to enter the 36th Chamber as writer and director...

Mel sorta on Mad Max

Posted 17 years ago

We’ve known MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is officially coming, and while director George Miller has stated it would be an Australian production, he hasn’t said who was actually behind it. And the series’ star Mel Gibson has been cagey when...

No Hawkeye for Renner

Posted 17 years ago

Jeremy Renner’s potent performance in THE HURT LOCKER finally got the actor some much-deserved attention, but it doesn’t sound like we’ll be seeing him share a screen with comic book heavy-hitters like IRON MAN. About a month ago, Renner said...

Solomon Kane clips

Posted 17 years ago

We still don’t know when SOLOMON KANE’s sword skills and swell hat will arrive in the US, but in the meantime at least we’re getting fed a steady diet of morsels from the movie. Pulp author (and CONAN creator) Robert...

Ramis says GB3 in 11

Posted 17 years ago

We usually hear plenty of speculation about potential follow-ups to our favorite movies, but rarely does so much of it come from people who will ostensibly be involved. Especially when it comes to GHOSTBUSTERS 3. The team’s pompadoured spirit-catcher Harold...

Warlords trailer

Posted 17 years ago

Being an impatient foreign-film fan, I imported the Jet Li historical epic THE WARLORDS quite a while back, and was thoroughly impressed. Particularly by the huge body count, which makes BRAVEHEART look like a romantic comedy. Fortunately Magnolia/Magnet seems to...

Repo Men poster

Posted 17 years ago

Before Giles from “Buffy” sang about body part collecting, I remember hearing about the similarly themed REPOSSESSION MAMBO. And while that and REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA both actually filmed around the same time (October 2007), the one with the A-list...

Cameron talks things

Posted 17 years ago

Now that filmmaker James Cameron has finally emerged from his den of technological sorcery to unleash AVATAR upon us, he’s discussing all sorts of things. First, the matter of a possible AVATAR sequel is addressed in a sit-down with the...

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