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Brolin: Man in Black?

Posted 17 years ago

Is Josh Brolin trading in JONAH HEX’s six-shooters for a neuralyzer and plasma blaster? According to the LA Times, the genre-friendly Oscar-worthy actor tops the wish list for the next MEN IN BLACK flick. They don’t know exactly who he’d...

Gears of War talk

Posted 17 years ago

A movie based on Epic Games’ smash videogame franchise GEARS OF WAR has been gearing up (ahem) for a while, with Len Wiseman (LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, UNDERWORLD) directing the galactic ground war. The project is slowly grinding forward,...

Wolfman gets rating

Posted 17 years ago

The update of the classic monster movie THE WOLF MAN hasn’t had an easy transformation from start to hairy howling finish. First, director Mark Romanek (ONE HOUR PHOTO) abruptly left shortly before filming, and was replaced by FX guy Joe...

Giger on The Gate?

Posted 17 years ago

Of the countless and endless horror remakes, I’m actually okay with a 3-D update of the 80s suburban horror treat THE GATE. The original was a fun and creepy little gem, but it’s also a great premise that could stand...

Hobbit casting happens

Posted 17 years ago

While we probably won’t hear official names for a while longer, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson are now searching for humans to become small for their live-action adaptation(s) of Tolkien’s THE HOBBIT. Wide auditions commence this week for every...

What up, Wachowskis?

Posted 17 years ago

The webs were aflutter earlier today with rumors that the Wachowski siblings were secretly shooting their next movie. Any truth? Maybe sorta kinda. The buzz began when author / columnist / Post-owner Arianna Huffington tweeted pics (like the one here)...

Hendrix road movie

Posted 17 years ago

Nearly everyone knows the face and music of legendary axeman Jimi Hendrix, but the “character” of the iconic six-string slinger is rarely seen. The new indie project SLIDE takes a fictionalized look at the guitar god’s “lost weekend” in the...

Nutcracker action flick?

Posted 17 years ago

Seems like the key to getting a movie made now is to take something familiar — and perhaps more importantly, in the public domain — and put a “fresh” spin on it. Like, say, an action version of the the...

Bourne 4 on or not?

Posted 17 years ago

Depending on what you believe, director Paul Greengrass has no intention of coming back for his third BOURNE movie, amidst reports of supposed creative problems and studio tension. But apparently Matt Damon just thinks Greengrass is taking his time, but...

Entourage: the movie?

Posted 17 years ago

Despite having what seems to be a growing number of haters, HBO’s “Entourage” is still going strong. When it graduates from the small screen, will it follow SEX AND THE CITY into theaters? It will if A-lister/exec producer Mark Wahlberg...

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