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Yogi gets a Ranger

Posted 17 years ago

Remember that recent story about how CLOVERFIELD actor T.J. Miller made an audition tape with a live bear and purportedly landed the role of Ranger Smith in the YOGI BEAR movie from it? Turns out it wasn’t entirely accurate, since...

The Goon update

Posted 17 years ago

It’s been a while since we heard that Eric Powell’s great horror-noir comic THE GOON is coming to some sort of life, courtesy of producer David Fincher and a whole lot of computer animation. So where is it? “I just...

Lawrence gets Small

Posted 17 years ago

Since I AM LEGEND, director Francis Lawrence has been juggling a few potential projects, including SGT. ROCK, a kung fu SNOW WHITE, an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s SURVIVOR, and a follow-up to the Will Smith blockbuster. Now according to Pajiba,...

New Freddy Krueger look

Posted 17 years ago

The teaser trailer for the nonessential remake of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET gave us a tiny peek at what Jackie Earle Haley’s version of crispy dreamstalker Freddy Krueger would look like. Now we’ve got a much better look at the...

Princess of Mars teaser

Posted 17 years ago

If you were hoping for a glimpse of Disney’s upcoming adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ famous sci-fi tale… then you’ve been rolled. However, if you wanted a look at Antonio Sabato Jr.’s rippling torso and Traci Lords in skimpy attire,...

The Road poster

Posted 17 years ago

The adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s ultra-bleak book THE ROAD wanders into theaters from the post-apocalyptic hellscape just in time for the holiday weekend, giving plenty of reasons to be thankful for things like food, shelter, hygiene products and sufficient ammunition...

Kull conquers again?

Posted 17 years ago

The pulpy creations of Robert E. Howard have been getting lots of recent attention — SOLOMON KANE, a new CONAN and RED SONJA, even a theoretical THULSA DOOM movie. So it’s not really a surprise that KULL THE CONQUEROR will...

A Beastly teaser

Posted 17 years ago

Clearly hoping to tap into the same audience that made the TWILIGHT series such a monolithic moneymaker, the upcoming BEASTLY also pairs romance with a touch of monsterism. Alex Pettyfer (STORMBREAKER) is the dreamy JBF-haired teen who finds his form...

Jackson flies UFO

Posted 17 years ago

Joshua Jackson has come quite a ways from THE MIGHTY DUCKS teammate and “Dawson’s Creek” second fiddle — now he’s in charge of battling extraterrestrials. Jackson (so great on TV’s “Fringe”) will star in UFO, the adaptation of the 1970s...

Universal Soldier 3 trailer

Posted 17 years ago

You’ve been anxiously awaiting the day that Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren would trade kicks again (you have, right?), and that kick-wish has finally been granted with UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION. While Lundgren’s ear-collecting UniSol didn’t make it back for...

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