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King’s It returns

Posted 17 years ago

Eerily prescient JoBlo staffer Jim Law just recently asked for a new feature filmed based on Stephen King’s creepy clown story IT. And as if by some dark magic or soul-selling, Warner Bros. has conveniently obliged. Talk about service! The...

Aja does action?

Posted 17 years ago

Director Alexandre Aja certainly left his stamp on the horror genre with HAUTE TENSION, his HILLS HAVE EYES remake and the well-intentioned but clunky MIRRORS, but now he’s turning his sights on some literal hired guns. Aja will direct THE...

Date for Robin Hood

Posted 17 years ago

After being kicked around Sherwood Forest for a while (in part from the WGA strike), Ridley Scott’s ROBIN HOOD project is finally coming to rob from the rich and give to the vast majority of the current population. The movie...

Passion of the Rourke

Posted 17 years ago

If Mickey Rourke doesn’t slow down, he’ll need to take another long break from Hollywood just to rest. Maintaining post-WRESTLER inertia, Rourke has joined yet another project, an indie drama called PASSION PLAYS. Absolutely no other details on the movie...

Scarlett talks Amazon

Posted 17 years ago

For a while, buoyant babe Scarlett Johansson has supposedly involved with an Amazon action-drama, but so far we haven’t seen her wielding weaponry in 200 BC. That may be changing (along with her hairstyle) — a recent Variety fluff piece...

Saturn Award noms

Posted 17 years ago

I love that there is an awards ceremony strictly geared for geeks — the Saturn Awards. The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced this year’s genre-friendly nominations, and as usual there are some head-scratching inclusions and...

Wolverine game trailer

Posted 17 years ago

In a couple of months, you’ll see Hugh Jackman carve up enemies in X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE… and as an added bonus, you’ll also get to be him in a way. No dieting or rigorous exercise routine required! Ya lazy bum....

Perfect Sleep trailer

Posted 17 years ago

Ambitiously described as Dashiell Hammett meets Dostoevsky, THE PERFECT SLEEP follows an assassin who returns to a city after a decade to risk his life for a dame. (It’s the supersexy Roselyn Sanchez, so… understandable.) The intriguing noir indie stars...

Where’s Twohy’s next?

Posted 17 years ago

You probably know writer-director David Twohy as the (non-bald) guy behind PITCH BLACK and CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, but he also made a thriller called THE PERFECT GETAWAY. You may not have heard of it because it’s apparently been drifting in...

Penn fights Cartel

Posted 17 years ago

What is Sean Penn planning to do with his brand new MILK Oscar? Use it to bludgeon some Mexicans! Penn is getting serious for a change, with a Universal drama called CARTEL. The movie would pit Penn against the grim...

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