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Schreiber tastes Salt?

Posted 18 years ago

Things have certainly gone ’round and round on the spy thriller EDWIN A. SALT, a project that started as a Tom Cruise vehicle before getting transgendered for Angelina Jolie. The movie (now apparently just going by SALT) has attracted some...

Talkin’ about Kick-Ass

Posted 18 years ago

WANTED comic writer Mark Millar’s high-concept shock book KICK-ASS is coming to life in full ultraviolent glory, courtesy of director Matthew Vaughn (STARDUST, LAYER CAKE). What can we expect from this story about a geeky teen who randomly decides to...

Hudgens Dead@17?

Posted 18 years ago

After a few rumors made the rounds, it turned out that foxy young Disney thing Vanessa Hudgens (best known for HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALs and naked photos) wasn’t actually going to be part of the TWILIGHT sequel. Does she have a...

Cera as Scott Pilgrim

Posted 18 years ago

So far the only thing I’m not completely sold on with the SCOTT PILGRIM movie is Michael Cera as the title character — there really isn’t anything on his filmography that demonstrates he possesses the amount of kickass required for...

Hardy Men writer

Posted 18 years ago

I don’t remember them sharing actual scenes in TROPIC THUNDER, but Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller will be spending plenty of screen time together in THE HARDY MEN. Though the project has been kicking around for years, a new writer...

Stretch Armstrong?

Posted 18 years ago

When you hear about more jobs slashed daily as the global economy swirls the bowl, you can take comfort in knowing that millions of dollars will be dedicated to bringing goop-filled 70s toy STRETCH ARMSTRONG to life. Universal is planning...

Jonah Hill adventures

Posted 18 years ago

When you hear the term "global adventure", you may not necessarily think of stout funnyguy Jonah Hill. That’s probably why this is a comedy: Hill is starring in Universal’s THE ADVENTURER’S HANDBOOK. He’ll be reuniting with fellow David O. Russell...

Gemini Man lives

Posted 18 years ago

Wow — here’s the very definition of "Development Hell", a pending big-budget Hollywood project that has been around longer than most of the remaining movie sites on the internets (but not this one!). But like a morning after all-you-can-eat Mexican,...

Malkovich gets Hex’d

Posted 18 years ago

Josh Brolin is preparing to slap some leather and saddle up as notorious bounty hunter JONAH HEX, based on DC Comics’ long-running series. And his gnarly visage will be facing the simmering lunacy of one John Malkovich. The hard-working thesp...

Elm Street director?

Posted 18 years ago

Crispy teen-killer Freddy Krueger is returning to haunt dreams, courtesy of Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company and their ongoing efforts to repackage your old-school horror memories. And it sounds like the talon-fisted slaughter machine of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET...

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