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Depp and Gore again!

Posted 18 years ago

When your last collaborative effort resulted in a billion-dollar franchise, your next project might draw attention. Alas, Johnny Depp isn’t getting back together with his PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN shot-caller Gore Verbinski for that director’s planned BIOSHOCK adaptation. Or even...

Earth Stood in IMAX

Posted 18 years ago

This holday season, when Gort (or his equivalent) looms menacingly in the remake of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, you might get to see it happen on a screen sixty feet high. Alien envoy Keanu Reeves and his destructive...

Jolie now un-Salted?

Posted 18 years ago

Big Ben, Parliament! Things seem to be going around and around on the spy thriller EDWIN A. SALT. It was first intended as a Tom Cruise vehicle, but then he was reportedly replaced by Angelina Jolie, bringing whatever gender-specific changes...

Gervais’ career advice

Posted 18 years ago

Brit comic Ricky Gervais hasn’t really completely broken through in the US, but if you’ve seen his wry, squirm-inducing style on the UK “THE OFFICE” or “EXTRAS” (or the scenes he stole in movies like STARDUST and A NIGHT AT...

A new Evil Dead?

Posted 18 years ago

For years, Sam Raimi has fielded questions about another sequel in the horror classic EVIL DEAD series, and his company Ghost House has floated the possibility of a remake, but so far nothing has crawled from the fruit cellar. So...

Will Smith as… Cap?

Posted 18 years ago

UPDATE – AICN has talked to Marvel who confirm the below story is complete bullshit… (Original story): Let’s hear it for the red, white & blue… and brown? When Marvel’s iconic (and famously blond-haired and blue-eyed) patriot hero CAPTAIN AMERICA...

Sherlock gets Strong

Posted 18 years ago

Guy Ritchie’s SHERLOCK HOLMES movie is coming together quick — we’ve got minted A-lister Robert Downey Jr. as the legendary sleuth, and possibly Russell Crowe as his nemesis Moriarty. So who else is gonna be in this thing? Ritchie let...

Drew Struzan retires

Posted 18 years ago

Cue up the saddest theme music you have on your internal soundtrack — a great contributor to the world of movies is hanging up the brushes. Artist Drew Struzan, who has provided iconic images for some of the greatest genre...

Spidey 4… and 5?

Posted 18 years ago

Ever since SPIDER-MAN 3 was released to gigantic profits and inconsistent fan response, everyone has wondered what Sony would do — obviously they have wanted to make more movies/money with the webbed wonder, but would director Sam Raimi, in the...

No Mel for DeNiro

Posted 18 years ago

It was going to be a cop thriller featuring two heavyweight Hollywood talents, from CASINO ROYALE director Martin Campbell. Now EDGE OF DARKNESS has shed a few pounds of fame. Robert DeNiro has bolted from the project shortly after filming...

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