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Ellis’ Red gets green

Posted 18 years ago

Looks like Hollywood is finally starting to recognize the peculiar genius of prolific comic writer Warren Ellis. Just last week the adaptation of his sci-fi title OCEAN started rolling forward, and now upstart Summit Entertainment (MICHAEL CLAYTON, CITY OF EMBER)...

Miracle at St. Anna trailer

Posted 18 years ago

I thought Spike Lee’s WWII movie MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA was about members of an all-black infantry unit caught behind enemy lines in Italy. I had no idea it also involved a magical statue head, but the new trailer has...

Punisher trailer!

Posted 18 years ago

This summer certainly looks like it will belong to Marvel, with IRON MAN hitting all cylinders and INCREDIBLE HULK ready to smash quite triumphantly. Will that success carry to their revisiting of vigilante Frank Castle and his crusade against criminals?...

Apatow gathers more

Posted 18 years ago

Humor ringleader Judd Apatow has pulled in yet more comedic types for his next project, which is now going by the seemingly appropriate title FUNNY PEOPLE. Quirky Coppola family member Jason Schwartzman (RUSHMORE) will join the already-cast Adam Sandler, Leslie...

Clooney the Tourist

Posted 18 years ago

George Clooney doesn’t slow down, attaching himself to projects even more often than sexy babes. Just last month he decided to kill some goats with his brain, and now he’s taking a trip. Clooney plans to star in THE TOURIST,...

Busy Downey Jr.

Posted 18 years ago

With the monumental success of IRON MAN placed largely on his custom-tailored shoulders, along with his impending (and possibly quite brilliant) contribution to TROPIC THUNDER, Robert Downey Jr. has the whole world in his hands. Or at least a whole...

Righteous Kill poster

Posted 18 years ago

DeNiro. Pacino. RIGHTEOUS KILL. Floating heads. Either you already can’t wait for their “real” on-screen team-up, or it’s unlikely their craggy mugs will convince you. But here they are.

Babylon AD trailer

Posted 18 years ago

The first good look at Vin Diesel’s return to genre BABYLON A.D. has arrived, and it’s pretty slick. The futuristic tale from Mathieu Kassovitz (LA HAINE, GOTHIKA) is a road movie following a mercenary hired to escort a unique woman...

Rogen’s Apocalypse

Posted 18 years ago

Wow, Seth Rogen somehow managed to have a lengthy chat with our boy ‘Sturdy’ on the set of his new flick OBSERVE AND REPORT without slipping a bit of this info. Rogen will star with amigo Jay Baruchel in an...

Smurfs: The Movie

Posted 18 years ago

Don’t pretend like this is a surprise. Everything that’s been a toy, comic, cartoon or videogame in the past century will eventually find its way back to us in full-motion form, courtesy of cash-loving Hollywood execs. Yes, the little blue...

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