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A bit more Rambo

Posted 19 years ago

Just a couple more months to wait before we get to see John J. Rambo go completely and energetically apeshit on a whole bunch of evil Burmese soldiers in order to protect innocent lives or whatever. As long as he...

The Verhoeven Affair

Posted 19 years ago

UPDATE: Variety confirms the below report from last Friday, although they just call the project THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR 2. According to the trade, the movie will begin filming in January and is “set in Europe and the Middle East...

Bad man of Avatar

Posted 19 years ago

It’s still another year and a half before James Cameron’s 3-D sci-fi epic AVATAR hits screens, and though they have a long way to go, they’ve managed to keep things relatively quiet so far. Most of the main cast has...

The new Stepfather

Posted 19 years ago

The 80s domestic thriller THE STEPFATHER is getting an update for the 21st century, and the new family unit has been found. Dylan Walsh slips into Terry O’Quinn’s empty pants to play the seemingly mild-mannered new husband of Sela Ward...

Rob Zombie’s CHUD?

Posted 19 years ago

UPDATE: Rob Zombie’s management apparently informed STYD and Bloody-Disgusting that he is NOT associated with a remake of C.H.U.D. — and yet several JoBlo readers informed me that Zombie mentioned his interest in it back when he was promoting his...

Power & Glory lives?

Posted 19 years ago

Like 95% of comic properties that get optioned for the screen, the superhero satire POWER & GLORY eventually drifted back to the cheapie bins where the producers found it. But has it been pulled out of the dusty long-box once...

Marky Max Payne

Posted 19 years ago

Fugitive undercover cop Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose. His wife and kid are dead, he’s been framed for murder, a powerful narcotic is pervasive on the streets, and both the police and the Mafia want his...

New Rambo poster

Posted 19 years ago

I don’t know if the ultimate intent was to have this badass elder warrior’s face plastered on T-shirts and posters like the iconic image of revolutionary Che Guevara, but it’s certainly the vibe this new (and apparently official) RAMBO artwork...

Goonies on Broadway?

Posted 19 years ago

I never really latched on to THE GOONIES (my 80s escapism tastes went closer to THE EXPLORERS, MONSTER SQUAD and THE LAST STARFIGHTER), but the Steven Spielberg-produced, Richard Donner-directed kidventure still has plenty of fans. They aren’t the only ones...

Futurama flick

Posted 19 years ago

Apologies if that headline was misleading to FUTURAMA fans hoping to see Fry, Leela and Bender float into theaters. But a new feature-length animated is indeed on the way — the Planet Express will be delivering the DVD movie FUTURAMA:...

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