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The new Wild Geese

Posted 19 years ago

Grab your Sten submachinegun and a bottle of decent Scotch — the WILD GEESE are coming back. A remake of the 1978 action flick is in the works from Hollywood Gang, some of the folks who make 300 such a...

Wolverine updates

Posted 19 years ago

The WOLVERINE solo flick is getting a few swipes closer to carving up theaters. Hugh Jackman returns to the role under the direction of Gavin Hood (TSOTSI), and some new elements are falling into place to help piece together Logan’s...

Gatchaman gets writer

Posted 19 years ago

Before it was BATTLE OF THE PLANETS and G-FORCE, it was GATCHAMAN. And it will be again! The beauty of old licenses. Like THUNDERCATS, GI JOE and TMNT, GATCHAMAN rides the latest wave of nostalgia toward the beaches of profit....

Stopping Power goes

Posted 19 years ago

Just three weeks after Jan de Bont’s action flick STOPPING POWER ironically came to a screeching halt due to investor issues, the project is rolling forward once more thanks to a fresh injection of almighty dollars. The $40 million movie...

New AvP2 trailer

Posted 19 years ago

The upside of putting special-effects guys in charge of the ALIENS vs. PREDATOR sequel is that, superficially speaking, it looks pretty tight. The previous R-rated trailer for Fox’s second extraterrestrial clash contained plenty of visceral satisfaction, but this new clip...

JLA official news

Posted 19 years ago

This evening brings the official announcement of what has been the assumption on movies sites for weeks: George Miller (HAPPY FEET, THE ROAD WARRIOR) will direct the big-screen JUSTICE LEAGUE movie. Variety confirms much of what has been speculated about...

Pitt fights Wahlberg

Posted 19 years ago

We recently learned that Brad Pitt would reunite with his FIGHT CLUB secret self Ed Norton, but that’s for a political thriller called STATE OF PLAY. He’s saving the fisticuffs for Mark Wahlberg. Pitt has joined Darren Aronofsky’s next film...

Everybody’s Fighting

Posted 19 years ago

STEP UP prancer Channing Tatum and HUSTLE & FLOW hip-hop pimp Terrence Howard are getting ready to feed knuckle sandwiches to a few chumps in Rogue Pictures new action drama FIGHTING. The movie follows Tatum as he enters an illegal...

Release date shuffle

Posted 19 years ago

For quite a while now in the movie business, it seems like having a good release date is almost more important than actually having a good movie. So the studios are jockeying for position with their big upcoming projects, looking...

Friday the 13th again

Posted 19 years ago

Jason Voorhees is back… and he’s pissed! One can probably assume, anyway. Seems to be in his nature. Platinum Dunes had considered digging the FRIDAY THE 13th franchise out of the grave for a reboot/remake/re-launch of everyone’s favorite sex-hating mass...

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