Mike Sampson

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Favorite Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, Jaws, Boogie Nights, Goodfellas, The Jerk, Raiders of read more the Lost Ark, The Untouchables (recent) 21 Grams, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Anchorman

Likes: German women, the VX-980 hair blower, my chest hair, fighting beach read more crime, my talking black Trans-Am...oh wait, that's David Hasselhoff

Hayden Panettiere and other hotties join Scream 4?

Posted 16 years ago

With a July start date on the horizon, Dimension and director Wes Craven are beginning to round out the cast of their film. Hayden Panettiere, Ashley Greene, Lake Bell and Rory Culkin are all in talks to join the cast...

Interview: Jorma Taccone

Posted 16 years ago

This interview below stars exactly how a writer doesn’t want his interview to start. “Let’s start over.” About 11 minutes into my chat with one-third of comedy trio Loney Island, “Saturday Night Live” writer and MACGRUBER director Jorma Taccone, I...

Now it’s Gerard Butler’s turn for A Star is Born?

Posted 16 years ago

They’re just not going to give up on remaking A STAR IS BORN, are they? After both Will Smith and Russell Crowe were attached to star and subsequently unattached themselves, now Warner Bros. is looking at Gerard Butler to star...

JJ Abrams finds a director for his diamond heist project

Posted 16 years ago

Back in March of 2009, at the request of JJ Abrams, Paramount acquired the feature film rights to “The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Diamond Heist,” a Wired article by Joshua Davis. Abrams has been developing the film and...

Bugs, Daffy and Wile E. Coyote returning to theaters in 3D shorts

Posted 16 years ago

Back in 2007, Walt Disney decided to relaunch the concept of animated shorts before their films with some classic Disney characters. (Here’s an example: “How to Hook Up Your Home Theater”) But while Pixar seems to be continuing that tradition,...

Interview: MacGruber stars Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe!

Posted 16 years ago

The three most difficult interviews to do for me are ones where the talent is a) insanely funny, b) a beautiful woman or c) a handsome man. (Un)lucky enough for me, I hit that trifecta when I sat down to...

Two new international posters for Predators!

Posted 16 years ago

Two new international posters for PREDATORS have popped up online today and both feature a Predator menacing Adrien Brody. One of them is more of a cast shot (though strangely no Topher Grace) and the other is a close-up of...

Juno Temple is the queen to the Three Musketeers

Posted 16 years ago

Juno Temple, hipster actress extraordinaire, is in talks to star as the queen in THE THREE MUSKETEERS, the Paul WS Anderson directed 3D take on the classic tale. Temple would join the previously cast Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz, Milla Jovovich,...

Jemaine Clement is the Men in Black 3 villain

Posted 16 years ago

Jemaine Clement, star of “Flight of the Conchords” and the unfortunate GENTLEMEN BRONCOS, has signed on to star as the villain in MEN IN BLACK 3. As you might expect, Sony is trying to keep details on the film as...

Interview: MacGruber star Val Kilmer!

Posted 16 years ago

Usually you have an idea what to expect when you step into a room to interview the star of a movie. I’ll be honest though – I had no idea what to expect when I went in to interview Val...

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