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

2010 Cannes lineup announced! Ridley, Woody, Godard and more!

Posted 16 years ago

The lineup for the 2010 Cannes Film Festival was announced this morning and maybe it’s the fact that it was announced at about 6am EST but snoooooooze. Absolutely no surprises to speak of and the one film people were really...

And Captain America’s love interest will be played by…

Posted 16 years ago

After Emily Blunt formally turned down the role of Peggy Carter, love interest to Steve Rogers in CAPTAIN AMERICA, all eyes turned to names like Keira Knightley and Alice Eve as the top candidates. As it turns out Marvel and...

Aronofsky to direct Rachel Weisz in Jackie O biopic?

Posted 16 years ago

Darren Aronofsky and his fiancee Rachel Weisz are planning a Jackie Kennedy Onassis biopic that would follow the former first lady in the immediate aftermath of the JFK assassination. The project is based on a script by Noah Oppenheim and...

Martin Scorsese officially shooting Hugo Cabret in 3D

Posted 16 years ago

You’ve heard the rumors and now it’s been confirmed: Martin Scorsese will shoot his next film, THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, in 3D. The key word in that sentence is that he’ll shoot the movies in 3D and not use...

Joss Whedon set to direct The Avengers!

Posted 16 years ago

You’ve heard the rumors, now prepare for the truth: Joss Whedon will direct THE AVENGERS for Marvel Studios. Whedon is in final negotiations to direct the film and while it wasn’t specifically mentioned, I’d gather he’d be an important part...

Andrew Niccol returns with a new sci-fi project!

Posted 16 years ago

If you want an example of a great and underlooked sci-fi movie, you don’t have to go any further than 1997’s GATTACA. It was the directorial debut of Andrew Niccol, a writer who went on to grab an Oscar nomination...

Jaws producer Richard Zanuck talks a 3D re-release

Posted 16 years ago

One of my favorite bullshit rumors of the past few years has to be the Tracy Morgan is going to star in a 3D remake of JAWS story from earlier this year. And while the idea of Tracy Morgan taking...

Kevin Bacon, Emma Stone join Steve Carell comedy

Posted 16 years ago

While Glenn Ficarra and John Requa patiently await the release of their last film, I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS, they’re moving on to their next comedy, an untitled comedy with Steve Carell starring as a soon-to-be divorcee struggling to keep...

New version of He-Man movie gets writers

Posted 16 years ago

I thought, nay hoped, that when the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE movie was dropped by Warner Bros. that it would slowly fade back into development hell. But Sony Pictures picked up the rights to the property in the fall and...

Is the Green Lantern’s suit one big computer effect?

Posted 16 years ago

All the would-be paparazzi hanging out in Louisiana trying to get a shot of Ryan Reynolds in his GREEN LANTERN costume are going to be sorely disappointed. Slashfilm is reporting that Reynolds will never actually wear the Green Lantern costume...

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