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

With Cartel halted Universal greenlights…Johnny English 2?

Posted 16 years ago

While on the surface it may seem like a retarded decision to stop production on an adult drama like Josh Brolin’s CARTER and then greenlight JOHNNY ENGLISH 2, a sequel to a movie that made only $28 million in the...

Jon Favreau almost cast Sam Rockwell as Iron Man?

Posted 16 years ago

Jon Favreau has begun the massive promotional tour for IRON MAN 2 that will run from now until right up to the May 7th release and in one of his first full interviews on the film, he got talking about...

South Park takes on Tron and Facebook in latest episode

Posted 16 years ago

TRON: LEGACY is still about 8 months away but last night’s “South Park” already took the characters into the world of “Tron.” The episode ostensibly centers around Facebook and what happens when one person doesn’t want to participate when everyone...

Taylor Kitsch sets sail on Battleship

Posted 16 years ago

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE star Taylor Kitsch will try to stop aliens from sinking his battleship with a starring role in the upcoming sci-fi action flick BATTLESHIP. Still to be cast are a American female sailor and a Japanese commander. Peter...

Harrison Ford to play a gunslinger in Cowboys vs. Aliens!

Posted 16 years ago

UPDATE – Jon Favreau just confirmed the news on Twitter saying, “Please stop asking if Harrison Ford is in Cowboys & Aliens. Okay? He is. Please don’t tell anybody.” Remember SHHH, it’s just between us. Pretending KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL...

Josh Brolin drama Cartel gets dropped by Universal

Posted 16 years ago

Josh Brolin was set to begin filming on CARTEL, an American retelling of the Italian film LA SCORTA, next month but he might want to start looking for something else to do. Universal abruptly pulled the plug on the film...

Batman villains as drawn on the iPad

Posted 16 years ago

I don’t have an iPad but I’ve seen the Sketchbook Pro app for the iPhone and I’ve never been able to draw anything that doesn’t look like a muddy puddle or a grey, cloudy sky. Then again, I’m not Jim...

Will Iron Man 2 be bigger than The Dark Knight?

Posted 16 years ago

When SPIDER-MAN 3 opened to $151 million in 2007 many wondered if that record could be beaten any time in the near future. One year later THE DARK KNIGHT beat that record with $158 million and many wondered if that...

Rob Corddry spins into Butter, joins Jennifer Garner and Kate Hudson

Posted 16 years ago

If all went according to play, HOT TUB TIME MACHINE would’ve been a huge financial hit and Rob Corddry, who absolutely steals the show, would have been launched into stardom a la Zach Galifianakis. As it turns out, HTTM was...

Shark Night aims to scrape the bottom of the 3D barrel

Posted 16 years ago

As one 3D movie about man-eating fish (PIRANHA 3D) has been struggling to find its way to theaters, another one looks to enter production. David R. Ellis (THE FINAL DESTINATION) has signed on to direct SHARK NIGHT 3D, a movie...

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