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

Judd Apatow and Kristen Wiig hire a director

Posted 17 years ago

After a flurry of films in 2007 and 2008, the “produced by Judd Apatow” movies have slowed a bit. GET HIM TO THE GREEK is the only Apatow-produced film to hit theaters this year and now we have word on...

Latest updates to script archive include Wolfman, Percy Jackson and more!

Posted 17 years ago

The Oscar nominations were announced about two weeks ago and ever since I’ve been trying to get all ten script nominations in our system. While three have continued to elude me (someone e-mail me if you have official scripts for...

District 9 creators never planned for sequel

Posted 17 years ago

DISTRICT 9 co-writer Terri Tatchell has found herself nominated for an Oscar for her work with Neill Blomkamp on that film. She also finds herself working on a follow-up to a movie that she never intended to follow-up on. At...

Mike Newell set for the Terminal Spy

Posted 17 years ago

Back in 2006, a Russian dissident a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin suddenly fell ill after sipping tea. Three weeks later he was dead, the result of radioactive poisoning. Alexander Litvinenko was a former KGB agent who died of mysterious...

Yet another Frankenstein film on the way?

Posted 17 years ago

It seems that the success (??) of THE WOLFMAN has sparked a new interest in the classic monsters. Universal is moving ahead with a new DRACULA film and just recently it was announced that I, FRANKENSTEIN got a greenlight. Now...

New Tron viral site counting down to…trailer?

Posted 17 years ago

I’ve been waiting patiently for the TRON: LEGACY trailer to show up and smart money had it debuting on prints of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. It would make sense… Both are Disney films, both are in 3D and both can attract...

Kathryn Bigelow’s next directing gig is…

Posted 17 years ago

Since this past summer when THE HURT LOCKER hit theaters, people were immediately speculating on what director Kathryn Bigelow would do next. It almost seemed like she could have her choice of projects. Many people thought she’d be a perfect...

Go behind the scenes of Clash of the Titans with this new clip!

Posted 17 years ago

I know there’s been some significant backlash to the decision to release CLASH OF THE TITANS in 3D (in part, from some very powerful people) but minus the gimmicky format, I’m still really looking forward to it. Today we’ve got...

Kate Mara joins James Franco in 127 Hours

Posted 17 years ago

Danny Boyle’s upcoming film 127 HOURS is being billed as a “one-man show” for actor James Franco, who will be playing Aron Ralston, the real life mountain climber who got trapped under a boulder and had to amputate his own...

What’s going on with Depp’s Lone Ranger flick?

Posted 17 years ago

Back in 2008 at a Disney event in Los Angeles, it was announced that Johnny Depp would star in ALICE IN WONDERLAND, a fourth PIRATES film and THE LONE RANGER. ALICE, with Depp as Mad Hatter, hits theaters in about...

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