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

George Lucas making a movie about singing fairies?

Posted 17 years ago

Once upon a time the Lucasfilm logo actually appeared before movies that had nothing to do with STAR WARS. I know! Besides KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, the last original film to come out of Lucasfilm was 1994’s RADIOLAND MURDERS....

No Lobo for Guy Ritchie

Posted 17 years ago

We kind of already knew this but producer Joel Silver confirmed what we all suspected – Guy Ritchie won’t be directing LOBO. Ritchie seemed to hint that the news of him directing LOBO was shaky at best during the SHERLOCK...

Titans and Potter films to be released in 3D!

Posted 17 years ago

You know those 3D tests we told you about earlier this week that would decide whether CLASH OF THE TITANS would be coming at you in an extra dimension this March? Well they apparently went so well they’ve officially decided...

1st look at Hogwarts at Universal Studios

Posted 17 years ago

I’m still a little amazed that Universal Studios was able to beat out Disney for the theme park rights to HARRY POTTER but they did and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be revealed in 2010. Today we’ve got...

Worthington to star in Universal’s Dracula: Year Zero?

Posted 17 years ago

Sam Worthington is probably the most famous actor that most people still don’t know. Try this. Go ask your mom if she knows who Sam Worthington is and I guarantee 95% of moms have no idea. I’m not saying moms...

Paranormal 2 director yanked back by Lionsgate

Posted 17 years ago

Just last week we brought you the news that Paramount had hired SAW VI director Kevin Greutert to direct PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2. At the time, it was noted that Paramount seemed to be poaching talent from its competing Halloween franchise...

Marsden goes from Cyclops to Easter Bunny?

Posted 17 years ago

One day a director will figure out exactly what to do with an actor as talented as James Marsden. He was hamstrung almost right from the start with those Cyclops glasses in the X-MEN films. While he did the best...

Lionsgate buys Ryan Reynolds flick Buried at Sundance

Posted 17 years ago

Chris Bumbray has been out and about in Sundance checking out all the latest flicks for us and filing his reviews. We’ll have his review of the Ryan Reynolds thriller BURIED soon but it became clear very early on at...

Fox wins rights to swing Machete

Posted 17 years ago

I’ve been hearing some very early things out of Austin and Hollywood that Fox is quite pleased with PREDATORS, the Robert Rodriguez produced reboot/sequel/whatever-you-wanna-call-it. Perhaps then it’s that happiness (mixed with some of that extra AVATAR cash lying around) that...

New Get Him to the Greek pic

Posted 17 years ago

I was a little concerned when the Universal 2010 preview kit was released and GET HIM TO THE GREEK was nowhere to be found. Were there issues with the film that might cause delays? Not sure why it wasn’t included...

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