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

Awesome Parnassus poster

Posted 17 years ago

There have been a lot of posters so far for THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS but with the UK release approaching at the end of this month, we have what I consider to be the best one so far. The...

Persia pitch trailer

Posted 17 years ago

Back when PRINCE OF PERSIA creator Jordan Mechner and writer/producer John August were looking to pitch a film version to studios, they had a tough time convincing them that the games could translate to a film. So instead of a...

Jones directs Matty

Posted 17 years ago

How exactly do you work a shirtless scene into a drama about lawyers? That’ll be one of the many questions Tommy Lee Jones has to consider as he preps his sophomore directorial effort THE LINCOLN LAWYER, which will star Matthew...

Next for Fleischer?

Posted 17 years ago

Ruben Fleischer took a project – ZOMBIELAND – that could’ve been mired in mediocrity by a lesser director and turned it into a critical and commercial success. As you might expect that has made him the toast of Hollywood as...

BTS of Mr. Fox

Posted 17 years ago

No, this isn’t another painfully hip behind-the-scenes look at the making of FANTASTIC MR. FOX showing George Clooney rolling down a hill or an artist painstakingly moving a fox a millimeter at a time. Instead we have a real idea...

Cruise is a Knight

Posted 17 years ago

I kinda knew from an early point that the upcoming Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz spy thriller WICHITA wasn’t going to stay with the title WICHITA. That just has the ring of a working title right there. And, while I love Fox,...

King’s kid sells Horns

Posted 17 years ago

Stephen King’s son Joe Hill sold his debut novel, “Heart-Shaped Box,” to Warner Bros. despite the fact that he used an alias (his real name is Joseph Hillstrom King) and no one knew he was the son of a famous...

Jolie in for Charlize

Posted 17 years ago

The upcoming thriller THE TOURIST was set to star a beautiful, Oscar-winning actress but she unfortunately had to drop out and has now been replaced by…a beautiful, Oscar-winning actress. Charlize Theron, long attached to star in THE TOURIST, has left...

Mother’s Day video

Posted 17 years ago

Darren Bousman is up in Toronto filming the MOTHER’S DAY remake with Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Briana Evigan, Alexa Vega and Shawn Ashmore and has taken some time out of his busy day to file a video blog from...

Bell joins Aguilera

Posted 17 years ago

Kristen Bell has signed on to co-star in BURLESQUE, the upcoming musical-drama featuring Christina Aguilera in her first starring role. But wait… isn’t Kristen Bell > Christina Aguilera? Just checkin… Bell will star as the antagonist to Aguilera’s character, a...

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