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

WW:Z concept art?

Posted 18 years ago

You can count me among the very few who weren’t blown away by Max Brooks’ “World War: Z.” It came very highly recommended to me by a number of trusted people but I just never connected with it. I’d stop...

Update: Hornet back on

Posted 18 years ago

It looks like the reports of THE GREEN HORNET’s demise were greatly exaggerated. Earlier this week, it was reported that THE GREEN HORNET wasn’t shooting in 2009 and may never make it before cameras. Problem is nobody told Seth Rogen....

Lara Croft returns?!

Posted 18 years ago

Could Lara Croft be heading back to the big screen in a new TOMB RAIDER adventure? Warner Bros. is developing a “reboot” (that popular new trend) of the franchise that originally starred Angelina Jolie as the bosomy action star. The...

Money Shots #93

Posted 18 years ago

The Money Shots is a new daily column here at JoBlo.com highlighting some of the very best scenes in movie history (at least according to us). All are presented to you in near DVD quality and in extended format. Money...

Web guys do El Zombo

Posted 18 years ago

Kevin Munroe (TMNT) has signed on to direct EL ZOMBO FANTASMA, an adaptation of the best-selling Dark Horse comic of the same name. Described as a Hispanic Hellboy, the film follows a murdered Mexican wrestler who bargains his way out...

Tintin starts filming!

Posted 18 years ago

Paramount Pictures announced today that production has begun on Steven Spielberg’s next film THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: SECRET OF THE UNICORN. Jamie Bell has signed on to star as Tintin, the young reporter caught up in a big adventure, while...

Money Shots #92

Posted 18 years ago

Poster remakes

Posted 18 years ago

Movies are being remade with reckless abandon lately so why not remake posters? That’s the idea behind graphic artist Olly Moss’ latest series, which reimagines classic movies with all red, white and black poster (a color scheme that would make...

Oscar roundtable

Posted 18 years ago

Normally the Oscar publicity machine just wears me down to the point where I almost don’t care about some of the movies anymore. Like I’m just so sick of hearing about it that I forget why I liked it in...

Green Hornet halted?

Posted 18 years ago

There was much fanfare when it was announced that Seth Rogen would write, star in and produce THE GREEN HORNET for Sony. Official sites were launched. Release dates (June 25, 2010) were announced. Seth Rogen started hitting the gym. A...

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