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

INT: M. Night Shyamalan

Posted 18 years ago

THE HAPPENING wasn’t supposed to be, well, happening, quite like this. The R-rated thriller was supposed to be M. Night’s return to nail biting thrills he cooked up with uber-hits THE SIXTH SENSE and SIGNS. Critics and audiences were disappointed...

Keira is loverly?

Posted 18 years ago

Sony Pictures is looking to reamke MY FAIR LADY and is in talks with Keira Knightley to star as Eliza Doolittle. The story follows a cockney flower girl who’s transformed into a lady by arrogant phonetics professor Henry Huggins. While...

Murphy has Shining?

Posted 18 years ago

Brittany Murphy recently got the boot from the upcoming Disney film TINKERBELL, so she’s decided to go in the complete opposite direction. The actress will star in the thriller DEADLINE, which producers describe as a “SHINING-style” movie. Piece of advice:...

Sandler gets scary

Posted 18 years ago

Adam Sandler, not content to scare people solely through his comedies, has signed on to produce his first thriller. Titled SHORTCUT, the film will follow two brothers who believe they’ve found the perfect shortcut in their traffic congested town. After...

TF2 blows up set

Posted 18 years ago

As you may have heard, TRANSFORMERS 2 is filming in Bethlehem, PA. No LaBeouf on set just a bunch of fancy helicopters, a dilapidated factory and explosions. (It’s a Michael Bay film, what’d you expect?) The old Bethlehem steel factory...

Modern day Merlin?

Posted 18 years ago

DreamWorks has picked up the Brian K. Vaughan (“Lost”) spec script ROUNDTABLE that would bring Merlin to the modern world. Described as “more GHOSTBUSTERS than EXCALIBUR,” the action comedy follows Merlin traveling to modern day society to battle an ancient...

Lohan gets a gig!

Posted 18 years ago

Well blessed be! Lindsey Lohan has gone and gotten herself a movie job! Linds has signed on to star in the romantic comedy LABOR PAINS. What’s even better isthat it has financing! And a start date! Filming is set to...

Who will Rambo fight?

Posted 18 years ago

As I was watching RAMBO on DVD and thoroughly enjoying a man outrunning a nuclear explosion, I began thinking about the recent news that Sylvester Stallone has started writing a fifth RAMBO movie. Once the dusty old wheels in this...

De Palma strangled

Posted 18 years ago

Normally I’d be excited to tell you about a film titled THE BOSTON STRANGLER directed by Brian De Palma but in the wake of THE BLACK DAHLIA, I just can’t be excited. Perhaps the monstrosity that was DAHLIA will motivate...

Sherlock Ritchie?

Posted 18 years ago

Apparently pleased with what he’s doing on the awfully titled ROCKNROLLA, Warner Bros. has hired director Guy Ritchie to direct SHERLOCK HOLMES and help relaunch the iconic character. The studio was perhaps less enthused with DOOMSDAY as they had signed...

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