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

Atlas director. Shrug.

Posted 19 years ago

After a long search Angelina Jolie has found her director for ATLAS SHRUGGED. Jolie and Lionsgate have hired Vadim Perelman (THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG) to direct ATLAS from a script by Randall Wallace (BRAVEHEART). Perelman was once a...

Cohen set for Schmuck

Posted 19 years ago

After years of circling the project, Sacha Baron Cohen is expected to next star in DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS, a remake of the French comedy LE DINER DE CONS. Jay Roach (MEET THE PARENTS) will direct the project about a man...

Smell Natalie Portman?

Posted 19 years ago

Ever wanted to catch a whiff of Natalie Portman? Well first off, ew. That’s pervy. Second, it’s your lucky day! The Los Angeles Times will run a print ad in an upcoming issue for Portman’s upcoming film MR. MAGORIUM’S WONDER...

New Hitman poster

Posted 19 years ago

I’m not quite sure what to make of HITMAN. Parts of what I’ve seen look really great and then other parts have me a little reserved. It’s strange that at this point, I haven’t heard any murmurs from any research...

New 1-18-08 trailer?

Posted 19 years ago

It’s been kinda quiet on the CLOVERFIELD/1-18-08 front lately but a description of a new possible teaser trailer has popped up online and seems to confirm some rumored storylines. Ain’t It Cool News has posted a trailer description that is...

GI Joe gets rewritten

Posted 19 years ago

Word on the street had it that the two existing drafts of GI JOE – one by Skip Woods the other by Paul Lovett & David Elliot – were pretty much crap. And the idea to combine those two crappy...

Excl: Comebacks poster

Posted 19 years ago

You knew that eventually David Koechner would get his own film considering his success supporting Will Ferrell movies. I’ve never found him particularly hilarious and I’ve maintained that his stuff in ANCHORMAN is the weakest in the entire film. But...

Braga dances Mambo

Posted 19 years ago

Alice Braga (I AM LEGEND) has signed on to co-star with Jude Law and Forest Whitaker in the futuristic thriller REPOSSESSION MAMBO for Universal. The film will take place in a future where human organs are in high demand and...

Billy Bob & Basinger?

Posted 19 years ago

How’s this for an eclectic cast? Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Brandon Routh, Ashley Olsen and Lou Pucci have all signed on to star in the upcoming drama THE INFORMERS. The film is based on short stories by Bret Easton...

Renee gets Chilled

Posted 19 years ago

It’s been a while since we had a good ole fashioned Renee Zellweger romantic comedy so the actress has jumped right back into the genre. Zellweger has signed on to co-star with Harry Connick, Jr. in CHILLED IN MIAMI. She’ll...

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