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

Hurricane Galactus?

Posted 19 years ago

A buddy of mine told me the other day he was excited about seeing Galactus in FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER. Don’t get too excited, I told him, I don’t think he’s really in it. Confused, he reminded...

Runaways coming home

Posted 19 years ago

One of the first, if not the first grrl-power rock groups, The Runaways, are coming to the big screen. Legendary producer Art Linson is producing NEON ANGELS, an upcoming film that will document the rise and fall of the late-70s...

Grindhouse split update

Posted 19 years ago

We received some reports over the weekend and yesterday from some readers saying their local theaters were running the GRINDHOUSE films separately or running them together with an intermission instead of the fake trailers. Curious, we did our best Carl...

Pirates 3….hours??

Posted 19 years ago

So apparently the “three” in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 is hours, as in how many hours the final installment in the franchise is going to be. Filmjerk is reporting that AT WORLD’S END, which opens Memorial Day weekend, will...

Even more for Raimi?

Posted 19 years ago

While Sam Raimi tries to decide between SPIDER-MAN 4 and THE HOBBIT, Sony has thrown another project at him to tempt him back to their studio. The studio has picked up an untitled fantasy pitch from writers Damian Shannon and...

Scott finds Child 44

Posted 19 years ago

In yet another deal where movie rights to a book were a year in advance of its publication, Fox has optioned Tom Rob Smith’s upcoming thriller CHILD 44 for director Ridley Scott. Despite the book not being released until 2008,...

Interview: Joe Carnahan

Posted 19 years ago

Joe Carnahan is an extremely easy guy to interview. Here’s a guy who isn’t giving you a bunch of studio-fed BS, he’s shooting from the hip. Not only do I respect that, but it certainly makes for a more interesting...

Bay heads to Persia?

Posted 19 years ago

My man Robert Sanchez over at IESB.net is reporting that Michael Bay will reunite with super-duper-producer Jerry Bruckheimer to direct the upcoming Disney flick PRINCE OF PERSIA. Bruckheimer and Disney have been developing the adaptation of the popular video game...

Lilly goes Afterwards

Posted 19 years ago

Few “Lost” stars have made the transition to films despite the show’s success. Matthew Fox recently starred in WE ARE MARSHALL and Naveen Andrews had a small role in GRINDHOUSE but beyond that, not much. Evangeline Lilly is looking to...

Kasdan does Titans

Posted 19 years ago

Legendary screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK) has signed on to write the remake of CLASH OF THE TITANS set up at Warner Bros. The original film starred Harry Hamlin as Perseus who is...

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