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

The Conan the Barbarian remake gets a skull-heavy motion poster

Posted 15 years ago

The CONAN THE BARBARIAN marketing blitz is about to begin with the first trailer on the way this month. But before we get to that trailer, Lionsgate has released a new motion poster for the film that’s very Frank Frazetta-esque....

Check out the trailer for the animated series Tron: Uprising

Posted 15 years ago

In many ways, TRON: LEGACY was like an animated movie. In fact, while I didn’t hate LEGACY, I might’ve liked it more as an animated movie (or at least I might’ve forgiven some of its flaws). I’ll be when Disney...

Is a sequel (or prequel) to Blade Runner coming our way?

Posted 15 years ago

Alcon Entertainment, the production company behind THE BLIND SIDE and THE BOOK OF ELI, has acquired the sequel and prequel rights to Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi film BLADE RUNNER from original producer Bud Yorkin. The deal, which is in the...

Charlie Kaufman prepping two new films, one for Spike Jonze to direct

Posted 15 years ago

Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman, who memorably brought us BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and ADAPTATION, are finalizing a deal that would have them reteaming for a political satire that Kaufman wrote and Jonze would direct. Kaufman, meanwhile, is simultaneously prepping...

A Percy Jackson sequel on the fast-track at Fox?

Posted 15 years ago

I had mostly assumed that PERCY JACKSON would be another entry in the seemingly endless list of fantasy films that wanted to be a franchise but never got past their first installment (somewhere alongside ERAGON, CITY OF EMBER, THE SPIDERWICK...

Cool Videos: The Tarantino/Billy Joel mashup “Kill Billy”

Posted 15 years ago

I routinely get frustrated when I search for a video or trailer on YouTube only to find out the uploader has taken a scene and dubbed in their own corny music. I mostly get mad because it NEVER WORKS. Until...

What pop songs will serve as the big musical numbers in Sucker Punch?

Posted 15 years ago

It was more evident in the Comic-Con footage from 2010, but all the trailers and footage for SUCKER PUNCH since have almost completely downplayed the fact that there is a serious musical element to the film. I haven’t seen the...

Olly Moss debuts his new poster for Scream 4

Posted 15 years ago

It’s only a matter of time before British design wunderkind Olly Moss is commissioned by a studio to create the actual theatrical one-sheet for a big movie. It’s way too early to compare Moss to a guy like Saul Bass...

Cee Lo Green to get stuck between the moon and New York City for Arthur?

Posted 15 years ago

Cee-Lo had the best single of 2010 with his modern classic “F*ck You.” Since it’s modest release on YouTube last summer, it became a viral hit, was edited to “Forget You” for radio and sung by Gwyneth Paltrow on “Glee.”...

Is this the best movie poster of the year? (Hint: yes)

Posted 15 years ago

He created iconic movie posters for NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION, BARBARELLA, DEATHSTALKER and EMPIRE STRIKES BACK but legendary painter Boris Vallejo hasn’t done any movie work since 2007’s AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE. But this weekend, Magnet Releasing quietly sent out the...

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