HBO Max adds disclaimer to Mel Brooks’ classic comedy Blazing Saddles

Posted 5 years ago

Earlier this year, WarnerMedia made the choice to pull GONE WITH THE WIND from the HBO Max streaming service, with a spokesperson saying that the film was "a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial...

Jon Hamm cast in Fletch movie reboot

Posted 5 years ago

Now this is what I call perfect casting! Hollywood has long sought to reboot the Gregory McDonald mysteries series, "Fletch", about an investigative journalist, which was turned into two films starring Chevy Chase in the eighties, the hit FLETCH and its...

David Harbour says Fletch was an inspiration for Stranger Things season 3

Posted 7 years ago

E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, THE GOONIES or any other 80’s movie featuring mostly unsupervised gaggles of children may stand as a model for the Netflix series STRANGER THINGS, then sprinkle in some Stephen King for the horror elements and you got...

Fletch reboot moves from WB to Relativity with Jason Sudeikis in lead role

Posted 10 years ago

It has been a year since we heard Warner Bros was looking to cast Jason Sudeikis in the reboot of FLETCH. Now, the news still has the HORRIBLE BOSSES star taking over the Chevy Chase role but now at a...

The JoBlo Sunday Night Movie Chat: Blazing Saddles

Posted 11 years ago

We have been experiencing some small technical problems with the chatroom. You can still access it easily by clicking the picture below and typing in the comment bar this command. /join #moviefancentral Sometimes we just need to laugh. And when...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Mel Brooks

Posted 11 years ago

Last week, we took a look at the career of Russell Crowe, an actor whose presence or gravitas is unmatched. This week’s subject has his own kind of gravitas, albeit if you compared the two they couldn’t be more different....

Jason Sudeikis in talks to be the new Fletch for Warner Bros.

Posted 11 years ago

THR has learned Jason Sudeikis is very close to becoming the new Fletch for Warner Bros. in FLETCH WON. The project has been in development for a long time with multiple directors and actors either attached or rumored to be...

Mel Brooks names his 5 favorite scenes from his own films. Okay, 8 favorite scenes

Posted 12 years ago

I recently watched the American Masters documentary on Mel Brooks entitled MAKE A NOISE and immediately wanted to go back and re-watch all of his films. The guy is so genuinely funny that it is a shame he hasn't directed...