Justin Haythe

Gore Verbinski lines up 3 new projects, including Steve Carell thriller

Posted 12 years ago

Back in April, Gore Verbinski signed a multiyear deal between New Regency and his Blind Wink Productions, and the first three movies from that deal have been announced. Deadline is reporting first Verbinski will direct an untitled paranoid thriller from...

The Ring helmer Gore Verbinski returning to horror with A Cure for Wellness

Posted 12 years ago

Gore Verbinski has had an interesting career helming films in many different genres, including children's flicks (MOUSEHUNT), dramas (the Nic Cage-starring THE WEATHER MAN), crime-comedies (THE MEXICAN), and animated features (RANGO). And let's not forget his work on the PIRATES...

The UnPopular Opinion: The Lone Ranger

Posted 12 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column...

Quentin Tarantino elaborates on that Lone Ranger choice; Says Batman is not interesting

Posted 13 years ago

The other day, Quentin Tarantino offered up his Top Ten of 2013- So Far. Many seemed rather perplexed by a certain inclusion. Of all the movies in 2013, why did THE LONE RANGER get a nod from Tarantino? Maybe because...

Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer will end their partnership in 2014, but don’t blame it on The Lone Ranger

Posted 13 years ago

An extremely profitable union has come to an end: The Wrap is reporting that Disney will not renew its first-look deal with mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer when it expires at the end of the year. Bruckheimer and Disney have made an...

Mark Wahlberg jumps on the blame bandwagon in defense of The Lone Ranger

Posted 13 years ago

Everyone seems to be coming to the defense of THE LONE RANGER but for reasons outside of the quality of the movie itself. First, critics lambasted the film in advance of abysmal box office results. Then, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp,...

The Lone Ranger team blames critics for why the film bombed in theaters

Posted 13 years ago

Oh boy, this could get ugly. A good chunk of the cast and crew for THE LONE RANGER (Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer) were recently interviewed by Yahoo! Movies Uk & Ireland about their...

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer thinks The Lone Ranger will be viewed as a “brave” film over time

Posted 13 years ago

This summer’s THE LONE RANGER, much like Disney’s JOHN CARTER of last year, was pronounced dead on arrival by audiences and panned by more than two-thirds of critics. However, there is also a band of resistance that has trumpeted the...

Top 10 Westerns of the 21st Century

Posted 13 years ago

The western genre has been an American staple since the invention of movies. We love dressing up like cowboys and pretending to fight villains. In many ways, cowboys were the first superheroes. With Disney’s THE LONE RANGER opening this weekend,...

“What Should You See This Summer?” Flowchart is hilarious and bitingly true

Posted 13 years ago

We're well into THE HEAT of the summer movie season, inundated with a slew of KICK-ASS pics that have flooded cinemas like a wave of WORLD WAR Z zombies from the Atlantic coast to the PACIFIC RIM. But, if you...