William Wheeler

Date of Birth

1967-11-20

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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The UnPopular Opinion: Ghost in the Shell

Posted 7 years ago

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 will...

Scarlett Johansson exits Rub & Tug after outcry over playing trans character

Posted 8 years ago

After being met with cries of misrepresentation, and likely a bit of soul searching, Scarlett Johansson has announced that she's left RUB & TUG, the Rupert Sanders-directed film in which she was meant to portray the trans owner of a massage parlor. When...

Scarlett Johansson to star in Rub & Tug, a massage parlor mob-related drama

Posted 8 years ago

According to Deadline, New Regency has massaged the rights to RUB & TUG away from those competing for the Rupert Sanders-directed drama starring Scarlett Johansson. Based on a true story, the film will tell the tale of a woman (Johansson) making game-changing moves in...

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New Ghost in the Shell anime in the works; New movie set to lose $60 million

Posted 9 years ago

Now that GHOST IN THE SHELL has come out and done less-than-hoped-for business the movie is leaving a pretty bad taste in everyone’s mouth, even to the point where Paramount is already admitting their mistake. Chances are high that fans...

Paramount confesses that whitewashing controversy hurt Ghost in the Shell

Posted 9 years ago

Brace yourselves, readers, I'm about to go on a bit of a controlled rant in just a few moments. Today, Paramount's domestic distribution chief Kyle Davies has released a statement regarding the lackluster box office performance and whitewashing of the...

Top 10 Movies To Watch Before Seeing Ghost in the Shell

Posted 9 years ago

GHOST IN THE SHELL hits theaters today and audiences are likely divided into two camps: those familiar with the original manga and anime series and those who have no clue why a body suit clad Scarlett Johansson is kicking robot...

Review: Ghost in the Shell

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the field commander of an anti-terrorist unit called Section 9. Possessing an artificial body but a human brain, she and her upgraded cohorts hunt a mysterious cyber-terrorist, Kuze (Michael Pitt) who’s attempting to dismantle...

Check out five minutes from the opening action scene of Ghost in the Shell

Posted 9 years ago

We're just a little over a week out from the release of GHOST IN THE SHELL and Paramount has been amping up their marketing campaign for this final stretch with the release of several clips, featurettes and more. I suppose...

Watch Scarlett Johansson punch a guy across water in Ghost in the Shell clip

Posted 9 years ago

Next week will see the end of a busy March with the release of the highly anticipated BOSS BABY. Wait, I meant GHOST IN THE SHELL (or did I?), and with the movie so near a bevy of clips have...

Explore the world of Section 9 in this Ghost in the Shell featurette

Posted 9 years ago

When it comes to Hollywood remakes of well known Japanese properties, the end results can be a little mixed; for every THE RING, there's a GODZILLA (1998) waiting in the wings. It remains to be seen which side the upcoming...

Steve Aoki remixes the Ghost in the Shell theme

Posted 9 years ago

Based on the internationally acclaimed sci-fi manga series, as well as the anime that followed, GHOST IN THE SHELL follows Major (Scarlett Johansson), a special ops, one-of-a-kind human cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. The theme...

Scarlett Johansson wakes to a nightmare in this clip for Ghost in the Shell

Posted 9 years ago

Despite all of the hubbub that has surrounded the release of Rupert Sander's GHOST IN THE SHELL, I must admit that I am still very excited to see this film. As a long-time fan of Mamoru Oshii's original anime feature-film...

Our review of the haunting 12-minute preview of Ghost in the Shell

Posted 9 years ago

And so it begins. Tonight, audiences were given a twelve minute preview of the new sci-fi feature GHOST IN THE SHELL. Directed by Rupert Sanders and starring Scarlett Johansson, the film is a live action take on the 1995 animated...

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