What do you get when you combine the styles of James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez? Sort of the worst of one director and the best of the other. Alita: Battle Angel is full of awesome action and 3D CG effects that will surely keep you glued to your seat… then you’ll listen to clunky, hokey…
DetailsIN THIS WEEK’S “FINALLY!” story, We were worried for a minute there. The monumentally troubled, decades-spanning production of director Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has become the stuff of legend – not to mention the subject of the acclaimed 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha. But after soldiering through enough setbacks this…
DetailsAnd we’re back! It’s a new week. Funny how that happens. IN THIS WEEK’S “Lots of talk” story, when you hear Jason Reitman describe the incredibly detailed ways he’s going to bring the Ghostbusters franchise back to its roots, it’s clear the new director is catering to those same folks that cried “sacrilege!” when Dan…
DetailsHere we go again with the film news! IN THIS WEEK’S “Zombieland gets the Verizon guy” story, Thomas Middleditch is joining Sony Pictures’ upcoming Zombieland sequel. The “Silicon Valley actor will star alongside Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin in Zombieland 2. As previously reported, Zoey Deutch and Rosario Dawson are also…
DetailsOne week closer to the Oscars! IN THIS WEEK’S “Before Suicide Squad 2, Superman” story, Since James Gunn was unfortunately fired from directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, he’s now jumped over to Warner Bros. Pictures to tackle their own misfit comic book sequel, The Suicide Squad. However, before the studio gave him control…
DetailsWe’re a month into 2019! IN THIS WEEK’S “Finally, some good news” story, Johnny Depp will no longer appear in Universal’s reboot of The Invisible Man, a source tells TheWrap. Leigh Whannell, the director of Insidious: Chapter 3 and Upgrade, has signed on to direct the remake of The Invisible Man, which Universal Pictures is…
DetailsVFX Bake-Off 2019/VFX Oscar Noms So, a couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the visual Effects Bake-Off. For those not in the know, the VFX Bake-Off is the presentation by the Academy where the ten films chosen to be the finalists in the achievement for Visual Effects Oscar are…
DetailsOh look – more things happening! IN THIS WEEK’S ” Beyond Method” story, who would be good to play a young Tony Soprano in the Sopranos prequel? How about the son of actor James Gandolfini? Yep, Micheal Gandolfini will play a young Tony Soprano in the film, The Many Saints of Newark. IN THIS WEEK’S…
DetailsAaaand, another week of film goings-on! IN THIS WEEK’S “Back on track” story, Sony’s Uncharted big-screen adaptation may be back on track. Weeks after director Shawn Levy formally left to direct Free Guy for Fox, Sony is bringing on board Dan Trachtenberg to sit in the captain’s chair. Tom Holland remains on board to star…
DetailsWelcome to the new year! 2019 already kinda sucks because: IN THIS WEEK’S “In memoriam” story, we have already lost 3 significant figures in entertainment. Gene Okerlund, a gentlemanly wrestling announcer who went by “Mean Gene” and specialized in interviewing the biggest, loudest and most obnoxious professional grapplers in the business, died Jan. 2 at…
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