Variety is reporting that “Rambo 5” is coming. The latest installment in the John Rambo series has been greenlit by NuImage/Millenium Entertainment. Variety also has a plot summary. Rambo heads off to rescue a young girl who is kidnapped at the US/Mexico border. To save the girl, he must do battle with drug lords and …
Dreamworks has announced that Steven Spielberg is developing a movie based on Michael Crichton’s next novel. “Pirate Latitudes.” “Latitudes,” is the first of reportedly several posthumous Crichtion novels to be published. (The book comes out in November.) David Koepp, (screenwriter for “Jurassic Park,” “War of the Worlds,” and, um, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of …
Another name has been added to the cast of Ben Affleck’s upcoming sophomore directorial film, “The Town.” Blake Lively, best known for her work on the TV show, “Gossip Girl,” has joined the cast. Already announced as part of the movie are Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Renner and Oscar winner Chris Cooper. “The Town,” …
In 1937, Michael Curtiz teamed with Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Bette Davis to make “Kid Galahad,” the story of a rising boxer and a crooked manager who sets up a fixed championship fight. In 1962, Elvis Presley tied on the gloves for the remake. In the Presley movie, he plays Walter Gulick, just …
Ain’t It Cool News has an interesting rumor about the much talked-about third Christopher Nolan Batman movie. The article says that Nolan wants to shoot the third Batman fully in IMAX. They say this is a rumor for several reasons. One main reason being that, well, it could prove incredibly difficult. In fact, Ain’t It …
Only Quentin Tarantino could make a World War II movie like this. “Inglourious Basterds,” is a more of a pastiche of the second World War than a accurate, detailed and correct study of the events of what happened in Nazi-occupied France.
Mike Nichols has reportedly lined up a film adaptation of the book “Dark Water” as his next project. The book is by Patricia Highsmith, best known for writing “Strangers on a Train,” for Alfred Hitchcock and the Tom Ripley books which have been made into movies several times over. The story is about a well-to-do …
Abel Ferrara took on Jack Finney’s horror/sci-fi classic of aliens out to get the human race with 1993’s “Body Snatchers.” While the story is effectively told and is a good tale, sadly it is inevitably compared to the two previous “Body Snatchers” movies which, for my money, are some of the best films of their …
Website Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Universal Pictures is considering a re-boot of Anne Rice’s popular Vampire Chronicles. As you may recall, the first film, “Interview With the Vampire,” was well reviewed and received, while the second movie, “Queen of the Damned,”… well, not so much. The studio is reportedly interested in Robert Downey Jr. …
If food and meals truly bring people together, is it that big a leap to see food bridging the gap of time and distance to bring two people together? In Nora Ephron’s “Julie & Julia,” the two brought together, (so to speak,) are Julie Powell and Julia Child.