‘Hangover’ rewriter Jeremy Garelick is taking on a new project, a film send-up of ‘Baywatch.’ Apparently, the current script has a lot of action, but Garelick’s new rewrite of ‘Baywatch,’ gives it a Police Academy feel. The script focuses on two unlikely candidates vying for a lifeguard position alongside the other hot and buff lifeguards. …
I have to admit, the idea of Michael Mann making a film about John Dillinger was something that excited me quite a bit. If anyone could do the story justice, it’d be the director of Heat. Though, what worried me was Mann’s current obsession of shooting everything on the Sony CineAlta HD camera. Would the …
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,’ is a film that we knew was coming as soon as we’d heard about the first Transformers. There are certain movies that cannot escape the sequel train, I guarantee you, it was the first was greenlit if only for merchandising and the franchise it would start once again.
Academy Award winning American Actor Karl Malden has passed away at the age of 97. KNown for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, Baby Doll, and How the West Was Won. Born in Gary, Indiana, Malden started his acting career on Broadway in 1937. He was also known for his role …
The third ‘Twilight’ film is being scheduled to complete shooting, just as the second film opens November 20th. ‘Eclipse,’ will begin shooting August 17th in Vancouver, and is being directed by David Slade. ‘New Moon,’ the second in the Twilight Saga was directed by Chris Weitz. Talk about striking when the iron is hot. The …
George Clooney is about to sign a 2-year thetrical development deal with Sony Pictures. “I’ve felt like part of the family for almost 20 years,” Clooney said in an official press release. “I’m tremendously excited to be working at Sony Pictures, and we all feel like it’s a perfect match for Smokehouse. Grant Heslov and …
Video game ‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune,’ which just saw a much talked about sequel at E3, is being adapted to the screen for Sony Pictures. ‘Uncharted’ tells the story of treasure hunter Nate Drake, a descendent of explorer Sir Francis Drake, while he looks for the South American golden city of El Dorado. But Drake isn’t …
Variety is reporting that Transformers: “Revenge of the Fallen,” has already pulled in around $16 million from 3,000 screens on its opening night. The movie is just under the staggering opening night ‘Dark Knight’ had ($18.5 million). It’s expected to post a similar five day take to ‘Dark Knight,’ hitting at least $200 million this …
I feel like I’m shaking my head in anger quite a bit more these days. But this one takes the cake. A few months back we wrote about Aaron Sorkin writing a movie about Facebook. Well, that project has a director, David Fincher. The film, ‘The Social Network,’ is being produced by Scott Rudin, and …
Universal Pictures has bought the rights to Larry Doyle’s novel “Go Mutants!.” The book sets the story in a high school where all the aliens and monsters from 50s sci-fi movies come true, and their children assimilate among the other kids. The pic will be produced by Brian Grazer, no word on director yet.