Attention all ‘Futurama’ fans, the popular sci-fi show is coming back from the dead for a 26 episode run on Comedy Central. The show previously ran from 1999-2003, and produced 72 episodes, but was eventually canceled. It has been running to much success on Comedy Central, as well as great DVD sales. The new episodes …
The one thing I can say about ‘Yes Man,’ is that nothing about this film surprised me. The fact that it was made, and who it starred, and the fact that it met my expectations exactly. Though, none of this is a good thing.
The US Embassy says ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Kung Fu’ star David Carradine was found dead in Bangkok. He was in town filming his latest film, ‘Stretch.’ Carradine was known for his roles as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s television series Kung Fu, as well as ‘Big’ Bill Shelly in Martin Scorsese’s Boxcar Bertha, folksinger …
Will Forte appeared on Late night With Jimmy Fallon last night, and entered the show to the theme for MacGruber. Fallon asked Forte if there were any plans for a MacGruber movie, apparently, they’ve already finished writing it. I find the sketches occasionally funny, but, so sit through an entire movie with the same joke, …
Apparently a live-action version of the comic-strip (and later animated cartoon) character Heathcliff is in development. Magic Lantern Entertainment is teaming up with FitzRoy media to give the cat a ‘Garfield-like’ CGI/live action hybrid film. The original comic was made by George Gately, and told the story of a cat who loves tipping over garbage …
The first thing I thought as the credits rolled on ‘Sex Drive,’ was that it is a difficult task to take on the teen sex comedy these days. It is hard to feel fresh when you’re dealing with a tired genre. I’m almost certain during the pitch, someone had to have said, well, its ‘Road …
It is official, Paramount and Sony have announced the official release schedule of the first Tintin movie, “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” being directed by Steven Spielberg. The film will be released December 23, 2011, after being released internationally in late October/early November. The film stars Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) as …
Dan Aykroyd has been going around saying that Ghostbusters 3 could be in production as soon as the winter for Sony. Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, and of course, Aykroyd are set to return. The new film is being written by ‘Year One’ writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. Ivan Reitman will not be …
Bret Easton Ellis has written an original screenplay that will be co-financed and produced by The Roseblood Movie Company. Ellis is known for writing ‘American Psycho,’ and ‘The Rules of Attraction.’ The story line involves a social outcast who takes hostage a group of peers who humiliated him. Shooting is set to begin late summer. …
Variety is reporting that Daniel Suarez’s techno thriller novel ‘Daemon’ is being adapted for Paramount Pictures by Walter Parkes and David DiGilio. The book tells the story of a game designer who designs a program to fight mankind. Parkes previous screenwriting efforts were ‘Wargames’ and ‘Sneakers,’ the two best hacker movies of all time (if …