EA Withdraws Bid for Take-Two

This next one will come to relief to many, EA has withdrawn its very public battle to take over Grand Theft Auto publisher, Take-Two. EA was looking to integrate many Take-Two brands into its slate for the holiday season. EA is notorious for its quick releases, and yearly retreads (read: any of the companies sports …

Coens Cast ‘Serious Man’

The Coen Brothers have tapped two under the radar actors for their new film, ‘A Serious Man.’ Richard Kind (Spin City), and Michael Stuhlbarg will star as brothers in a black comedy that takes place in 1967. The film is about Larry Gopnik, a professor whose life stars to fall apart when his wife leaves …

Review: Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express was one of the handful of movies I was legitimately hyped for. I was a huge fan of ‘Superbad,’ written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. So, on paper, there was good reason to be excited about this one. Same writing partners, Judd Apatow producing once again. So what happened, why didn’t it …

‘Voltron’ in Turn Around

New Regency has thrown “that other robot movie” into turnaround. ‘Voltron,’ based on the Japanese animated TV series from 80s, was being produced by Relativity Media, and is now looking to replan the project with a more moderate budget. The script was written by Justin Marks, writer of films ‘He-Man,’ and ‘Green Arrow,’ both films …

More ‘Edge of Darkness’ Casting

Martin Campbell’s (Goldeneye, Casino Royale) new Mel Gibons film “Edge of Darkness,” has gained a few new cast members. Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, and Bojana Novakovic have signed on. The film is about a veteran cop, whose only grown0up child is murdered on the step of his home. In his investigations he unearths his daugheter’s …

Mike Myers Now a ‘Bastard’

The cast list keeps growing and growing, this time, comedian Mike Myers has joined the ranks of Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, B.J. Novak, Simon Pegg, Nastassja Kinski, David Krumholtz by signing on to “Inglorious Bastards.” The WWII film has the whole town talking. Mike Myers will play British General Ed Fenech, who takes part in …