Chris Columbus will be directing a feature about Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign. His company, 1492 Productions has acquired the screen rights to “The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America,” by Thurston Clark. Kennedy’s campaign focused on poverty, racism, and ending Vietnam, a theme that inspired Columbus, produced Michael …
Brad Pitt is officially a “bastard,” having closed his deal to star in Tarantino’s new directing vehicle, ‘Inglorious Bastards.’ The film is co-production between Universal and the Weinstein Company.
AMC is looking to develop a new television series based on Francis Ford Coppola’s feature film, ‘The Conversation.’ The film, released in 1974 starred Gene Hackman as an electronic surveillance expert. The new series will also take place in the early 1970s, rather then updating the show to modern day. The show will be scripted …
Fanboys rejoice! Kevin Smith’s new film, ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno,’ has been downgraded to R, after initially receiving an NC-17 rating.
id Software head Todd Hollenshead has been vocal about film adaptations of his video game properties this week. He confirms that Roger Avary (The Rules of Attraction) is currently working on the script for a film version of ‘Return to Castle Wolfenstein’
Ang Lee will begin production on his new film, ‘Taking Woodstock’ for Focus Features later this month. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Liev Schreiber, and comedian Demetri Martin.
Director Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) has signed on to play a part in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film ‘Inglorious Bastards.’ He’ll be playing the part of a baseball-bat swinging Nazi hunter. Brad Pitt is in talks to play the part of the leader of the rogue band of Jewish-American soldiers wreaking havoc in Nazi-occupied France. …
It’s Monday, why not start it off with a video? Masters of Hyrule have put together a video of some strange moments in Video Game history, I’m sure there are plenty more of this, some are a bit funny, some are downright immature, but hey, what else was Youtube made for?
iD Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has expressed interest in producing another Doom film. The CEO told video game blog Kotaku that he’d love to do another Doom movie, “There are some lessons we learned. The best way to do things better is to get the experience.”
Despite horrid reviews, audiences were split this weekend between ‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,’ and ‘The Dark Knight.’ In its third week, ‘Dark Knight,’ dropped only 42% from the week prior, totaling and estimated $43.8 million for the weekend.