Apocalypse How from Daily Show Writer

A few months back we featured a parody of ‘Juno’ called ‘Jewno’ co-written by Daily Show writer Rob Kutner. Kutner is releasing a tongue-in-cheek apocalyptic survival guide called ‘Apocalypse How.’ The book goes through chapters on Food, Clothing, Social Life, Family, Marriage, Recreation, Career, Wealth, to prepare you for the upcoming “better” changes in the …

‘An Inconvenient’ Opera

In a strange announcement, Al Gore’s successful doc ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ is conveniently being adapted into an opera. Italian composer Giorgio Battistelli is interpreting to play at Milan’s Scala in 2011. The opera will be La Scala’s contribution to Italy’s 150th anniversary celebration of its unification in 1861. Characters will tell the story of ‘Truth’ …

‘Sex’ Whips ‘Indy’

The girls from ‘Sex and the City’ officially whipped Indiana Jones this weekend, raking in $55.7 million, making it the best opening ever for an R-rated comedy. Indiana Jones still brought in an honorable $46 million, with a decline of 54% from the Holiday weekend.

Summer Movies You May [Not] Have Heard Of

June is here, and with Memorial Day behind us Summer finally here. The Summer months are when the studios set up their tentpole pictures the movies with huge budgets and huge stars that’ll break box-office records. But those aren’t the only types of movies hitting the screen this summer, here are a few movies coming …

‘Sex and the City’ Director Signs First-Look Deal

Dreamworks apparently liked what they saw from writer/director/producer Michael Patrick King’s ‘Sex and the City’ feature, signing him for a first-look deal at the studio. The film marks his feature directorial debut. King told Variety “It’s a romantic comedy, but a deconstructed version…I want to write bigger stories about love and what it all means.” …

Ratner Eyes Video Game Adaptations

This doesn’t help my video game adaptations need talent argument, but apparently, Brett Ratner has been expressing his interest to adapt video games to features. Ratner told Variety:  “The games business is much more exciting than the movie business right now…I will be doing movies that come from videogames.” His new “Brett Ratner Brands,” business …

Harrison Ford talks About Revisiting Old Characters

Harrison Ford spoke to the Sun about reviving some of his old characters. “Oh, Han Solo isn’t interesting to me. It’s a very narrow sort of utility in the story and it was great for my career and it was fun to play at the time but I wouldn’t go back there again. Those pants! …

More G.I. Joe Set Pics – Baroness

Some set pics of a bloody Sienna Miller donning leather a la the Matrix have hit the net, popping up over a iesb.net. She plays Baroness. I loved the G.I. Joe cartoon, so obviously I’ve got high hopes Steven Sommers knows what he’s doing. He certainly ruined Van Helsing with his own mythology so lets …