John Woo to Direct ‘1949’

Following the completion of his epic ‘Red Cliff,’ John Woo has announced a big budget romantic film called ‘1949’ The film is based on true events at the end of WWII, and the final years of the Chinese Civil War. With a budget of $40 million, and to shoot in Chinese, the pic will star …

Cusack to Travel to ‘2012’

The cast of Roland Emmerich’s new thriller ‘2012’ has rounded out with John Cusack joining in the lead role. The film is about a global cataclysm, that brings on the end of the world, telling the story of the survivors. The title refers to a prediction told by the Mayan calendar, referring to the end …

Jenna Jameson Signs to “War of the Dragon”

Jenna Jameson, who was most recently seen in the limited release film ‘Zombie Strippers!’ has signed to star in ‘War of the Dragon.’ The film tells the story of a psychic and martial arts expert who team to find the killers of their mothers. The film is written and directed by Stan Derain, and set …

Blackbeard to Set Sail

Haven’t you heard? Pirate flicks are big! At least Dreamworks thinks so. Written by David Franzoni (Amistad, Gladiator) will pen a new biopic on infamous pirate, ‘Blackbeard.’ The project was born when producer Barry Josephson enlisted Pat Croce, a motivational speaker and former 76ers owner, to write a treatment on the pirate, whose real name …

GTA IV Sells More 360 Copies

Add this to the pile of GTA IV news (which I plan on finally releasing my review on Monday). I still feel pretty sore about HD-DVDs lost, despite for the first time, seeing Sony do things right for a change. But, as sales numbers come out, I can’t help but smile. It’s apparent that the …

MGM Acquires ‘The Facttracker’

David Silverman, director of ‘The Simpsons Movie,’ and ‘Monsters Inc.’ will next be directing an adaptation of Jason Carter Easton children’s book, ‘The Facttracker.’ The rights were acquired by MGM. The live action feature is about a town called Traakerfaxx, a town that produces the worlds facts. When a salesman who peddles lies comes to …

Look Out! That Pirahna is 3-D!

Joe Dante’s 1978 classic film about flesh-eating piranhas is set to get the remake treatment, this time in 3-D. The Weinstein Company has signed Alexandre Aja (‘The Hills Have Eyes’) to direct the film, as well as co-write the script. Piranha 3-D will be one of the few R-rated 3-D films currently in development. Personally, …