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It is alleged that Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean broke the film industry’s bad luck curse on the pirate film. Pirate films have never been a plentiful box office office bounty (Cutthroat Island anyone?), however, its reported that a film on Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach has been greenlit, with director Paul Greengrass probably at the helm. …
It’s no secret, I’m one of the three American’s excited for the new Spielberg/Jackson ‘Tintin’ trilogy, and this week, a lot of news has been coming out from the mill, the big news of the week being Universal backing out of funding the trilogy. This latest news comes from The Times Online, apparently, Simon Pegg …
The former CEO of Marvel Studios has optioned the rights to Bioware’s hit RPG video game ‘Mass Effect’ The game which was released exclusively to the Xbox 360 and PC last year sets the player into the role of elite human soldier Commander Shepard, in the year 2183.
Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Paramount has stepped in to completely take over financing the Spielberg/Jackson produced ‘Tintin’ trilogy. The move comes after the two directors submitted a $130 million dollar budget to produce the three films.
Jude Law has been cast in the new Guy Ritchie/Robert Downey Jr. adaptation of ‘Sherlock Holmes.’
Refusing to see that the Pirates of the Caribbean films was a fluke success, Disney is developing a space movie inspired by the Tomorrowland part of their theme park. The epic will be written by scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film is being designed as a vehicle for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The …
According to the Lousisana Office of Entertainment Industry Development, the film icon will be making his debut has a hyphenate in “Three Stories about Joan.” The film, a psychological thriller will begin shooting in Shreveport October 2nd into early October. The film will star Willis, Owen Wilson, and Kieran Culkin. No word on plot details …
What can I say…I’m a Coen Brothers fan. What a shock, right? It’s tough not to be though, even in this world of Big Lebowski drinking games and SNL sketches of No Country For Old Men, it’s can still be cool-without-being-cool to enjoy the Coen Brothers and their films. Needless to say, I have read …
White Stripes and Raconteurs musician Jack White would like you to buy a Coke. Hot on the heels of the announcement that White, along with Alicia Keys, will be performing the title song from the new James Bond movie, ‘Quantum of Solace,’ White has written the music for a new commercial for Coke Zero, which …
Kevin Smith has released the poster for his new movie, ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno.’ The teaser and the trailer both look really good. The fact that Smith is fighting with the MPAA over the rating also has my interest piqued. On top of everything else, the poster looks good. I’m looking forward …