Hollywood’s franchise shortage
Over at Variety (which is now FREE for everyone to read, btw), a recent article captures studio exec fretting over the dwindling supply of potential mega-franchise properties, like LORD OF THE RINS and JAMES...
Don’t forget: Spider-Man 3 trailer tonight!
The 2 1/2 minutes trailer will debut wide at 10 pm:
Spider-Man fans will get a long-awaited sneak peek at Columbia Pictures' highly anticipated motion picture Spider-Man 3 when a new, full-length, two-and-a-half minute trailer...
More 300 preview stuff
There was a sneak look at 300 footage this week and IESB.net is first out of the gate with the reviewgasm:
The footage shown was jaw dropping and truly captures Millerâs book the way no...
Links about stuff
BOOKSLUT weighs in with a bunch of comic-themed content;
A review of Tom DeHaven's novel It's Superman!:
Serving as a corollary to the Man of Steelâs popular iconography, Itâs Superman by Tom De Haven could just...
Movie updates
Rich JohnsTon got a brief respone from Frank Miller on yesterday's SIN CITY 2 rumors:
This is patent nonsense. Cybercrap.
Okay then.
Meanwhile, Cinematical has two news items of interest to our kind. #1, one-time Frank...
Sin City 2 off?
Here's a hot, unverified rumor: BIG TIME SALT ALERT! According to new scoopee film ick Sin City 2 may n not be moving along too smoothly:
Sin City 2 has been postponed indefinitely and insiders...
Jagshemash!
We had a chance to attend a view of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan last week and our advice is to RUN RUN RUN to see it...
Wachowskis go Speed Racer go!
A Live action SPEED RACER movie directed by the Wachowski Brothers is ON:
Producer Joel Silver has stated that the long talked about Speed Racer movie has been given the green light and is expected...
Korean directors team for La Transperceneige
Bande Dessinee aren't just for kids any more! And they are hot in Korea, where horror superstar directors Bong Joon-Ho (The Host) and Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy) will team on an English language adaptation of...
The world of…SHOWBIZ!
Here's what's happening in Hollywood, my homie hepcats!
Hot rumor of the week: Bruce Campbell WILL play a villain in Spiderman 3. The blog
film ick has the spoilerish and Mysterio-so details.
Jack Black is...
Fox Atomic comics previews go live
Remember the horror-themed line of Fox Atomic comics which are tied in to Fox's new youth-branded horror movie line? Of course you do. What better day to launch some previews than /Halloween, with THE...
Anderson turns to toon Fox
Quirky Wes Anderson is the favored director named Anderson at Stately Beat Manor -- we thought THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU was one of the finest adventure/comedy/documantaries of recent years. Now it seems,...
