G. Butt baffled by 300 prequel, too
While out doing the rounds of PR for RocknRolla, the new Guy Ritchie-directed film, Leonidas, aka Gerard Butler, sounded off on rumors of...
MY NAME IS BRUCE update
Whatever happened to that movie in which Bruce Campbell has to rescue a town beset by demons, and the townspeople believe he can really...
Studio coffee run
Mucho news from the Hollywood side of things. § First off, a court date has been set for the WATCHMEN trial and it's January...
Superheroes rule the summer
This story from Variety rounds up the summer's box office leaders, and surprise, surprise, every studio has its superhero hit. Of course, Warners...
Studio updates
§ Heartbreaking news today: There will be no Arseface promos all over phone booths:
HBO has killed the PREACHER TV series. Mark Steven Johnson...
Today in options: SLEEPER, JULIUS
§ Tom Cruise and Sam Raimi have bonded over SLEEPER, the Ed Brubaker/Sean Phillips miniseries. Cruise is "loosely" attached to star, Raimi would produce...
DCU more important than ever to the studio
Given THE DARK KNIGHT's history-making box office performance, it's unthinkable for DC's superheroes to remain the wallflowers of the Warner universe. Not one but...
Batman this, Batman that
As expected, THE DARK KNGHT finally fell to number 2 at the box office, although it took a superteam of Nacho Libre, Iron...
PUNISHER II still violent, Lexi-helmed
Rumors about PUNISHER: WAR ZONE have been all over the net, centering on a couple of key themes: that it will be cut down...
Vaughn, McLovin are ‘Kick-Ass’
Director Matthew Vaughn is moving full-steam ahead with a film based on KICK-ASS, the Icon comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr....
DARK KNIGHT on top for fourth straight week
The goddam Batman is rewriting the history books, staying on top again with $26 million to beat the stoner action comedy PINEAPPLE EXPRESS's $22.4...
THE ROAD has been filming in Pittsburgh
And it's lovely.
Edited to add: the film stars Viggo Mortensen, obviously, who knows who to be grim, and is directed by John Hillcoat,...
