Animation shines in Hollywood’s Dark Age
In the LA Times, Patrick Goldstein covers what he calls The Dark Age:
If Hollywood had a suicide prevention hotline for despondent agents, managers and producers, the switchboard would be swamped. In the last few...
Wright on SCOTT PILGRIM
Bryan Lee O'Malley tips us off to an interview with director Edgar Wright at CHUD where he talks about the possible SCOTT PILGRIM film. Woot!
Q: That’s going to have all six volumes, right? Even...
“I wish I could quit you, Batman.”
There we said it...are you happy?
The next BATMAN movie will be called THE DARK KNIGHT, and Heath Ledger will join the cast as The Joker, it was just announced. No mention of Katie Holmes...SCORE!
As...
Ghost Rider invents fire
At SDCC movie panels, directors owned up to falling behind schedule because of having . to invent SFX along the way:
Directors also apologized for slipped movie release dates, pointing to difficult visual effects for...
Video Blog #6: 300 & Gerard Butler
Yes, this is the moment we have been waiting for, and you have too, whether you knew it or not.
The greatest moment in Beat history.
DOOM PATROL movie on the march at Warners
Variety reports that Warner Bros. is planning to make a DOOM PATROL movie:
Warner Bros. Pictures is giving new life to DC Comics cult favorite "Doom Patrol," about a band of superheroes with freakish...
Frank Miller to write, direct THE SPIRIT
While a big announcement on the identity of the director for the long-planned SPIRIT movie had been teased for San Diego, The Hollywood Reporter has let the cat out of the bag: It's Frank...
Kevin Smith on girl nerds
And speaking of Smithhere's what he had to say about Rosario Dawson:
Q: Rosario is kind of a sci-fi nerd, right?
KS: It’s cool because a lot of people don’t know that. People said she’s so...
Must reading: Kevin Smith
If nerd-as-underdog culture has an icon, it's probably director Kevin Smith, a common man made good at the pinnacle of Hollywood, aka sleeing over at Skywalker Ranch, even while remaining approachable and utterly knowable....
24 Minutes of A Scanner Darkly
You can watch the first 24 minutes of A Scanner Darkly over at IGN. Our old laptop is a little too jerky for us to watch, but it should be interesting.
