After a fruitless 8 month search to find a writer for the upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit and its followup, executive producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo del Toro have decided to write it themselves along with Lord of the Rings co-writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
We already know what Jackson, Walsh [...]
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According to THR, Cloverfield producer J.J. Abrams is returning to the disaster genre and this time, instead of a monster, he’s going to interrupt the interpersonal lives of a bunch of boring 20-somethings with a big earthquake. Ok, I’m speculating about the boring 20-something part based on the Cloverfield template. Actually, details of the plot [...]
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According to IGN’s Todd Gilchrist, Rian Johnson (Brick) is set to follow up The Brothers Bloom with a sci-fi film called Looper.
He doesn’t say much about the story, but he says it’s violent and dark, involves time travel as a plot device and will focus on characters more than “fantastical conceits.”
I wasn’t as impressed by [...]
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As a director, Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Centennial Man, Mrs. Doubtfire, the first two Harry Potter movies) is a poster-boy for the words bland, middle of the road and workmanlike. So it is that news he’s planning to direct a film based on Thurton Clarke’s book The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days [...]
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Studio Pinhead #2: Don’t you ever get tired of doing remakes and sequels all the time?
Studio Pinhead #1: What are you crazy? It’s all about name recognition. We save a fortune on public awareness.
Development Weasel: That’s right. Half of our sales job is already done before the scripts are even written.
Studio Pinhead #2: What about [...]
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Studio Pinhead #1: You know, there just aren’t enough movies with swords anymore.
Development Weasel: You mean like light sabers?
Studio Pinhead #1: No, none of that phony sci-fi samurai shit. I’m talking about man swords.
Studio Pinhead #2: …like porn?
Studio Pinhead #1: No! Metal swords. Big ones. Like claymores. Like, roll a d20, score a critical hit [...]
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Studio Pinhead #1: Hey, remember when we wanted to remake that Cronenberg picture? That one with the exploding heads? But those other jackals already beat us to it?
Development Weasel: Scanners?
Studio Pinhead #1: Yeah, whatever. Listen. I was watching cable last night and there was this movie with Kirk Douglas and whatisname (snapping fingers) the director with [...]
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Studio Pinhead #1: How’s that remake going? The one with the evil midgets or creepy little kids or whatever?
Development Weasel: The Brood? Great, great. We’ve got the rights and were just working on a script now.
Studio Pinhead #2: Fine, fine, but we’re going to have to change that title, I don’t even know what a [...]
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Studio Pinhead #1: Say, that crazy Cronenberg character is big these days. How can we get ourselves a Cronenberg type picture without actually hiring Cronenberg?
Studio Pinhead #2: Yeah, he works cheap, but he kinda freaks me out. Canadians are supposed to be harmless, but I wouldn’t want to be alone with that guy. There’s something [...]
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