PlayStation 2 favorite Shadow of the Colossus coming to the big screen
Following the trend of books-into-movies, movies-into-books, and CDs-into-musicals, Sony will adapt the 2005 PlayStation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus into a full-length feature, with The Scorpion King's Kevin Misher producing. Colossus is following in the footsteps of Dante's Inferno, which just got an X2 screenplay writer for the movie adaptation. ... read more
Christian Bale joins Mark Wahlberg in Prisoners
Despite Christian Bale going ballistic (no pun-intended) on set, he seems to still have what it takes to attach himself to movies. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Christian Bale joined the cast of Prisoners, and even Bryan Singer has expressed interest in directing the dark thriller.... read more
Fox News critic is fired for bootleg Wolverine review
Was he or wasn’t he? The employment status of Roger Friedman, a columnist for FoxNews.com, became an unlikely flashpoint over the weekend after he posted a review of a bootlegged early version of Wolverine on his site last week. 20th Century Fox (which, like Fox News, is owned by News Corp.) released a nasty statement in response, and before the weekend was out a statement from News Corp. said that Friedman had been “terminated.” ... read more
Kal Penn leaves House for a job in Obama administration
Kal Penn was one of the more tireless supporters of Barack Obama last fall, and he used his reputation (or a delicately cleaned-up version of it) to court younger voters. Now he’s decided to make his new calling full time with a job in the White House, EW.com reported on Tuesday. ... read more
Zack Snyder reveals details about 300 follow-up
As early as last year, Frank Miller was being tapped to bring his Spartans back to life, and Zack Snyder was rumored to be coming back to direct the film. However, we were confused as to where the sequel would start, since every six-packed, armor-wearing man in the army died in battle. Now, in a moment of clarity, Snyder has finally given a few details on the potential direction of the new film.... read more
Fox looking to air recession reality show
In a shameless effort to dredge up a new reality show concept from the depths of society, Fox is turning to that untapped gold mine of hilarity and hijinks: the recession. ... read more
Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band to release documentary
A new documentary chronicling the excursions of Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band over the past 18 months is set for an online release April 15. One Of My Kind - The Story of The Mystic Valley Band, made by the band's guitar tech, Phil Schaffart, was donated to Causecast and will be available for free streaming and download on several sites in the hope that fans will donate to Causecast's charitable organizations.... read more
Michael Caine reveals Batman 3 villain
For those eagerly awaiting a third installment to Christopher Nolan's Batman and wondering who could top Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker, good news came recently. Apparently, Michael Caine let it slip that The Riddler would be the villain in the franchise's next installment. ... read more
Snyder confirms Watchmen director's cut release in July
Despite the underwhelming box-office numbers and the harsh criticism the movie received during its March release, Director Zack Snyder has confirmed that Watchmen is getting a second chance at the box office and the director's cut will see a limited release this July in New York and Los Angeles. ... read more
Disney to show ABC, ESPN videos on YouTube
Recently, we reported that Disney Co. was allegedly in talks with Hulu about offering shows from its ABC network on the NBC Universal/News Corp-owned online-video distributer.... read more
Tarantino takes his Basterds to Cannes
Question: Why is Brad Pitt smiling?Answer: He and director Quentin Tarantino are headed to the Cannes Film Festival in May to unveil their new film to the world, Inglourious Basterds.... read more
Manchester Orchestra producing 11-part concept video
Although they first caught our eye long ago, Manchester Orchestra have been gathering national steam ever since releasing their debut full-length album, I'm Like A Virgin Losing a Child. Since then, the Atlanta-native indie rock outfit has quickly grown in popularity (you know you've arrived when Rainn Wilson gives you a Twitter shout-out). After staying busy in 2008, the band has recently finished up its sophomore album, Mean Everything to Nothing, and is now working on an 11-part concept video corresponding to each track on the new record.... read more
Some Slumdog Millionaire DVDs released incomplete
After a loud, fussy push to remove special features from rental DVDs to encourage more people the buy, Fox is in an embarrassing position: Now, a number of retail copies of Slumdog Millionaire reportedly don’t have the promised features. ... read more
Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno threatened with an NC-17
An early cut of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Brüno was only offered an NC-17 certificate from the MPAA because of graphic sexual content, Universal confirmed this week. According to The Wrap, there are two sequences the ratings board found particularly galling: an anal-sex scene and another that involves Cohen sneaking up on a man on a hunting trip without any clothes. ... read more
High-quality copy of Wolverine leaks online
What a mess. In a brazen act of piracy, a high-quality version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been leaked to file-sharing sites, a full month before the movie’s bow on May 1. ... read more
Friday Night Lights gets a two-season, 26-episode renewal
In a major victory for fans, the ensemble drama Friday Night Lights has been renewed for fourth and fifth 13-episode seasons in a joint agreement between NBC and DirecTV. ... read more
MTV to show more music videos...at 3 a.m.
In a prospective money-making move that is equally baffling and exciting, MTV has decided to return to its roots and show more music videos. Of course, there's a catch: For anyone with a relatively normal sleep routine, the music will be hard to appreciate. On Monday, "AMTV" began showing music videos, interviews, news and performances from 3 to 9 a.m. The block of time, which has been called an advertising experiment for possible partnerships, will run Monday through Thursday. Three a.m. is an odd start time to be sure, but for a network that has become more synonymous with C-list celebrity reality... read more
Eastern Promises 2 may reunite Mortensen and Cronenberg
If, like most people, you had the feeling that the movie Eastern Promises had a lot of potential, but rushed the ending (spoiler coming up soon), then a resolution to that problematic conclusion may have presented itself. In an unprecedented move, director David Cronenberg announced that he's moving towards a sequel. (Cronenberg has never directed a sequel to any of his movies, although The Fly and Scanners both had sequels.)... read more
Kanye West and Spike Jonze reuniting for short film
Last week’s new (well, kind of new) music video for UNKLE’s song “Heaven” was the second one Spike Jonze has directed in the past four years. Apparently, some little thing called Where the Wild Things Are has been keeping him busy, but that all sounds like a load of excuses to us. And while word was that his first real return to the medium would be on Weezer’s “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived,” it looks like he’s got some other plans first.... read more
Emily Blunt goes Greek with Russell Brand
Emily Blunt seems to be a hot topic on the headlines lately. First, she joins Gulliver's Travels as a Lilliputian princess and Jack Black's love interest, then she dropped out of Iron Man 2 as the Black Widow because of scheduling conflicts and now, she joins quirky British comedian Russell Brand in a Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off, Get Him to the Greek. Busy, indeed. ... read more
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