Bad Brains documentary trailer hits web

By Michael Saba at 11:48 AM on February 5, 2009

In the storied lineage of hardcore, Bad Brains sits atop the genre's family tree like Louis XIV. (The analogy works even better if you think of Hatebreed as Marie Antoinette. Or, something.) The band released a new album and went on a reunion tour in 2007, and is now planning the release of a documentary to enshrine the event....  read more

Benicio Del Toro to discuss Springsteen on Sirius radio

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 10:11 AM on February 5, 2009

Of all the names submitted for fevered recognition this time of year, one that has shown up puzzlingly few times is Benicio Del Toro, who carries Steven Soderbergh’s Che flatly on his shoulders. Although recent attempts to mine the famously severe actor’s mind haven’t gone especially well, Sirius XM Radio will give it another shot with an interview to air Friday at 6 p.m. Eastern on its E Street channel. ...  read more

Del Toro: Hobbit movie production under way

By Michael Saba at 2:36 PM on February 4, 2009

There may no longer be just one movie to rule them all, but the herculean task of adapting Tolkien's fantasy opus The Hobbit to the big screen is picking up steam, according to reports from director Guillermo del Toro. ...  read more

Slumdog star signs on for M. Night Shyamalan's Airbender

By Ashley Melzer at 10:50 AM on February 4, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel is set to star in M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation of Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender. Set in a fantasy world where human society intermingles with fantastic animals and spirits, the Nicktoon series follows the adventures of a special race of people (benders) who must use their skills to manipulate the elements and defeat the Fire Lord....  read more

Bob Saget's Surviving Suburbia to get a second chance

By Michael Saba at 8:25 AM on February 4, 2009

Everywhere you look, Bob Saget is swearing a blue streak. He may soon have something other than lewd jokes about the Olsen Twins to round out his career, though: a return to the network that gave him his start....  read more

David Letterman airs "lost" Bill Hicks stand-up

By Michael Saba at 4:27 PM on February 3, 2009

Those of you who caught the Late Show with David Letterman last Friday may have noticed that a perfectly formed time capsule from 1993 was cracked open that night: previously-unaired stand-up material from funnyman/satirist/chainsmoker Bill Hicks. ...  read more

Martin Scorsese planning to adapt Shusaku Endo's Silence

By Rachel Dovey at 1:30 PM on February 3, 2009

In Silence, Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo pens a quiet tale redefining martyrdom. Now, according to Variety, Martin Scorsese plans to adapt this revolutionary story into his next film....  read more

Slumdog's Oscar chances threatened by exploitation charges

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 10:20 AM on February 3, 2009

Even as Danny Boyle won the top prize from the Director’s Guild this weekend, confirming Slumdog Millionaire as the movie to beat at the Oscars, the director and distributor Fox Searchlight found themselves fighting off new reports of exploitation. ...  read more

Soderbergh reveals The Girlfriend Experience at Sundance

By Matt Goodlett at 2:30 PM on February 2, 2009

Steven Soderbergh recently revealed an unfinished version of his film The Girlfriend Experience at the Sundance film festival 20 years after Sex, Lies and Videotape premiered at Park City, Utah, starting his impressive directing career....  read more

Best of 2008: It's your turn

By Liz Stinson at 2:13 PM on February 2, 2009

Paste announces its 2008 Reader Survey...just in time for Feb. '09!  read more

Drag Me To Hell takes Sam Raimi back to Evil Dead roots

By Matt Goodlett at 11:42 AM on February 2, 2009

A special test screening last week of an early version of Drag Me to Hell had sneak-peekers excited about Sam Raimi's directorial return to the horror genre....  read more

Jeffrey Tambor: "The [Arrested Development] movie is going to happen this year. Trust me."

By Natasha Richardson at 10:17 AM on February 2, 2009

Michael Cera has changed his mind about steering clear of an Arrested Development movie. At least according to one of his AD castmates....  read more

Paste editor-in-chief speaks with Trap Door Sun

By Austin L. Ray at 9:45 AM on February 2, 2009

Recenty, Paste editor-in-chief Josh Jackson spoke with Trap Door Sun, a webzine "where authenticity gives birth to inspiration," according to the site's tagline. What did he have to say? "It seems everything is conspiring to kill magazines—the ridiculous inefficiencies of the newsstand, the rising paper costs, the latest dips in the advertising industry." But it wasn't all doom and gloom. In fact, how could it have been with a title like "Waffles, Beer and Music?"...  read more

Gaffigan, Gondry, Wiig to fly with Conchords

By Rachael Maddux at 3:04 PM on January 31, 2009

Looks like the United States' most popular show about New Zealand's fourth most popular folk-parody duo is cashing in on some of the comedic capital earned by its hilarious first-season run, pulling in some pretty funny guest stars to appear throughout the show's second season. ...  read more

The Wonder Years writer pens '80s-based pilot

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 1:49 PM on January 30, 2009

Oh, The Wonder Years—so cute, so seminal. So how about a sister series for those of us who call the '80s our first decade? ...  read more

Stan Lee, Marvel, others sued for $750 million

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 8:35 AM on January 30, 2009

In a sweeping lawsuit filed Monday, Stan Lee, Marvel and several others were sued for $750 million by shareholders over profits from Stan Lee Media, a comics website that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001. ...  read more

Long rumored A-Team movie to be ready in 2010

By Matt Goodlett at 2:50 PM on January 29, 2009

If you're like most normal people, you've probably asked yourself what would have become of the '80s TV show the A-Team without Mr.T playing B.A. Baracus. Ridley Scott (American Gangster) and Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces) want to test the fates by bringing together an A-Team movie in the summer of 2010....  read more

Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley to star in crime drama

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 9:51 AM on January 29, 2009

Colin Farrell has had his share of false starts, but with his unexpected Golden Globe victory for In Bruges and a collection of understated roles ahead of him, it seems he may finally have found his niche. Add to the list the thriller London Boulevard, set to mark the directorial debut of The Departed penman William Monahan. ...  read more

Hilary Duff to star in new version of Bonnie and Clyde

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 9:30 AM on January 29, 2009

First, take a deep breath: The people behind the proposed flick The Story of Bonnie and Clyde insist that it's not a remake of Bonnie and Clyde, the classic crime thriller that helped usher in a new era of Hollywood. That’s intended, we guess, to help the casting news go down a little easier: Hilary Duff as Bonnie Parker and the relatively anonymous actor Kevin Zegers as Clyde Barrow. ...  read more

Sir Paul McCartney to visit The Colbert Report tonight

By Muriel Vega at 4:16 PM on January 28, 2009

For his only late-night TV appearance in the U.S., Sir Paul McCartney will join the master of Truthiness, Stephen Colbert, tonight (Jan. 28)....  read more