Michael Winterbottom nabs Affleck and Alba for next film
British director Michael Winterbottom has yet to really break out in the American box office, but that's probably because he couldn't care less. His films run the gamut from purposefully difficult (A Cock and Bull Story) to pitch dark (The Road to Guantanamo). However, his next picture, The Killer Inside Me, may be just the thing to pick up more than trifling interest stateside.... read more
Turkish town called Batman wants to sue Christopher Nolan
This is special. The mayor of a Turkish town called Batman said he will explore legal options to sue Christopher Nolan, director The Dark Knight and Batman Begins, for using the town's name. ... read more
Will Smith and Steven Spielberg in talks to remake Oldboy
These days Steven Spielberg is up there with David Fincher and Steven Soderbergh in terms of sheer volume of announced-yet-nowhere-near-production projects. Spielberg's seemed a bit anxious about what he wants to film, and whether to repeat the escapism of Indiana Jones or to delve deeper like he did right before that with Munich. Still, about the last thing anyone expected was to hear that he's now looking to to adapt Park Chan-wook's Oldboy.... read more
Steve Carell may headline beaver puppet film
Despite the occasional slip-up, Steve Carell has shown admirable restraint as the major studios have tried to turn him into a generic clone of his contemporaries. So perhaps we owe him the benefit of the doubt—even when, as The Hollywood Reporter states, his next movie might be the story of a man obsessed with a beaver puppet. ... read more
NBC picks up Kath & Kim for full first season
Recently, Entertainment Weekly reported that NBC announced plans to pick up its new series Kath & Kim for a full first season. This means nine more episodes for the lukewarm-rated series, which draws six million viewers weekly.... read more
Danny Boyle keen to direct second 28 Days Later sequel
Back in September, Danny Boyle told MTV News he had an idea for a sequel to 28 Weeks Later, but said it “might be silly” and that he hadn’t run it by anyone officially. Since then there have been assorted rumors about possible directors and plot ideas, but perhaps unsurprisingly, no confirmations. ... read more
John Leonard: 1939-2008
Legendary culture critic John Leonard passed away last Wednesday after a battle with lung cancer. He was 69. ... read more
Army of Two film on the way
It's a bit of a surprise to hear of a new game adaptation being announced so soon after Max Payne flopped both critically and commercially. On the other hand, game-to-film adaptations are becoming so numerous these days it's becoming almost noteworthy when a gaming company tries to maintain its integrity and not attempt a transition to the big screen. Latest on the slate is Electronic Arts' Army of Two, which, by all reports, isn't all that great in the first place. However, the game has sold more than two million copies.... read more
Which is the best James Bond movie to date?
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HBO nabs Ed Norton-produced Barack Obama doc
With a sensational ending now in tow, Edward Norton’s Class 5 Films has sold television rights for its unfinished Obama documentary to HBO for “low seven figures,” according to Variety. ... read more
Antonio Banderas in talks to play lead in another Dali biopic
By turns adventurous and steadfastly conventional, Antonio Banderas has had a diverse and often puzzling international career, swerving from aberrant sex comedy in early Almodóvar films to old Hollywood lothario stints in movies like The Mask of Zorro. He's been confined mostly to light paternal roles since, but Variety reports that he is in talks to take the title part in Dali, a third new biopic about the famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali that could be one of the biggest parts of his career. ... read more
M.I.A. covers theme song from The Wire
M.I.A.'s latest music video, a low-budget collaboration with Blaqstarr, begins with the Genesis-inspired lyrics of Tom Waits' "Way Down in the Hole." The first shot, all in black and white, is a close-up of Blaqstarr's face. He sings, "When you walk through the garden / you gotta watch your back / ...If you walk with Jesus / he's gonna save your soul / but you gotta keep the devil / way down in the hole." The image monopolizes the screen until a crack of thunder shifts the focus to M.I.A. (her femininity emphasized in repeated, simultaneous close-ups of her lips--pictured... read more
David Lynch to produce web series
In recent years, surrealist old hand David Lynch has proved that the reckless talent at the helm of Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart is still very much in the game. Inland Empire (2006) and especially Mulholland Drive (2001) were two of the director’s most madly inspired visions, and now ON Networks (via Pop Candy) has commissioned the director to produce a new web series. ... read more
FX developing Staten Island drama
Lawrence O'Donnell of The West Wing has signed on to write and executive produce a new FX cop drama, Staten Island. Production of the pilot is currently underway; should the project be signed for a full season, the series will replace The Shield (the critically acclaimed drama's seven-year run culminates Nov. 25).... read more
The Office's Jenna Fischer gets A Little Help
Many of the actors on beloved hit show The Office can... read more
Comic writer working on two Road to Perdition sequels
Word of mouth for Revolutionary Road is pretty hot right now, not to mention interest surrounding what else Sam Mendes may be up to in the future. But strangely enough, that's not the only of his works that's getting some notice from the studios. EMO Films announced that it will be expanding his Road to Perdition into a trilogy, with the writer for Perdition's comic book Max Allan Collins (which it was adapted from) on board as director. ... read more
King of the Hill gets repreive from ABC?
It looks as if King of the Hill might have even more endurance than we thought. As we reported previously, Fox decided to cancel the long-running series after next season, but according to Variety, ABC might pick up the show to package it with another animated comedy by Mike Judge, The Goode Family, set to debut next year. ... read more
The Farrelly brothers to revive the Three Stooges
Undeterred by the chilly reception of their last attempt... read more
Michael Crichton: 1942-2008
Michael Crichton, the widely popular author of novels like Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, died unexpectedly yesterday in Los Angeles, according to a statement released by his family. ... read more
Chris Columbus takes over Ripley's Believe It or Not
Film's always had its great directors, from Alfred Hitchcock to Quentin Tarantino, and its embarrassments, from Ed Wood to Uwe Boll. But rarely are the truly mediocre talents, the ones who fill out the rest of a studio's yearly output, celebrated for what they add to the field. For our day and age, there is perhaps no greater creator for mediocrity than Chris Columbus. The director of Home Alone 2 and Rent, Columbus has now announced the next project he plans on tapping with his magical wand of passable entertainment: Ripley's Believe It or Not.... read more
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