Is Universal Planning a Jaws Remake in 3D?
Real talk, folks: The shark in Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic, Jaws, isn’t exactly impressive by today’s special-effects standards. However! Does that mean Universal Pictures has to go and foul up a fine franchise by remaking the original in 3D again? Apparently, yes. Yes, it does.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsAvatar Star Sam Worthington to Play Dracula?
According to a report from Entertainment Weekly, Sam Worthington (star of a little movie you may have heard of called Avatar) is in talks to play Dracula in the forthcoming Dracula: Year Zero.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsPaul Thomas Anderson and Philip Seymour Hoffman Reunite for New Movie
Fans of Paul Thomas Anderson and Philip Seymour Hoffman alike can rejoice. For their fifth film together, Anderson wants to cast Hoffman in the lead role for the first time ever. As Variety reports, the film still awaits a greenlight at Universal with a $35 million budget, pending Anderson’s finished script, but it sounds like a signature Paul Thomas Anderson project: provocative and culturally probing.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWill Desperados be the Female Hangover?
With the roaring box-office success of this summer’s The Hangover, not to mention its planned sequel, you can all but rest assured that studios are being flooded with pitches that begin something like, “It’s just like The Hangover, except…,” even as we type this.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsNirvana: Live at Reading
In an age where Twitter feeds, YouTube footage and Brooklyn Vegan-esque blogs guarantee over-documentation of any concert mere moments after the lights go up... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsCate Blanchett's Indian Summer Gets Shelved
Cate Blanchett’s latest film project, Indian Summer, has been fighting an uphill battle. Now it appears that the movie has been shelved for the forseeable future by the struggling Universal.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsElvis Presley's Grandson Lands $5 Million Recording Contract
There's a new player in the court of the King. Elvis Presley's 17-year-old grandson, Benjamin Presley, signed a recording contract with Universal worth a reported $5 million for up to five albums. Benjamin, who was born 15 years after his grandfather died, is the son of Lisa Marie Presley and ex-husband Danny Keough. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWarner Music Re-Allows YouTube to Feature its Videos
Take a spin with us in the way-back machine, to ancient history: December of last year. Eleventh-hour negotiations between Warner Music Group and YouTube broke down, and Warner decided to pull (or mute) all their music on the video-sharing website. Now, this had more to do with YouTube's enormous popularity than any specific beef; musicians and record labels account for a huge percentage of pageviews on the 'Tube, and record labels don't see too much ad revenue in return.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPearl Jam: Backspacer
Babies born the year Pearl Jam formed are hopefully... read more
Found in: Music, Reviews28 Weeks Later Director in Talks for Bioshock Film
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the director of the well-liked sequel 28 Weeks Later, is in talks to replace Gore Verbinski as the director of the video-game adaptation Bioshock.... read more
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