Edgar Wright, whose last film, “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,” underwhelmed at the box office, will be directing “The Night Stalker,” with Johnny Depp playing the role of Carl Kolchak (a role originally made famous by Darren McGavin). This is great news, because Wright is an excellent director, though it makes me wonder what’s happening […]
You know there’s going to be a Tron 3, right? Sure, there’s been no official announcement (yet), but the signs are there, the tea leaves have been read, and the entrails have been interpreted. Correctly, I assume. Until that news comes, here’s a little news on “Tron: Uprising,” the new Grid-based series from Disney XD, […]
While Sacha Baron Cohen is an acquired taste–I found “Bruno” a bit much, though “Borat” was fun–the man is definitely bold and seemingly fearless, which is why I think that “The Dictator” will at the very least be interesting. Then there’s the presence of Larry Charles–who I just learned isn’t the same person as Larry […]
There’s talk about a sequel, starring Will Smith, to Francis Lawrence’s version of Richard Matheson’s story, “I Am Legend,” which is an interesting since Smith’s character dies at the end of the film. Now, if the story takes place prior to “I Am Legend,” I could see the logic, though logic would dictate that Will Smith […]
Space: 1999 is being rebooted, if Deadline is accurate. I don’t know if Gerry Anderson will be involved, though I hope that he is. Anyone that has followed my blog knows that I have been following this project, in its various forms, since its inception, and I am glad to hear that there will potentially […]
With Matt Damon not returning to the Bourne movies, there was no way that Universal was going to give up on a franchise that has pulled in almost $950 million dollars. Enter Jeremy Renner, last seen in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and (soon) in “The Avengers.” I hope that Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Supremacy,” “The […]
J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alcatraz) and Eric Kripke (Supernatural) have an upcoming show on NBC called “Revolution,” about a world that is forced to exist without power because of some unspecified event. That Abrams and Kripe are working together is impressive, though Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Cowboys And Aliens) directing the pilot episode […]
Here’s the trailer for the latest film in the Resident Evil Saga, (sorta) based on the Capcom videogame. This is not something that I would pay to see, because I have seen the prior entry, and don’t quite see the point of these films any longer. While parts on an ongoing series, they don’t feel […]
According to Deadline, Alcon Entertainment, the house working with Ridley Scott to bring Blade Runner back to theaters, is DENYING that Harrison Ford will return to the role of Rick Deckard, which he made famous in the original film. For some reason, Andrew Kosove‘s (who runs Alcon Entertainment with Broderick Johnson) response doesn’t feel as […]
Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner,” based upon the Phillip K. Dick short, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” appears to be spawning a sequel that may have Harrison Ford in a starring role. According to Vulture, the film is estimated to be coming our way sometime in 2014 . That Scott was revisiting the world of […]
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