Super Bowl XLVI Movie Trailers

With companies–literally–spending millions of dollars for a 30-second spot during the Super Bowl, some may wonder what they’re spending the money on. That answer is: viewers. Despite huge costs to advertise during the game, Super Bowl XLV in 2011 brought in 111 million viewers. That’s a huge amount of eyes glued to the screen, which […]

Insidious 2

“Insidious 2,” the sequel to 2011’s “Insidious,” is ramping up for production, according to Bloody Disgusting.com.  The original film, written by Leigh Wannell and directed by James Wan, brought in on a budget of $1.5 million, earned almost $100 million dollars worldwide. Insidious, currently screening on Netflix, involves a family that are terrified to learn […]

‘The Munsters’ Return to ‘Mockingbird Lane’

A new version of “The Munsters” being developed by  Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Heroes), and directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men, X-Men United, and the upcoming “Jack, The Giant Killer”) will be called “Mockingbird Lane.” My problem with this concept, besides verifying a suspicion I have had for awhile that Hollywood is bereft […]

Stretch Armstong Out At Universal

I don’t know Taylor Lautner, and while I don’t think too much of some of the roles he has chosen up to this point, I get the feeling that he knows a train wreck when he sees one (despite the appearance that, because of lackluster box office for Lautner’s “Abduction,” that this project fell apart […]

‘The Hunter’ Trailer

Tasmanian Tigers (which are not related to cats, and are actually marsupials, like kangaroos) are believed to have gone extinct in 1936, though there are some that believe that they still exist in the wilds of Tasmania. It strikes me as fascinating that it could possibly be alive today, which is why I am surprised […]

Jon Bernthal Leaving ‘The Walking Dead?’

There’s a rumor that Jon Bernthal, who plays Shane Walsh on AMC’s zombie series, is leaving the show soon.  Not unusual on the face of it, people leave television shows all the time, even successful ones. But when the show he’s supposedly to be going to, L.A. Noir, is being developed by…wait for it….Frank Darabont, […]

‘The Crow’ Remake Goes Forward

It appears that The Weinstein Co. and Relativity Pictures have settled a lawsuit over the reboot of Alex Proyas’s 1994 film, “The Crow,” and both instead intend to work on the film. The question I have is why, since the various sequels (“The Crow: City of Angels,” “The Crow: Salvation,” and “The Crow: Wicked Prayer,” […]

New ‘Dredd’ (Hopefully) Gets It Right

My biggest problem with Danny Cannon‘s 1995 version of Judge Dredd wasn’t  Sylvester Stallone–sure, being one of the biggest stars in the world at the time pretty much assured that he would be saying inane things like “I am the LAW!” at the top of his lungs, but he’s hardly the worse thing about the […]