June 12, 2009

20th Century Fox Not Happy On ALIEN Prequel Director

Sigh. We were making such great progress on the “Alien” prequel, but with Fox involved this latest news should come as no surprise. Ridley Scott and Tony Scott had lined up Carl Erik Rinsch to direct the “Alien 0” prequel but apparently things weren’t quite so confirmed as I was led to believe. EW has […]

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June 12, 2009

MY NAME IS EARL Renamed To MY NAME IS CANCELED

“My Name is Earl” has been canceled from NBC‘s roster for some time now, but there were rumblings that TBS might pick up the series for new episodes. Not so much, says 20th Century Fox: “While we had hoped to find a way to produce additional episodes for TBS, in the final analysis we simply […]

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June 8, 2009

John Stamos Wants FULL HOUSE Movie

John Stamos must be losing his mind. The former “Uncle Jesse” has a big, terrible vision for bringing his 80’s television comedy series, “Full House,” to the big screen: John Stamos, who played Uncle Jesse on the show from 1987 to 1995, says he’s “working on a movie idea.” “It wouldn’t be us playing us,” […]

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June 4, 2009

Breaking: KILL BILL Actor David Carradine Dead

Details are emerging that David Carradine, the star of “Kung Fu” and recently Tarantino’s “Kill Bill,” was found dead in Bangkok today. It is rumored that Carradine, age 72, may have committed suicide. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He says Carradine died either late Wednesday […]

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June 2, 2009

Tony Scott Confirms ALIEN Prequel Plans

Collider snagged a few minutes with Tony Scott over the weekend and was able to confirm that yes, the next “Alien” project will be a prequel and Carl Rinsch is attached: Collider: 20th Century Fox is talking about remaking or redoing the original Alien. What’s going on with that? Tony Scott: Yes, Carl Rinsch is […]

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June 2, 2009

BIOSHOCK: Gore Verbinski Might Be Out

Damn the economy. After learning in April that “Bioshock” was put on hold due to financial crunches at Universal we’re now hearing from director Gore Verbinski that he might not even be able to helm the flick: “The bottom line is it has to shoot out of the States for budget reasons and my schedule […]

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May 29, 2009

ALIEN Prequel Moving Forward, Director Attached

Looks like the “Alien” prequel/reboot rumors were accurate. 20th Century Fox along with the involvement of the original “Alien” director, Ridley Scott, is moving forward with their plans to go back to the facehugger storyline with either an origins story or a remake of the original. I loved the original so I’m hoping for an […]

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May 14, 2009

Jessica Biel Blames Leaked Nude Pics Over Film’s Flop

Jessica Biel recently decided to take off all her clothes and drip hot wax on her lady bits. Thankfully camera crews were there to capture it all and make it part of the movie “Powder Blue.” Now “Powder Blue” is set to bypass theaters and go straight to DVD and Biel is blaming the interwebs […]

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May 13, 2009

TERMINATOR SALVATION Had Major Rewrites To Meet Bale’s Demands

The closer “Terminator Salvation” gets to its May 21st release the more I read about how much it changed. Last month we heard how the ending had been drastically changed from a very dark and franchise-ruining direction to a supposedly better and a little less dark conclusion. Now we’re getting more details on drastic storyline […]

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May 8, 2009

Robert De Niro and Edward Norton Team Up Again

For the most part I’m a big fan of Robert De Niro. He’s done enough great work to help me shrug off the junk he puts out there. Edward Norton on the other hand, eh. I don’t know how I still don’t care for the man despite how much I enjoy “Fight Club,” but he […]

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