Wesley Snipes, back from his legal troubles with the FBI, is reuniting with director Abel Ferrara for a starring role in the upcoming Game of Death. Snipes who also has a role in the yet to be released Brooklyn’s Finest by Antoine Fuqua, last worked with Ferrara in 1990’s cult-flick King of New York. It’s been five years since audiences got to see the actor on the big screen and followers of The Wesley Snipes Way are sure to be rejoicing. Read the rest of this entry »
Gary Ross is the latest to try his hand at bringing the Spider-Man shoot-off Venom to the big screen for Sony. We told you last week that the Zombieland writing team of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had submitted two drafts for the project, and Jacob Estes had worked on the project before that. Now it looks like the man who turned Kevin Kline into the President will take on writing a Venom movie. Read the rest of this entry »
Spoiler Tv came through with some new high-resolution pics from Avatar that truly look incredible. I know this movie is getting all kinds of hype from everywhere but speaking for myself, I’m just that excited. There were an additional 20 minutes of footage that came out at Fantastic Fest that people are universally loving, and what I saw at Avatar Day and the footage from Comic-Con in real 3D is breathtaking. We won’t know for sure until December, but James Cameron’s track record I would expect this to live up to the hype. Photos after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
Youtube user Mariofire has given us today’s Watch It! which is quite frankly one of the more disturbing things I’ve seen in a while. For some sadistic reason, they came up with the idea to flip the scene in the tunnel from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and play it backwards. The result is an angry German version of the chocolatier in front of an even more trippy background. If you’ll excuse me I have to go out and buy more chocolate to appease my new demonic overlord. Clip after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
A few months ago we told you about Abel Ferrara’s take on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, set to star Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent. While it sounded like a done deal at the time, and still seems set with the rapper-turned-actor Curtis Jackson, the Oscar-winner Whitaker is still waiting to see what happens. Read the rest of this entry »
I don’t know how I missed this, but ‘El Guapo’ at LatinoReview reports that Black Dynamite will be getting its own cartoon series likely on Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network. At a press junket for the film Michael Jai White said one of the people behind The Boondocks series (possibly Carl Jones) is behind this project.
White has experience doing voice-over work portraying Doomsday in the Justice League series. I’m just excited to get more Black Dynamite in my life. It dominated Sundance, the trailers have looked amazing and the viral videos are just spot on. We’re looking forward to seeing it when it releases October 16th. It might just have to be a double feature with Where The Wild Things Are.
Similar to The Black List here in the U.S., The Brit List is a yearly log of the best screenplays yet to be produced from the UK and Ireland according to industry insiders. The Men Who Stare At Goats won the honor in 2007 and is almost ready to be released (trailer here). Last year’s winner Nowhere Boy written by Matt Greenhalgh is closing this year’s London Film Festival.
Good Luck Anthony Belcher written by George Kay topped this year’s list and is described as a “fantasy comedy” which will developed into a star vehicle for James Corden. The full list courtesy of Screen Daily is after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
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