Charlie Kaufman is a name that immediately grabs my attention whenever it's mentioned. He's been responsible for writing some great films like Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the latter of which won him an Oscar. Even when his films don't turn out particularly good, like Synecdoche, New York, the stories he tells remain fascinating.
Questions have been circling J.J. Abrams' sequel to his reboot of Star Trek ever since his first film was released. What will the plot be? What characters will be involved? However, the question that most people have been pondering has been who is going to be the next villain to face Captain Kirk and his crew?
Director Nicolas Winding Refn is not exactly a household name yet, but many people are already familiar with some of his work, which includes Bronson, starring Tom Hardy, and last year's great neo-noir flick Drive, starring Ryan Gosling, which made mine, and many others' top ten lists of the year.
Deadline is reporting today that Warner Bros. is slowing down their remake of the classic mystery film The Thin Man. The film has not been green lit yet, but the studio apparently had enough concern over it to warrant a little retooling.
Ever since Kenneth Branagh directed Thor, one of last year's hit superhero films, he's had several opportunities open up for him. However, upon turning down the chance to direct the sequel, he has opted instead to fill his slate with a multitude of other projects.
Just a couple of months ago, we heard the news that Bobby and Peter Farrelly would be making a sequel to their hit comedy Dumb and Dumber, with both Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels returning to reprise their original roles. Apparently, this is no longer the case as ET has announced that Carrey is leaving the project.
Variety is reporting that director Peter Berg is attached to direct an upcoming adaptation of the book Father's Day by Buzz Bissinger, an acclaimed sports writer and Berg's cousin. Bissinger's book "centers around his relationship with his twins, one of whom has serious intellectual handicaps" and "chronicles a summer road trip taken by father and son and the personal journey that helps Bissinger better understand his child."
Seeking Justice may not be a particularly great film, but it does offer up a good amount of suspense that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats. Unfortunately, the lack of special features on the disc makes this Blu-Ray a rental at best.
Deadline is reporting that Noah Oppenheim will be adapting a new version of George Orwell's classic novel 1984, which will be brought to us from Imagine Entertainment.
Most of you have probably heard about the commotion over the final episode of the first season of the hit show Game of Thrones. It started when a Reddit user announced that, on the commentary track for the episode, producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss mention how one of the severed heads on a pike is none other than former president George W. Bush.
