Steven Soderbergh may have claimed that he’s made his last movie, but that’s not going to stop him from doing just about everything else, including (and especially) television. With HBO’s Behind The Candelabra garnering plenty of critical praise (you can check out our review here), Soderbergh’s thoughts seem to turn to other ways of marrying mediums. Case in point? He has a very unique idea about the season finale for Breaking Bad.
In the ‘movies that no one wants one more sequel to’ category, we have the frontrunner in Pirates Of The Caribbean 5. What was a good idea the first time has not been such a good idea the next three times, although I do think that Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was unfairly maligned. Pirates Of The Caribbean 5 now has a director, though. Or rather: directors.
What happened to Johnny Depp? He used to be cool Now though, it seems to be all about the money as the actor has reportedly exited the Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass after he was asked by producers to cut his usual $20 million salary in half.
That sound you hear? That’s me, clomping up the stairs to the angry dome. I’ve been spending a lot of time up there in recent weeks. My head is slowly imploding from the sheer WTFness of everything I am hearing. I'm not certain how much more of this I can take.
Let me try to put this concisely: there is a movie about Troll dolls. It is called Trolls. It is not, unfortunately, a sequel to Troll 2. It is being produced by DreamWorks Animation. And it has a writer and director.
Yesterday, I brought you the information that Lionsgate has decided to reboot Leprechaun. Today, we have the first (unofficial) image of another beloved entry in the ‘unlikely and previously cute creatures with murderous intent’ subgenre of horror: Don Mancini's upcoming Curse Of Chucky.
I know that it’s tough to get excited over a Tim Burton film nowadays, but take a look at the cast and crew for his upcoming Big Eyes: Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams! The writers of Ed Wood! And Johnny Depp is nowhere near it (yet)! Add to that another delicious character actor in Danny Huston (Hitchcock) and I think we can be cautiously optimistic on this one.
The movie-going experience has gone through quite a flux in the past ten years or so. Between an increase in ticket prices (even out here in the boonies our prices have gone steadily up), increases in commercials, trailer and film length – not to mention the annoyances of people who talk on their cell phones or bring small children to The Evil Dead – going to the movie theater has become almost a chore for your avid film fan. Casual film-goers seem to be deserting the theater in favor of Netflix, streaming, Red Box and all the other instant-gratification services So it’s no surprise that the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) is making a push for the theater experience to be a bit more user-friendly.
The question you might be asking yourself right now is ‘Leprechaun reboot? That’s a thing?’ Yes, gentle reader, that is indeed a thing and it now has a director in Spielberg discovery Zach Lipovsky.
‘Tis a day for speculation, it seems, though this one could mean a lot to a major franchise. There’s a good possibility that Nicolas Winding Refn might direct the next James Bond.
The internets are awash with Marvel rumors, speculation and innuendo. But the one that most of us who exist somewhat outside the Marvel fandom are kind of really excited about is the far far future The Avengers 2. Why? Because The Avengers was an awesome movie, period. And with Joss Whedon still at the helm, we can expect some more of the same from The Avengers 2.
