- New posters for The Dark Knight, Hellboy II, Punisher: War Zone, The Love Guru, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The Rocker, Righteous Kill, The Strangers.
- The upcoming "Sex and the City" movie has a surprisingly long for a comedy runtime at 2hrs 25mins according to David Poland.
- The world premiere of "Hancock", scheduled to take place June 10th in Sydney, has been quietly cancelled as due to the recent reshoots it looks like the film will not be ready in time.
- Production of "Nailed," starring Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal, has been shut down for a second time due to financial problems.
- Tyrese Gibson confirms that, although final details have yet to be locked, he seems pretty set to play B.A. Baracus in John Singleton's "The A-Team" movie. The script is still presently being reworked.
- Want to chat with Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro about the upcoming "The Hobbit" movie? Click Here for details.
- Jon Brion ("Magnolia," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") will score Charlie Kaufman's upcoming film "Synecdoche, New York".
- A billboard for the Jim Carrey comedy "I Love You Philip Morris" is up at Cannes and Cinematical has a photo.
- Fox Searchlight has delayed the big screen adaptation of "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk's "Choke" from August 1st to September 26th.
- A first look at Caleb Guss as a young Jason Voorhees in the "Friday the 13th" remake.
- Film producer Joel Silver indicates that he's hired British director Guy Ritchie to helm his long gestating comic book adaptation of "Sgt. Rock"
- A photo is out of what's rumored to be a clay model of one of the heads for Warner Bros' all-CG adaptation of "Thundercats". Hmmm.
- During a visit to the "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" creature effects shop, its been discovered that a younger version of Beast/Hank McCoy is planned to appear in 20th Century Fox's planned "Magneto" spin-off from "X-Men".
Some photos of the official "vertical" banners which Paramount is using to promote "Indiana Jones" in Cannes. There's other angles available here.
Isabella Rossellini dresses up as various insects and simulates sex with worms, spiders, fireflies, snails, flies, bees and a praying mantis in the new Sundance Channel short film series "Green Porno". Click Here to check them out.
- H20 Motion Pictures is going ahead with "The Gate: 20 Years Later", a sequel to the 1987 Stephen Dorff horror film. Oscar winning VFX guru Randall William Cook remains attached to direct.
- A 'translated into english' review for "J.C.V.D", the new Jean-Claude Van Damme satire, is online.
The Random Spiel: May 16th 2008
By Garth Franklin
Friday May 16th 2008 09:30AM
- "Lovely," "Wolfman," "Kites" Re-Cut
- TV News: Dr. Who, Vampire Diaries, Trauma
- Oscar Short Films List Announced
- "New Moon" Scores $140M Opening Weekend
- Spielberg, King Go "Under the Dome"
- Dustin Hoffman Out Of "Fockers"
- Thurman, Scott Thomas Join "Bel Ami"
- Wasikowska, Fassbender Join "Jane Eyre"
- Idris Elba Joins "Thor" Cast
- Universal Releases "Kick-Ass" Globally
- Mike White Pens "Santa Wars" Comedy
- Fessenden Not Directing "Orphanage" Remake
- Warners Develops Marine Dog Tale "Nubs"
- Brad Pitt Fills A "Dark Void"
- "Shield" Scribe Pens Fourth "Underworld"
- TV News: Lost, Bill Maher, Oprah
- "American Gladiators" Movie Planned
- NBC's "Chuck" Return Date/Time Set
- Garth's Review: "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"
- Interview: Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side"
- Oscars Select Doco Feature Short List
- Sam Worthington Commits A "Crime"
- Murphy Terrorized By A "Caller"
- Lynch Develops Meditation Founder Doco
- Voice Cast Announced For "Guardians"
- Tait, Todd, Kirkland Die "One By One"
- Eddie Murphy Gets Naughty In "Fluffy"
- Simon Baker Takes A Surfing "Breath"
- Angryfilms Picks Up A "Cycler"
- di Bonaventura Producing "Nicholas Flamel"
- Adams, Levy Celebrate "Best Days"?
- Mandalay Picks Up "Unthinkable" Rights
- "Agora" Gets 2010 U.S. Release
- "Precious" Director Takes On "Selma"
- Rinsch Helms "Ronin" Not "Alien"
- McKidd Talks "Call of Duty", "Rome"
- Jennifer Hudson Joins "Winnie" Biopic
- Justin Theroux Heads Into "Space"
- Goldfinger's Connery & Bassey Reunite
- Eric Dane Dances To "Burlesque"
- "New Moon" Scores $140M Opening Weekend
- Spielberg, King Go "Under the Dome"
- Dustin Hoffman Out Of "Fockers"
- Idris Elba Joins "Thor" Cast
- TV News: Lost, Bill Maher, Oprah
- Brad Pitt Fills A "Dark Void"
- Universal Releases "Kick-Ass" Globally
- Mike White Pens "Santa Wars" Comedy
- "Shield" Scribe Pens Fourth "Underworld"
- "American Gladiators" Movie Planned
- Garth's Review: "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"
- Thurman, Scott Thomas Join "Bel Ami"
- Wasikowska, Fassbender Join "Jane Eyre"
- NBC's "Chuck" Return Date/Time Set
- Fessenden Not Directing "Orphanage" Remake
- Eddie Murphy Gets Naughty In "Fluffy"
- Sam Worthington Commits A "Crime"
- Voice Cast Announced For "Guardians"
- Warners Develops Marine Dog Tale "Nubs"
- Murphy Terrorized By A "Caller"
- Tait, Todd, Kirkland Die "One By One"
- Lynch Develops Meditation Founder Doco
- UA Wants To Date "Teenage Girls"
- Oscars Select Doco Feature Short List
- Angryfilms Picks Up A "Cycler"
- Interview: Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side"
- No McAdams In "Spider-Man 4"
- TV News: Prisoner, Burn, V, Delta
- Adams, Levy Celebrate "Best Days"?
- McKidd Talks "Call of Duty", "Rome"
- di Bonaventura Producing "Nicholas Flamel"
- "Nemo" Canned, Marshall Helms "Pirates"
- Brian Cox Goes Short For "Hobbit"?
- Simon Baker Takes A Surfing "Breath"
- "Doctor Who" & "Torchwood" Updates
- Rinsch Helms "Ronin" Not "Alien"
- "Agora" Gets 2010 U.S. Release
- Mandalay Picks Up "Unthinkable" Rights
- Bichir Joins "Hidalgo" & "Scarface"
- Goldfinger's Connery & Bassey Reunite
- "Lovely," "Wolfman," "Kites" Re-Cut
- TV News: Dr. Who, Vampire Diaries, Trauma
- "New Moon" Scores $140M Opening Weekend
- Spielberg, King Go "Under the Dome"
- Thurman, Scott Thomas Join "Bel Ami"
- TV News: Lost, Bill Maher, Oprah
- NBC's "Chuck" Return Date/Time Set
- Garth's Review: "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"
- Interview: Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side"
- Oscars Select Doco Feature Short List
- Sam Worthington Commits A "Crime"
- Voice Cast Announced For "Guardians"
- "Agora" Gets 2010 U.S. Release
- Rinsch Helms "Ronin" Not "Alien"
- McKidd Talks "Call of Duty", "Rome"
- Goldfinger's Connery & Bassey Reunite
- Murphy, Stiles, Carbonell, Worthington Talk
- TV News: Prisoner, Burn, V, Delta
- Townsend, Stevenson, Asano Join "Thor"?
- No McAdams In "Spider-Man 4"
- "Nemo" Canned, Marshall Helms "Pirates"
- Joe Wright In Talks For Focus' "Hanna"
- "New Moon" Tops Pre-Ticket Sales
- "Doctor Who" & "Torchwood" Updates
- Gambon, Pearce, Jacobi Join "Speech"
- "Thor" Production Sets Its Dates
- Franco Soap Stint Helps Next Film
- TV News: Angels, Smallville, Rex, Chuck
- Release Changes: November 13th 2009
- First Trailer For Sandler's "Grown Ups"
