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Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock Holmes?

June 13, 2008 Rich Drees

As the old show biz saying goes, you are only as successful as your last hit and with Iron Man having pulled in over half a billion dollars at the box office worldwide, star Robert [click for more]

Who’s Your BUDDY?

June 11, 2008 Rich Drees

To most people, Buddy Cianci is the name of the junior high school in Family Guy‘s fictional Rhode Island town of Quahog. To residents of the non-fictional Rhode Island, from where Family Guy creator Seth [click for more]

SHERLOCK HOLMES To Be Reimagined By Guy Ritchie

June 4, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

When you think of Sherlock Holmes, you think of Basil Rathbone interrogating the cultured aristocracy of Victorian England in a drawing room somewhere. When you think of Guy Ritchie, you think of the rough and [click for more]

Max Brooks Talks WORLD WAR Z Flick

June 1, 2008 Rich Drees

Yesterday at the Philadelphia WizardWorld comics convention, Max Brooks spoke briefly about the forthcoming adaptation of his popular zombie novel World War Z. During an hour long question and answer session in which Brooks talked [click for more]

Raimi To Re-Launch Ryan

March 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Spider-Man film franchise director Sam Raimi is currently in discussions with Paramount Pictures to revive the studio’s Jack Ryan political thriller series. Based on the series of novels by Tom Clancy, the franchise ran for [click for more]

HELLRAISER Remake Gets New Writers

February 17, 2008 Rich Drees

Last month, we told you that Dimension Films’ remake of the Clive Barker horror classic Hellraiser was being pushed to 2009 as the studio wasn’t happy with the script from the project’s co-directors Alexandre Bustillo [click for more]

Coen Brothers Join YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION

February 12, 2008 Rich Drees

Having found success with their literary adaptation No Country For Old Men, the writing and directing duo of Joel and Ethan Coen have set their eyes on a new novel to bring to the silver [click for more]

LOVELY BONES Set Pictures

November 19, 2007 Rich Drees

While not exactly an everyday occurrence, films such as the Rocky series, Invincible and 12 Monkeys have seasoned the residents of the city of Philadelphia proper to Hollywood productions using their streets for location filming. [click for more]

HELLRAISER Remake Gets Directors

October 7, 2007 Rich Drees

Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, the two French directors behind the recent Franco horror film Inside, have been hired to helm the upcoming remake of Clive Barker’s 1987 classic Hellraiser. Bloody Disgusting reported last week [click for more]