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What’s Up With THE HOBBIT?

July 20, 2009 Rich Drees

With a couple of small stories hit the web over the weekend all relating to producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming, two film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, here’s [click for more]

ONG BAK 2 Production In Trouble, Director/Star Tony Jaa Missing

July 28, 2008 Rich Drees

Tony Jaa, the Thai martial arts master and actor who stunned audiences with his 2003 debut film Ong Bak, has been missing since June, placing the future of his nearly completed directorial debut, Ong Bak [click for more]

Rumor: Keanu, Wachowskis Together Again On PLASTIC MAN?

July 15, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Normally, we do not cover rumors here at FilmBuffOnline, but this one has a little meat to it. CHUD ran a story about a supposed German radio interview with producer Joel Silver in which he [click for more]

Comic Writer Millar To Revamp SUPERMAN Franchise?

July 2, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Comic book writer Mark Millar, whose Wanted is in cineplexes now, announced to the Scotland Daily Record that the beleagered Superman film franchise is going to get a new writer and director. The director? A [click for more]

Madonna Wants To Remake CASABLANCA?

March 31, 2008 Rich Drees

“We’ll always have La Isla Bonita”? Madonna wants to remake the venerable classic Casablanca, according to a story published in England over the weekend. Allegedly, the pop singer wants to reset the classic’s World War [click for more]

X-FILES 2 Poster?

March 28, 2008 Rich Drees

Making the rounds today is a purported teaser poster for the upcoming X-Files 2 movie. I say purported as it comes from an anonymous source over at AintItCool and a few other sites are expressing [click for more]

Depp, Law And Farrell Finish Ledger’s Appointment With DR. PARNASSUS

March 10, 2008 Rich Drees

Director Terry Gilliam has confirmed today what had been speculated for some time now- that Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell will be stepping into the shoes of Heath Ledger to complete the late [click for more]

No Blastoff For LAST STARFIGHTER Just Yet

March 4, 2008 Rich Drees

This past weekend, a report that a sequel to the 1984 science-fiction classic The Last Starfighter was all set to begin filming in just a few weeks time swept across the internet. We even reported [click for more]

DOCTOR PARNASSUS Website Goes Live

February 5, 2008 Rich Drees

Speculation that Terry Gilliam’s upcoming film The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus would be permanently shut down following the death of Heath Ledger, one of the film’s leads, or that his work would be discarded and [click for more]

First Bond QUANTUM OF SOLACE Poster? Probably not.

January 29, 2008 Rich Drees

It seems that while most of us were sleeping, a poster purporting to be the teaser for the new James Bond adventure Quantum Of Solace, and yes the title is starting to grown on me [click for more]