The Rebel Kind is a film that’s being adapted from a memoir written by John Armstrong, better known as “Buck Cherry”. Buck was most famous for being the frontman for “The Modernettes”, a Vancouver-based band. Variety has reported that Jay Baruchel has decided to take on the role of the rock superstar with the film planning to start shooting in Vancouver next fall. Continue reading
Carnage is a new film being directed by Roman Polanski, based on “God of Carnage” by French playwright Yasmina Reza. The story is about two couples coming together to discuss a confrontation that occurred in a nearby public park. (The kids got in a fight and one of them knocked some teeth out…) Continue reading
The Iceman is a film about the life of real life serial killer, Richard Leonard Kuklinski. He was actually a contract killer for a mob and claimed to have killed over 250 people. (Although when arrested, he was only charged with 5 counts of murder…) The screenplay was based on the book The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer written by Anthony Bruno. Continue reading
Paradise Lost is a movie that director Alex Proyas is putting together, but recently began to have some production setbacks. According to Deadline, they are postponing the production, but not canceling it. The movie has a star-studded cast lined up including Bradley Cooper, Benjamin Walker, Djimon Hounsou, Casey Affleck, and Camilla Belle! However, with the film’s $120 million dollar price tag, the project needed to be revised to cut production costs.
The Flowers of War is a new film adaptation of Geling Yan’s historical novel “13 Flowers of Nanjing.” The film is going to be directed by Zhang Yimou. Continue reading
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is nearing its release date coming on December 16th! Tons of trailers, press, and chatter have already been generated, but how about an interview with the actors themselves? Sounds good right? Continue reading
Thanks to Yahoo! Movies, The trailer for the new film, Think Like A Man, is online. Based on the self help book entitled, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment, written by renowned show host, Steve Harvey, the film adaptation Think Like a Man looks to be a promising film full of laughs! Continue reading
That’s right folks, you read that title correctly. There is news of a Jurassic Park 4 in the making! This news brought to you by the acclaimed director himself, Steven Spielberg. The good people at Comingsoon.net got a chance to sit down with Mr. Spielberg during an interview about the upcoming movie release. Continue reading
Ian McEwan’s Atonement, and its subsequent film adaptation starring Keira Knightly and James McAvoy, is one of the reasons that I wrote Spoiler Alert.
About halfway through the book, Robbie, our falsely accused hero, has joined the British army and is trudging through the woods. He passes a rock and then a tree and then another rock and then another tree and then another rock and then—well, you get the idea. I skipped ahead a few pages … more rocks and trees. Skipping further ahead, yet more rocks and trees. A Frenchman or two appear, but it’s still mostly rocks and trees. Robbie passes them; he thinks about them, too, as does Mr. McEwan. I, on the other hand, don’t. I don’t care about rocks, aside from moving them aside for fracking purposes, nor do I think about trees, except that we’re tearing them down faster than they can grow back. Continue reading
Mandalay Pictures announced a few months ago that they were going to adapt the novel, Horns, by Joe Hill. But they finally have a director signed on for the project. Continue reading