Entries from September 2008

September 29, 2008

Russell Crowe Tackles Nottingham… And Robin????

(NOTE: This post could have been named: “Are Ridley Scott’s Casting Choices Thought-Provoking or Just Plain Lazy?”)
Looks like Russell Crowe will be playing both Robin Hood and his nemesis the Sheriff of Nottingham in Ridley Scott’s upcoming period flick. This will either be incredibly interesting or incredibly gimmicky.
SOME PREDICTIONS:
I’m sure there will be many references [...]

September 20, 2008

Cloudy with a Chance of Bill Hader

Finally, Bill Hader will take the spotlight as the voice of some of the leads in the upcoming 3D animated film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. This article from Cinematical goes more into detail.
My thoughts? What a perfect project for the camelion Hader is. Don’t believe me? Check out the commentary on Superbad in [...]

September 6, 2008

Guillermo Del Torro and… SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE?!!!

Why was I not informed earlier that Del Torro was thinking of adapting Vonnegut’s classic novel, Slaughterhouse Five?
This combined with the Zack and Miri trailer and the Palahniuk/DC announcement, officially marks the best day of my life (at least in terms of pop culture.)
Here’s an excerpt, curtesy of AICN, of what Del Torro has to [...]

September 6, 2008

Chuck Palahniuk Geeks Up

I forgive the copy editors over at /Film for their headline’s gross mispelling of the name of the only living author I go absolutely fangirl over, Chuck Palahniuk, because they announced some very exciting news:
Chuck Palahniuk and DC Comics might be teaming up to bring us a Tales From the Crypt-esque comic book miniseries.
I can [...]

September 2, 2008

Zack and Miri Make a Porno Trailer Up!

The most beautiful thing I’ve seen since Neil Patrick Harris.
“There’s poo in there.”