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Thursday, October 10, 2002
Tom Savini will do the hosting honors on IFC's Indie Screams, which runs from Oct. 25th - 31st. Savini's hosting segments were film at his Terromania (www.terrormania.net), more information can be found at www.ifctv.com.
Cinescape reports that the 26th Godzilla movie is safely underway, with extras screaming and running for their lives. Sounds like a typical day in Japan to me.
Screenwriter Ehren Kruger announced, while on The Ring's press junket, that he is not working on Scream 4. In fact, no one is! No sequel is currently planned. And who says all news is bad?
"The Rock is not going to be in this movie because The Rock cannot act." Or so says an unnamed source about the in development The Punisher. Taking a gander at The Rock, it's not hard to wonder why the source wished to remain unnamed.
Cigarette Smoking Man William B. Davis will be joining the cast of Smallville as the corrupt (what else?) Mayor who asks Lex to help fix his re-election.
Empty House Films has posted a promo teaser for their seeking funding thriller The Dark. Lots of screaming and chaos, but little in the way of what The Dark is really supposed to be about. But if you're interested to see what some filmmaker wannabes are up to, check it out at http://emptyhouse.sabatos.net/thedark.php, frankly I hope I could do as well as they did given a camera, some actors, and a little time and elbow grease.
More news as I uncover it!
–Chad H. "Chadzilla" Saxelid
posted by Christopher 7:43 AM | Comments
Monday, October 07, 2002
GIRLS GONE WILD: THE MOVIE – You won’t believe how far these producers will go! MGM, a studio that’s clearly pretty desperate to make a buck, is planning a feature film based on the popular series of videos where sleazy guys with video cameras prowl party spots intent to coerce stupid, drunken, young women into baring their goods for the whole world to see. So how exactly do you make a fictionalized film out of this without making some sort of scathing expose about how shady this practice is to begin with? Well, here’s the potential plot: Fictionalized college girls descend upon Panama City, Florida for Spring Break and proceed to get wild. No, really, that’s all they’ve got to go on. So essentially its going to be like all those awful '80s comedies where a group of dimwitted guys go on vacation with plans to party hard and score with some hot babes except this time its going to be about some hot babes who go on vacation with plans to party hard and score with some dimwitted guys. Yeah, whatever. Also, there’s no word yet if Snoop Dogg will appear in the film. Just for the record, doesn’t the very notion of a fictionalized film kinda defeat the whole purpose of what these videos are supposed to be about anyway? Sorta like making a slasher film and calling it FACES OF DEATH: THE MOVIE.
The People’s Champ or Uncle Sam’s favorite son? The Scorpion King or the King of Thieves? The Rock or Ash? What on Earth am I babbling about, you ask? Well, Moviehole has a quote from Josh Wexler, producer of the upcoming film based on the video game Duke Nukem, saying that the two people they are most considering for the title role are The Rock or Bruce Campbell. Well, on the one hand, The Rock has the physique that fits the character, but, on the other hand, Bruce Campbell has the sardonic personality that matches the part. Hmmm…maybe they could have The Rock portray the character with Bruce Campbell’s voice dubbed in over his? Will be interesting to see who gets the part and considering all the other movies The Rock has lined up, Bruce may have a pretty good shot of getting this one. He’ll just have to really bulk up for the part.
Karate Bushido Magazine (Anyone ever heard of it?) indicates that a 5th KARATE KID movie is being penned as we speak. In related news, Ralph Macchio is now 41 years old and Pat Morita is 70. Also, Hillary Swank, who starred in the last one, has since gone on to win a Best Actress Oscar. Something tells me she won’t be back for this one, but Mr. Miyagi and Daniel-san may be looking for the work.
Wanna see Mike Meyers in full make-up for his role as the CAT IN THE HAT? Well, it certain can’t be worse than that God-awful Jim Carrey THE GRINCH movie, I hope.
First, THE COUNTRY BEARS, next HELLDORADO, and now DUMB & DUMBER 2…does Christopher Walken really need the money that badly? After finishing up his work as the villain in The Rock’s current opus, Christopher Walken will take on the role of cantankerous principal in said comedy prequel. Mr. Walken, please, I’m begging you, get a new agent ASAP!
More news, views, and skews to come.
–Scott Foy
posted by Christopher 7:19 PM | Comments
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