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Michael Eisner Says the Writers Strike is Over
According to former Disney head honcho Michael Eisner, the Hollywood Writer’s Strike is over, with a deal having been reached between the two parties involved in the dispute, and that he expects writers to be back at work “very soon”. Given that Eisner was more than a little disparaging towards the writers at the beginning [...]
February 8th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreNo Grand Theft Auto Movie Anytime Soon
“Grand Theft Auto” is quite possibly one of the most addictive games I’ve ever played, and I’ve played a lot of games in my time. The sheer expansiveness of the game is just brilliant stuff, and makes playing it endless. The “city” that the games are set in are designed in such a way that [...]
February 6th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreOfficial: Heath Ledger Died of an Accidental Overdose
It’s officially confirmed by the New York medical’s examiner this morning that Australian actor Heath Ledger, whose death shocked the world, died of an “accidental overdose” of perscription drugs. Ledger was found dead in his SoHo apartment on January 22nd, 2008 and was pronounced dead on arrival by paramedics on the scene. At the time, [...]
February 6th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreSaving Private Ryan’s Beach Scene on the Cheap
Ever wondered how Steven Spielberg did his famous beach scene from the WWII movie “Saving Private Ryan”? It’s Hollywood, so that means a mega budget, thousands of extras, and enough technical gadgets to make 100 war movies. But wait — can three guys, given four days, a digital video camera, and a whole lot of [...]
February 5th, 2008 | Nix | 1 comment | Read MoreHannah Montana Juggernaut Dominates the Box Office
Holy Mother of God. I’ve actually seen the Hannah Montana TV show because my nieces and nephews can’t get enough of it, but I didn’t know it had such wide appeal with the rest of America’s children. But apparently it does, because with just a measly 683 screens to work with, the Hannah Montana movie, [...]
February 4th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreStallone Locks and Loads Two New Action Films
Sylvester Stallone is a wanted man. No, I’m not talking about the plot of “First Blood”, the first Rambo movie, I’m talking about the man himself: after the surprise success of his latest “Rocky” and “Rambo” sequels, Stallone has now inked a deal to star and direct two action movies (notice I didn’t say Rambo [...]
February 4th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreRumor: The Writers Strike is Almost Over
Is the writer’s strike about to be history? Are the two sides finally close to an agreement? Will we finally get the good word sometime tomorrow or earlier? Can I possibly stop asking questions and start answering them? Maybe on all counts. Continue on…
The news that the writers strike may be at an end comes [...]
Stallone Says No More Rambo or Rocky Sequels
Remember that scene from the first “Rambo”, then called “First Blood”, when Rambo is in that gas station or gun store (or some kind of store) in town, and Trautman (played by the great Richard Crenna) tells him to give it up, that it’s “over”, and Rambo immediately shouts back, “Nothing is over! Nothing!” Well, [...]
February 1st, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More2008 Superbowl Movie Trailers to Expect
Every year, the Superbowl is host to some of the best trailers for upcoming movies. Remember the year when the Wachowski brothers introduced us to bullet-time? Tell me that one commercial didn’t have you drooling to find out what the movie was about after it hit. There haven’t been that kind of trailer for a [...]
January 31st, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreMeet the Spartans Edges out Rambo
Who says American moviegoers have no taste in movies? Oh right, the box office weekend over the weekend, where the unGodly awful looking “Meet the Spartans” took #1 in its weekend debut. “Spartans’” $18.7 million just barely edged out Sylvester Stallone’s “Rambo 4″, which came in second in its debut with $18.2 million.
Katherine Heigl’s [...]
Marvel Studios and Lionsgate Strikes Deal with WGA
Maybe the WGA knows what it’s doing after all. After failing to get producers in Hollywood to agree to a deal, and indeed, they’re still “talking” behind the scenes, the WGA has instead adopted a “divide and conquer” strategy, striking their own interim deals with smaller movie studios and producers to get writers back to [...]
January 25th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreHeath Ledger Found Dead in NYC
Sad news from the world of acting today, as Australian-born Heath Ledger, most famous for his role in “Brokeback Mountain”, and has already been praised for his performance as a psychotic Joker in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming “The Dark Knight”, was found dead in a downtown Manhattan apartment this afternoon, around 3:26 p.m. Police wouldn’t say [...]
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