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’24′ Headed To The Bigscreen!!!

Written on February 9, 2010 – 6:30 am | by Seth Quillen |

Variety is reporting that after a few failed attempts at a bigscreen version of the popular television show 24 now may be the time. Fox film division has hired scribe Billy Ray (State of Play, Flightplan) to script a feature version of the popular show. Related Stories:

No More Music In ‘MTV’

Written on February 9, 2010 – 5:30 am | by Seth Quillen |

I know you or one of your friends have said it, “Why doesn’t MTV ever play music, I thought they were Music Television?” Well not any more, Related Stories:

Soderbergh’s New Virus Thriller Might Be Good

Written on February 8, 2010 – 8:52 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Steven Soderbergh, who frankly has been a bit of a disappointment lately is working on a new film called Contagion, an action-thriller that takes place in a worst case scenario of a deadly virus. Related Stories:‘Haywire’: First Five Minutes of ‘Haywire’ ReleasedMarion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Officially Join ‘The Dark Knight Rises’Marion Cotillard Cast In ‘The Dark [...]

I Can’t Believe It Was ‘Dear John’ That Took Down ‘Avatar’

Written on February 8, 2010 – 7:50 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Source: Box Office Mojo, While Dear John broke up Avatar‘s box office reign at No. 1, both pictures performed extremely well over Super Bowl weekend. Dear John drew $30.5 million, ranking as the second highest-grossing Super Bowl opening gross ever behind the Hannah Montana concert, while Avatar raked in another $22.9 million. Related Stories:

Hasbro Toys ‘Battleship’ Pushed Back To 2012

Written on February 6, 2010 – 6:30 am | by Seth Quillen |

It’ll be another year before any battle ships will be sunk. Universal is pushing the epic Hasbro action-adventure movie Battleship back to May 25 2012.  Related Stories:

Taylor Lautner Taking On ‘Stretch Armstrong’

Written on February 6, 2010 – 5:30 am | by Seth Quillen |

Universal has just cast 17-year-old Taylor Lautner, the best thing to come out of the Twilight franchise, to Star in the superhero flick Stretch Armstrong. Related Stories:‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2′ Trailer TeaserTaylor Lautner Joining Forces With Michael Bay Taylor Lautner Drops ‘Max Steel’ Sticks With ‘Stretch Armstrong’It’s A Long Way Off But ‘Stretch [...]

DC Comics Doc Coming From The ‘Spellbound’ Crew

Written on February 5, 2010 – 5:44 pm | by Seth Quillen |

The Director, Jeffrey Blitz and Producer, Sean Welch of such documentaries as Spellbound and this year’s Sundance film, Lucky about Lottery winners, is taking on the DC Comics universe. Related Stories:

‘Daredevil’ Getting Rebooted… Sigh

Written on February 5, 2010 – 5:05 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Probably the worst superhero movie of the last decade is getting a reboot. Related Stories:David Slade To Direct ‘Daredevil’ Reboot

Bill Murray on Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

Written on February 4, 2010 – 5:49 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Bill Murray shows up on this Monday nights episode of my favorite TV show of the moment. Let’s see if Bill still has “no reservations” like mike man Anthony. This clip looks good, I love funny Bill. Related Stories:

‘People vs George Lucas’ Coming To SXSW

Written on February 4, 2010 – 2:56 pm | by Seth Quillen |

‘People vs George Lucas’ will debut at SXSW this year. The documentary tells the story of George Lucas’s mistakes in film making. While I would agree that George Lucas has made some questionable decisions of late, he is credited for creating one of the greatest trilogies of all time. For the extremely out of the [...]

‘The Last Airbender’ Superbowl Spot

Written on February 4, 2010 – 2:27 pm | by Seth Quillen |

I’m way excited for ‘The Last Airbender’, Here’s the TV spot for the Superbowl. Related Stories:Super Bowl Commercials 2012‘The Hunger Games’ Super Bowl Spot‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Super Bowl Spot‘Star Wars’ Super Bowl Commercial ‘The Dog Strikes Back’The Avengers Super Bowl Teaser Commercial

Empire Brings Us “The 50 Worst Movies Ever”

Written on February 3, 2010 – 6:30 am | by Seth Quillen |

I love “worst of”… and “best of” list, actually I love lists in general I’m a sucker for anything that starts at number 10. Anyway, Empire online has come up with a list for the “The 50 Worst Movies Ever”. Related Stories:Top Ten Michael Scott Moments on ‘The Office’Top Ten Romantic Movies for Both Men [...]

Oscar Nominations, Ten Chances And They Still Can’t Get It Right

Written on February 2, 2010 – 12:30 pm | by Seth Quillen |

I, like many people thought that the move from 5 to ten Oscar nominations for best picture would give justice to those great films that just didn’t fit into the Academy’s ideals. Oh how we were wrong.  Leaving out Star Trek and Invictus for best picture was a horrible misstep. Star Trek got seriously robbed, [...]

A Menacing Review Of ‘Avatar’ By ‘The Phantom’ Critic

Written on February 2, 2010 – 10:00 am | by Seth Quillen |

I’ve been getting a lot of flak because of my seemingly anti-Avatar comments on this site. For the record I am not a hater, just someone bringing people down to Earth or rather down from Pandora on the quality and originality of the box office hit.  However, Mike Stoklasa, the “genius” behind the well research [...]

‘Star Trek’ And ‘Transformers’ Scribes Sign TV Deal With Fox

Written on February 2, 2010 – 6:30 am | by Seth Quillen |

Variety is reporting that Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have signed a three-year deal to develop new shows for 20th Century Fox starting this March. The deal means the duo will develop, create and hire talent for new shows for Fox. Related Stories: