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WOLF! where?

creth — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:53:26 +0000

Hollywood is where I’ve had most of my werewolf encounters but enough about Robin Williams. Let’s explore this particular pack of Tinseltown werewolf as I wanna hear your pick for the alpha male to lead the pack.

Benicio Del Toro has his The Wolfman set for a very romantic Valentine’s Day weekend theatrical release (February 12, 2010) while you’ll have to wait a little longer to see Taylor Lautner’s abs and werewolf if you didn’t see the Twilight Saga’s New Moon in theater as the DVD and Blu-ray are due out late this March.

If you’re really hurtin’ for some lycanthrope cinema I’m sure you can find one of the Underworld films on cable television (if you’re an HBO subscriber then you’re probably watching Michael J. Fox in Teen Wolf as I type) or Hugh Jackman’s Van Helsing in Walmart’s $5 DVD bin. John Landis the very same director of such classic comedies as Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Spies Like Us and ¡Three Amigos! also had a soft spot for the hairy and scary when he first gave us An American Werewolf in London followed by An American Werewolf in Paris (flag his passport already!).

Maybe the most famous actor to howl at the moon was Jack Nicholson in 1994’s Wolf but it was Lon Chaney Jr. that introduced most of us to the werewolf in 1941’s The Wolf Man. Now I know I haven’t mentioned every barking big screen portrayal and personally I’m more of a Cat People type of guy myself (I carry a dog whistle for protection) but who is your favorite big screen werewolf?

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George Clooney Lands In Hawai’i With Writer-Director Alexander Payne

creth — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:50:59 +0000

Pre-production has begun in Hawai’i for The Descendants, based on the book by Kaui Hart Hemmings. Academy Award®-winning writer/director Alexander Payne teams up with Clooney for the first time in what should have the audience saying “mahalo” by the time the end credits roll. The Descendants is Hawai’i native Hemmings’ first novel; the production marks a return to the director’s chair for Payne, whose last full-length feature was 2004’s award winning Sideways. Payne has been busy, writing 2007’s I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and producing HBO’s Hung starring Thomas Jane. In theaters right now you can see Clooney starring in Jason Reitman’s Golden Globe-winning Up in the Air. It should be noted that The Descendants will have company in the 50th state, as Pirates of the Caribbean 4 will also be filming there. Anybody else curious as to whether Clooney and Johnny Depp will shoot hoops or rock out together while sharing the same chain of islands?

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Columbia and Sony Pictures TV Grab “Modern Love”

John Cooper — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:24:57 +0000

Perhaps in a Julie & Julia-inspired agenda, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures TV (in conjunction with HBO) have signed first-look deals with the New York Times for film rights to their column “Modern Love,” which is essentially a weekly romantic comedy-drama bundled into a page or so. Thus, each week the column provides enough ammunition to fuel the romantic comedy genre in the movie business for the next ten years.

Producers Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun are producing an HBO pilot, with Jenny Bicks (Sex and the City) and Alan Poul (Rome, Six Feet Under) directing. The HBO show is “built around the fictionalized male editor of the column who is getting through a messy divorce and returning to the dating world,” while the film deal “gives the film studio first crack at specific ‘Modern Love’ columns that can fuel romantic comedies.”

Berman and Braun will produce the latter as well.

It seems that Columbia and Sony Pictures have stumbled upon a gold mine of material that can be used at their leisure to grab audiences at the drop of a hat. The column seems to be well-written enough to have potential, but now it seems like only a matter of time before Dan Savage is picked up for film rights.

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HBO First Look: Harry Potter 6

Melissa Molina — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:41:40 +0000

All right, for many of you who are summer movie going fans, you cannot tell me that this is on your radar as one of the more anticipated flicks to come out during this July. That’s right folks, I’m talking about J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince that’s ready to apparate itself into theaters on July 15th everywhere. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson and directed by David Yates, the Muggle and Wizard world are both in danger thanks to Voldermort and his Death Eaters. Is Harry the Chosen One that everyone believes he will be in order to take them all down? Take a gander at HBO’s First Look on the boy with the scar on his forehead right here:

Check out the 2 part HBO First Look below.

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Spielberg + HBO x 2 = The Pacific

Melissa Molina — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:42:16 +0000

Do you remember the lingering feelings of excitement of Spielberg and HBO’s creation of Band of Brothers when it first aired? Want more? Well Spielberg and HBO heard your wish all right, with the creation of the follow up called The Pacific. Following right after the events in the previous installment Band of Brothers, The Pacific tells the intertwined stories of three Marines during America’s battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.

Already salivating with anticipation? Well wait no longer, here is the teaser trailer for the upcoming ten part miniseries below. The Pacific will be set out on deployment on cable television sets either at the end of this year or at the start of 2010.

What do you guys think? Let us know below:

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New cast member to join Lost

Matthew — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:49:13 +0000

Entertainment Weekly reports that Zuleikha Robinson will play the pivotal role of Ilana on the fifth season of ABC’s “Lost.”

Robinson has recently been seen in the short lived “New Amsterdam” series. Before that she appeared as Gaia on HBO’s “Rome”. I knew she looked familiar!

EW says Robinson’s deal calls for her to start off as a recurring player with an option to become a series regular in season 6.

Lost comes back online in January of 09!

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HBO’s first look at The Dark Knight

Matthew — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:30:23 +0000

With less than 4 days before some of us get to see The Dark Knight, HBO’s first look has hit the net. Below is the two part series of TDK from HBO’s perspective.

I have yet to see the film and will have to grovel for a good seat with the rest of. But, I cannot wait for this film. After re-watching Batman Begins last night I am super excited. Batman: Gotham Knight is showing on Blu-Ray tonight at my place!!

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Let me know what you all think!!

The Dark Knight opens this Friday at 12:01am nationwide.

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