10.22.2009 Theres a new Wolfman trailer

It seems like ‘the Wolfman’ was filmed years and years ago, but now it’s finally wrapped up and last night a second trailer arrived. Benecio Del Toro is the Wolfman of course, and Anthoiny Hopkins plays his father. Presumably the movie explains how Anthony Hopkins, who looks like Santa, begat Benecio Del Toro, who sounds like mumbly BumbleBee man.

But even better than a trailer is this World Exclusive clip given to me by one of my inside Hollywood sources. WARNING: HEAVY SPOILERS. Come back here when you’re done.

Okay are you back? Awesome right? Talk about action. And the effects! I guess this is a rough cut so there’s still some polish to do but I was still pretty scared.

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03.25.2009 it makes perfect sense

For years Hollywood has tried to make a "Three Stooges" movie, but could never to find three actors good enough at physical comedy to recreate such recognizable characters.  So now they’re just gonna just stop trying and make the movie anyway.  Variety says…

MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for "The Three Stooges."
Sean Penn will play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome "Curly" Howard.
The studio is zeroing in on Benicio Del Toro to play Moe.
The film is not a biopic, but rather a comedy built around the antics of the three characters.

I just hope they have some kind of disclaimer so I can tell between the new version and the old one.  If they don’t, I’ll just have to remember that in the old version, it was Larry who was Puerto Rican and mumbled incoherently, and Moe was the middle-aged one who was super angry and took human growth hormones.  In the movie version, it’s the opposite.

10.01.2008 I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

Halle Berry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, Sarah Silverman, Benecio Del Toro and Tobey Maguire are just a few of the stars in this video that stretches a 30 second premise into 5 excruciating minutes. They begin by telling you not to vote, and then they say it again.  In fact they say it for far longer than is appropriate, but then, buckle the fuck up, because there’s a twist coming that will completely blow your mind. I had to walk around the room for a little while with my hands above my head just to catch my breath.