- Director John Moore (of the thought provoking Max Payne) wants to direct an Ice Road Truckers movie. When I first read this, I had to keep re-reading the story to make sure I got it right and wasn’t insane. Fox has actually picked up the rights for the film. So…Hollywood is moving on to turning reality shows into movies. Just when I thought we’d already reached the bottom of the barrel.
- James Cameron plans to convert Titanic into 3D in 2012. I don’t mean to keep beating a dead horse, but this 3D mania is seriously out of control. How soon until we get Schindler’s List in 3D? “The list is life…in 3D!!”
- Producer Gore Verbinski discusses the Bioshock movie. Hollywood’s obsession with video game movies is like a mad scientist performing genetic experiments. No matter how many failures, he keeps producing hideous creation after hideous creation.
- It was announced that relatively unknown actor Andrew Garfield will be the new Spider-Man. I haven’t weighed in on this yet. Mostly because I don’t give a shit. Rebooting Spider-Man this soon is idiotic. Sam Raimi already directed two good movies with the web slinging hero. I’m fine with forgiving the third film and calling the series closed. Hollywood has other plans: Drive it into the ground.
- I don’t think anyone is surprised, but M. Night’s Shyamalan’s career continues to nose dive. The Last Airbender is turning out to be the worst reviewed film of the year so far. He is currently shopping another supernatural script around Hollywood, and there are no takers as of yet. Could this be a make or break deal for him?
- Could Monsters be the next low-budget phenomena in the vein of Paranormal Activity? Newcomer Gareth Edwards (just a little TV work so far) has been wowing audiences at film festivals. The film concerns a possible alien infection in Mexico following a discovery by NASA six year prior. While the numbers haven’t been confirmed, there are estimates that the production only cost 15k.
Random Shots - July 5th, 2010
On July - 5 - 2010
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