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Nispel…The Adventurer.

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

If you enjoyed the remakes of FRIDAY THE 13TH and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, then you’re going to love CONAN THE BARBARIAN. That’s because the director of those two uninspired horror movies, Marcus Nispel, has been given the directing duties on the Conan remake. This is thanks to Variety.

Nispel said a lot of crap about the movie like how he will blend his childhood imaginings of the character with the influence of famous Conan illustrations and the influence of such viscerally violent period films as APOCALYPTO. In other words, he’ll be influenced by everything other than the Conan stories written by the creator of Conan, Robert E. Howard.

Is anyone else honestly excited about this choice? I’m seriously curious. They must have really been scraping the bottom of the “no one gives a crap” barrel. I seriously hope they don’t screw this movie up.

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Storm Punch! Storm Kick!

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

I believe it’s been too long since I posted an action trailer, complete with kicking/punching. Well, the embargo has ended thanks to the Pang Brothers…they’re Chinese. Enjoy the trailer for their sequel to STORM RIDERS titled STORM WARRIORS.

I’m not to impressed with the “Zach Snyder like” slow-mo crap, but when the action moves at a normal pace it looks good. I totally have to give the creators props for naming the main villain “Lord Godless.” That’s extremely hardcore. Perhaps in the third one, Cloud and Wind can fight against the terrible forces of Lord Babypuncher.

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These Missions Can’t Be That Impossible.

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

According to this scan from an upcoming T.V. Guide, J.J. Abrams was asked by Tom Cruise to produce the next MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE and the two of them are working on an idea for the movie; perhaps with their hands in each other’s back pockets. If you recall, Abrams was the director for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3, which was pretty good. He also recently directed the STAR TREK remake that I still haven’t had a chance to see, but I hear it’s good in a very STAR WARSy way.

I’m actually just going to come out and apologize for this news. It’s news that isn’t really news. It’s basically some guy saying he talked to Tom Cruise about an idea he had for a new movie about a guy who is on a difficult mission. Slow news days really stink.

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Alien Update.

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

It would appear that it isn’t all sunshine and unicorns in the 20th Century Fox offices. It seems that the big wigs that sign the checks that allow movies to get made don’t want to reboot ALIEN without Ridley Scott directing. This sucks for Carl Erik Rinsch, because he already got the “A-OK” from the Scott brothers to direct as was written a while ago. This new news comes from Entertainment Weekly.

This is fine by me. Either get Ridley to return to the franchise or kill the whole thing right now.

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Who’s Got Whiplash?

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

The answer to the above question is that the USA Today has Whiplash. More specifically, they have Mickey Rourke as the villain Whiplash in IRON MAN 2. And even more specifically, they have a picture of Mickey Rourke as the villain Whiplash in IRON MAN 2. The picture is below.

Have you seen the power?

Have you seen the power?

Oh wait, that’s not WhipMickey. Here he is!

You couldn't pull it off either!

You couldn't pull it off either!

I don’t know how I ever got those confused.

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Join The A-Team.

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

It seems that an old report about Bradley Cooper playing the role of Face in THE A-TEAM motion picture was correct after all, at least according to The Hollywood Reporter. There is also news coming out of Variety that says Liam Neeson might play Hannibal. You read that right…Liam Neeson! This movie just became respectable in a big way.

Though, in all honesty, none of this matters if they don’t pick a good B.A. Baracus. Mr. T carried that show on his well groomed mohawk and it will take a hell of a man to fill his shoes.

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No Spider Sucking.

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

According to some guy named Todd Black, who says that he is a producer, the vampire character Morbius will not be the starring villain in SPIDER-MAN 4. He also didn’t know who the main punching bag would be yet. So really, he didn’t help much on the villain front at all. My money is on the Rhino because Sam Raimi loves villains that are lame.

Black also said that Kirsten Dunst was definitely returning to the role of Mary Jane. If you listen really hard, I bet you can hear me not caring. All this news is thanks to The New York Post.

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Swords And Shields.

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

This news is a bit old, so forgive me if you already know about it and if you’re the kind of person to hold a grudge…sit and spin. Two pictures from the CLASH OF THE TITANS have been released by Warner Bros. Enjoy them below.

Intensity is the name of the game.

Intensity is the name of the game.

I scream for ice cream!

I scream for ice cream!

The first picture looks to be from the “Medusa battle” that will hopefully be remade in this version. The second picture I’m not sure about; though it’s probably from that same fight.

These are good shots to show the masses. It really shows the emotional range of Perseus as played by Sam Worthington; from brooding to outrageously upset. It’s all there. Drink in the ACTING.

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Jonah On Patrol.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Coming soon to a theater near you, is the adaptation of the comic book JONAH HEX about a cowboy named Jonah Hex who is disfigured and wanders around the old west being a dick but sometimes helping people. I really only know of him from an old Batman cartoon episode…but it was a good episode. The movie has Josh Brolin getting make-upped and some pics have emerged. One of them is below.

Who can afford dry cleaning these days?

Who can afford dry cleaning these days?

If you’re so inclined, you can see two more pics at Lainey Gossip.

Well, that’s basically what I remember from the cartoon, except he had one eye that was way bigger than the other. This looks more realistic though, so I guess its fine. Good job guys!

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How The Mighty Have…

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Action related news has been very slow the last few days. I assume it’s because the summer movie season is already starting to wind down; though there are still a few nuggets to get excited for or mourn the existence of…whichever you prefer.

The last big blockbuster of the summer will undoubtedly be TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. For the longest time I assumed that the fallen in question who wanted revenge was going to be that black robot from the first one that was ripped in half, but it’s apparently a brand new robot. MTV has got a picture of it in mid frog-hop. Enjoy.

And now I leap over you!

And now I leap over you!

I’m pretty sure this movie will be awful in every conceivable way; except the robots hitting each other. That’s kind of Michael Bay’s M.O.

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