| Christopher Symonds and the Reel Reviews staff deliver the movie news headlines that matter - 'Cause life's too short for fluff. |
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| May 16, 2008 |
New Hellboy 2: The Golden Army theatrical poster - check it out! |
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| Although IMDB has a sequel to George Romero's Diary of the Dead listed as coming, the director is not as sure, stating it has not been greenlit as this stage, but he is willing to do it |
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| A Romanian website called Kappa is reporting that portly chop-socky king Steven Seagal is set to star in a vampire movie called Last Night |
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| The Butterfly Effect 3 is being released theatrically through the '8 Films to Die For' festival |
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George Clooney is set to star in Men Who Stare At Goats which is not about satanic worshipers, but based on a Jon Ronson about a US Army army unit supposed to use paranormal powers...
all involved promise to get off the wacky-tobacky in due course |
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| Flintstones director Brian Levant will helm a new Scooby Doo tv movie, to be a prequel to the two theatrical releases. Buffy and Co. are not returning |
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| May 15, 2008 |
Daniel Day Lewis is in talks to replace Javier Bardam in musical Nine.
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| Tyrese Gibson is the frontrunner to play B.A. Baracus in The A-Team |
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| Leonardo DiCaprio is circling the role of Ian Fleming - creator of James Bond - in an upcoming biopic of the writer's life |
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| Kiddie-fav Goosebumps is headed to the big screen. Columbia Pictures have nabbed the feature rights and are reportedly fast-tracking a film |
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Jonah Hill has been signed to pen a 21 Jump Street feature film
Not sure I like this idea |
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| Juno director Jason Reitman's follow up film with be through his Dad's production company. The Reitman's will adapt Walter Kern's Up in the Air |
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| My Big Fat Greek Wedding co-stars Nia Vardolos and John Corbett are reuniting for rom-com Valentines Day |
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| Tom Cruise is in talks to play the President in Phillip Noyce's 28th Amendment |
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| Tommy Lee Jones is doing everything but cook: adapting, directing, producing and starring in Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream |
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| May 14, 2008 |
| Speed director Jan De Bont is supposedly gearing up to helm the sequel to Point Break. Original stars are not attached to return at this point, and from all sources it seems it will involve a new set of characters |
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| Freddy vs. Jason and Friday the 13th remake writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift are apparently up for the writing gig on the Nightmare on Elm Street remake |
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| A remake of Bad Lieutenant is on the way with Werner Herzog directing and Nicholas Cage set to star |
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| Michael Moore is about to do a sequel to his doco hit Fahrenheit 9/11 |
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| Aussie soap star Isabel Lucas has been cast as the female lead in Transformers 2 |
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| Mike Myers new flick The Love Guru has met flack in India, with some wanting it banned, claiming it disrespectfully lampoons Hinduism |
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| 24 creator Joel Surnow is changing pace with romantic comedy That Face |
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| May 13, 2008 |
| A sequel to Jessica Alba's Into The Blue is on the way that will pit a new bunch of scantily clad folk against not-so-moral folk. Miss Alba will not star, instead being replaced by Smallville newcomer Laura Vandervoort |
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| Internet whispers around that Bruce Willis is in talks to star as Hannibal (the cigar chomper, not the fava bean/human chomper) in the upcoming A-Team big screen adaptation |
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| Battlestar Galactica: Caprica has added to new names to its cast: Eric Stoltz and Alessandra Toressani has signed onto for the two-hour prequel telemovie |
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| Independant comic Witchblade is now being adapted for the big screen, after already being an animated series and live-action series |
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| IGN has the X-Files: I Want To Believe trailer online |
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| The 150 million-dollar Speed Racer opens with a disappointing 18.6 million opening weekend. Iron Man has stayed at number one, with another 50 million added to its impressive total |
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| New Media is again the sticking point leading to another possible strike. This time the actors are opposed to the AMPTP's offer to pay flat rate fees for use of short clips/image on websites like YouTube. A strike is still looming for next month |
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| Brad Pitt is reportedly a strong contender to play thunder god 'Thor' in Marvel's upcoming flicks |
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| Michael Rappaport is joining Prison Break |
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| Fraggle Rock is coming to the big screen! Those lovable little muppet buggars will be directed by Hoodwinked helmer Cory Edwards |
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| May 12, 2008 |
| Aussie actress Adelaide Clemens has joined the enormous cast of X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
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| Kevin Tighe, Kerr Smith and unknown Megan Boone have joined the cast of My Bloody Valentine 3D |
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| Speilberg is hopeful his next film after TinTin will be the long talked about Lincoln biopic |
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| 'Scheduling conflicts' have taken Natalie Portman out of the latest Wuthering Heights adaptation. She is still due to make her directorial debut in A Tale of Love and Darkness |
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| Daveigh Chase, Ed Westwick, Briana Evigan and Justin Chatwin are aboard a sequel to indie hit Donnie Darko (WTF! I know, I know). Chris Fisher is taking the directorial reigns from Richard Kelly |
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| Lindsay Lohan is no longer to be a Manson girl in the upcoming indie flick, because the film 'didn't come together quickly enough,' says her publicist |