Month: September 2010

Spyglass May Finally Tame MGM Lion

The life of Bond (and The Hobbit) depends on it. Spyglass heads Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber are stepping up to co-chairmen/CEO positions at the near-defunc...

Martin Freeman Still A Bilbo?

There was a time it seemed very, very possible that The Hobbit was happening, and that Martin Freeman would be the star of the show. Then MGM started falling ...
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McQueen, Fassbender Full Of 'Shame'

The director and thespian will reunite for a sexually-fused film called Shame, a New York-set drama concerning Brandon (Fassbender) and his struggles with sex...

Rawhide Pictures Promises Reagan Biopic

The newly minted Rawhide Pictures will be mounting a biopic of President Ronald Reagan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. With a $30 million budget, Mark Joseph, Ralph Winter and Jonas McCord will produce the film based on the best-selling biographies by Paul Kengor: The Crusader and God and Ronald Reagan....

[DVD Picks of the Week] Sept. 7th

I took a sabbatical last week, mostly since there wasn’t much hitting shelves worth talking about. Now I’ve returned to get hyped over pretty awesome movies....

Robert Schwentke Directing Ryan Reynolds In 'R.I.P.D.'

The rumors have been confirmed as Deadline reports director Robert Schwentke has officially signed on to R.I.P.D. for Universal Pictures. It is an action film with a supernatural twist starring Ryan Reynolds (Buried, The Green Lantern)....

New Directors Vie for 'Hunger Games'

Lionsgate has added 3 new names to the list of director contenders for the adaptation of The Hunger Games: Andrew Adamson, Rupert Sanders, and Susanna White....