The Film Stage

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Bassett Joins ‘Green Lantern’ Cast

Angela Bassett has been tapped to co-star in Martin Campbell's (Casino Royale, Edge of Darkness) film adaptation of Green Lantern. Bassett will join Ryan Re...
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Diablo Cody Taking On Femme Anti-Hero

Diablo Cody, Academy Award winning scribe of Juno fame and more recently Jennifer's Body, hard at work on her TV series The United States of Tara, has also been developing a couple new big screen stories...
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[DVD Picks of the Week] Mar. 23rd

It’s Tuesday once again and it’s time to sift through the new releases to find a few gems...and a few throwaways. Check them out below and let me know what you are watching this week....
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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Movie?

While talking to MTV, Neil Patrick Harris dropped the bombshell that the follow-up to the internet sensation Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog may in fact be a motion picture!...
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‘Alice’ Rolls By ‘Wimpy Kid’ and ‘Bounty Hunter’

Tim Burton's record setter Alice In Wonderland held the top spot at the box office for the third straight week, pulling in an additional $34.5 million dollars domestically. It edged out two solid debut performances in the process of bringing its total earnings to $265.8 million.a...
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Platinum Dunes To Remake ‘The Monster Squad’

Bloody Disgusting has broken the story that horror remake maestros Platinum Dunes will be the ones bringing the long-discussed Monster Squad remake to screens. The project was announced a few years ago around the release of the 20th Anniversary DVD/Blu-Ray. ...
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Daniel Johnston Biopic In The Works: Hoffman Wanted

Recall the spectacular reviews garnered by the 2005 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston about the mentally ill, sometimes institutionalized, and brilliant musician/artist Daniel Johnston. Writer and director David Miller and son Jordan Miller are working on a narrative biopic about the life and work of Johnston...
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Christoph Waltz to Direct First Feature

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, recent Oscar recipient for Best Supporting Actor as a Nazi officer in Inglorious Basterds, will make his feature directing debut on the German-language movie Auf Und Davon (Up and Away)....