“Oobermind,” the new animated comedy from DreamWorks Animation, has signed three new voices; Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, and Jonah Hill. Robert Downey Jr. was originally attached to play the title role of a supervillain who ruminates about all his nefarious dreams coming true after defeating his superhero rival, Metro Man (Pitt), only to discover life [...]
We reported almost a month ago that Sony’s Amy Pascal had scrapped Steven Soderbergh’s “Moneyball” only 96 hours before shooting was scheduled to begin. It turns out that the studio still wants to make the film, but without Soderbergh’s help. Variety is reporting that Sony is still game for making the baseball flick having hired [...]
Columbia Pictures has scrapped Steven Soderbergh’s “Moneyball,” just 96 hours before production was scheduled to begin, reports Variety. Based on the Michael Lewis book about Billy Beane, the former ballplayer who then became the Oakland A’s GM, “Moneyball,” starring Brad Pitt, was set to start shooting Monday in Phoenix. But on Friday, Columbia Pictures’ Amy [...]
Sean Penn’s busy shooting schedule is suddenly not so busy anymore. Penn recently caught Universal, MGM, and Imagine by surprise announcing that he will no longer star in Asger Leth’s “Cartel,” or the highly anticipated comedy, “The Three Stooges,” citing personal reasons, according to Variety. His role in the Peter Craig-penned script, “Cartel,” about a [...]
The Weinsteins have released three new “Inglorious Basterds” clips in the wake of its Cannes Film Festival premiere. So far critics have been rather luke-warm, but decide for yourself:
The 2002 Oakland Athletics were a Major League Ballclub that defied the odds. With a payroll about a third that of teams like the New York Yankees, the Billy Beane (to be played by Brad Pitt) led team managed to come in first place in their division. Steven Soderbergh will direct the film, which will [...]
David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was recently released to wide acclaim garnering a staggering 13 Oscar nominations. When I saw this film I noticed, like many others, the unprecedented similarities to 1994′s Forrest Gump. I mentioned this in my review (read the review here) and pointed out that both films share the [...]
Director David Fincher’s (Fight Club, Se7en) latest offering, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, curiously reminds me of Kevin Costner’s monumentally mediocre Waterworld (1995). Let me first make the point that Benjamin Button has almost nothing in common with, and is far superior to Costner’s bloated tale of self-aggrandizement; however, these two films do share [...]
The Coen Brothers present us with the most nefarious, absurdly idiotic, and intensely repulsive characters, yet somehow manage to make us fall in love with them. This is true of all the Coens’ films, and Burn After Reading is no exception. This zany comedy is about as far from the massively successful bloodfest, No Country [...]
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