Intrigued by Curb Your Enthusiasm's brand of ad-libbing based around a story structure, Defiant Pictures is attempting to make a thriller using that same technique (which has caused some strife in the awards community and the unions – people seem to like… Continue reading →
Considering it made a massive bundle of money over its opening weekend, it’s not really any surprise that a sequel to the remake of The Grudge is already in the works. Assuming writer/director Takashi Shimizu plans to work on the proposed sequel, it’ll be the… Continue reading →
Warner Bros has released some new images of some of the supporting cast from the upcoming Batman Begins (although I'm pretty sure I have seen the Cillian Murphy pic elsewhere, months ago). It's a look at how the secondary characters in the film are portrayed,… Continue reading →
I can't even believe how crummy this teaser poster is. It looks like someone forgot to make a teaser and had two minutes to put something together. I guess I should appreciate the simplicity that these folks are going for, but the poster just ends up looking… Continue reading →
Hell yes. If anyone needed to be told that Billy Crystal was about four years past his Oscar hosting prime, then I'd like to sell them my comic collection for Overstreet value times two. The Academy Awards have recently been hampered by one overriding force… Continue reading →
Rumormongering about the upcoming Superman movie is now the top pastime of 1 out of 8 American adults. In fact, there is a magazine starting up that will cater specifically to this group of enthusiasts, Krypton Krap, which will have advice on things like… Continue reading →
Festival Fury: The 2004 Toronto International Film Festival Sometimes, technology blows. HDTV, smart phones and talking toasters are well and good, but when something fails for no appreciable reason, angry hijinks ensue. About a month ago, I spent nine days… Continue reading →
Director Richard Loncraine obviously liked working with his pasty Wimbledon star Paul Bettany, as he’s following the striking British thesp to his next project and taking over the vacated chair on the Harrison Ford action-thriller The Wrong Element. Which I… Continue reading →
Now that director Antoine Fuqua is apparently doing a little time in Director Jail to serve penance for King Arthur, his next project American Gangster (aka Tru Blu, aka The Return of Superfly) has completely crumbled. Fuqua recently dropped out of the… Continue reading →
Big news, Slap Maxwell and Buffalo Bill fans – Dabney Coleman has been offered a role in the new film from action maven Tony Scott, Domino, which for the last time has fuck all to do with X-Force. It's not know whether or not The Dabs will be taking the role,… Continue reading →
It's no secret that we here at CHUD are fans of David Benioff, the writer of The 25th Hour. In fact, when I did the junket for Troy I got to meet Brad Pitt and Sir Peter O'Toole, but Benioff was the one who had me with butterflies in my stomach. At that… Continue reading →
Batman Begins, the rebooting of the Batman franchise that is the centerpiece of Warner Bros' 2005 slate, is already spawning a sequel. That shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone who hasn't spent the last few decades in Papua New Guinea, praying to avoid… Continue reading →