A man posing as Heath Ledger’s father, Kim Ledger, fooled Tom Cruise, the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, and a number of other people. He managed to talk with Cruise for a while. John Travolta was also contacted but according to his reps, he knew the man was an impostor. Looks as if Cruise didn’t […]

It appears that Guillermo del Toro has not in fact been confirmed for the two upcoming The Hobbit movies. At least considering that the Hollywood Reporter is saying that he’s in talks to direct them back to back. He’s on the shortlist., and considering what he’s done with at least Pan’s Labryinth, Hellboy and Blade […]

Kevin Smith has finished casting for his upcoming movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno. In the lead roles are Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks, respectively. Also appearing are former pornstar gone legit Traci Lords, Jason Mewes, Craig Robinson, Ricky Mabe, Jeff Anderson, and Katie Morgan.
Rogen is a hot property these days, having produced and […]

X-Files TV series (and one movie) creator Chris Carter has revealed that the second movie is coming. He’s directing, and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will reprise their roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, respectively. What will be different is that there won’t be any alien conspiracy theories (and not because alien lizards have […]

Sasha Baron Cohen, aka Borat, aka Ali G, might be appearing in a Steven Spielberg film, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2010). The film is about counter-culture hero Abbie Hoffman (pictured above and in video clip below), who was one of several protesters involved in disrupting the 1968 Democratic convention. Charges against Hoffman and […]

John Turturro’s 2005 movie Romance and Cigarettes is finally showing in the United States, despite a good reception in Europe and the likes of James Gandolfini (Sopranos), Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Mandy Moore, Christopher Walken, Eddie Izzard and others. It was the victim of a corporate restructuring when Sony bought a […]

Fans of Frank Herbert’s Dune novels are not generally enamored of the Dune movie that Sting was in (image above), which was made by David Lynch, whose films are always controversial. As a long-time Dune and Herbert fan, I hated Lynch’s movie but loved most of the casting. Also, the movie only covered book 1 […]

Since Peter Jackson has other obligations, he’ll not be directing the two upcoming “The Hobbit” movies. He will executive produce The Hobbit, now that he’s settled his lawsuit with New Line Cinema. Directing duties are falling to Sam Raimi, who’s probably best known for directing the first three Spiderman films, Evil Dead, The Messengers, 30 […]

Film School Rejects has a post detailing how you could be in a Kevin Smith “porno” film. It’s actually called “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” and Smith is having a contest of sorts, but you do get paid (minimum wage). It’s shooting in Pittsburgh, PA, in mid-January 2008.
Here’s a video of Kevin Smith doing […]

Award-winning writer, producer and director James Cameron (Terminator, Titanic, Dark Angel, The Abyss, Rambo) has had his 3-D movie Avatar - which he wrote and is producing and directing - delayed until the end of 2009. Other Cameron films also in the works include The Dive, Battle Angel, and Fantastic Voyage.