Look, we don’t hold out too much hope for the future of spoof cinema. Since the Wayans Brothers gave up the Scary Movie franchise, it’s been a miserable graveyard of crappy visual gags. But this Disaster Movie poster, just in from Lionsgate, is really too good. (Click on it for the biggie.)
So will they be spoofing […]
Two of today’s news items are sure signs there may be nothing creative or unique to ever again come from a big studio.
:: 1. Paramount has set Eddie Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop IV into motion, with Brett Ratner directing
:: 2. Michael Bay will direct a film version of Ouija Board. Yes, as in the Hasbro board “game” that made us […]
During a radio appearance last week, I was asked if Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull would be the most popular movie of the summer. My answer was no.
I’ve now seen the film. You probably have too, or are going this evening. And Wednesday’s midnight hype screenings only fared well, at best (about $4.5 […]
In a practically filter-free interview on The Howard Stern Show, Iron Man director Jon Favreau (below, with Robert Downey, Jr.) said his “heart would be broken” (Howard’s words) if he weren’t locked in for the Iron Man sequel. As Lobby writer Allison reported last week, Favreau’s really the only major Iron Man player not signed […]
It’s been 22 years since The Toxic Avenger established Troma as the treasure trove of trash. Now the indie studio is enjoying more buzz than ever with their sick skewering of fast food and fowl, Poultrygeist, Night of the Chicken Dead. Tonight, Troma reported a $12,000 one-screen box office this weekend for Poultrygeist (In comparison, last weekend’s premiere of […]
Looks like no one makes a superhero film without putting two sequels in the actors’ contracts anymore. After a big box office weekend for Iron Man, Marvel has already pinned down Iron Man 2 for 2010 as well as several other superhero films (Thor in 2010, The Avengers in 2011).
Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow will […]
