Variety and the Hollywood Reporter both insist this is for real. So long as they stay far, far away from that lame song that Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott recorded for the first movie … And now I’m beginning to wonder what would happen if Bono and the Edge spun their theme song for GoldenEye (1995) — sung by Tina Turner — into a full-fledged James Bond musical. Read more

They’re remaking The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). So hey why not remake Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), too? Quoth Variety: Universal and Imagine Entertainment will remake the 1970 sci-fi saga “Colossus: The Forbin Project” as a potential directing vehicle for Ron Howard. Brian Grazer will produce. Jason Rothenberg has been set to write the screenplay for a pic to be called “Colossus.” Based on a book by D.F. Jones, the original film was a forerunner of movies like... Read more

Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that Michael Apted — director of Amazing Grace (2006), the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough (1999), and the Seven Up! documentary series (1964-2005) — has been tapped to direct The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Discuss. Read more

Lou Lumenick at the New York Post reminds us that two movies that went into wide-ish release last week — Redline and Slow Burn, both of which opened on over 1,100 screens — were not screened in advance for critics. If I neglected to mention those here, it is probably because neither film made the North American top ten, and neither film was released in Canada. In fact, there was going to be a press screening for Slow Burn in... Read more

I was a huge fan of Greek myths when I was a wee lad. I used to tell the stories of Perseus and the others to my friends when we had sleepovers, and when Clash of the Titans — the last movie to feature Ray Harryhausen‘s classic stop-motion animation — came out in 1981, my friends told me all about the film and asked me how it squared with the original myths. Despite the film’s revisionism, I actually rather enjoyed... Read more

My review of Pathfinder is now up at CT Movies. Read more

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest. Shooter — CDN $5,307,909 — N.AM $42,102,000 — 12.6%300 — CDN $21,764,853 — N.AM $200,826,000 — 10.8%Grindhouse — CDN $2,108,836 — N.AM $19,700,000 — 10.7%Perfect Stranger — CDN $1,083,311 — N.AM $11,500,000 — 9.4%Blades of Glory — CDN $7,870,739 — N.AM $90,195,000 — 8.7%Wild Hogs — CDN $12,807,204 — N.AM... Read more

Kids. Work. Church. The first stages of house-hunting. Life is busy. Hopefully not so busy in the near future, though. Read more

Or rather, he is the next Bruce Banner, according to Variety. Can the Hulk / Fight Club mash-ups be far behind? Read more

Remember how Shia LaBeouf denied the rumour that he would be starring in Indiana Jones IV? Looks like he can un-deny the rumours now. Check IndianaJones.com for details. No word yet on who he will be playing, though. Indy’s son? Indy’s nephew? Short Round’s adopted cousin? Who knows. Or maybe, since they’ve been having trouble getting Sean Connery to come back, LaBeouf could play Indy’s dad! Tee hee. And, hmmmm, is it just a coincidence that they’re announcing this on... Read more