the dystopia is here, part 2
Entitled well-paid celeb teenager to prank desperate job-seekers for your entertainment. We. Are. So. Fucked.
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can you spot the bullshit in this description of Timur Bekmambetov’s Warriors of Oz?
The female protagonist has been scrubbed from this “classic story.” Why, Bekmambetov? You got a problem with women?
things you need to know: TV shows about androids are not science fiction
Also too: stories set in the present day cannot be science fiction. Duh.
question of the day: How much is too much to spend on producing a movie?
Disney shuts down production on The Lone Ranger over budget concerns even though it seems like a sure thing. Have we finally hit a ceiling on production costs?
question of the day: Is there any chance in Hades that ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ could get an Oscar nom for Best Picture?
I think it’s so remote a possibility as to be preposterous. And no, the Return of the King sweep is not an apt comparison.
question of the day: Does the world need Seth McFarlane’s ‘Flintstones’ reboot?
Because, you know, the world has been absolutely clamoring for a Seth McFarlane reboot of The Flintstones. Our long national nightmare of McFarlane-Flintstone-lessness is finally over!
Christian Bale ranting again; Keith Olbermann goes to Current; Morgan Spurlock, plagiarist?; more: leftover links
Plus: more trouble for Broadway’s ‘Spider-man’; what’s so hot about crazy chicks?; does journalism have a surprising savior?; more…
what she said: Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood…
…about how Hollywood is flummoxed by Noomi Rapace, the original girl with the dragon tattoo…
wtf: Harry Knowles laments what he hath wrought
It’s sort of beautiful, in its way. Like how a mushroom cloud is beautiful. Harry Knowles, commenting on rumors about something to do with whatever the hell is going on with Spider-Man these days and who the hell is gonna direct The Hobbit anyway actually has the nerve to chastise Variety for reporting speculation in … more…
omg: maybe Peter Jackson will direct ‘The Hobbit’ after all?
Mike Fleming at Deadline is reporting that maybe this geek-dream-come-true is so: EXCLUSIVE: In what amounts to a dream come true for fans of Middle Earth, Peter Jackson has decided to direct two installments of The Hobbit, trusted sources are telling me. His deal is being negotiated right now with Warner Bros , New Line … more…
