A curious interview appeared online between JackNicholson and MTV in which they discuss the upcoming DARK KNIGHT film, specifically the revision of the Joker character. While some sites are reporting that Nicholson is furious about not being involved wit...
It's hard to tell if he's kidding around or not, but actor JackNicholson told MTV.com that he's "furious" over not being approached to reprise his role as the Joker.
MTV: What do you think of another actor, Heath Ledger, playing the Joker in...
Kirsten Dunst, contracted to do three 'Spider-Man' movies as Mary Jane Watson, said she might be interested in doing a fourth.
JackNicholson will talk about playing The Joker in 1989's 'Batman' on Tuesday's episode of the syndicated Extra television ...
Ledger on playing the Joker in 'The Dark Knight': "I wouldn't have thought of me, either. But it's obviously not going to be what JackNicholson did. It's going to be more nuanced and dark and more along the lines of a Clockwork Orange kind of feel. Which...
...did he or JackNicholson give you any pointers? I sure
you know Mark Hamill since you've both worked on 'Batman: The Animated Series'?
Did you talk to him at all about preparing for the Joker or did you just start
from scratch?
KMR: [Hamill] asked ...
What They SayBlack Jack is an underground surgeon who, although he has no licence, has God-like skills which enable him to perform operations that are impossible for even the finest surgeons. Charging millions for secret operations, he is a man who is alo...
...n Lugosi: JackNicholson. Both The Terror and Little Shop of Horrors are public domain titles that have been released many times before, but both are worth another look, for rather different reasons. Nicholson has a small but very memorable role as a...
In anticipation of a busy 2003 summer, Revolution Films is shuffling around its spring and summer lineup. VARIETY reports that the following movies have received scheduling changes:1. ANGER MANAGEMENT, starring JackNicholson (THE PLEDGE, MARS ATTACKS and...
...ZY. Think JackNicholson has always had it made? Think again as he performs as the lead in CRY BABY KILLER. “Somebody teach me how to cry,” pleads the highly unappealing lady-killer who knocks up our star in EIGHTEEN AND ANXIOUS. This has to be the fun...
... starring JackNicholson and Diane Keaton (he has scored all of Meyer's previous films, including THE PARENT TRAP and both FATHER OF THE BRIDE movies).Harry Gregson-Williams has been hired to score Dreamworks' big animated summer movie, SINBAD: LEGEND ...
...lick with JackNicholson drawn into Boris Karloff's haunted castle / A corpse narrates the circumstances of her own death, which may or may not involve Bela Lugosi. (O) THIS DARKNESS (Inspired) A vampire lord wants mad geneticist Van Helsing to create ...
... And when JackNicholson smiles...you can use only the beginning of his smile, I've realized, because once those eyebrows start pointing, it ruins the moment." Click here to read the full interview. Click here to watch the trailer.
...iffer and JackNicholson making out in WOLF on TBS at 8 p.m. O.K., maybe it's more yucky than scary.Paige inadvertently conjures up a medieval prince who is under the spell of an enchantress in tonight's encore presentation of CHARMED on TNT at 10 p.m....
...u Reeves, JackNicholson, Diane Keaton, Amanda Peet, Jon Favreau and director/producer/writer Nancy Meyers. Joining them were guests Teri Hatcher, Lou Adler with his wife Page Hannah, Dana Delany, Patric Taylor (Keanu's mom), Karina Reeves (Keanu's sis...
...rince, as JackNicholson did in Tim Burton's 1989 film. "We recognize, of course, they are cartoon characters, [but] we try to ground them in somewhat more reality than the other movies."
According to the 'Rescue Dawn' actor, though, one thing's for...
...ne dealer JackNicholson plots a jewel heist in this 1997 Bob Rafelson suspenser. With director and cast commentraks and deleted footage. (O) CARY GRANT Box Set (Sony) Includes HOLIDAY, ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS, TALK OF THE TOWN, HIS GIRL FRIDAY and THE ...
"Memo to Batman fans: The TDK Joker is not going to look as if he jumped right out of a comic book. He's not going to look or act like the Cesar Romero and JackNicholson versions of the character. Chris Nolan, Heath Ledger, and company want to -- and sho...
... and star JackNicholson were slumming in substandard material; the actually films has a lot going for it, although the ending just sort of peters away to nothing much.Nevertheless, there were some interesting horror films on view. The year 1990 began ...
...yone from JackNicholson to Francis Ford Coppola in a career that will soon celebrate its 50th anniversary. CHARLES BAND - The current head of Full Moon Entertainment is the only active filmmaker whose career comes close to that of Corman’s. The peren...
...ntion the JackNicholson team of Little Shop of Horrors and The Terror. Elite Entertainment also offers a pairing of previously released titles with The Screaming Skull and Attack of the Giant Leeches, thus creating a quartet of double features to off...
...ein 8. JackNicholson in Wolf 7. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs (with interchangeable head of Brian Cox from Manhunter) 6. Kathleen Kinmont in Bride of Re-Animator 5. Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West (with Dr. H...
...au says, "JackNicholson was my student for three years, Harry Dean Stanton, Oliver Stone studied with me before he directed his first movie, Shirley Knight, Anjelica Huston was my student."Working on
Martin Landau is Harry Trimble who is overco...
...ovie with JackNicholson then I would say this is like Batman Begins.
For next robot adventure, he again told us that production is waiting on the WGA strike. They hope to get production rolling on June 2, 2008 but as you know, this is around the time...
...s such as JackNicholson, Mike Tyson, Pee Wee Herman, Cher, the cast of Star Trek, and Batman in one of the most hilarious episodes of the first season.
The voice talent was outstanding throughout, upholding a long Warner Bros. tradition. ...
...sader and JackNicholson gives a terrific
performance as the clown prince of crime.
From Hell
- Johnny Depp and Heather Graham star in this stylish adaptation of
Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's intricat...
Continuing our
coverage of Twentieth Century Fox's Daredevil press junket Comics2Film
presents this transcript of the round-table interview with Michael Clarke
Duncan, who plays Kingpin in the movie.
Q: What's your typical breakfast?
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HBO will air 1989's Batman, starring Michael Keaton and JackNicholson, in January. Air dates and times include Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 5:45 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 12 at 12:45 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 6 a.m.; and Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7:45 a.m.
When asked if the portrayal of the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' would be less Cesar Romero and JackNicholson than the Joker seen portrayed in a comic like The Killing Joke, director Christopher Nolan respoded:
"Yes. I would certainly point to The Killin...
...l Newman, JackNicholson, Al Pacino and John Wayne all have 3 films each. -- Diane Keaton is the most represented actress with 4 films on the list; Grace Kelly and Talia Shire each have 3 entries. To compile the final list, AFI distributed a ballot w...
...List. The JackNicholson/Morgan Freeman vehicle pulled in another 6.8 mil in its 2,915 houses across the country. The studio has listed its budget at only 45 mil and to date, it has pulled in 67.6 mil domestically.
Next up in 8th place for th...
...o be what JackNicholson did. It's going to be more nuanced and dark and more along the lines of a Clockwork Orange kind of feel. Which is, I think, what the comic book was after: less about his laugh and more about his eyes."THE DARK KNIGHT is set to ...
...omero and JackNicholson than the Joker we saw portrayed in a comic like The Killing Joke?Nolan: Yes. I would certainly point to The Killing Joke but I also would point very much to the first two appearances of the Joker in the comic. If you look at wh...
...rince, as JackNicholson did in Tim Burton’s 1989 film. “We recognize, of course, they are cartoon characters, [but] we try to ground them in somewhat more reality than the other movies.”
As for a clown being portrayed as "sinis...
...ritten by JackNicholson (The Departed, As Good As It Gets); The Trip. Additionally, the collection offers two Corman classics never before available on DVD - Shelly Winters (The Poseidon Adventure, The Diary of Anne Frank) and Robert DeNiro (Raging Bu...
...gins. The JackNicholson-Morgan Freeman vehicle has a budget of only 45 mil and has taken in 57.6 mil, 10.2 mil of it being from this weekend.
And now, we hit the last three films in the box office report, all of them clocking in around 4 mil...
...s for his JackNicholson impression, but he suspects Nolan would be looking for a new take. "Well, you want to do a different Joker. You know, if they do Arkham Asylum, it would be amazing. Arkham Asylum is one of the greatest, nastiest comic books eve...
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...me thing [JackNicholson] went for,” Ledger said in interviews. “That would be stupid. Tim Burton did a more fantastical kind of thing and Chris Nolan is doing nitty-gritty handheld realism. I love what [Nicholson] did, and that is part of ...
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...ovie with JackNicholson as the Joker. Not that crappy BATMAN movie with... ummm, well, all those other ones.Remote Patrol is our weekly Television column.
I can confirm that The Joker role is a small and mysterious one in the sequel. It will be nothing like the JackNicholson-style showcase that the previous Joker provided
...l Keaton, JackNicholson, and Winona Ryder. In SLEEPY HOLLOW, Christopher Walken (BATMAN RETURNS) shows up for five minutes just long enough to establish the evil of the Hessian Horseman before he loses his head. But even his screen time seems lavish c...
...tt Damon, JackNicholson, Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin. In this version, the story focuses on an Irish-American gangster who infiltrates the Massachusetts police force while, simultaneously, a young police officer infiltrates the gang. Shore has prev...
...ers, with JackNicholson as the daft juvenile lead.7:00 AM THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATHCorman combines Poe's "Masque...", "Hop Frog" and Vincent Price in a surrealistic voyage through color-based psychology.9:00 AM THE CONQUEROR WORMPrice is the fascist...
...e his pal JackNicholson. Sam Rockwell laughed and said HEIST was quite a change from his last film, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, "where we had 17 writers." Mamet startled the PC throng by referring to Pidgeon as a "good broad." Meanwhile, the notoriously press s...
...tt Damon, JackNicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin is still playing in some theaters as the crime thriller stalks Oscars, but you can already enjoy it at home via widescreen and “fullscren” editions. Special edition i...
...weaked up JackNicholson in whiteface terrorizing a movie back lot, then please go make that movie. Tim Burton could find the financing for that film. Just don't shoehorn a character with half a century of history into the movie you want to make, just ...
Since MTV asked the legendary actor JackNicholson on his take of a new Joker and got the eye-catching furious headline, it was only a matter of time before they asked other actors from the pre-Nolan Batman films their take on being replaced. Ac...
What They SayFrom Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Metropolis, Astro Boy, and Kimba!
Episode 5:
While on vactation, Black Jack comes across a young man haunted by the vision of a woman who beckons him to return to a town he\'s never visited. He also has vi...
... De Niro, JackNicholson, Ivan Reitman, Martin Scorsese, and Robert Towne.In recent years, Arkoff maintained a production company, of sorts, called Arkoff International Pictures. Six films created under his auspices at the old AIP, including THE SPIDER...
...he genre. JackNicholson gives a career redefining performance, beginning with the Everyman persona established in films like FIVE EASY PIECES and mutating into an over-the-top psychotic lunatic (`Heeerrre`s Johnny!`). Shelley Duvall is a big improveme...
... Redford, JackNicholson, Ryan O’Neal and Robert De Niro all wanted the role of Michael but Coppola had his eyes set on Pacino from the impact he made in stage acting and his early success. You want to know the irony of that highly iconic film...
...e devlish JackNicholson, who proves to be a bit too exciting. BLU-RAY DISC CORNER(O) GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (Warner Bros.) (O) KISS KISS BANG BANG (Warner Bros.) (O) TRAINING DAY (Warner Bros.) HD-DVD CORNER (O) FOUR BROTHERS (Paramount) (...
...s not, is JackNicholson? And then six months later they're having lunch with the director, and it takes them two years to get it done. But if you're funded beforehand, you finish it and you do it and it really seems like you're doing a lot of work. Bu...
...h starred JackNicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer, was based on the John Updike novel about three women who turn to witchcraft after losing (or booting) the men in their lives. They conjure up a devil-like character, who then proceed...
A special "Clown Prince" edition of The Stax Report with thoughts on which actors might be best to succeed JackNicholson as The Joker in the next Batman movie.
...egories. (JackNicholson holds the record among actors for Oscar nominations, with 12; actress Meryl Streep has had 14.)As he passed his 80th birthday, he remained in demand, winning an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the 2005 HBO drama "Empire Falls&...
... starring JackNicholson; Robby the Robot's follow-up to FORBIDDEN PLANET, THE INVISIBLE BOY from 1957 one of the first films to deal with super-computers going berserk. Also on tap will be selected chapters of the 1943 classic serial, THE BATMAN, whi...
...ease. The JackNicholson-Morgan Freeman dramedy pulled in another 4.1 mil while still showing in 2,307 theaters across the nation. The film has already proven profitable, having a budget of only 45 mil and tallying up 81.0 mil in domestic totals.
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...unds like JackNicholson. It's pretty dumb, but also pretty funny.THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT is another offering from the previously mentioned Amicus Studios, and they ended their experiment with Burroughs inspired adventure films with this one. John ...
...;and it's JackNicholson! Okay, no, but it should be.ROME (8 PM CST, HBO) "Caesarion." Julius Caesar gives birth with surgical assistance.EXTRAS (9:30 PM CST, HBO) Andy lands a part in a Samuel L. Jackson flick. The best part of this show is watchin...
...played by JackNicholson). A new character is determined to prove Wyatt innocent, and the pair goes "in search of America" once again. A distributor has yet to be signed for the sequel.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinesca...
...produced, JackNicholson and Boris Karloff starring, incomprehensible pseudo-Poe film of the same name, as that one is public domain. It might also be the fairly decent, but very obscure, 1978 British film from schlock producer/director Norman J. Warre...
...een since JackNicholson in THE SHINING (and for much the same reasons); Mary McDonnell does a marvelous job as a middle-aged Republican mother whose son is steadily slipping away from her; and even Katherine Ross, who normally isn't known for her stel...
Columbia Pictures captured the top spot at the box office this past weekend with the JackNicholson/Diane Keaton romantic comedy SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE. The film netted $17 million over the weekend, not a bad showing but still not enough to crack the cove...
...Reed, and JackNicholson and appearances by Eric Clapton, Tina Turner and Elton John), soundtrack, a Broadway musical (1992) as well as an orchestral version and a ballet interpretation. Conceived and primarily written by The Who's Pete Townshend, Tomm...
Sony wants you to know: HD for girls, too! Yep, in a recent series of ads, Sony is trying to hawk its line of admittedly very nice Bravia HD televisions by telling us that these TVs were made for both men and women to enjoy. That’s good news for ...
Some series, mostly of the reality variety, could really benefit from the writers’ strike. One show in particular actually deserves the potential extra attention the few series running new episodes in the next few months will get; Jericho. ...
Unlike her collaborators on the new Jack the Ripper film FROM HELL, Heather Graham readily admits that she knew very little about Saucy Jack and his vicious exploits beyond the sort of pop culture awareness that any respectable movie fan might have."I di...
What They SayIn a war zone devastated by minefields and strife, a dying child is missing. She fights a foe more deadly than any terrorist. Her heart is a time bomb that will kill her even as the explosions annihilate her home. Can renegade doctor Black Ja...
What They SayIn a world where the grim reaper can strike at any time, a brilliant renegade surgeon known only as Black Jack operates outside the law. For the rich and dying, he performs miracles of a macabre medical nature. Unafraid of mysteries that verg...
What They SayA young woman is poisoned by toxic waste and begins to deform...or transform. Black Jack operates and discovers that she might be transforming into a mermaid. Is there a connection between the victim\'s illness and the ancient myth? Episode 1...
What They SayTwo victims thrash in agony, scarred by war. Once again, renegade doctor Black Jack is caught in the crossfire. With Death breathing down his neck, he braves bullets and deadly biohazards to save the afflicted. Will the detective doctor preva...
What They SayA desperate man is plagued by a tumor shaped like a human face. When the tumor begins to talk and think, renegade surgeon Black Jack is the one man who can free the victim from its grotesque tyranny. Meanwhile, a serial murderer is on the pro...
What a difference a little Jack can make! In this hour of 24, Jack is back in a big way, and he’s darker than ever! Last hour, Jack and Doyle had the main terrorist Fayed in custody and this hour begins with Jack handing out a good ol...
What They SayA sinister tree lurks over a village, sheltering the inhabitants for a terrible price. Victims are plagued by voices, then driven to madness and death. When renegade surgeon Black Jack operates on the latest casualty, he discovers a horrifyin...
Who should know horror better than a former literary agent? It`s no wonder that Dallas Mayr chose the name of a legendary Wild West outlaw, `Black Jack` Ketchum, as his pseudonym; he`s something of an outlaw himself in the horror field. Though he’s a darl...
SEGA has announced that it will publish the forthcoming PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles game SAMURAI JACK: THE SHADOW OF AKU, designed by Amaze Entertainment's Adrenium Studios. SAMURAI JACK creator Gennedy Tartakovsky worked with Adrenium in developing t...
There are certain films that have come to be recognized as true holiday classics, required viewing every time a treasured day like Christmas or Halloween comes along, but most such pictures tend to have originated decades agoIT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, or the ...
Plot: Based on the Cartoon Network series, a samurai battling an evil sorcerer/shape changer called Aku, is thrown into the distant future. There he finds a world twisted by Aku's eons of evil. Dubbed "Jack" by some of the locals, the samurai seeks to des...
DC Direct has released an image of the statue of Samurai Jack in his match with The Scotsman from Episode 11: Jack and The Scotsman. While traveling along a very long and narrow bridge, Jack met a large Scotsman crossing in the opposite direction...and ne...
What They SayBlack Jack is an underground surgeon, who, although he has no license, has God-Like skills which enable him to perform operations that are impossible for even the finest surgeons.
Charging millions for secret operations, Black Jack is a man...
OK, things are heating up and answers are being given, this is what I’ve been waiting for! If you stopped watching LOST, you messed up! So, everyone is finally back together when Jack, Sayid, Kate, and the new tenant Juliet return to...
It's been a while since a Tom Clancy novel has been adapted to the big screen and from what Moviehole reports, it will be somewhat longer because this next project will be a Jack Ryan story based outside his book series. The site reports that Fernando Mei...
I’ve been complaining lately that the marketing campaign for Heroes over-hyped the episodes to a degree that while the episodes were good, they were underwhelming due to the promises of the promotions. Well, now Heroes and LOST have anothe...
In a departure from its original programming slate (JOHNNY BRAVO, DEXTER'S LABORATORY, POWERPUFF GIRLS, et al), Cartoon Network and series creator Genndy Tartakovsky unleash SAMURAI JACK onto the world of animated television. The 90-minute series premiere...
The sixth and latest entry in producer Charles Band's long running sci-fi series, TRANCERS, has recently been released on video and DVD. So what better time to take a look back at the career of Jack Deth, the time traveling, tough guy cop who stars in the...
A four issue miniseries titled Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdock will be released this June.“Battling Jack is a story about the relationship between Jack Murdock, a failed boxer turned mob enforcer, and his son, Matthew Murdock, the boy who would one...
...racter to JackNicholson's character from THE SHINING. Have you taken inspiration from that film or any others? RR: The Nicholson thing has come up before, but that character, Jack Torrance, is like iconic. I would never want to come even close to tryi...
Japanese animation began with Osamu Tezuka. Though outside his native land his name isn't that familiar, today his creations - from Astro Boy to Jungle Emperor (Kimba) to Unico - are known worldwide. In Japan, Tezuka is as well known as Disney, his artist...
Due to a combination of a hard drive crash followed closely by tornadoes, I was unable to get a review for the season premiere of LOST posted last week. I thought the episode deserved discussion though so this week this extensive article will look at...
Check out the radio Interview where Jack Black said that he's still actually up for Green Lantern. He told the hosts he's waiting on a script and he hopes it's good and that he doesn't sully the Green Lantern's name.
Jack Black is the third cast member to join Peter Jackson's remake of KING KONG. Black, who joins the previously announced Naomi Watts and Andy Serkis, will play adventurer/showman Carl Denham, the man who brings King Kong back to the civilized world and ...
Out this week on DVD is the second season of 24, the real-time thriller that stars Kiefer Sutherland as Counter-Terrorism Unit agent Jack Bauer. After saving the life of a Presidential candidate but paying a high price, Bauer returned last season in a sto...
The BBC has announced that Russell T Davies is to write a sci-fi paranoid thriller TORCHWOOD, a major new drama for BBC THREE. The series will be a 13-part drama aimed at a post-watershed audience. Davies described the new series as "a British sci-fi para...
Jack Larson the actor who previously played Jimmy Olsen on TV, has a role in 'Superman Returns'. Check out this interview and learn who Larson is playing...
Castle Rain Entertainment, the Canadian Indy publisher is launching a new Jack the Lantern one-shot, titled Jack the Lantern: 1942 as a tune up to the new mini-series (set for mid 2006). The original six-issue mini-series, which was created and written by...
The first three volumes of the series had two episodes and brought out what was previously released. Now on 09/21/2004 with Black Jack Vol. #4 (of 7), Central Park Media starts bringing out the final four previously unreleased and undubbed episodes one vo...
Paramount Pictures is dusting off its rights for Jack Ryan stories, based on Tom Clancy's created character, and plans to bring a new series of films to the big screen with Sam Raimi set as director. The new films will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventur...
Famed film lobbyist Jack Valenti passed away in his home yesterday at the age of 85. He is believed to have died from complications of a stroke he suffered last month.Valenti has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is widely credited for ...
Catching up on a series that\'s almost done with its release, we\'ve got a look at the 01/11/2005 release of Black Jack Vol. #6 (of 7) from Central Park Media.
What They SayIn the age of science, death still wears many faces. Only the brilliant mercenary surgeon Black Jack has seen them all. As mankind threatens to annihilate itself, the detective doctor travels the world in search of bizarre medical mysteries...
Jack O'Halloran has a plan for inserting his villain character Non from 'Superman II' in the new 'Superman' movie.
"When I go back to L.A., I'm going to talk to Warners because we had shot footage at the end (of 'Superman II') of us being put in police...
Jason Voorhees and the bodyguard who kills Battlin' Jack Murdock (Matt "Daredevil" Murdock's father) have a few things in common, according to Kane Hodder, the actor who portrays both characters. In an interview with
SCI FI Wire, Kane commented on the si...
The Pulse interviews Jack Hsu, a story board artist on 'Spider-Man II' and Disney's 'Haunted Mansion,' as well as several other feature films to his credit. He's also the artist on the Xeric Award winning title, 'Poppie's Adventures' ...
According to this week's Entertainment Weekly, the rumors of actor Jack Black stepping in as an (admittedly paunchy) Green Lantern, were just that - rumors. "I took a meeting with someone who has the rights, but there's no [Green Lantern] script," Black t...
Jack Larson talks candidly about playing Jimmy Olsen through all six seasons of The Adventures of Superman, as well as playing Bo The Bartender in Superman Returns, his thoughts on Hollywoodland and even Smallville...
The folks at Vertical continue to bring over some of the best material for long time fans as they announced at NYAF that they\'ll be bringing over Black Jack, complete and in its original chapter listings. They also intend to release \"Edge City, the late...
Bringing the OVA series to a close with this release, Central Park Media is set to release Black Jack: Biohazard on 03/07/2005 and we\'ve got a few thoughts on it. Also note that the first of two box sets for the series is due out at the same time.
Catching up on our review pile a little bit more in between watching episodes of Marmalade Boy, we\'ve squeezed in the more adult oriented series by checking out CPM\'s 04/06/2004 release of Black Jack Vol. #2.
As CPM continues into uncharted territory with this series, we luck out by getting fresh materials and an anamorphic print with their 11/09/2004 release of Black Jack Vol. #5.
Columbia Pictures has grabbed a new action-adventure spec that sounds vaguely familiar, replacing teacher for novelist. The distributor has optioned Johnny Rosenthal's action-adventure script Iron Jack, says Variety. Todd Garner is producing through his B...
While attending the 28th annual Saturn Awards, Paramount Pictures president Sherry Lansing gave us a quick, exclusive interview in which she confirmed Ben Affleck would be coming back as Jack Ryan now that SUM OF ALL FEARS has done "Very well." "There wi...
The 1950s weren't a great time for most of those working in comics, but they were especially hard on Jack Kirby. After he and Joe Simon created Captain America for Timely, they tried creating characters with equal success for other companies before formin...
Jack the Ripper is back in the contemporary streets of Chicago. No, this isn't a repeat of an old KOLCHAK, THE NIGHT STALKER TV episode, but what will be happening in the November 21st episode of UPN's SPECIAL UNIT 2.Titled "The Beast," the story focuses ...
Image Comics publisher and vice-president Jim Valentino has announced that Paul Grist's black-and-white independent series JACK STAFF is moving to Image. According to Valentino, the title will be relaunched in January 2003 as a new ongoing series -- in f...
Director Douglas Aarniokoski is now attached to helm REPAIRMAN JACK, a action-adventure with supernatural overtones, for Beacon Pictures. Based upon the character created by F. Paul Wilson, the Repairman is a Manhattan-based guy who exists outside of the ...
Well, this story certainly supports the theory of casting against type.Ain't It Cool News reports that funnyman Jack Black (SCHOOL OF ROCK) has been signed to play GREEN LANTERN in a Warner Bros. movie of the same name. "Jack Black has closed his deal. He...
I suspect that Warren Ellis does not sleep. He's taken on yet another ongoing series, besides PLANETARY, DESOLATION JONES, and the various Marvel and DC Universe titles to which he contributes. Last week brought us the relatively under-promoted JACK CRO...
Three newcomers join the pack this week led by KANGAROO JACK, a comedy from Jerry Bruckheimer opening at number one, while Martin Lawrence's NATIONAL SECURITY opened at number two to decent reviews. The third member of the troika, A GUY THING, opened at n...
Eccentrics thrive in screwball comedies. Madness is shown as akin to godliness in the most beatific sense, as if to say “those without a grip are truly the most enlightened of souls.” In Peter Medak’s THE RULING CLASS the notion is presented rather bluntl...
On May 4 the first season of the critically acclaimed SAMURAI JACK cartoon series will arrive on a two-disc DVD set. Warner Home Video is packaging the first 13 episodes of JACK along with bonus features which include never-before-seen footage from the sh...
Throughout the season of 24, Fox will run a night here and a night there of two hour blocks to make sure the season ends at the appropriate time. This week was one of those nights. It was an interesting night as it wasn’t as high ene...
So, it finally came, the season finale of LOST. So, would we be disappointed? What would be this season’s cliffhanger? These questions plagued me as I sat down in high anticipation in front of my television for the two hour finale.&nb...
Chronicle Books is one of the best publishing companies out there, and they've been churning out some beautiful volumes covering all areas of pop culture history naturally this includes superhero comics. Handsome hardcover tomes on Superman and Batman ha...
In about a month, NECA will be offering a 14 inch tall Jack Skellington with 12 interchangeable heads, and 19 points of articulation. As their site reportes, "The Deluxe Jack Skellington is the first action figure of its kind. No other figure has come wit...
A few years ago, Jack Black was set to star and help develop a big screen adaptation of the comic superhero. Judging by the interview with MTV, his GREEN LANTERN would have been vastly different than the GL we may see in the upcoming JUSTICE LEAGUE f...
With movies, much of the drama lies on the screen. Such is certainly the case with What Lies Beneath, the suspenseful new thriller from acclaimed director Robert Zemeckis, which scared up $29.7 million and the number one seat in its opening weekend. But a...
OK, right away this season is in better shape because it’s Jack-centric again, which before last week’s episode we had to suffer through several episodes where Jack was a bit player. That said there weren’t many surprises in thi...
While much of KANGAROO JACK takes place in the Australian Outback and the large, hopping marsupial of the title is prominently featured, the film is not contrary to what the advertising suggests about some sort of super-intelligent animal that robs peop...
Estimated returns had DARKNESS FALLS open in the number one spot with $12.5 million, pushing KANGAROO JACK (and everyone else) down a notch. THE TWO TOWERS at $6.9 million generated a third less this weekend than last, leaving it still stalking THE FELLOW...
DC Direct has announced their SAMURAI JACK ON HORSE Statue. The stature features Samurai Jack riding his Battle Armor War Horse a six-legged, armor-protected, weapons-firing war horse from the future.This limited-edition, hand-painted, cold-cast porcelai...
There’s a pattern forming on LOST and I must admit I like it. See, it goes like this, let’s get Hurley to mess with Sawyer. On the beach, Hurley approached Sawyer and told him that the castaways are having a vote the next day on...
New Line Cinema ponied up some cash for a new comedy pitch from Philip Stark (DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR?) titled RAD BRAD, MODERN WARRIOR. Jack Black (SHALLOW HAL) is attached to star as the character, deemed the world's best video game player. When a robot ...
...he Joker (JackNicholson) Year of Release: 1989 Domestic Box office: $251,188,924 Why Was it So Great: Superman (1978) introduced the idea of making movies about superheroes into big budget, all-star special events. Batman revived that idea, casting mo...
...CLASSICS: JACKNICHOLSON (Delta) Includes Little Shop of Horrors, The Terror and Dementia 13 (which does not feature Nicholson at all).(O) SEARCH AND DESTROY / THE GLOVE (MPI) Drive-In Double Feature from 1979.(O) SHAOLIN VS. EV...
This is easily been the worst season of 24 to date. There have been a few good episodes but overall it has just been weak. The two hour season finale is actually a good representation of what the series did wrong and right this season. In t...
In case you hadn't caught wind of this yet or taken the time to check it out, FOX is offering fans of 24 an online, animated series based around the show.
DAY ZERO is an original, flash-animated online saga from the producers of 24 t...
The filmmaking Farrelly brothers, Bobby & Peter, seem to delight in setting challenges for themselves. Last year's ME, MYSELF AND IRENE had a hero who was schizophrenic. In SHALLOW HAL, the film itself has a split personality that brings to mind the M...
Brett Ratner's live action version of Grenndy Tartakovsky's great cartoon adventure SAMURAI JACK is charging ahead. The latest eveidence: Todd Alcott has been hired by producing studio New Line Cinema to script the story of a ancient samurai who is transp...
Actress Kim Bauer will join the cast of 24 in the show's fourth season, scheduled to air next January. She will play a character named Audrey Raines who is an aide to the Secretary of Defense.Also joining the cast in 24's fourth season will be Nestor Serr...
24 is one of those series that is dangerously perfect for DVD. I watched the series as it aired for the first time last year. The previous seasons I soaked up via the DVD box sets. I say dangerously perfect because once you start one...
Hitting store shelves this fine Tuesday is Paramount Home Video's new JACK RYAN SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTION, a 4-disc DVD compilation of all the films starring Tom Clancy's reluctant CIA hero.Paramount has produced new transfers of THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER...
NECA will soon be offering The Nightmare Before Christmas Trading Card Game.As described on their site:With sharp graphics and a gameplay twist on what you would conventionally think a Trading Card Game to be like, this game is fun for fans of Nightmare B...
The actors who played Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen on the 1950s TV show "Adventures of Superman" are back at it with bit parts in "Superman Returns" - Neill as a dying heiress, Larson as a bartender.
"Superman Returns" director Bryan Singer grew up a fan of...
Like Kurt Vonnegut's Billy Pilgrim, THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT's tortured hero and numerous fictional others, Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) seems to have come somewhat unstuck in time. Jack has been through a lot by the time this happens. Shot in the head and appa...
"Bryan Singer has shown great respect for the entire Superman legend, for our television show, for Noel and for me," Mr. Larson said, occasionally grasping Ms. Neill's hand as they sat together recently in Patrick's Roadhouse, a weathered, memorabilia-clu...
Greetings Cinescapers! Remember last week? I sure don't! Turns out that I have that MEMENTO disease, no not the memory loss one, the other one where after seeing the film I tell everybody it was nothing more than that backwards episode of SEINFELD. Appare...
Remember last week when I mentioned how surprising a near Bauer free episode could be? Well, this week we get to see just how bad a Bauer free episode can be. Jack is hurt, some nonsense about rib fragments and such; he’s fought under...
20th Century Fox has signed a deal with Kiefer Sutherland to keep him on 24 for three more days/seasons.The deal, reportedly worth $40 million, elevates Sutherland to being the highest paid actor on a drama series. In addition, he'll also become an execut...
24's Kiefer Sutherland will star in THE SENTINEL, a thriller coming from Regency Pictures. Clark Johnson (S.W.A.T.) will direct the film from a script by George Nolfi (OCEAN'S TWELVE), with actor Michael Douglas as one of the film's producers. Filming is ...
JACK is the new name for adventure over at New Line Cinema. It's the title of a movie project that follows the life of a young farm boy who has dreams of following in his father's footsteps and becoming a fighting soldier. The movie idea was hatched by th...
If you've been following 24 this season (and I certainly hope you have, since it's been such an improvement over last season), you probably saw the Kiefer Sutherland public service announcement that aired during the episode a few weeks back. If you didn't...
24 and ALIASBack before either show had premiered, I mentioned how excited I was to see both 24 and ALIAS using their January premiere dates as an excuse to go (more or less) uninterrupted for the entire season. Both shows relied heavily on serialized st...
There is a certain kind of film that holds your attention for the duration of its running time, that amuses and entertains, that makes you think you’re watching something pretty decent—and then it ends and you realize it sucks. Universal’s new Christmas-t...
After a wait of seven months, Jack Bauer and 24 return to television with a two-hour fourth season premiere this Sunday, followed by two more hours in its new regular Monday-night slot. I've seen the first three hours, and the premiere starts off with a l...
You would have to be living under a rock the last week to fail noticing that New Line has acquired the rights to remake Escape From New York this week and they already have a casting for Snake Plissken (300’s Gerard Butler). This announcement h...
Nothing but respect can be given to the bold choices made by the writers and producers of this season of 24, as evidenced by last night's fall premiere. Ever since September 11th there's been a great deal of serious discussion about the possibility of ant...
As the Cartoon Network original series SAMURAI JACK continues to set records for the animation-oriented cabler (since its debut in August, all plays averaged together have shown a double-digit rating increase compared to the same time periods last year), ...
VIDEO NEWSJOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS died a quick death at the box office, but audiences will get a second chance to check out its off-the-wall pleasures when Columbia releases it to video on December 4th, making it a priority on my Christmas wish li...
Genndy Tartakovsky is a real life American success story and, more specifically, a film student success story. Born in Moscow, Russia, Tartakovsky moved with his family to Chicago when he was seven years old. When it came time for college, Tartakovskylike...
What They SayBased on the characters from the original manga by Kenji Tsuruta, Spirit of Wonder is a 5 OAVs series, produced in 1991 by Studio AJIADO (Street Fighter 2 - The Movie, Ruin Explorers). This series is made of a two-parts story: \'The Scientifi...
Ultraviolet, a contemporary, British retelling of vampire mythology arrives as a six hour miniseries on the Sci-Fi Channel July 31st. Writer-director Joe Ahearne successfully portrays a world in which vampires are real, and still using human blood for su...
New Line Cinema has struck a deal with the Cartoon Network to bring the SAMURAI JACK TV series to the big screen in two feature films; one animated, the other live-action.Brett Ratner is already on board to direct the live-action film, which will have a s...
The Prize Closet continues to dominate this territory. Well, dang it, we just love to give away fee DVDs! To win any of these prizes, you just have to send me an email to psycho@psychotronic.info and include a valid mailing address in the body. Once we ha...
This episode of Eureka seems pretty ambitious as far as the special FX go, and for the most part it was successful, at least for cable network special effects anyway. That said, some parts of the episode felt a little rushed through, probably due to ...
Cartoon Network and VIZ Media have announced a joint venture called Toonami Jetstream, a new broadband service that will provide on-demand, full-length streaming episodes of a number of hit animé and action series, including acclaimed hit series Naruto an...