Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: March 9, 2007

Posted by on March 9th, 2008   Filed under: Weekend Wrap-Up

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Patrick Swayze shocked the world this week with an announcement that he had been diagnosed with cancer. However, he promised that he will continue to work right through his treatment, and no one seemed too upset, because let’s face it… if anyone can kick the crap out of cancer, it’s Swayze. The first official photos from Zack Snyder’s Watchmen also hit the web and sparked a lot of excitement and discussion, meanwhile there was plenty of bellyaching about two more possible classic horror movie remakes, Rosemary’s Baby and Suspiria. Also, Seth Rogen has his next movie lined-up, and it appears he will be teaming with Jody Hill, director of cult classic comedy The Foot Fist Way, which will be getting released in theatres this year thanks to Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.

Top Headlines
Patrick Swayze Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer
Zack Snyder’s Watchmen: First Pics of Characters in Costume
Notorious B.I.G. Biopic Gets Cast
Masters of Horror Successor Fear Itself Line-Up Announced
Dragonball Movie Pushed Back to 2009
Michael Bay Eyeing Rosemary’s Baby Remake?
David Gordon Green to Direct Suspiria Remake?
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New Trailers
Mister Lonely
The Foot Fist Way
We Are Wizards
Pistol Whipped

Some Stories We Didn’t Cover
Seth Rogen to Star in Jody Hill’s Observe and Report
Brad Bird to Direct Live Action Film 1906
Brett Ratner’s Mr. S Among New Line Titles Canned After Merger?
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg Not Happy about McG’s Spaced Remake
Tim Allen to Direct Crazy on the Outside
Buy an Unofficial Juno 2 Script on E-Bay
Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Gets 20th Anniversary DVD



  • The news of the Spaced remake pisses me off to no end. It is the best television show ever made and now Fox has handed it off to McG to shit all over it. I hope FOX and WB both choke on a bag of dicks because of this.

  • Captain N

    It doesnt matter if there is a Spaced remake or not. The original isn’t going to just stop existing because of a remake.

  • I agree with Captain N
    The frustrating thing is US Networks having the necessity of remaking the series while you could just buy the rights and show it off as meant to be. But I guess you could throw in the trend that Ricky Gervais unwillingly created into exporting and adapting British comedies. Good news is the DVD will actually make it across the Atlantic!