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Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Firestarter Remake, John Gotti Biopic, Another Wizard of Oz Movie

Sean — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:39:54 +0000

It’s been a little hectic around Film Junk HQ this month, and there are plenty of news stories that we didn’t have a chance to cover, so I thought maybe it would be a good idea to bring back the old Weekend Wrap-Up feature to throw out a hefty helping of leftovers. Among the headlines below you’ll find a new take on Stephen King’s Firestarter (which, you may remember, originally starred a young Drew Barrymore), another 3-D project for James Cameron, and a possible hint at Tom Cruise’s next role after Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. George Clooney also appears to have his hands full with a number of projects, and a new Catfish lawsuit could potentially unveil the truth behind the film. All that, plus a few trailers including new previews for Cars and Paul, and a comedy called Take Me Home Tonight from the director of FUBAR.

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Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Zemeckis Digital Studio Closes Down, John Hughes Lost Script May Get Made, Another Scooby Doo Sequel

Crews — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:50:27 +0000

For all of you who thought the Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up feature was gone for good, think again. It’s back, with nothing but big news for all of you who haven’t kept yourselves in the loop the past few weeks. Headliners include the passing of Peter Graves, the possibility of The Hangover 2 being shot in 3-D, the Avatar Barebones DVD and Blu-ray hitting the shelves on April 22nd, as well as Sacha Baron Cohen and Ben Kingsley joining the cast of Martin Scorsese’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret. And did you think Tim Burton’s experimenting with stop-motion would end with Alice in Wonderland? He’s now on the ticket to direct an animated Addams Family movie in 3-D.

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Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: First Official A-Team Photo, Rock of Ages Movie, Neill Blomkamp’s Next Gets Funding

Sean — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:42:45 +0000

Hey guys, I made it back from my two-week trek through Japan, and I’m still a bit jet-lagged — which means I was up earlier on a Saturday morning than I’ve been in a very long time. So I thought I would go through and collect a bunch of the news stories that we may have missed over the past week or so. Kasper, Greg and Jay did a pretty good job of keeping you guys in the loop, and to be honest, there weren’t a ton of major headlines anyway. I was able to send out some of these via my Twitter account while I was away, but from here on in I’ll be back to my usual daily posting routine throughout the week.

Note: The next podcast will not be recorded until Monday night since Jay is still away at the Flyway Film Festival in Wisconsin, where his short film Colore Non Vendenti will be playing this afternoon at 5 pm.

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Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Inglorious Basterds Gets Shorter, Tim Burton Art Exhibit, John Carpenter’s Lost Halloween Footage Found

Sean — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:16:39 +0000

Just in case you missed it, we’ve got plenty of movie news to bring you up to date on from the past few weeks, including David Carradine’s passing, The A-Team movie casting and the first look at Mickey Rourke in Iron Man 2. New trailers for Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and Twilight: New Moon hit the web, meanwhile Quentin Tarantino added some new scenes to Inglourious Basterds, only to have The Weinsteins ask him to cut it down again. Also, Hiro from Heroes is making a movie about video games, a Die Hard prequel comic book is in the works, and John Stamos just won’t stop talking about that damn Full House feature film!

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Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Monsters vs Aliens TV Series, Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic, Easy Rider Sequel

Sean — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:09:14 +0000

In case you’ve been away for the past couple of weeks, here’s a recap of some of the top stories from around the movie blogosphere, and a bunch that we just didn’t have time to post about. A lot of people have been freaking out over a so-called scam that IMAX has been perpetuating lately, meanwhile a few big casting rumours have followed the announcement of Martin Scorsese’s Sinatra biopic, and Hollywood has dreamed up some of their stupidest ideas yet including an American Gladiators movie. New trailers popped up for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes and the big screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, plus someone is making a sequel to Easy Rider, and Tarantino might be teaming up with Sharon Stone?

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Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Christina Aguilera’s Burlesque Show, Vin Diesel is The Wheelman, Kiefer Sutherland Headbutts Some Guy

Sean — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:51:46 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day! We’ve got a couple weeks worth of news highlights and leftovers for you to digest here, including a sequel and spin-off from X-Men Origins: Wolverine, new trailers for District 9 and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and another takedown for Jack Bauer! In other news, Vin Diesel will drive more fast cars, Evan Rachel Wood signs on for season 2 of HBO’s True Blood, and yes, that’s right, Troma’s Mother’s Day is getting a remake.

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