Stallone’s Rambo coming to America – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Looks like Sylvester Stallone will don the bandana one more time. Stallone will star in, write and direct a fifth Rambo movie for Nu Image/Millennium Films. The film, which was just greenlit, will revolve around the Vietnam War vet returning to America where he must save an abducted young woman from human traffickers and drug lords on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Variety) In Other News: Columbia Pictures has hired Peter Craig to write a third installment of the Bad Boys franchise. The studio hopes to reunite director Michael Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for the threequel. (THR) In other Bruckheimer news, the producer has nabbed the rights to a short story, titled Shake, by screenwriter Derek Haas. The story follows an FBI agent who starts to lose control of his own body...
Read MoreTune-Worthy: Karen O and the Kids’ All Is Love from Where the Wild Things Are
I couldn’t wait for an official music video to post Karen O and her untrained children’s chorus’ delightful little song from the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack. Sure, the Arcade Fire trailer was engrossing, but this song from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer adds some innocent fun to the mix. Where the Wild Things Are, directed by Spike Jonze, opens Oct....
Read MoreA pirate’s life for Steven Spielberg – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Though they probably should have waited to announce this on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (Sept. 19), DreamWorks has nabbed the rights to Michael Crichton’s Pirate Latitudes. Steven Spielberg will produce and possibly direct the film, which David Koepp has signed on to write. (THR) In Other News: Halloween 2 hits theaters today, but Rob Zombie is already planning his next picture. Zombie will write, direct and produce a remake of The Blob. (Variety) Daniel Craig will star in Jim Sheridan’s thriller Dream House. (Variety) Robin Williams will star in Disney’s Wedding Banned, which follows a divorced couple who kidnap their daughter on her wedding day to prevent her from make the same mistake they did. (THR) Opening Today: Halloween 2 Final Destination 3D Taking Woodstock...
Read More‘Heathers’ TV show in the works – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Fox, Sony and Lakeshore Entertainment are planning a TV show based on the 1989 cult classic Heathers. Mark Rizzo and Sex and the City scribe Jennifer Bicks are adapting the film for television. (Variety) In Other News: Gossip Girl‘s Blake Lively has joined the Ben Affleck-directed crime thriller The Town. Affleck, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall and Jeremy Renner also star. (THR) The creators of Smallville, Al Gough and Miles Millar, will adapt the sci-fi children’s novel I Am Number 4 as a possible directing vehicle for Michael Bay. (Variety)...
Read MoreQuotables: Drop Dead Diva – Episode 107
“I have a motor oil commercial audition, and I still have to find the perfect bikini.” –Stacy after noticing that she’s running...
Read MoreGoodbye Sen. Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy (1931-2009) “For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never...
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