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Hollywood Unhinged – Should zombies run or stagger?

A Romero ghoul

Why Committed Movie Scientists may recommend the occasional staggering zombie horde. As all horror fans will know, zombies have generally cut back on the pace in recent years. This is arguably a good thing. Zombie apocalypses are easier to digest when the undead are slow and steady, as the last remnants of humankind have a [...]




Top Ten Perfectly Cast Films

big lebowski cast

Written by Joe Pearce. Casting is one of the most important factors to get right when making a film; good actors saying bad lines can save a script (see Sir Ian McKellen in X-Men: The Last Stand); whereas bad actors working with a good script can come close to ruining a film completely (I refer [...]




Win Holy Rollers on Blu-ray

Holy Rollers 3D Packshot

To mark the release of Holy Rollers on DVD and Blu-ray 24th October, Crabtree Films have given us three copies of the movie to give away on Blu-ray. ‘Holy Rollers’ stars heavyweight performers BAFTA and Oscar nominated*Jessie Eisenberg (‘The Social Network’, ‘Zombieland’) and Justin Bartha (‘The Hangover 1 & 2’). Set between the bustling streets [...]




The Gangster Squad Release Date Confirmed

The Gangster Squad

Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that crime-thriller The Gangster Squad will be released on October 19, 2012. Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, 30 Minutes or Less), The Gangster Squad stars Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emma Stone, Robert Patrick, Michael Peña, Giovanni Ribisi and Anthony Mackie. Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Penn) [...]




Gangster Squad Set Photos Shoot In

Gangater Squad 6

We gave you a fair amount of rumour-laden news on Gangster Squad a while back, mostly relating to speculation on whether Darren Aronofsky would direct, following Ben Affleck passing up the opportunity. Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, 30 Minutes Or Less) eventually settled into the chair, casting was completed (and what a cast) and shooting (presumably in [...]




Holy Rollers review

Holy Rollers UK Poster

Using real events as its inspiration, the intriguing crime drama Holy Rollers is a fascinating story about temptation and consequences, centred around another arresting performance from Jesse Eisenberg as an outsider who wants in. Sam Gold (Eisenberg) is a young Hasid living with his family in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg Orthodox community. His parents want him to pursue rabbinical [...]




G.I. Joe 2 Targets a Director

jon chu

While Michael Bay is busying his latest toy based Destructoporn there’s another live-action-figure sequel extravaganza coming our way. Last month we learned that Stephen Sommers walked out of the sequel to G.I. Joe and now Deadline talk up the possibility of current BFF of Justin Bieber, Never Say Never director Jon Chu, is the man [...]




Stephen Sommers Bails On G.I. Joe 2

Stephen Sommers (The Mummy), contrary to earlier reports, will not return to direct Paramount Pictures’ sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, an action-adventure film based on the Hasbro toy franchise. The news comes from 24 Frames, who report that Paramount are actively seeking another filmmaker to take the helm: Two agents who represent other [...]




Zombieland Writers To Direct Doc & Howie

Doc & Howie

THR are reporting that Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, the men responsible for writing the breakout zombie comedy Zombieland, will make their directorial debut with Doc & Howie. Written by Steve Leff (TV’s Two and a Half Men), Doc & Howie centers on two slackers who refuse to help an elderly woman carry her groceries [...]




Zombieland Writers Take on a Cowboy Ninja Viking

Cowboy Ninja Viking

The writing duo behind last year’s surprise comic hit Zombieland, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, are tackling another similarly quirky project. Deadline is reporting that Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese will write the script for a feature which Disney has purchased – an adaptation of a graphic novel called Cowboy Ninja Viking. The intriguingly monikered [...]




The Last Exorcism Producers Re-team for Psycho Killer

Roth and Newman

Two of the producers behind this year’s surprise horror hit, The Last Exorcism, are back with another project. Eli Roth and Eric Newman, along with one of the production companies behind ‘Exorcism’ (StudioCanal), will make thriller Psycho Killer. Zombieland producer Gavin Polone will be making his directorial debut in this tale of a mysterious masked [...]




Spider-Man Villain Casting Rumour

Philip Seymour Hoffman

We reported yesterday that Emma Stone has been offered the role as May Jane in the new Spider-Man movie which is directed by Marc Webb’s. Deadline have also dropped a potential casting bombshell by suggesting there has been early unconfirmed talks that Philip Seymour Hoffman is being discussed for the role of lead villain Venom. [...]




Zombieland 2 Status Update

When visiting the set of Ruben Fleischer’s upcoming comedy film 30 Minutes or Less, ShockTillYouDrop.com learned from Jesse Eisenberg that an early draft for Zombieland 2 has been written and turned into Sony by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Fleischer confirmed this by saying: Yeah, I read it [...] I mean, it’s an early draft and we [...]




Stephen Sommers Confirmed to Helm G.I. Joe 2

stephen sommers

Stephen Sommers (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Mummy) has confirmed, exclusively to The Wrap, that he will return to direct Paramount’s sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, an action-adventure based on a line of action figures produced by toy giant Hasbro that was released in 2009. G.I. Joe: The Rise of [...]




Ryan Reynolds Talks Deadpool

Ran Reynolds Deadpool

Currently donning the tights for the Green Lantern movie, which is attracting a very interesting cast including Mark Strong and Peter Sarsgaard, Ryan Reynolds has another comic book turn coming up, and with Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick officially on scripting duties, Deadpool has the talent to make it a fun film. MTV [...]




G.I. Joe 2 with Zombieland Writers?

G.I. Joe Logo

The other big toy movie of the summer of 2009 was met with an eager audience (eager to the tune of $300 million) and a critical reception that praised its live action Team America vibe. It was nonsense, but profitable nonsense. That it is getting a sequel will surprise no-one, and news is slowly leaking [...]




Zombieland Writers Officially Hired for Deadpool

Deadpool

About a month ago rumours began to make the rounds (thanks to CHUD) that Zombieland writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, were in talks to write X-Men spin-off movie Deadpool. Well it turns out that there was a lot of truth to those rumours as Variety have today announced the writing duo have officially been [...]




Big Lebowski Screening and New Years Movie Marathon!

the dude

The fantastic friend of quality films that is the Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel has brought to our attention that they are again showing some classic films and hosting some brilliant sounding events in the coming month due to the success of their excellent 80′s film series back in October and it’s all starting off with [...]




Zombieland Soars to #1 in the US

Woody Harrelson

It seems that the hype, marketing and a really funny movie has sent Zomebieland flying to the top of the the US box office. This is Harrelson’s most successful opening weekend taking in $25m. His previous best was Indecent Proposal back in 1993 which took $18m. Zombieland is out in the UK 7th October. We [...]




New Clip from Zombieland

Shortlist.com have a brand new clip from Zombieland. We were lucky enough to see it a few days ago and it’s definitely worth a watch. You can read our review here. Zombieland stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and is directed by Ruben Fleischer. Jessie Eisenberg is scared one one thing more [...]