If the idea of an MTV-produced remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show churns your stomach, then I'm afraid I have some upsetting news.
Personally, I'm actually not entirely averse to the idea. It's not like the show hasn't already been reenacted by thousands of high school drama club members a million times over. And as long as MTV supplies some sort of Peter Hinwood facsimile for me to ogle, I'm good to go.
It's also been said that the remake may include some original music. Just don't turn it into a hip hopera, MTV. That's all I ask.
MTV readies 'Rocky Horror' redux [Variety]
Hollywood Insider reports that a sequel to Anchorman is looking more and more likely. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are developing the film, said to be set a decade or so after the first one. Hello, awesome 80's!
Ferrell and McKay developing 'Anchorman 2' [Hollywood Insider]
Actor/director David Wain recently revealed plans to release an anniversary edition DVD of Wet Hot American Summer. He also hinted at the possibility of a prequel movie set shortly before the original.
You should definitely watch the original WHAS if you haven't yet. It's an absurdist comedy that takes place on the last day of summer camp in the early eighties, and stars many veterans and friends of The State including Michael Showalter, Paul Rudd, and Ken Marino.
Wet Hot American Prequel? [CHUD]
A 10th anniversary edition DVD release of The Big Lebowski will arrive in September, packaged in (what else?) a bowling ball. It looks to be loaded up pretty heavily with special features, including a "making of" featurette and a documentary examining Lebowski Fest.
The Big Lebowski 10th Anniversary Edition [Slashfilm]
This is it, Popsuckers; the trailer for the Watchmen movie, due for a March 2009 release. Alas, I still have yet to read the acclaimed comic book series it's based upon, but I'm told it looks remarkably faithful to the source material.
Watch the Watchmen Trailer [Empire]
Craig Zobel has signed on to rewrite and direct a vehicle for Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder and his brethren. It's called Loudermilk, and it's about a guy who gains "what might arguably be considered superpowers." Sounds arguably nifty!
Zobel is also one of the co-creators of HomestarRunner.com, where he helped write a few episodes and also the original storybook.
Craig Zobel tapped for 'Loudermilk' [Hollywood Reporter]
The Onion's A.V. Club has a feature examining the "Darrin Effect," that unfortunate phenomenon when a character is recast mid-season or between movies. Conspicuously absent from the list is Harriet from Family Matters, who quit and was replaced before the last season. You know, the one with all the time travel and cloning and stuff. Man, that show jumped like fifteen sharks, didn't it?
The Darrin Effect: 20 jarring cases of recast roles [A.V. Club]
New pictures have been released from what may potentially be next year's strangest Hollywood movie...the American live-action adaptation of Dragonball.
I'm liking the costumes, and Justin Chatwin's lookin' pretty hot as the bed-headed martial artist Goku. This could be something to look forward to, so long as Chatwin doesn't resemble his annoying mopey teenager from War of the Worlds, or his annoying mopey teenager from The Invisible, or...hold the phone! He's playing Frank the Rabbit in the upcoming Donnie Darko sequel?! Is this dude part of some sort of emo monopoly?
Jump SQ August Issue [DBtheMovie]
Another quirky opera has cropped up, this one based upon the movie The Fly. But not the 1958 film...the David Cronenberg remake.
Cronenberg himself is directing the opera, composed by Howard Shore. Cronenberg's movie was released in 1986, but this show relocates the story to the 1950s.
Be aware, the link includes a rather risque picture of sexy fly-guy Daniel Okulitch.
`The Fly' opera is buzz of Paris season [Associated Press]
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A Batman fan with some impressive editing skills put together this trailer for a fictional film about four different Batmans fighting each other for...some reason. I actually totally want to see this now.
Helena Bonham Carter is reportedly in talks to join the cast of the new Terminator movie. What what what? Crazy!
Oh man! Christian Bale is in this one too...what if they're making it all steampunk? Like Merchant-Ivory meets The Prestige meets killer robots from the future? Yes. Let's make it happen.
Helena Bonham Carter eyes 'Terminator' [Hollywood Reporter]
You might not remember Showbiz Pizza Place; if you ever went to one as a kid, there's a good chance that it's either no longer there, or it's been converted into a Chuck E. Cheese's. If you wanted to go to a real Showbiz Pizza these days, you'd have to travel to an exotic locale such as Kuwait, which I do not necessarily recommend.
The incredible animatronic band that helped put Showbiz on the map, however, is still alive and kicking, to some extent. The creators of The Rock-afire Explosion are still choreographing songs for the robots to perform, and releasing videos on Youtube. So if you ever wanted to see that cheerleader mouse perform Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie," today is your lucky day.
What's more, a documentary is being produced telling the choreographers' story, and chronicling the creation of history's most influential singing robots who aren't Daft Punk.
