A Monopoly in Hollywood

Michael Bay producing Ouija?  Ridley Scott on Monopoly?  Are Hasbro games going Hollywood?

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Akira: Who’s That Writer?

The popular anime Akira is getting the live action treatment, but… who’s that guy writing it?

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Kelli Maroney is cool

Who doesn’t remember Night of the Comet?  If you dont, shame on you.  Rent it now!  But while you’re waiting for your blockbuster queue to send you this required viewing, read the interview Socket director Sean Abley did with Kelli Maroney.

I know that many folks are crazy for Night of the Comet, but my favorite is Chopping Mall. So I want to ask you about your co-stars in that. Barbara Crampton basically had the same career at the time - soap operas and Roger Corman (or Cormanesque) films. Did you ever look at each other and say “Well, killer robots beats having to memorize ten pages of dialogue every day”?

No, we were under the impression that we were making careers in film for ourselves at the time. When we all signed on for Chopping Mall we had no idea that would be the name of it. It was pitched to the actors as ROBOT, with the prestigious Robert Short creating the robots. We had no idea it was a camp-fest at the time. We were young and stupid like that.

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Indiana Jones 4 Trailer

Watch the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Glass Skull Trailer.

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Rose McGowan as Barbarella

Rose McGowan is pairing with Robert Rodriguez again on a new Barbarella? Is she going to be in every Rodriguez in the future? Ugh. She's the new Helena Bonham Carter.

I thought the Fonda version stood on its own as a classic. It'll be interesting to see Rodriguez' take on this. Whether or not this is a remake, a sequal, or just a reason to make Duran Duran references, if for no other reason than to bring back fur bikinis I say go for it!

The New Face of Barbarella?:

In the “could be interesting” category this week, comes news that Rose McGowan has landed the lead role of the infamous space babe Barbarella in a remake due out next year. It seems that director Robert Rodriguez fell head over heels for Rose during the filming of Planet Terror and has asked her to don the space fur, translucent bodices and mile-high hair that Jane Fonda wore back in 1968.

With remakes all the rage these days, it was probably inevitable that someone would eventually get to do Barbarella (no pun intended I swear), but is there really a place for this sensual siren in today’s movie theaters? I can’t remember the last time a mainstream movie was released that built its plot around sex. In the original Barbarella, Fonda got her groove on with just about every inhabitant from here to Orion. Although the Fonda version really teased more than shocked, I have a hard time believing that today’s audiences are looking for anything wilder than what Roger Vadim originally delivered.

Given the fact that Rodriguez as made one of favorite movies of all time, Desperado, I’ll reserve judgement until we get to see the trailer. Then again, he also made Spy Kids, uugh. I just hope he gets Duran Duran to do the soundtrack. That would be strangely prophetic.

(Via gedblog)

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New Indiana Jones Trailer

FIRST TEASER TRAILER OF STEVEN SPIELBERG’S “INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL” HITS MOVIE THEATERS WORLDWIDE FEBRUARY 14, 2008

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Iron Man Super Bowl Trailer

Do I need to say anything else?

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1388782857/bctid1397803586

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Oscars: Who Will Win?

Ken Lowery wants to know your picks for this years Oscars.

Which is what I’m going to do now, and more importantly, what I want you to do. You see, I’m bringing back an old favorite of mine: the OSCAR OSCAR REVOLUTION Giveaway. You, like me, will pick your winners in the top 11 categories (listed below) and e-mail them to me. The person who gets the most guesses right gets the (currently in print) Criterion Collection DVD of their choice. If there’s any ties, then all the winners get a DVD, because that’s how I roll. Check out my picks – divided up among “Who Will Win,” “Who Should Win,” and, where applicable, “I Will Burn Down the Kodak Theater if This Person/Film Wins”—and then send your own picks in to OSCAR@KEN-LOWERY.COM.

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Damn It, Jim; It’s a teaser.

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Dallas Morning News Top 10 Lists

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