In a surprise twist, this year's Academy Award nominations are less terrible than usual. In lieu of an article explaining why that is though (read: I don't care enough to write one), here are some random observations and bits of trivia that have no useful bearing on anything that matters.
With a single announcement, Columbia Pictures and Sony Animation has already told us everything we need to know about the shitstorm of cringe-worthy gags and hack-tastic storytelling that's in store for us. We know this because Raja Gosnell, the guy behind "Scooby-Doo" and "Beverly Hills Chihuahua", is going to be directing the film.
Ironically, Fox's latest attempt to battle the leak of an unfinished product is to encourage people to go see it in theaters, where they've... purposely left it unfinished. Director Gavin Hood has confirmed that different reels of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" will include one of many mid-credits 'secret endings' to be spread out at various screenings. Fox just doesn't learn their lesson, do they?
Lousy source material is lousy source material, no matter who you get to try to spruce it up. Summit Entertaiment is apparently unaware of this though, as they have now officially signed on director David Slade (of "30 Days of Night" and "Hard Candy" previously) to helm the third film in the "Twilight" saga, "Eclipse".
Weeks shy of the "Angels & Demons" release, Columbia Pictures has announced their plans for the third Da Vinci Code installment on Dan Brown's upcoming adventure titled "The Lost Symbol", a novel that will not be out until this September. Is this premature announcement a sign of things to come? And if it is, should we be worried?
There seems to be some mixed feelings in the air surrounding "The Green Lantern" and whether it can be a success. But didn't we go down this eerily similar road back when "Iron Man" was announced?
While yet another bone has been thrown our way regarding "Ghostbusters 3"–-which is, not only will there be new Busters, but perhaps a whole "academy" of them–-it appears we forgot to stop and ask ourselves, "Wait, so this is really happening?!"
With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's announcement of their official nominations for 2008, one can't help but wonder, "Hey guys, is it hard for you to breathe with your heads so aggressively shoved up your asses?"
Sam Riley, 50 Cent, Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham are set to star in writer-director Gela Babluani's English-language remake of his French thriller "13 Tzameti," which follows a man who steals a mysterious package and gets sucked into an underground gambling ring.
Set to be adapted and directed by relative newcomer Koen Mortier, whose "Ex-Drummer" premiered to mixed reviews at last year's Toronto Film Festival, Chuck Palahniuk's "Haunted" marks the popular author's fifth forray into having his work put into development for the theatrical treatment.
