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‘Rambo’ At Your Local Odeon…Think Again!
The UK’s largest cinema chain has refused to show Sylvester Stallone’s new Rambo movie.Odeon has confirmed that it will not show the latest instalment in the franchise in its venues across the UK.
It blamed the decision on “commercial reasons” but reports suggest that the film fell victim to Odeon’s feud with distributors Sony.
Insiders also put the “very, very rare” move down to a belief that the latest outing will not perform well at the box office.
‘Transporter 3′ Engages Gear And Prepares To Roll
It’s nice to have our own fully fledged action star. Even though Jason Statham hasn’t really climbed even close to those lofty heights occupied by your Arnie’s and Stallones’s, we reckon such status is in the post for the lad. Ok, it might be coming second class, but non the less!
He of lantern jaw and much reduced hair growth is set to roll out his popular ‘Transporter’ vehicle once again with news of a third film being announced recently.
Statham will reprise his multi-role driver/delivery persona Frank Martin in another blur of martial arts, fast cars, guns, bangs and female eye candy. The film will shoot for 16 weeks in both Russia and France. Continue Reading…
Jamie Foxx Will Play Boxer Mike Tyson On The Big Screen
The ‘Ray’ actor has already started working with Tyson on a sensational biopic of his life, the controversial former heavyweight champion has revealed.Tyson said: “Jamie Foxx and I will be working together. He will play me in the film about my life. We have already had several discussions about it.”
There will be no shortage of material for Foxx to work with.
After reigning as the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1987 until 1990 Tyson’s life went into freefall when he was sent to jail for rape in 1992.
After his 1995 release he continued to make headlines and caused outrage when he bit a chunk of rival Evander Holyfield’s ear off during a fight in 1992.
Brad Renfro Was Cut From Oscar Tribute Montage…Why ?
Why was late actor Brad Renfro cut from the video tribute at Sunday’s Oscars?”It was really an editing decision because we can’t fit everyone in,” a rep for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tells Usmagazine.com. “There was no specific reason.”
The montage featured footage of late actors, including Heath Ledger, who passed away a week after Renfro.
Renfro died of a heroin overdose in his L.A. home January 15.
‘The View’ : Whoopi Choked Up Over Oscar Montage Snub
Sunday night’s Oscars featured many montages, one of which was great show moments as introduced by George Clooney. It included a moment of almost every host in the show’s history. But one host not included in the montage was 4-time host Whoopi Goldberg.
Warner Bros Splits ‘Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins’ Rights With Sony
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has acquired the international distribution rights to Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the upcoming next installment of a planned new trilogy featuring Christian Bale (John Connor) and Sam Worthington (new character Marcus) with McG as director.The Hollywood Reporter says that the deal inked with the film’s producers, Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson of the Halcyon Co., hands Sony’s worldwide acquisitions group arm all foreign distribution rights except for Korea and some Middle East countries. Warner Bros. is handling U.S. and Canadian distribution rights for the film, set to bow in first-half 2009. Production is scheduled to begin in the spring in New Mexico.
Wanted – Travolta’s hair
The fabulous Hairspray star had his hair in fabulous shape for this year’s Oscars, with a hairline that literally looked sprayed-on!….again.
John is probably afraid to look like this (planethiltron.com) . This is a Photoshop job, of course. So, let him do it, little make-up, spray and stuff.
He wants to be young forever.
Razzie Awards 2008 : Celebrating The Worst Of The Worst!
Hot on the shoe leather of all those heaving bosoms, over priced dresses and self congratulatory back patting that made up this years Oscars comes a celebration at the other end of the quality scale, and one which we’d all surely have suggested more than a few contenders.
The Razzies, now in it’s 28th year celebrates the biggest bilge to have spewed forth onto our cinema screens over the course of the last year and by crikey, there was plenty of it!
Tempted as I am to take the first trans-Atlantic flight and insist on ‘Resident Evil: Extinction’ being re factored into the line up, it’s poor old Lindsay Lohan who’s stormed the trophy stock this year with her gloriously bad train wreck of a horror, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’. The lass takes three Razzie awards personally while the film itself takes a further five.
Phew! I’ve not seen this myself but I think the safe advice is to avoid like a nest of Aliens!
Here’s the full list and yes, no doubt like you, I can think of another 30 or so that should be on there. Let us know what you think should have been on there via the forum. Continue Reading…
Tom Cruise Spotted On The Set Of ‘Star Trek’!
Star Trek director J.J. Abrams was visited on the set today by the star of his film Mission Impossible III, Tom Cruise.
JFXOnline who tell that Cruise was on the Star Trek set 22.02. in Los Angeles for a couple of hours. I have to ask myself, is that enough time for a cameo or just a friendly “Hello and here are some Scientology pamphlets”?
