Quick Cuts: George Takei declares armistice, Thor 2 searching for talent, and other stories
While Star Wars and Star Trek fans have debated for decades about who has the better franchise, George Takei has decided that all can get along if a common enemy is found. That common enemy: sparkly vampires. Regarding Twilight, the actor said: Gone is any sense of heroism, camaraderie or epic battle. In its place […]
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Trisha’s Quote of the Day: How Angelina Jolie gets around the Bechdel Test
I felt it was a weird thing that every time you ask for a strong female role, it’s written in this strange way where it uses sexuality far too much. Or it’s all about being a woman and beating a man. So it wasn’t a surprise to me that the only way to do a […]
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Quick Cuts: The Damned, Atlas Shrugged, Help Wanted Nights
According to Variety, scribe David DiGilio (Eight Below) is set to write the screenplay for Dreamworks’ adaptation of Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt’s graphic novel, The Damned. The graphic novel, originally published by Oni Press, is described by Variety as following “a Los Angeles detective who discovers that a new gang with ties to the […]
In: News · Tagged with: Angelina Jolie, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Brad Pitt, Cursive, Help Wanted Nights, House of Sand and Fog, Lionsgate, Oni press, The Damned, The Good Life, The Life Before Her Eyes, Tim Kasher, Vladimir Perelman