Author Archive for Pumpkin Escobar
John Carter Writers Already Thinking About A Sequel
I wasn’t always the biggest proponent of JOHN CARTER after seeing that first trailer, despite my love for Andrew Stanton. It got a little better after seeing that Japanese trailer, but it’s still a little hard to get excited for this type of flick. Overall, this adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoom series seems like [...]
Simon Kinberg Talks A Lot About Magneto In The X-Men: First Class Sequel
So just a few weeks ago, we got confirmation that Matthew Vaughn would be returning for the X-MEN: FIRST CLASS sequel… Hell fuck yeah. I had my doubts at first because of how X-MEN ORIGINS just destroyed anything the franchise ever built up, and I’ve never been the biggest fan of James McAvoy, but when [...]
The Original Cast Of Transformers Probably Won’t Be Returning For The New One
Recent news regarding TRANSFORMERS 4 came last week when Lorenzo Di Bonaventura started talking about how Michael Bay will be coming back to direct and how it will probably end up being a reboot, or in his terms, an “evolution” of the series. By then, I was begging the question of why bring back the [...]
Tony Scott’s Getting A Lucky Strike With Vince Vaughn
So Tony Scott’s been behind some of the biggest movies around like BEVERLY HILLS COP II, TOP GUN, and ENEMY OF THE STATE. He’s also worked pretty frequently with Denzel Washington in MAN ON FIRE, DEJA VU, and the recent bad-ass remake of TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3. The last flick he made was [...]
The New Intruders Trailer Didn’t Intrude On Me Too Much
I heard about INTRUDERS around the time I started writing here, but I had no clue what it was about. At that point, I hadn’t seen the first trailer to it. I was more learned about the goings-on with its director, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and his attachment to a remake for THE CROW and one [...]
Andy Serkis Goes From Actor To Motion Capture To Director
I don’t know too much about Andy Serkis, but like a lot of people, I was introduced to him after the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy turned him to Gollum. Since then, I’ve seen him crop up a few times in very different places, but often under Peter Jackson. For instance, he got a huge [...]
Guillermo Del Toro Wants To Direct A Fairy Tale Adaptation
Not really understanding why Hollywood is running back to fairy tales and other such literary works for movies nowadays. When you got about 3 Snow White movies coming, you can imagine I’d be a little annoyed at more and more fairy tales. At first, I was fine with it, mostly because of how much I [...]
Gina Carano Will Be Kicking More Ass In Another Actioner
I’ve been hearing pretty good things about HAYWIRE and how the gorgeous Gina Carano can kick some major fucking ass. But the problem is that she can’t act for shit. (Please don’t hurt me, Ms. Carano) All in all, she’s not an actress, she’s an MMA fighter and that’s where she probably belongs. Kicking ass [...]
Angelina Jolie Almost Confirms Her Role In Maleficent
It’s strange to think that just a month ago, while reporting on MALEFICENT getting its director in Oscar-winning production designer Peter Stromberg, I was not into the idea of seeing Angelina Jolie play oh-so evil and wicked Maleficent from Disney’s SLEEPING BEAUTY. But now, having just read this new story, I feel like she’s absolutely [...]
Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Says That Michael Bay Will Be Back For Transformers 4
When it comes to the announcement of TRANSFORMERS 4, I’m pretty confused. I remember hearing about how Bay wanted to finally get out of the franchise and do different things again. I mean, wasn’t that the reason why he decided to make a trilogy and not more than that? Paramount announced their decision to continue [...]
Pumpkin Escobar Enjoyed His Stay In The Secret World Of Arrietty
I got into Hayao Miyazaki’s work just about a couple years ago. I’ve always enjoyed KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE, but that was just one of those movies I enjoyed in passing while I was growing up. After being introduced to SPIRITED AWAY, I made sure to watch many more of his films including his classic MY [...]
Michael Keaton Might Actually Be Doing Beetlejuice 2
I knew Seth Grahame-Smith was the guy to keep your eye on. Last time BEETLEJUICE was mentioned on here, it was a comment by Grahame-Smith assuring fans that he really wanted to do right by everyone when his intentions for the BEETLEJUICE sequel came up. He seemed so genuinely in love with the original and [...]
Adam McKay Ensures Us That The Boys Will Be Without Sony’s Involvement
It seems that for a while there Sony was involved in producing an adaptation of a graphic novel called The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The graphic novel followed the adventures of a band of superpowered CIA operatives called “the boys” whose job was to control, detain, and if necessary, take out superheroes in [...]
DreamWorks Wants To Remake Alfred Hitchcock Classic Rebecca
I can’t say I’m a fan of Alfred Hitchcock, but I did really like PSYCHO a lot. I’ve been meaning to get into more of his work like VERTIGO and REAR WINDOW, but like many other movies, I never really got a chance to look into it. This news is a bit unnerving, but then [...]
Another Snow White Movie, Maybe With Saoirse Ronan In The Lead
How ridiculous can Hollywood get? Yes, it really does look like we’re getting another Snow White adaptation. This time from the folks who brought you the beloved (well, I’m not a fan of it) cartoon from 1937… yes, the Mouse is looking at making a live-action version this time. I’m pretty annoyed that in light [...]
Naomi Watts Will Play Princess Instead Of Jessica Chastain In One Of The Princess Di Biopics
As I’ve said, I haven’t really seen any Jessica Chastain flicks until THE HELP and she was so good in it. (She was also the hottest one there, even overshadowing the great Emma Stone in that department). A couple days ago, I learned of the very many Princess Di biopics coming out (there’s about three) [...]
Looks Like Legendary Pictures Loses Paradise Lost
Despite having cast so many damn actors like Bradley Cooper as Lucifer, Casey Affleck as the Angel Gabriel, and Diego Boneta and Camille Bell as Adam & Eve, respectively, PARADISE LOST was shut down back in mid-December because of the high budget. The postponement came just a few weeks before the flick was about to [...]
Denzel Washington Wants To Wield 2 Guns With Mark Wahlberg
I actually did want to watch that SAFE HOUSE movie with Denzel and Ryan Reynolds. I’m not the biggest fan of either person, but seeing Denzel as such a motherfucking bad-ass, really made it more appealing. Well, this Oscar-winner is nearing his 60′s (He doesn’t really look it, does he?) and it doesn’t seem like [...]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Is Planning To Direct And Star In A Comedy He Wrote
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is going places… Do I really have to list all the shit he’s done recently and all the shit he’s getting involved with? Let’s try, there was 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, INCEPTION, and of course, the wonderful 50/50. This year, he has THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, LINCOLN, PREMIUM RUSH, and DJANGO UNCHAINED. That [...]
Owen Wilson And Vince Vaughn Are Back For A New Comedy With Shawn Levy Directing
I loved WEDDING CRASHERS back in 2005. Hell, I saw it in theatres and thoroughly enjoyed the hell out of it. All that nudity from all those beautiful women really made it all the more enjoyable… plus it gave me another look at the gorgeous Rachel McAdams. (At that point, I hadn’t seen MEAN GIRLS [...]
Another Princess Diana Biopic Is Being Made
Unfortunately, Princess Diana’s celebrity was before my time. She died when I was pretty young, so when her death shocked the world, it had very little impact on me. The only thing I knew about her at the time was that she was a princess (no, duh) and that Elton John rewrote the song “Candle [...]
Russell Crowe Succinctly Tells Everyone He Isn’t In Talks To Play Robocop
Last week, it was reported here that Darren Aronofsky was looking at the great Russell Crowe to play the titular character in his epic retelling of a very recognized Biblical character, NOAH. Well, in light of this, well-known Variety writer, Jeff Sneider decided to tweet out loud about the fact that Russell Crowe “MIGHT” be [...]
Al Pacino Replaces Javier Bardem As Villain In Despicable Me Sequel
I was really looking forward to Javier Bardem starring in the DESPICABLE ME sequel back in October. It seemed they were building the character around him considering the fact that the villain would be Latin, since his character was named El Macho. But unfortunately, Bardem decided to pass on the role because he presumably wanted [...]
Chris Rock Is Courting Melissa McCarthy For An Upcoming Comedy
I really enjoy Chris Rock’s stuff. I think he’s an insanely funny and intelligent guy. I try to look forward to a lot of his stuff, when not all of it is good. Remember, I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE? Sure, Kerry Washington was hot as hell, but it’s still hard to take that flick [...]
Looks Like Danny Trejo Might Be Wielding A Machete Again
So I remember renting MACHETE a couple years back and fucking loved how absurd it was. It wasn’t Robert Rodriguez’s best flick nor was it Danny Trejo’s best, but it was just too ridiculous to not be thoroughly entertained. So much gore, nudity, and Trejo being oh-so bad-ass. Anyway, at the end of the flick, [...]
