I missed this the first time around, but the MTV Movies Blog has an anecdote about David Cronenberg being offered Return of the Jedi.
“I got a phone call. I was in my kitchen and it was one of the producers. He said, ‘What would you think of doing ‘Star Wars’?” Cronenberg explained. “I said, ‘Well, I don’t usually do other people’s material.’ And then there was a kind of click. I wasn’t enthusiastic enough obviously. I didn’t get a chance to think about whether it was a good idea or not. I blew it right away.’”
Normally I keep the comics scans buried in the miscellaneous posts, but horror comics as drawn by Basil Wolverton deserve a special mention.
New queer horror blog Billy Loves Stu commemorates World AIDS Day by posting a memorial to actor Tom McBride, who played Mark in Friday the 13th Part 2.
Sean T. Collins asks why he hasn’t seen anything about Fear(s) Of The Dark, the animated feature based on illustrators including Charles Burns, Lorenzo Mattotti and more. I read about it on Cartoon Brew over a month ago, started writing a post about it, then it went and slipped my mind. I’m getting old, so old.
Did the original Debbie Does Dallas involve zombies? I’d check, but I’m at work. A comic being prepared for the movie’s 30th anniversary has Debbie battling the undead with an exoskeleton as she attempts to escape from post-apocalyptic Dallas. The chance to write sentences like that is the only thing that keeps me going.
Was Cloverfield’s monster revealed on 30 Rock?
Scientists have figured out how the emerald cockroach wasp is able to enslave cockroaches. Surprisingly, knowing how they do it, and finding out that scientists were able to replicate the process, does nothing to keep me from freaking out.
The kids have been saying that Werewolves are the new black for a few seasons now. Eric Stolz, Powers “manliest name ever” Boothe and Allen Ginsburg are set to star in the tongue-in-cheek werewolf homage, Howl. Ahead of the curve or pandering to a select audience, namely, me?
As I’m sure everyone has already heard, the Wayans Brothers are planning a theatrical version of The Munsters. J. and I spent part of our weekend dreaming up which gimmick they’ll employ in the movie. Will they go “whiteface” (”greenface?”) as in White Chicks? Graft a wobbly adult head on Eddie Munsters body, or rip off a Looney Tunes cartoon, as in Big Man? Or will they surprise us once again? We can only wait and pray. Courtesy of the fine lads at Film Junk.
TOTAL SPOILERS! Old Dark House offers a synopsis of the end for the original script for the latest I Am Legend adaptation, before they gave it a happy ending, which, if true, makes it worse than I could ever imagine.
In other I Am Legend news, if it cost over 150 million dollars to make, why didn’t they funnel some of that money into decent animation for their viral campaign?
And finally, in my favourite link of the day, Vincent Price’s cousin speculates as to what he would have to say about Will Smith’s attempt at I Am Legend, and it isn’t complimentary.
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December 3rd, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Wasn’t David Lynch approached for ROTJ too?
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Yep.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2007/08/22/return-of-the-jedi-directed-bydavid-lynch/
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Thanks for the mention of my blog; however the link you provided is wrong.
Here is the actual link.
Thanks again!
http://billylovesstue.blogspot.com/2007/12/in-memoriam-tom-mcbride-world-aids-day.html
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Sorry about that. The address was right, but the formatting was wrong. Fixed.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
I Am Legend? No, I Am Late Night Cable When There’s Nothing Else To Watch. Man, Hollywood sure knows how to fuck up a classic.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:31 am
Nice one…
http://zombie-survivor.blogspot.com/
December 5th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Very interesting commentary from Mr. Price. I can’t help but feel this Will Smith movie is going to be an abomination.