December 05, 2008
Weekly Ketchup: Planet of the Apes gets another reboot
There wasn't much going on in Hollywood last week because of Thanksgiving, but this week, the studios came back with a vengeance, and what they set their sights upon are several remakes and a couple of sequels to successful blockbusters, as well... More...

August 09, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Chan and Tucker Back in Action
Another wide assortment of summer offerings will hit the multiplexes across North America this weekend. The action-comedy sequel Rush Hour 3 leads the way as the main course and will be joined by side dishes like the fantasy adventure Stardust,... More...

April 03, 2007
Wahlberg Less Optimistic About "Departed" Sequel
Not too long ago, "The Departed" survivor Mark Wahlberg was buzzing around and proposing ideas for a sequel. Although we've been told that screenwriter William Monahan is presently banging away on a second screenplay, it doesn't seem... More...

February 13, 2007
Nicolas Cage as "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
Of course you know the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment from Walt Disney's "Fantasia." It's the one where Mickey has to deal with a gigantic army of magical brooms. Well, that story was based on a poem by Johann Goethe ... and... More...

October 19, 2006
Helena Bonham Carter Joins Tim Burton's New Project
It's a piece of casting news that'll please many, but shock no one: Helena Bonham Carter has been cast opposite Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's movie version of "Sweeney Todd." Needless to say, this trio has collaborated on numerous... More...

May 30, 2006
Helena Bonham Carter Joins the Hogwarts Faculty
OK, maybe she's not a member of the faculty, but I needed a catchy headline and HBC has indeed been added to the cast of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." But it's good news all around, because, as you know, Ms. Carter is a... More...

March 28, 2006
DVD Tuesday: Planet of the Ape
Movie geeks love Tuesdays, and here's why: It's DVD Day! With each new Tuesday comes the promise of varying DVD goodness, so I thought it might be fun to do a reminder-piece each week, if only to help my fellow disc junkies to keep their shopping... More...

September 22, 2005
Critical Consensus: A Beautiful "Bride," A Bumpy "Flight," And a Bouncy "Bounce"
This week at the movies brings a twisted tale of love from beyond the grave ("Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"), a paranoid thriller at 40,000 feet ("Flightplan") and a nostalgic look at the days of roller disco ("Roll... More...

July 15, 2005
Fox Schedules Production and Release Dates for "Eragon"
Variety reports that the Fox 2000 production of "Eragon" will begin shooting on August 1st, in preparation for a theatrical release date of June 16th, 2006. Based on the bestselling novel by Christopher Paolini, "Eragon" is a... More...

April 08, 2005
A Stable-Full of Actors Climb On Board for an All-New "Flicka"
The Hollywood Reporter divulges the all-new cast list for the upcoming "Flicka." Based on the Mary O'Hara novel "My Friend Flicka" (which was turned into a popular 1943 film), the movie tells the tale of a modern young cowgirl... More...

June 05, 2001
This time, there's no Statue of Liberty; the planet star Mark Wahlberg lands on doesn't turn out to be a future Earth, although producers promise a different surprise ending.
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June 05, 2001
Don't expect a beached Statue of Liberty or a loincloth-wearing hero in this 'reimagining' of the sci-fi classic.
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March 27, 2001
It's totally different because in the original Planet of the Apes they had a lot of guns. We don't have any guns.
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March 27, 2001
The real news for me is not that this is a relaunch of a film series that has laid dormant for 28 years... but that it's Tim Burton that will be reinventing the Apes and the world they live in.
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March 27, 2001
It's been stated that it doesn't take place on Earth, but could it end on Earth? Hmmm.
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