NEWS: Kool Aid and The Birds...

Hey guys! Today has been a pretty busy day, with a couple of pretty big headlines making the rounds....

- First, Gus van Sandt is set to helm a new film called The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test...Thanks to The Movie Blog for the information...

Fox Searchlight has picked up “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” a project based on the 1968 Tom Wolfe book. Gus Van Sant is directing.

“Kool-Aid” is Wolfe’s account of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” author Ken Kesey and a group dubbed the Merry Pranksters as they drive across the country in a DayGlo-painted school bus dubbed Further, reaching personal and collective revelations through the use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs.


I must say that this is one film that I am really excited about checking out. It is an interesting fit to combine a story about LSD and other psychedelic drugs along with Van Sandt's more lyrical and almost poetic film making. This is one that I will definitely be looking forward to. How about you?

- Rumor has it that a deal could be struck in the next couple of weeks casting Christian Bale as Dr. Strange in the upcoming Marvel comic book film...This is unlikely and still in the RUMOR stage, but Bale IS at the top of Marvels list, and they are looking at getting him in the title role.

- After the huge success of High School Musical 3, it looks as though Paramount has fast tracked the upcoming remake of Footloose re-teaming Zac Efron with HSM3 Director, Kenny Ortega...

- Leonardo DiCaprio and his production company Appian Way are set to produce a remake of Ninja Scroll. Watchmen scribe Alex Tse is set to pen the script...

- The Saw film series is now the highest grossing horror franchise in history (not adjusting for inflation, and only domestic gross)

- Finally, it looks as though George Clooney may have a role in the upcoming remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, The Birds...Thanks to the guys over at Cinematical for the information...

First came Naomi Watts as a possible replacement for Tippi Hedren in that long-brewing remake of The Birds. Now a rumor straight from Metro.co.uk claims that George Clooney might play Mitch Bremner. It seems that the original Mitch, Rod Taylor, told the Daily Express: “I often cringe when I hear mention of remakes but I’ll hold judgment, especially since I’ve been told Clooney’s the favorite.” To add to the displeasure, Tippi herself said: “Can’t we find new stories, new things to do? Must you be so insecure that you have to take a film that’s a classic and try to do it over?

What are your thoughts? I don't want this remake to happen at all, and knowing Michael Bay will be behind makes me pretty suspect. I'm a big fan of the original, but if I had to pick one person to take over the flick, at least in the acting realm, Clooney is a perfect choice. Maybe he should direct it too...What do you think?

That's all I've got for now, so come back later for more movie news and reviews...

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Milk Trailer...

Hey guys. Here is a trailer for a sure fire Oscar bait type film, that looks PHENOMINAL...



It's a film called Milk, and is a biopic on the life of Harvey Milk. Harvey Milk was, as Time Magazine put it, "the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office in the history of the planet." The film come to us from Gus Van Sandt, director of such great films as Good Will Hunting, Gerry, Last Days, Elephant, and probably the best film I've seen this year, Paranoid Park. It also features, probably the best cast of any film coming out this year, even Burn After Reading, as it stars Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, and Sean Penn in the lead role. This, as you all know is one I've been hotly anticipating, as the director and cast really intrigued me, and seeing this trailer makes this one of my most anticipated films of the upcoming season. The period looks great, the cast is awesome, Harris Savides is the cinematographer on the damn thing.

If this interests you, there is a really great documentary called the Times of Harvey Milk, and if this trailer intrigues you, and the subject catches your eye, please, check this film out.

What are your thoughts???

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Some pretty big news..

Hey guys, I have some pretty big news to share with you guys...

- Okay, so if you have been reading the blog or my facebook notes, you understand that I love Gus Van Sandt, and I believe that he is one of the best directors working in America today. Now, that said, you can understand my shock when I hear an exclusive pic from his upcoming biopic, Milk, has been released. Milk is the story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay senator in American history, and his life. It stars Sean Penn, and it may only be a picture, but it's something, and that's what counts...



Now, outside of that, there are just a few things...
-The Spirit's release date has been pushed to Christmas...
-Ellen Page is set to star in Jane Erey...
-Finally, as posted here earlier, Tom Cruise is now in talks for a Mission Impossible 4...

Alright, thats it for today, come back tomorow for some more news, a top 10, and maybe a short film from a director you all should be in love with...

Go see something good!!