Corey Haim dead, Captain America casting, Keri Russell back - Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:23 am

Corey Haim has died

Actor Corey Haim, famous for movies he made in the 80’s, many of which starred his friend Corey Feldman, has died. The Los Angeles Police Department said Haim, 38, was pronounced dead after 3 a.m. at a Burbank hospital. He hadn’t been as popular since he starred in films such as “The Lost Boys”, “Dream a Little Dream”, and “Lucas”. However, In recent years had attempted a comeback, starring in an A&E reality show called "The Two Coreys" with Feldman. Throughout the years, he struggled with a drug addiction. The cause of death is not known at this time. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who knew Corey.

‘Logorama’ duo gets next gig

Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy, directors behind the Oscar-winning animated short “Logorama,” are set to direct a live action segment for the next Ubisoft game, “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon," titled "Future Soldier”. Tim Sexton (“Children of Men”)is scripting the story about a squad of U.S. Special Forces. Ridley and Tony Scott are producing. Congrats gentlemen!

Captain America has a short list

It appears that the superhero film “Captain America” is nearing finding its lead. That short list doesn’t look to promising, if you ask me. The list of men being courted to don the shield are: John Krasinski (“The Office”, “It’s Complicated”, “Away We Go”), Michael Cassidy (“Smallville”, “The O.C.”), Chace Crawford (“Gossip Girl”), Wilson Bethel (“The Young and the Restless”, “Generation Kill”), and Mike Vogel (“Cloverfield”, “Poseidon”). Guess Cap doesn’t have many muscles in this incarnation. He’ll just beat those bad guys with his dashingly good looks. Hrmph…

Andy Richter breaks his silence

Andy Richter, guest hosting on “Live! With Regis and Kelly” on Tuesday, said "NBC, definitely, everybody said they were going to do something and they didn't,", implying the network broke long-standing commitments it made to O'Brien. He continued on by telling Ripa that he was extremely frustrated that NBC reneged and allowed Leno back into the “Tonight Show”. Not a stranger to comedy herself, Ripa then quipped "You and Conan should do another show on another network called 'We Were on The Tonight Show’. Wouldn't that be exciting!"

Keri Russell to return to Television

Keri Russell (“Felicity”, “Waitress”, “Mission Impossible III”) is in negotiations to star opposite Will Arnett (“Arrested Development”, “Semi-Pro”, “When in Rome”) in Fox's comedy "Wilde Kingdom." The Mitch Hurwitz directed (“Arrested Development”, “Golden Girls” “The John Larroquette Show”) show from Hurwitz, Arnett and co-writer James Vallely (“Arrested Development”, “Golden Girls” “The John Larroquette Show”) is the story of a Beverly Hills jackass who falls in love with a charitable tree-hugging woman (Russell) who can't stand his lifestyle or values. Good to see Russell back on the small screen.

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Winner of Predict the Oscars contest

Congrats to Brian Bedard, our winner of the Predict the Oscars contest. He won a $20 Gift Certificate to Amazon by correctly guessing 18 of the winners for the Academy Awards. Good job Brian. Look for more contests at Creative Saloon in the near future.

That’s all folks.

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Anna Faris, Robin in Arkham 2, Japan responds to 'The Cove' - Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:20 am

Anna Faris and Chris Evans take a ‘Number’

Anna Faris (“The House Bunny”, “Observe and Report”, “Scary Movie”) and Chris Evans (“Not Another Teen Movie”, “Fantastic Four”, “Sunshine”) are set to star in director Mark Mylod’s (“Entourage”, “United States of Tara”) Jennifer Crittenden (“Simpsons”, “Everybody Loves Raymond”, “New Adventures of Old Christine”) and Gabrielle Allan (“Scrubs”) scripted film “What’s Your Number” for New Regency and 20th Century Fox, based on Karyn Bosnak's best seller "20 Times a Lady." Pic is about a young woman and her womanizing next door neighbor who decides to re-visit all her ex-boyfriends in the hopes of finding the man of her dreams.

Robin to star in ‘Arkham Asylum 2’

The Boy Wonder himself is said to make an appearance in Rocksteady’s sequel to blockbuster hit “Arkham Asylum”. Robin going to be voiced by Vincent Martella (“Phineas and Ferb”, “Final Fantasy XIII”), while Kevin Conroy (“Batman: The Animated Series”, “Max Payne 2”, “Justice League”) and Mark Hamil (“Batman: The Animated Series”, “Metalocalypse”, “Robot Chicken”) are said to be returning to voice Batman and The Joker, respectively. Also making an appearance in the sequel will be Two-Face, to be voiced by Bruce Greenwood (“Double Jeopardy”, “Thirteen Days”, “Star Trek”).

Alice leaves competition in dust

The number one film over the weekend at the box office was Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”. Pulling in over $116 million, it dominated over second place pic, Antoine Fuqua’s pic “Brookyln’s Finest”. “Finest” pulled in $13.3 million in its opening weekend. The top 10 were:

Alice in Wonderland
Brooklyn’s Finest
Shutter Island
Cop Out
Avatar
The Crazies
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Valentine’s Day
Crazy Heart
Dear John

Final Fantasy XIII

That sound you don’t hear? It’s the sound of streets being empty as gamers around the nation stay indoors today to play the latest incarnation of the Final Fantasy franchise from video game co. Square Enix. Early reviews state that the game deters a little too much from previous games for hardcore fans to enjoy. However, the graphics and story alone are said to justify the purchase of this JRPG today.

Brittany Snow joins David E. Kelley

Brittany Snow (“American Dreams”, “Hairspray”) has landed a role on David E. Kelley's NBC dramedy pilot "Kindreds," the story of a grumpy lawyer and her group of misfit associates at a storefront law firm.

Japan not happy about ‘The Cove’ win

"This film has mistakes of fact," mayor Kazutaka Sangen told local press. "I'm surprised that it won the award even though its content is not truthful." This is the response to the Best Documentary win at the Academy Awards for “The Cove”, the documentary about the mistreatment of dolphins in the Japanese port city of Taiji. If you have not seen this picture yet, I would recommend you get out and do so today. If, for nothing else, to see the ‘gorilla’ style of filmmaking that the crew displayed in getting the footage for the film.

The story behind Oscars Kanye moment

Turns out the Kanye West moment of Best Documentary Short winner “Music By Prudence” producer Elinor Burkett wrestling the microphone away from director-producer Roger Ross Williams after their film won was all about a disgruntled former producer wanting to steal the spotlight from the current producer/director for the wonderful short film.

Spotlight on: Entertainment - Episode 008 "And the Winner Is"

Latest podcast from Creative Saloon, "Spotlight On: Entertainment" has posted. Episode 008 is titled "And the Winner Is".
The subject of the podcast states "The Academy Awards finished moments ago, and Phil, Mark, and Courtney discuss the winners, the losers, and the Kanye West moment! Who hated Blind Side? And who thought it deserved Best Picture? Why was Terry Gilliam robbed this year? And why Transformers 2 should have won more Oscars than it did?" Be sure to give it a listen. And if you enjoy it, leave some feedback over on iTunes in support of the show. It will help us get recognized by more listeners like you!

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Pet Sematary, Smurfs, Police Academy, Rockford Files reboots - Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:42 pm

‘Pet Sematary’ wants to play with you

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In the first of many reboots/re-imagining news articles today, Paramount has announced they are resurrecting “Pet Sematary”, the franchise based on the 1983 Stephen King novel of the same name. Matthew Greenberg (“Halloween H20”, “Masters of Horror”, “1408”) is writing the reboot for producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura (“1408”, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”, “Transfomers” films). No other cast or crew has been announced yet, although George Clooney has displayed an interest in the project, according to sources. The novel previously was adapted for the big screen in 1989 (with the creepy line by little boy Gage “First I play with Judd, then Mommy came, and I play with Mommy. We play Daddy! We had a awfully good time! Now, I want to play with YOU!”), followed by a sequel in 1992.

‘Police Academy” is now recruiting



New Line has announced they will be bringing back the long running franchise “Police Academy” back to the local cineplex by way of original series producer Paul Maslansky (“Return to Oz”, “Ski Patrol”). The first film, released in 1984, featured a memorable cast in Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith, David Graf, and Michael Winslow (Bobcat Goldthwait didn’t appear until the sequel, 1985’s “Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment”). No crew has been announced. No other detail available at this time.

Dermot Mulroney joins ‘Rockford Files’



Joining the ranks for reboots and re-imaginings is NBC’s “Rockford Files”, based on the original 1974 series that starred James Garner and ran until 1980. Dermot Mulroney (“My Best Friends Wedding”, “Must Love Dogs”, “The Family Stone”) has been cast as the lead. Executive Producer David Shore (“House) stated “the new Rockford character is slightly crumpled, wry humored, cynical, world weary, compassionate when it’s called for and easily irritated by morons.” Original series was about an ex-con-turned-private-investigator named Jim Rockford who would rather run away than fight and would rather go fishing than work.

Blue ‘Smurfs’ are coming to the silver screen



Neil Patrick Harris, Jonathan Winters, George Lopez, Katy Perry and Alan Cumming have been cast in Sony’s live-action/CG film “The Smurfs”, based on the 1980’s cartoon of the same name. Jordan Kerner (“Mighty Ducks”, “Snow Dogs”, “Inspector Gadget”) is producing for director Raja Gosnell (“Scooby Doo”, “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”, “Never Been Kissed”) from a screenwriting teams David N. Weiss & J. David Stem (“The Rugrats Movie”, “Shrek 2”, “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius”) and Jay Sherick & David Ronn (“I Spy”, “Guess Who”, “Norbit”).

‘Green Lantern’ in 3D



Warner Bros. has announced they will be releasing comic book movie “Green Lantern”, directed by Martin Campbell (“Mask of Zorro”, “Casino Royale”, “Edge of Darkness”) and starring Ryan Reynolds (“Van Wilder”, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, “The Proposal”) in 3D. That actually sounds like it may be fun to see, contrary to other recently announced 3D films.

Oscars shorts online



If you haven’t had a chance to see the nominated Best Short Film - Live Action and Best Short Film - Animation films, they are now available on iTunes. Do check out my pick for best ani, “Logorama”. I don’t think I’ve been as entertained by an animation in my entire adult life. It is definitely worth checking out.

Road to Oscars: Up & Up In The Air

As I’ve noted all week, I’ve created a blog at Creative Saloon. This week I’ll be reviewing the top 10 best picture nominees for the Academy Awards. Yesterday (I still need to post it in a short bit, as I had upload problems yesterday) I wrote about “The Blind Side & Precious”. (Update: Road to Oscars: The Blind Side & Precious now up.) Previous posts were “Avatar & District 9” and “An Education & A Serious Man”, and “Hurt Locker & Inglorious Basterds”. In today’s post I write about “Up & Up in the Air”. Look for that to drop a little later today. I welcome any thoughts that you all have regarding these films. So come on by and give them a read. And let all of us at Creative Saloon know what you think!

Well, as anyone can guess, the top movie to see this weekend will be Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”. And be sure to Netflix any films left to see for Sundays Big Oscar Show. We at Creative Saloon will be recording our reactions immediately following for our next episode of the podcast “Spotlight On: Entertainment”. That will drop later Sunday night/early Monday morning. Look for it wherever you get your podcasts!

Well, that’s it for the week. Have a great weekend.

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