Edgar Wright

At Last, The Thing Gets Its Prequel

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Here's the strange thing about The Thing, John Carpenter's unsettling 1982 monster mystery: Though it's one of the most obsessed-over films of the past 30 years — spawning comic books, a videogame, and a prequel due in October — its initial reception was notably frigid. "The movie was hated," says Carpenter, 63-year-old director of such [...]

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This week Quentin Tarantino, our beloved nerd saint of 'bad-ass mother fuckin' movies' was the recipient of a torrent of abuse and affection from fellow celebrities at the annual ribbing and honouring of a Hollywood star that is the Friars Club roast. the dude has enough strange quirks and fascinations to make him a very [...]

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Captain America & Bucky Cast for 'The First Avenger: Captain America' Film

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Marvel Studios has officially confirmed that Chris Evans will star as Captain America and Sebastian Stan will portray Cap's sidekick Bucky in the studio's highly anticipated movie "The first Avenger: Captain America," directed by Joe Johnston from a script penned by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige will produce "The first Avenger: [...]

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Wilmington on DVD: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Magician, Winnebago Man, Grown Ups, Love Ranch, Charlie St. Cloud – Isthmus

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (B) U.S.; Edgar Wright, 2010, Universal Studios In this ad-campaign-certified "epic of epicness," based on a graphic novel by Canadian Bryan Lee O'Malley, and smartly helmed by Edgar Wright (the guy who made Hot Fuzz and the mother of all zombie comedies, Shaun of the Dead), Michael Cera is playing, [...]

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CCI: Scott Pilgrim Vs. Comic-Con

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If the multi-story advertisement on the side of the Hilton Bayfront hotel featuring Michael Cera rocking a classic Rickenbacker bass wasn't clue enough, Scott Pilgrim has pretty much conquered 2010's Comic-Con International in San Diego from the release of the sixth and final volume of the series – "Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour" – at the Oni Press [...]

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Nathan Fillion as Ant-Man?!? « WatchPlayRead — It's What We Do

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My favorite TV actor might be making a starring role in a movie made by Edgar Wright, and he'll be playing one of my favorite Marvel characters, Hank Pym? be still my beating heart! I hope to Crom on high that this isn't just internet rumor and speculation now that Joss Whedon is attached to [...]