Axl Rose to Dr. Pepper: Checkmate

In response to Dr. Pepper’s publicity stunt that is trying to get America to continue drinking Dr. Pepper and possibly get ‘Chinese Democracy’ released by offering a free can of Dr. Pepper to every American (except Slash and Buckethead) if the album comes out in 2008, GnR leader Axl Rose put out this reply: “We …

‘X Files’ Trailer

The full trailer will be seen with the release of ‘Iron Man’ on May 2nd, but there has been some covert filming going on and we now have a bootleg version on line, complete with giddy giggling during the X-Files music.If my reaction to the trailer was a person, it would be a depressed emo …

Twilight Zone Episode Becomes Movie

Richard Matheson’s classic Twilight Zone Episode “Death Ship,” is being adapted for the screen by ‘3:10 to Yuma’ scribe Michael Brandt. The original episode is about the arrival of three astronauts to a planet, and the subsequent discovery of a crashed ship identical to their own, the twist is, the bodies they find are there …

Zemeckis Officially Addicted to Performance Capture

Ok, ‘The Polar Express’ looked creepy.  ‘Beowulf’ looked a little less creepy, but still kind of off.  Now Robert Zemeckis, paired with Walt Disney Pictures, will be doing yet another film using the CG/performance capture technology.  This time the film will be an original story called, ‘Calling All Robots.’  Not much is known about the …

Tobey Maguire to Produce ‘Afterburn’

Tobey Maguire will be producing ‘Afterburn.” The property, based on the post-Apocalyptic comic from Red 5, it is one year after a solar flare burned half the planet, and treasure hunters are venturing into scorched territory to retrieve artifacts. No word if Tobey will act in the film, it sounds like a fun sci-fi project, …