I'm going to post this one quickly, and then step out of the way of the screaming Winchester-loving meemies (although surely they already know about it by now). Supernatural superhunk Jared Padalecki is in final talks to star in the Michael Bay-produced remake of Friday the 13th, says the Reporter. Slated for a Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, release, this reboot of the horror franchise will pick up straight away with a hockey-masked Jason, skipping over the nasty mother issues as well as the burlap-hooded version. As the male lead, Padalecki would play an investigator (foolishly) looking into some Camp Crystal Lake mayhem. What do you think? Should Jason just be left alone? The big guy really doesn't like to be bothered.... — MWMUse our Online Video Guide to watch Jared Padalecki clips.
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Variety reports that Clifton Collins Jr. (Thief) and Chris Hemsworth (I've got nada) have joined the cast of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek feature, playing the right-hand man to Eric Bana's villainous Nero and Captain Kirk's father, George (George?!), respectively.... Entourage's Kevin Dillon is Lisa Kudrow's husband in Hotel for Dogs, a kid flick in which an orphaned Emma Roberts runs a sort of B&B for strays.... Marcus Nispel, who revved up the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise in 2003, is thisclose to signing on to reboot Friday the 13th. Please tell me he's gonna get Harriet Sansom Harris to play the Betsy Palmer part. She'd be wild! — Ben Katner
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Transformers helmer Michael Bay is reviving the Friday the 13th franchise through his low-budget Platinum Dunes production shingle (which also gave us revalidations of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hitcher). According to the Hollywood Reporter, Bay's remake, unlike the original 1980 story, will focus on Jason — hockey mask (which technically he didn't adopt until Part 3) and all — while keeping the setting of Crystal Lake. Plus, in a pinch Jason can shapeshift himself into a Trans Am.
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Halloween is almost upon us — Rob Zombie's remake of the John Carpenter classic, that is — and thus my (sometimes dark) thoughts have turned to the big screen's best bogeymen.I am not at liberty to "review" per se the new Halloween, which I had the opportunity to screen a few weeks back, but I will say that Tyler Mane (a past cohort of Zombie's, and X-Men's Sabretooth) makes for a most imposing Michael Myers. I always gave Michael a fair shake, as he does the most with the mentally wrong and silent type. One of the best screams came from Carpenter's original, when Michael, coat hanger still in his eye, propped himself up in the background, as an oblivious Jamie Lee Curtis cowered.Freddy Krueger of the Elm Street pics always had an unfair advantage over mute murderers, able to win over the audience with his clever barbs and puns so bad they themselves nearly killed you.Jason Voorhees, most memorably committed to celluloid in several of the Friday the 13ths by Kane Hodder (o...
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In July, British funnyman Steve Coogan signed a deal to have his Baby Cow production company create shows for NBC. One being planned is a remake of his recent BBC2 hit, Saxondale. Following a brash roadie-turned-exterminator, the series debuts stateside tonight on BBC America (11 pm/ET). The project was a welcome change for Coogan, who is best known for playing Alan Partridge in the shows Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge. TVGuide.com spoke with the Manchester native about his new creation and about the upcoming film Marie Antoinette, in which he plays Ambassadeur Mercy.
TVGuide.com: You had a lot of success with Alan Partridge. Why was it important to play a very different character in Saxondale?Steve Coogan: Well, I wanted it to be di
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