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Things We Saw Today: The Cover of Christopher Lee’s New Metal Album

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:00 pm, May 23rd, 2013

This Friday sees the release of Charlemagne: The Omens of Death, the second metal LP by actor/secret agent/metal musician Sir Christopher Lee. Death and Taxes has song clips and a video where Lee “shares the inspiration for his calling as a metal sorcerer.”

Stormageddon’s Dad Joins Into The Woods Cast

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:55 pm, May 11th, 2013

Ok, so he’s more than just Stormageddon’s dad. British actor James Corden has been added to the big-screen musical Into the Woods. Who will he be playing?

Johnny Depp to Follow Meryl Streep Into the Woods?

by Rebecca Pahle | 3:55 pm, April 28th, 2013

We’ve heard of Meryl Streep‘s involvement in the movie version of the musical Into the Woods before courtesy of the film’s writer, who said a few months back that she’d play the witch. But now things have gotten a little more official, both for her and another probable cast member.

Yep. La Streep and Johnny Depp might be in a revisionist fairy tale musical together. To quote the great Mr. Arnold, hold onto your butts.

Things We Saw Today: Something Tells Me Getting a Blood Transfusion from Spider-Man Might Not End Well

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:30 pm, March 3rd, 2013

Isn’t this how She-Hulk was created? (With Hulk blood, not Spidey blood, of course.) (via BuzzFeed)

Disney Hires Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Writer For Pirates of the Caribbean 5

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:02 pm, January 14th, 2013

I’m one of those people who thinks the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise should have ended a while ago but seeing as how they are cash cows at the international box office, they’re still being churned out. The most recent news on that front is a writer has been chosen for Pirates 5. His credits include Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull and Speed 2: Cruise Control.

Wally Pfister’s Transcendence, Starring Johnny Depp, Is Looking More Awesome By the Minute

by Rebecca Pahle | 12:36 pm, December 12th, 2012

We’re getting a surprising amount of information about the plot of the upcoming Johnny Depp-starring sci-fi flick Transcendence, considering it’s executive produced by the notoriously secretive Christopher Nolan and directed by Wally Pfister, a frequent collaborator of his. I remember that people were scratching their heads at what the heck Inception would be about even after the trailer was released. But courtesy of The Wrap, we now have a basic plot for the film… and it looks awesome.

Beware: If you consider basic plot information for a film that may undergo substantial revisions by the time it makes its way to your eyeballs spoilers, don’t click the jump, as they are unmarked. You’ve been warned.

Disney is Making a Sequel to Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland for Some Reason

by Rebecca Pahle | 12:55 pm, December 8th, 2012

And that reason, I suspect, rhymes with honey, sunny, and funny.

Variety is reporting that Linda Woolverton, who wrote the script for the original, is writing a sequel. In retrospect it’s not hard to see why—Alice made a billion dollars worldwide—but still… a sequel to Alice in Wonderland? Really? Did anyone ask for this?

Tim Burton’s Robert Downey Jr.-Starring Pinocchio Movie Has a New Writer

by Rebecca Pahle | 11:45 am, November 16th, 2012

Jane Goldman, the screenwriter behind Kick-Ass, Stardust, X-Men: First Class, and the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, now has on her plate another geek-oriented project: Tim Burton‘s live-action retelling of Pinocchio, starring not Johnny Depp but Robert Downey Jr..

Transcendence Is Shaping Up to Be a Nerd’s Dream Come True

by Rebecca Pahle | 4:00 pm, October 28th, 2012

There’s not much info out there on the upcoming big-budget sci-fi film Transcendence, the directorial debut of frequent Christopher Nolan collaborator Wally Pfister. That’s not surprising, really, given it’s being executive produced by Nolan, who’s famously tight-lipped about his own projects. It’s like he and Pfister, who’s shot every one of Nolan’s films since 2000′s Memento, have a bro code of secrecy. But while Nolan or Pfister probably won’t give too much away any time soon—except that it’s about ”a man who creates a computer that develops a malevolent awareness“—some bits of casting news have come out over the past few days that have been enough to make my nerd heart grow three sizes.

Things We Saw Today: An MST3K Headboard

by Jamie Frevele | 5:00 pm, April 25th, 2012

Now, the Satellite of Love crew can provide commentary on your dreams … and maybe also your bed activities. Good idea? Or best idea? (via Boing Boing)