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Discuss: In Love of Past Decades

17 July 2009 10:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

I have this problem. I have really sensitive triggers to the '90s. Dazed and Confused. Cameron Crowe. Sheryl Lee. Grunge music. Pirate DJs and Christian Slater. Kevin Smith. Plaid. Hackers.

Get started on one train of thought and in no time, many parts of that decade flash through my mind. When I see that perfectly coiffed teen movie, I think back to Empire Records, Dazed, Pump Up the Volume, and the other films that didn't look like fashion ads. Movies about relationships lead me back to the days of Singles and Chasing Amy. And the music. Oh, the music. Sure, there was bubble-gum mainstream fare, but there was also so much that was fresh and unexplored.

One of the main reasons that I adore the '90s is because many of the films were just a little different, a little less polished, and all the better for it. I

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Monika Bartyzel

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8 July 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Stock up on green paint and be prepared to shoot your mirrors on the front lawn; a direct-to-dvd sequel to Alex Aja's Mirrors is in the works. Suffice to say with the film being made for DVD that Aja won't be back in the director's chair, nor is it likely that the film will continue forth with Kiefer Sutherland's dyslexic adventures in mirror world.

ShockTillYouDrop got the first word that 20th Century Fox is developing Mirrors 2 as a potential 2010 DVD release. The original cast Sutherland as a nightwatchman dealing with cursed mirrors that can kill you by killing your reflection or by appearing in the water and sucking you to their side or by possessing glass shard-covered old hags and bodypressing you or by... Let's just say the mirrors were absurdly all-powerful, yet shockingly bad with first names. If you don't know what I mean by that last remark,

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Christian Slater Officially Joins 'The Forgotten'

7 July 2009 1:59 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

After headlining a short-lived drama series "My Own Worst Enemy" in late 2008, Christian Slater makes another return to television by joining the cast of "The Forgotten". On Monday, July 6, it has been announced that the 39-year-old actor has been set to play Alex Donovan, a former lawman who heads up a group of amateur detectives called "The Forgotten Network".

For the new ABC crime drama, Slater will be joined by Michelle Borth who will play Candace, Bob Stephenson who will star as Walter, Anthony Carrigan who is set as Tyler, and Rochelle Aytes who will be seen as Detective Grace Russell. His casting also places him under the capable hands of executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Mark Friedman.

"The Forgotten" focuses on "The Forgotten Network". After the police have given up, this group, led by Alex Donovan, must first solve the puzzle of the victim's identity in order to then help catch the killer.

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Slater Deposes Penry-Jones

6 July 2009 3:29 PM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news

ABC has recast the leading role in The Forgotten, a new procedural drama that will debut this fall.

Rupert Penry-Jones played Alex Donovan in the pilot that was part of ABC’s upfront presentation in May, but Christian Slater will take on the role when the series comes to the airwaves this fall.

Slater, who starred in NBC’s My Own Worst Enemy last fall, plays a former cop who leads a group of amateur detectives in solving the murders of unidentified victims.

Penry-Jones, the English actor who stepped into the BBC’s Mi-5 after Matthew Macfadyen’s Tom Quinn left, isn’t the only actor from the pilot that won’t be around come the fall. Also off the project is Reiko Aylesworth (Lost, ER), who played Linda Manning. That role has yet to be recast.

The Forgotten premieres on ABC on Tuesday, Sept. 22.

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Heathers Sequel is Wishful Thinking

3 July 2009 2:39 PM, PDT | From TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news

Winona Ryder has been known to sound off about her desire for a Heathers sequel and not too long ago "swore to god" that the gears were beginning to turn. Not so says Heathers director Michael Lehmann in an interview with Movieline. As far as he is concerned, anything coming out of Winona's mouth regarding a sequel and re-teaming with Christian Slater is nothing more than wishful thinking. "Winona's been talking about this for years . she brings it up every once in a while and Dan Waters and I will joke about it, but as far as I know there's no script and no plans to do the sequel," says Lehmann. "A couple weeks ago everyone started talking about it and I guess Winona said the movie was gonna get made, and I thought, 'I don't know, maybe they did this without me?' But I got in touch with

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Heathers Director Baffled By Ryder's Sequel Confirmation

3 July 2009 9:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Director Michael Lehmann has dismissed Winona Ryder's comments confirming a sequel to their cult comedy Heathers is in the works, insisting the actress has got it all wrong.

Ryder starred alongside Christian Slater in the 1989 movie, about four girls who form a clique at a suburban high school, and she recently claimed a follow-up is on its way, with the True Romance actor also on board to return to Westerberg High.

She told film bible Empire magazine of her most iconic role, "Whatever you hear, there is a sequel in the works, I swear to God.

"But for some reason the writer, Dan Waters, and director, Michael Lehman, don't want to talk about it. I've been wanting to do a sequel forever. There is a story, and Christian has agreed to come back."

But reports of a sequel is news to both Lehman and Waters - who are adamant there is "no script" and "no plans" for Heathers 2.

Lehman tells Movieline.com, "Winona's been talking about this for years - she brings it up every once in a while and Dan Waters and I will joke about it, but as far as I know there's no script and no plans to do the sequel.

"A couple of weeks ago everyone started talking about it and I guess Winona said the movie was gonna get made, and I thought, 'I don't know, maybe they did this without me?' But I got in touch with Dan Waters and he said he didn't know anything about it. So I don't think there's any truth to it."

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Heathers Director Denies Sequel

3 July 2009 7:30 AM, PDT | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news

About a month ago, Winona Ryder revealed to Empire magazine that a sequel to the 1989 cult film "Heathers" is in the works. She added that both she and Christian Slater are on board. She said: "Whatever you hear, there is a sequel in the works, I swear to God. But for some reason the writer, Dan Waters, and director, Michael Lehman, don't want to talk about it. I've been wanting to do a sequel forever. There is a story, and Christian has agreed to come back." It turns out that the reason why Waters and Lehman don't want to talk about it, is because they haven't heard anything about a sequel and are not even planning one. "There's no script and no plans to do the sequel," Lehman told Movieline. "A couple weeks ago everyone started talking about it and I guess Winona said the movie was gonna get made,

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No 'Heathers' Sequel After All?

2 July 2009 9:25 PM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news

Despite its resurgent popularity of late, there are no plans for a Heathers sequel, according to screenwriters Dan Waters and Michael Lehmann.

Not that they aren't proud of their 1989 black-hearted comedy about high school cliques and popularity, which dabbled in murder, suicide and homophobia. But in an interview with Movieline, director Lehmann argued Heathers is satisfying enough that it doesn't need a follow-up.

"It’s funny to me. I love Heathers and I loved doing that movie. I’m very proud of it, so if it gets brought up, I’m happy," Lehmann said. "Generally, though, I don’t like sequels at all. If the movie’s good the first time, why bother? With something like The Matrix, for example, it feels like a trilogy, or with a comic-book movie, those movies were based on something that was created in a serial format. So a movie as specific as Heathers,

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'Heathers' Sequel is All in Winona's Head!

2 July 2009 4:10 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

There are a million reasons not to have a sequel to Heathers, but maybe if they made the whole production a little closer to real life, it'd have some possibilities -- because Veronica Sawyer has gone batsh*t insane! Remember how Winona Ryder was, once again, talking about a Heathers sequel last month? And how she swore up and down that it was in the works this time? And that Christian Slater would be back in an Obi-Wan-type role?

Well, it's All in her head. Movieline talked with director Michael Lehmann, and he said: "Winona's been talking about this for years -- she brings it up every once in a while and Dan Waters and I will joke about it, but as far as I know there's no script and no plans to do the sequel. A couple weeks ago everyone started talking about it and I guess Winona said

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Monika Bartyzel

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Fall TV: Christian Slater in Talks to Front Bruckheimer Drama

2 July 2009 12:32 PM, PDT | From TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide.com - Breaking News news

Film vet Christian Slater, who last fall played a superspy in NBC's short-lived My Own Worst Enemy, is in talks to front ABC's new Jerry Bruckheimer-produced crime drama.

In The Forgotten, Slater would fill the lead role of a former cop who heads up a team of amateur detectives. Among the character's baggage is the fact that his 11-year-old daughter was kidnapped three years prior.

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Asteroids Movie to Capitalize on Human Drama of Blowing Up Rocks

2 July 2009 8:45 AM, PDT | From Movieline | See recent Movieline news

· After an intense bidding war involving no fewer than four studios, Universal emerged with the coveted rights to Asteroids, Atari's thrilling story of a triangle and its mission to clear the cosmos of flying rocks. Long considered by Hollywood's development community as the unadaptable Benjamin Button of classic video games, the property has no less a mind than G.I. Joe producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to shepherd it to the screen; screenwriter Matthew Lopez will attempt to submit his initials as all-time high scorer. [THR]

Christian Slater heads back to TV, Susan Lucci heads to Kenya, and much more Hollywood Ink after the jump.

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Christian Slater may be ABC's 'Forgotten' man

1 July 2009 11:16 PM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news

  ABC is reportedly in negotiations with Christian Slater to topline the network's new drama series "The Forgotten." Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, "The Forgotten" was ordered to series by ABC, scheduled for Tuesday nights at 10 and then the network promptly went to work recasting.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Slater would take over from Rupert Penry-Jones as a former cop still traumatized by his 11-year-old daughter's kidnapping. Now he leads a group of amateur detectives exploring cases forgotten by the legitimate law enforcement establishment. Yet to be recast is the female gumshoe played by Reiko Aylesworth in the original pilot....

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Christian Slater in Talks for The Forgotten

1 July 2009 7:12 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

A new ABC series may have found its new lead actor. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christian Slater is in negotiations to star in The Forgotten.

The pilot was picked up to series in May and is going through a recasting phase, with Slater in talks to star as the lead, originally portrayed by Rupert Penry-Jones. The female lead is also being recast as well.

The story centers on a group of novice detectives, lead by an ex-cop (Slater), whose young daughter was kidnapped three years prior. The series is set to debut on Tuesday, September 22 at 10 Pm on ABC.

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The Many Wonderful Faces of Chris Klein

1 July 2009 5:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Oh, Chris Klein. In the beginning, he made a decent go of things. He was in that little American Pie flick, and he found the perfect role in Election. While almost every square inch of that film held greatness, I'm not sure it would've been nearly as fun without his innocent yet horny Paul Metzler. But just like Michael Cera has to grow up one of these days, Klein can't play the innocent sensitive teen forever.

So he grabs a gig in Street Figher: The Legend of Chun-Li. It didn't go so well. In fact, when William Goss alerted us to some YouTube goodness about Klein's role, he said: "I can see the [Razzie] for-your-consideration ads now: 'Can only be described as epic in its awfulness' ... 'I can't remember the last time I watched an actor fail to walk into a room convincingly' ... 'So wooden that he makes Keanu Reeves seem like Don Knotts.

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Monika Bartyzel

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DVD Review: ‘Heathers: 20th High School Reunion Edition’

30 June 2009 8:30 AM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Back in March 1989, we were winding down after a crazy decade of questionable fashion, amazing music, and the end of a beloved President’s term. Madonna, The B-52’s and The Cure were dominating the radio, and the Academy Award for Best Picture would go to Driving Miss Daisy. That’s also when rookie director Michael Lehmann released his low budget black comedy, Heathers.

Set in Anytown, USA, Heathers is the dark and engaging story of high school junior Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) and her unwilling existence in the feared and revered power-clique, know as “The Heathers.” Led by the cruel and punishing Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), the Heathers consist of Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty), a bulimic follower that loathes Chandler and secretly dreams of ruling the group, and Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk), a cheerleader who has no identity and a need for acceptance.

When bad boy J.D. (Christian Slater) arrives at the school,

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Orlando, Miranda and Adrian Keep It Clean

24 June 2009 5:20 PM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Audi hosted a dinner in La last night to celebrate their new clean diesel technology and lots of celebrities came out to celebrate. Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr were impeccably dressed and looking gorgeous as they chatted with their fellow environmentalist Christian Slater. Adrian Grenier isn't one to miss an eco-friendly event and took a break from filming Entourage to mingle with a few of his green celebrity pals. View 20 Photos › To see more of Adrian, Orlando, Miranda and others like Christian Slater just read more. View 20 Photos › Images include: Adrian Grenier, Andy Richter, Brooke Shields, Chris Henchy, Christian Slater, Joel McHale, Miranda Kerr, Molly Shannon, Orlando Bloom WireImage

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Ed McMahon Dies at 86

23 June 2009 6:25 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s legendary sidekick on The Tonight Show for thirty years, passed away early this morning at the age of 86.

According to publicist Howard Bragman, McMahon’s last moments were spent in bed at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his family and loving wife, Pam. McMahon had been in poor health for some years, battling everything from bone cancer to a broken neck - an injury he received in March of 2007.

 

McMahon and Johnny Carson first worked together on the game show “Who Do You Trust?”; when Carson inherited The Tonight Show from Jack Paar in 1962, he brought McMahon along and the two went on to tuck America into bed laughing every week night from 1962 until Carson retired in 1992.

After The Tonight Show McMahon went on to pursue other interests and even popped up in the limelight now and again for some TV and

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Kofi Outlaw

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Multiple Personality Disorder Report

17 June 2009 8:41 AM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

[Editor's Note: Multiple Personality Disorder Reports are short news blasts meant to let you know about the stuff that didn't make it to the news page but still had us talking behind the scenes]

#1: Word War Z Delayed!

Director Marc Forster is not happy with the current screenplay for World War Z and is putting of the project until he is. I've read the screenplay (review here) and can attest to its greatness, so I'm not sure what Forster wants done. He probably wants to steer it away from its dramatic tone and turn it into more of an action pic or something. [via: scifiwire]

#2: "Machete" starts filming!

The webs exploded with news that Robert Rodriguez's fake-grindhouse- trailer-turned-real-movie, Machete, will begin filming imminently. I know a lot of people who are excited about this project. Me? I think it's going be a boring, post-modern bust that will confound audiences like Grindhouse did. But we'll see.

#3: "Death in Love" poster

the poster for writer/director Boaz Yakin's Death in Love, starring Josh Lucas, Jacqueline Bisset, Lukas Haas and Adam Brody dropped at comingsoon.

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Reminder & Guest Update: Free Grace screening Tomorrow!

10 June 2009 11:25 PM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news

Our friends over at USC got in touch to let us know that they've added quite a few more guests to this event, so we're re-posting this with updated details.

Those eager to catch Fangoria Blood Drive alum Paul Solet's Grace have a chance to do so for Free, provided they live close enough to see it at USC.

On June 12th (Tomorrow!), the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Alumni Screening Series will present Grace at 7pm, University Park Campus, Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall.

In an unforgettable emotional and psychological journey into terror, a young woman is forced to make the ultimate motherly sacrifice.

The School of Cinematic Arts and Anchor Bay Entertainment invite you and a guest to a special preview screening of Grace, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Paul Solet and composer Austin Wintory.

Free admission. Open to all.

About Grace

Love.

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June 5: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

5 June 2009 10:03 AM, PDT | From www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news

We all know how it is. You'd like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but frankly, after how you’re planning to party on Friday night, you’ll be as hung over as the guys in that new Vegas movie on Saturday night and in no shape to go out. But you can have something close to that blockbuster experience at home with the proper application of rental DVDs. In fact, you might even be able to one-up everyone else at the watercooler come Monday, because while they're saying, "Hey, did you see The Hangover?" you can respond, "No, I saw an even better movie about a bachelor party gone wrong instead." Instead Of: The Hangover, in which three groomsmen lose their memories -- and the groom -- on the eve of his wedding after their stag night in Sin City goes bad... Rent: Very Bad Things,

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