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Jean Claude Van Damme's trying times.

By Alison Willmore on 11/03/2008

Filed under: Rumors

As avowed fans of "JCVD," we've been trying to get an interview with Jean-Claude Van Damme for ages now, only to have him cancel without much notice. Today's NY Post purports to have the reason behind this: JEAN-Claude Van Damme is canceling promotional appearances for his new flick, "JCVD," over a puppy. The "Muscles From Brussels" recently adopted seven dogs from Bangkok and one of them is in a coma, a source said. Van Damme will stay in Thailand "to see this dog through this very trying time," the insider said. "JCVD" is a fictional biopic about an action star... MORE »

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Remakesploitation.

By Alison Willmore on 08/12/2008

Filed under: In the works, Rumors

I'm catching up from a few days off the grid, so it's still news to me that the Telegraph reported last week that Britney Spears may or may not have been picked by Quentin Tarantino to play Varla in a remake of the Russ Meyer's 1965 "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" that may or may not be happening: A source said: "Quentin is convinced Britney will be brilliant. She's delighted. She thinks it could turn her career around. It is perfect Tarantino material. He wanted to get Britney first. She's playing the most important character." The story seems a little unlikely,... MORE »

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"Blindness" is in.

By Alison Willmore on 04/29/2008

Filed under: Festivals, Rumors

"Blindness," the new film from "City of God"'s Fernando Meirelles, was one of the major omissions the industry was buzzing about when the Cannes line-up was announced last week. Now it looks like the film will be opening the festival — from the Toronto Star: The Cannes Film Festival has selected Blindness, produced by Toronto's Niv Fichman, for its coveted opening night slot on May 14, the Toronto Star has learned. This dark $25 million epic - about an unnamed city struck by a unique plague in which 90 per cent of the population go blind - is a three-way... MORE »

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Del Toro's "little movie" and Miller's adaptation.

By Alison Willmore on 04/21/2008

Filed under: Rumors

Two rumors from the past weekend's New York Comic Con that caught my eye: JoBlo.com reports that Guillermo del Toro, at the convention to push "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," announced that he's working on a project called "Saturn and the End of Days": What he calls his final movie about "childhood and horror", it tells the tale of the Apocalypse, as seen through the eyes of a small child going to and from the grocery store. "What would happen if the Apocalypse was viewed while you were doing errands," Del Toro pondered. "You go back and forth and nothing... MORE »