The Hutch

Scripts for Sale is an intriguing article about a variation on speed-dating where participants get five minutes to pitch movies to power brokers. This is worth reading just for the pitch about the vampires. It sounds so good, I hope it gets made!

I just discovered this: Trailer of Tears I love this opening: Adam Sandler looks like Albert Brooks’ older brother. Nicole Kidman should have known better. And Christian Bale plays Batman not gay. Got that? NOT GAY!

The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl 3D Movie is the next film from Robert Rodriguez, who has double cred in doing both Spy Kids and Sin City. I caught most of this trailer before Hitchhiker’s Guide and it should be a great kids movie, emphasizing the escapism of superheroes.

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Those looking for a Star Wars movie where they can spout “Awesome” and “Cool!” at all the spaceship battles should be warned that they should also bring a box of tissues to “Revenge of the Sith.” SPIELBERG WEEPS AT STAR WARS SCREENING At last, a Star Wars film that can have you breaking down and…

Okay, I’ll admit it: Warner Brothers is doing a very good job of cranking out the Harry Potter movies as fast as possible so that they can use the same cast of rapidly-aging kids throughout. Still, I’m surprised that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is already on its way. Seems like the last…

The trailer’s out for the Dukes of Hazzard movie. Sheez. Let’s all stampede like cattle to the theater for a retread of a show that was pretty lame the first time. Mooooooooo.

Steven Spielberg’s new “War of the Worlds” film debuts this July, updating the classic H.G. Wells story to take place in modern California. It stars Tom Cruise. But wait! There’s ANOTHER “War of the Worlds” movie coming out in JUNE, straight to DVD! Hey, it’s a public domain source…and this one’s sticking to a straight…