Dead Like Me: The Movie

Dead Like Me was a two-season show that ran on Showtime a few years ago, about a group of grim reapers who acted more like social workers than the typical cloak and scythe type we’re all familiar.

Moviehole.net is reporting that Dead Like Me is returning in a direct-to-DVD movie, hopefully featuring the entire cast returning. This is great news for fans of the show (like myself) when Showtime canceled the series after only two seasons.

In addition to having a top notch cast that included Mandy Patinkin, Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Rebecca Gayheart, and Jasmin Guy, the series also had excellent scripts and direction as well. The story centers around 18 year old Georgia who lived a shallow slacker life, dropping out of college, and living with her overbearing mother until on her way to a temp job she gets nailed by a toilet seat that had fallen from a Russian space station. Hell of a way to go.

George (as she’s called on the show), or Peanut (as Rube called her), then has to live the rest of her existence as an 18-year old Grim Reaper. It’s not as traditional as you might think–other than the opening credits, the a-typical Death doesn’t actually appear anywhere in the show. Instead the “Grim Reapers” are supposed to take the souls of those that are about to die to spare them the pain of their own death.

Unfortunately for poor George and the rest of the crew, it’s a non-paying job. Who would you collect a check from, anyway? I don’t see any banks cashing checks from GOD, or even Death for that matter. So they must make due with crappy temp jobs, or as Mason (Callum Blue) does, which is petty theft and mischief to make ends meet.

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Posted by Haggis on May 1st, 2007 @ 6:14 pm.

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I have officially joined the technology of the 21st century. I found a hell of a deal on a 27″ HDTV online and couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so I shelled out the money and couldn’t be more pleased. Now I just need to switch my cable box out for an HDTV unit, and I’ll be one happy camper. It’ll come in handy next weekend when I get my wisdom teeth pulled and will be stuck on the couch hopped up on goofballs. Good times.

Here’s This Week In Links for Friday, April 20, 2007:

A remake of a John Waters film? John Travolta dressed in drag as an overweight woman, AND married to Christopher Walken? Cinematical has your first look at the remake of HAIRSPRAY! [Cinematical]

Lawrence Fishburn, previously rumored to be voicing the planet-eating giant Galactus in the Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, has actually been cast as the voice of Silver Surfer instead. [Hollywood Reporter]

Joystiq has coverage of the art gallery exhibit honoring all that is great in the old school video game world: The “I am 8-bit” art exhibit. Over 200 attended the showing, some of which had “questionable hygiene”. [Joystiq]

For the IMAX release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Warner Bros is modifying the last 20 minutes of the film to be displayed in IMAX’s 3D technology. The last film broke IMAX box office records when released in 2005. [Sci Fi Wire]

Matthew Fox (Lost, Party of Five) is in final negotiations to play Speed Racer’s competition and long-”Lost” (heh, get it?) brother in the Wachowski Brother’s Speed Racer adaptation. If cast, he will join Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, and John Goodman who recently joined. [Sci Fi Wire]

IGN had an exclusive interview with Orson Scott Card about his adaptation of his most famous work, Ender’s Game. Despite numerous stalls and script rejections, he still is planning to move forward with the film, even if it means producing the film independently. He also reveals that the movie will be a combination of the novel and its mirror novel, Ender’s Shadow. [IGN]

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Posted by Haggis on April 20th, 2007 @ 8:37 am.

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The Hardy Men?

Remember the tweener books series “The Hardy Boys”? Well turns out, they’re making it into a movie… sort of.

The Hardy Men features the dynamic duo of sibling detectives which are being played by Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller, set to take place after the Boys have become Men–several years after their initial adventures.

Simon Kinberg (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) has been tapped to do a revamp on the screenplay that has yet to satisfy the movie studios, and I can understand why. Not only is the story not based on any of the books, but it’s also supposed to be a comedy with Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller. I haven’t laughed at anything either has done in years, except for Cruise’s wooden performances in the last few movies.

The series began in 1927 and has been written by several ghost writers throughout the years, including a 1970’s TV series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.

The studio is eyeing a January 2008 start date for filming.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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Posted by Haggis on April 18th, 2007 @ 3:32 pm.

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I’ve been in a movie-watching mood lately. I saw Grindhouse last Saturday (which was hella-awesome, and deserved a bigger payday at the box office. Stop giving Will Ferrell money, people), then saw 300 a few days after that (also amazing, but millions of you already know that.) Tonight I’m going to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. I’ll probably be one of the few people over the age of 22 seeing the movie, but I don’t care. I love me some [adult swim].

Here’s This Week In Links, for Friday, April 13, 2007:

USA Today has a first look at Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway in their spy gear for the upcoming Get Smart film adapatation. Anne looks awesome in the white Agent 99 trenchcoat, but couldn’t they at least give Steve a shoe-phone to talk on? He just looks like Michael Scott [USA Today]

Christina Ricci as Trixie in the Speed Racer movie? Strange, I always had a weird attraction to the character in the cartoon, but picturing her as the chained-to-a-radiator-sexpot we saw her as last, my thoughts about Trixie suddenly got that much dirtier. [Sci Fi Wire]

iTunes signs a deal with MGM Films to offer their line of movies in the online store that is destroying all others in the marketplace. You can now download Dances with Wolves and Rocky via the iTunes Store. Joy. [apple.com]

Shia Lebouf (Transformers, Disturbia), currently being cast in every single movie in production, has also joined the cast of Indiana Jones 4. After denying the rumor for weeks, he finally revealed why: he was ordered by Speilburg and Lucas to keep quiet. [USA Today]

Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma) puts the pwnage on the everyday internet troll on Cinematical’s website in response to a snarky comment someone left in discussion of his proposed horror flick, Red State. He not only responds, but starts answering other random questions by the other commenters. I’m glad Kevin only “likes” ponies, too. Scroll down to the “comments” section to see the craziness. [Cinematical]

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Posted by Haggis on April 13th, 2007 @ 5:56 pm.

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Angels & Demons: More Bad Hanks Hair?

Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard are in discussion to revisit Dan Brown’s religious universe in the prequel to The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons. It’s rumored that Hanks (and his hair) will receive the largest payday for a single actor if he signs on.

Angels & Demons, set before the events in The Da Vinci Code, centers on a murder involving the Illuminati and the Vatican.

The Da Vinci Code did quite well in the box office, despite being a somewhat mediocre film. Howard did his best, of course, but the movie really lacked a definite flow. It’ll be interesting to see what he will do with the follow up.

Let’s just hope that they give Hanks a better haircut this time.

Source: Sci Fi Wire

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Posted by Haggis on April 12th, 2007 @ 1:38 pm.

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Iron Man: First Look

Thanks to IGN and Jon Favreau we finally have a first peek at what the IRON MAN suit will look like from the movie currently filming.

“But wait! Iron Man was gold and red! This looks DUMB.” You say, but here’s what’s up with the clunky gray suit: It’s the first version. Not as in “movie version”, as in “suit version.” For those who aren’t geeky enough, here’s the story:

In the comics version (and possibly the movie), Tony Stark (being played by Robert Downey, Jr.) is held captive in a Vietnamese camp and forced to use his tech skills to design them a weapon. What he creates is a rudimentary armor that he uses to escape, which is the suit depicted above. After he gets back home he begins to make improvements to the armor, which will be the red-and-gold version we’re all (or some of us) familiar with.

I’m excited!

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Posted by Haggis on April 11th, 2007 @ 4:23 pm.

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Yeah, so I’m a giant lazy schmuck who didn’t post TWIL last week. Here’s a super-size edition for this week to make up for it.

This Week In Links for Friday, April 6, 2007:

Michael, I’m worth a lot more than the Kelley Blue Book Value. The original K.I.T.T. from the 80s TV Series Knight Rider starring David Hasselhoff has gone on sale at a private auction in California. Asking price is around $150k, and comes with working LED lights. Getting William Daniels to make the car talk is an entirely different transaction. [Sci Fi Wire]

FBI has let loose a few investigators into the sexually deviant game Second Life to look into the online gambling aspect of the MMO. They’ll just have to go through all the dance clubs and people that look like animals having sex with each other to get to them. [News.com]

Annoyed with the earlier Daylight Savings Time this year? You and everyone else, especially the Department of Energy who is saying that the month-early shift to DST served no purpose, and has saved the consumers absolutely nothing. Good job, Congress. [ARS Technica]

Fans of the classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail will gather in London on St. George’s Day (April 23) for a public screening of the film, and an attempt of the worlds largest coconut orchestra. The cast of the broadway adaptation Spamalot hopes to join the orchestra with a rendition of “Always Look On The Bright Side of Life” from Monty Python and the Life of Brian [Cinematical]

More Speed Racer! John Goodman and Susan Sarandon are negotiations to play the parents of Speed Racer in the upcoming movie being produced by The Matrix’s Wachowski brothers. [Sci Fi Wire]

30 Rock, NBC’s new show with Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and Tracy Morgan set behind the scenes at a sketch comedy show, has been picked up for a second season. Hooray! [NBC]

I’m not doing Spider-Man 4. No wait, I am. Well, maaaaaaybe. Tobey McGuire has stated that he would like to return to the franchise after the third movie hits theaters this summer, but only if the “story is worth telling.” Kirsten Dunst also echoed her desire to return, but no one cares. [Sci Fi Wire]

Two of my favorite personal blogs (and good friends) made their return to the blogisphere in the past few weeks with a slew of new posts and a personal vendetta to settle (no more War Tool!) Visit Diantological for the brunt of it, and Lemon Jinny for everything else! [Diantological]

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Posted by Haggis on April 6th, 2007 @ 9:09 am.

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