Rob Zombie Wants You to Take His Blob Seriously
· Having sworn off the rebooted Halloween franchise, Rob Zombie has found another deadly horror villain to revive: The Blob, which first threatened Steve McQueen's town in 1958, was remade a little nastier in 1988, and will shoot next year with a new-and-improved title character. "My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing -- that's the first thing I want to change," Zombie told Variety. "That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now." Well, Rob, it is called The Blob. Perhaps a family of homicidal, inbred redneck gelatinous masses might not be the best way to go with this one. [Variety]
Robin Williams goes back to the chapel, Daniel Craig goes back to the movies, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.
· Robin Williams did one for himself with World's Greatest Dad, and so now he does one for them with Wedding Banned, Touchstone's romantic comedy about a divorced couple who kidnaps their daughter on her wedding day to help her avoid the same mistakes they did. Naturally, the couple's relationship blooms anew; I'm guessing the marriage goes off after all, and the whole enterprise will infuriate critics? Anyone have another idea? [THR]
· Daniel Craig will star in director Jim Sheridan's psychological thriller Dream House, in which Craig moves his family to a rural New England home that once hosted a murder. Sure, it sounds trite, but their producers Morgan Creek are reportedly counting on a "come for the mustache, stay for the movie" marketing blitz -- a fail-safe strategy if there ever was one. [Variety]
· Oscar-nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo is the latest cast member to join Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and Anthony Mackie in The Adjustment Bureau, shooting next month in New York. [Variety]
· Maggie Grace will play Cameron Diaz's sister in the upcoming spy flick Wichita, only to have her dream-wedding hopes threatened when elite spy Tom Cruise hauls Diaz off on a globetrotting mission to protect... a battery. This is the first I'd heard of the plot, actually; I suppose it sounds good. Who doesn't like batteries? [THR]
Comments
Rob Zombie: "I know, let's remake The Blob without any blob!"
Studio: "GENIUS!"
Remember the good ol' days, when all these shitty ideas went straight-to-dvd?
1. I think they're going to re-title it "The Watchamacallit."
2. Wedding Banned, Movie Panned.
3. FEAR THE STACHE!!
4. That's a lot of adjusting.
5. I understand Katie Holmes has become very fond of the entire battery industry since her marriage.
the blob,
who would have known it would be an almost prophetic rendition of the future life for the ordinary American?
so, using a blob today would make it more like watching a documentary about themselves.