Thursday's Important News: R.I.P. Budd Schulberg, G.I. Joe: The Falling Tomatometer and Harvey sans Hanks
Thursdays remain an important part in our week, as a new episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is airing tonight at 10:30 pm. But on a sadder note, Budd Schulberg is dead at 95; on a happier note, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra continues to plummet on the Tomatometer as those nasty "critics" see it and Steven Spielberg's Harvey will just have to imagine Tom Hanks is in it. Let's go!
- Budd Schulberg, screenwriter for On The Waterfront and author of What Makes Sammy Run? has died. [Current]
- Variety has an Aussie review G.I. Joe to get around Paramount's whole "good reviews=screenings" policy. And trashed it. [Variety]
- Tom Hanks won't be jumping on Harvey, but possibly Will Smith? Wells' advice: Don't. [HE]
- Jodelle Ferland, creepy little girl of Silent Hill, is now a creepy little vampire in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Yay, typecasting! [Current]
- The case for Robert Rodriguez' (and oddly, co-director Ethan Maniquis) Machete has arrived. Yay... [EW]
- OMFG TWITTER GOT DDOSED EVERYONE FUCKING RUN FOR THE HILLS DOGS ARE MARRYING CATS [DHD]
- Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio are both producing with "eyes" to direct/star in an adaptation of Brave New World. [THR]
- And finally, the U.S. trailer for Ong Bak 2, which has been on DVD for nearly six months. [Twitch Film]
- Also, going to the bathroom at Comic Con. Tee hee!
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