John Milius

John Bergstrom Is Really Cool

Living In The Surreal World (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008

at the expense of :Which leads to my silly idea of the day:An idea for a postmodern musical...Seven Fathers With Six Shotguns And A Kalashnikov!Written by John Milius, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, with Robert Duvall as Colonel Gramps, R. Lee Ermey as Grampa Gunny."I love the smell of a wedding in the morning..."We now return you to your regularly scheduled reality._

10 years of Lebowski!

JoBlo (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

THE BIG LEBOWSKI is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year and to celebrate, Rolling Stone sat down with stars Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julianne Moore to talk about the movie and its cultural impact. Here are some excerpts from the story:Jeff Bridges - "[The Dude] should be president!"Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Dude abides, and I think that's something...

Conan the rewritten

JoBlo (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008

Everyone's favorite Cimmerian death-machine is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, thanks to top-selling videogames and comic series. So where's his big return to theaters'Still wandering the Hyborian Age in search of a script, that's where. A new pair of scribes has been brought in to tell the latest adventures of Robert E. Howard's sword-swinging pulp icon, and they have a bit of experience...

In brief: Conan heads for Batman-style revamp and Paris Hilton sued

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008

Plus: Willem Dafoe goes from Last Temptation of Christ to Antichrist

• Blackman and McCain Rewriting Conan Script - Superhero Hype
• Lionsgate Commissions New Conan Script - Rotten Tomatoes
• See the 6 articles on the same subject

Red Dawn in Georgia

Futures and Pasts (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

Unbelievable, “There’s an NPR report on the situation in Georgia and it tells us, among other things, that tonight the cell phone network of Georgia is virtually out and that Georgian television is playing that nasty 1984 John Milius movie called RED DAWN” but fitting, if you read about the USa’s involvement in the escalating war between Russia and Georgia aka [...]

ELITE SQUAD/TROPA DE ELITE

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

WHEN news emerged that something called had won the top prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival, more than a few wags expressed surprise that Steven Seagal was still making movies. That title really has a Seagalish ring about it. Don't you think?

Now Viewing | Joseph Beuys

The Moment (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008

A look at the exhibition "Joseph Beuys: Plakate: Signed Posters 1969-1987" at Jack Hanley Gallery until August 31.

Djimon is Thulsa Doom

JoBlo (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008

In today's "Wait -- what?" news, Djimon Hounsou plans to produce and star in a THULSA DOOM movie. The Oscar-nominated, occasionally comprehensible actor plans to play the serpentine sorcerer from Robert E. Howard's KULL universe (and CONAN's comics). The character, which famously appeared in John Milius' CONAN THE BARBARIAN portrayed by James Earl Jones, will get his own title next year from Dynamite...

The Schwarzenegger Action Icons Collection

DVD Times (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008

DVD Video Review: And no room for Cactus Jack?

Dan Bradley to Direct Red Dawn Remake, Carl Ellsworth to Write

/Film (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008

Look at C. Thomas Howell in the yearbook photo above. Today’s teens need to aim higher. Using up today’s “post-9/11″ quota is screenwriter Carl Ellsworth (Disturbia, Y: The Last Man adaptation) who will pen the remake of 1984’s Red Dawn, the beloved Russian invasion high school movie that inspired Toy Soldiers and many a neighborhood [...]

Kill Bill -- and maybe Vladimir and Igor while you're at it

The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz B (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008

By Steven Zeitchik MGM is bringing back the '80's -- again. The "Red Dawn" remake that first surfaced on the lips of Mary Parent and Harry Sloan at a Cannes panel is storming ahead like the Russkies took the Colorado...

Wolverines Regroup: 'Red Dawn' Remake Rising

Zap2it.com - News (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008

Carl Ellsworth will write with Dan Bradley directing the John Milius remake The Russians are coming to MGM! The Russians are coming to MGM!

MGM OKs Whedon's Cabin

SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008

MGM, under the direction of worldwide motion picture group chairman Mary Parent, gave a green light to a spec script from SF mavericks Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard called The Cabin in the Woods, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Red Dawn, RoboCop Remakes in Motion

Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008

MGM has hired Carl Ellsworth to write its Red Dawn remake, and Dan Bradley to direct -- and the studio is talking to Darren Aronofsky ("among others") about helming its RoboCop update.

John Milius and MAGNUM FORCE / THE AMATEURS (Michael Traeger, 2005)

More Than Meets the Mogwai (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008

MAGNUM FORCE (Ted Post, 1973) USA Although it’s high time I revisit the second in Clint Eastwood’s estimable Dirty Harry series (and aim to do so soon), I just couldn’t resist plugging the new Warner Bros. Deluxe Edition disc into the machine solely to listen to (co-)screenwriter John Milius rambling about his only credited contribution to the series (the famed “think you’re lucky, punk?” speech from...