MTV is reporting that Robert Rodriguez has indicated that both Johnny Depp and Antonio Banderas are both interested in appearing in the upcoming Sin City sequels. The article also confirms that Rosario Dawson will be reprising her role as barely dressed hooker Gail in Sin City 2.

Having Depp and Banderas onboard would be awesome - it’d be like a Once Upon a Time in Mexico reunion. Hopefully everyone’s schedules line up.

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Apple.com has the latest trailer for Fox Atomic’s 28 Weeks Later. It looks pretty solid to me, so I’m still cautiously optimistic. I kind of miss the DV-Cam look of the first film though.. seeing the 28 Days Later universe in HD somehow feels wrong. Check out the trailer here.

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Variety is reporting that Zach Snyder will be reteaming with Warners to create a new zombie film somewhere down the line. This time, the film will be based on an original story by Snyder, rather than remaking another of George A. Romero’s classics.

It’s unclear whether Snyder will direct or not, but it sounds like good news all around to me. Dawn of the Dead 2004 was a great zombie film, that unfortunately shared the name of the greatest zombie movie of all time, so I’m excited to see what Snyder and Co. can do without the weight of Romero’s legacy on them.

With this and Romero’s Diary of the Dead in the pipe it should be a good couple of years for zombie horror fans.

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Mel wants that lady to “F**k Off!” (WWTDD)

Neill Cumpston�s Written The Only Grindhouse Review You Ever Need To Read!! (AICN)

Turtles has box office power (USA Today)

Jennifer Hudson to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic? (Top Movie Blog)

Cate Blanchett Joins Indy 4 + What’s the title? (dTheatre)

Grindhouse officially gets an R rating (Dark Horizons)

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From Hercules in New York (1970).� Classic fight scene.� The guy in the bear suit is just awesome.

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In honour of the release of 300, here is a review I wrote awhile ago for Zach Snyder’s big screen remake of Dawn of the Dead.

Directed by
Zack Snyder

Genres
Action, Horror, Drama, Thriller

Cast
Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Kevin Zegers, Michael Barry, Lindy Booth, Jayne Eastwood, Boyd Banks, Inna Korobkina, R.D. Reid, Kim Poirier, Matt Frewer

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****/*****

I was � I think understandably � wary upon hearing that a remake was being attempted of Dawn of the Dead, zombie master George A. Romero�s greatest film. With the dearth of incredibly awful horror remakes of late, I�m sure no one could blame me. Thankfully my fears were largely unfounded, and, while it doesn�t measure of the original, Dawn of the Dead is a surprising and slick re-imagining of the Romero Classic.

The film opens with Ana, a nurse, heading home after a long day of work, to some rapid fire foreshadowing. Once home she gets it on with her husband in the shower, missing an important news bulletin. The couple go to sleep, and are awaken by a tiny figure standing in the doorway to their bedroom.

The next 15 minutes or so are pure zombie movie bliss. From Ana�s escape amidst scenes of utter chaos in suburbia, to the fantastic opening credits sequence, which is intercut with news footage, all while �When the Man Comes Around� by the late, great, Johnny Cash plays in the background.

Ana inevitably teams with a battered crew of survivors, and, like the original film, they seek shelter in a sprawling shopping mall. It becomes clear at this point that the primary advantage that this film has over the original Dawn of the Dead is its cast. Sarah Polley is excellent, as is Ving Rhames as Kenneth, a hardened cop. I was disappointed by the omission of a incompetent �fly-boy� type character, as he as been re-imagined as a far more useful everyman, played very well by Jake Weber.

The film�s writing is not quite as strong as its cast, and the film contains some characterization problems. The cast is far too large to explore each character fully, so many come across as very annoying or undeveloped, as it is clear they exist simply to be zombie fodder. In addition, some characters, such as CJ the security guard, seem to change very suddenly, without appropriate motivation.

This film also lacks the subtext of the original. That is, unlike Romero�s film, which was a fairly clear commentary on consumerism, the remake does not have a clear message. Like its contemporary, the slightly superior 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead also peters out somewhat in the third act, as the survivors execute a desperate plan.

On the whole however, Dawn of the Dead is a lot of fun. The zombies are fast and brutal and the gore is impressive. The soundtrack is also uniformly great. There are also some fun homages to the original, such as the helicopter that appears briefly in the first 15 minutes, and a cameo from gore master Tom Savini. Try to find the others � there are many more.

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