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Get ready for another monster-sized franchise: writer Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series has been selected for the movie treatment. But don't expect to see townspeople carrying torches to drive the creature out of the village; this modern spin on Mary Shelley's classic is set in current-day New Orleans. The film version will most likely jump off from Koontz's first book Prodigal Son, which Read more
Martin Scorsese to direct the family-friendly film adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret — MTV Movies Blog Prince has written a fight song for the Minnesota Vikings. True fact. — Stereogum Harrison Ford's best movies (Working Girl!) — Rotten Tomatoes Slumdog's Danny Boyle to do a stage show of Frankenstein — News Briefs The New Pornographers spill about their upcoming album — Read more
You want to get a meeting with Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro? Good luck. According to a story in Variety today, he's booked . . . for about the next decade. Del Toro, who's already committed five years — five years — to directing and co-writing The Hobbit, has now lined up his next four projects for Universal after that. And they're doozies: Del Toro will remake Read more
Check out new pictures from This Is 40 — The Playlist Meet the actress to play young Angelina Jolie in Maleficent — NextMovie Will 30 Rock get another season? — Zap2it The 20 best moments of Castle season four — BuddyTV Sacha Baron Cohen weighs in on the 2012 election as The Dictator — BuzzFeed The top vacation spots in movies — Rotten Tomatoes 5 lessons learned from Maurice Sendak Read more
Watch Blake Shelton's new music video for "Footloose" — The Hollywood Reporter Aaron Eckhart will star in I, Frankenstein — Moviefone Could Reno 911! make a comeback? — Aol TV Find out what Hugh Jackman's best movies are — Rotten Tomatoes See which famous writer Jena Malone will play onscreen — NextMovie The funniest quotes from this week's episode of The Vampire Diaries — Read more
Find out how many more seasons Dexter was picked up for — Aol TV Find out what critics are saying about Breaking Dawn — Rotten Tomatoes Watch a new trailer for The Vow with Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams — Moviefone Find out about Chuck star Yvonne Strahovski's new monster movie role — The Hollywood Reporter How old-school video game Rampage is being turned into a movie — Read more
Show off your cake decorating skills by making a cute, homemade Halloween cake or cupcakes. Spiders, Frankenstein, and creepy ghosts are just a few Halloween themes you can easily translate to your baked goods. Cakes and cupcakes make a fun and exciting centerpiece to any party, so get your mixer and piping bag out and ready. We've broken it down by hardest to easiest, so you can work with your Read more
Melissa McCarthy is becoming a household name ever since her breakout role in Bridesmaids and and her big Emmy win — both of which are probably drawing more viewers to her CBS sitcom, Mike & Molly. Though some may be hoping to dress up as her hilarious Bridesmaids character for Halloween, McCarthy herself got all done up as the Bride of Frankenstein for the upcoming holiday episode of her Read more
Kate Beckinsale adjusted her bikini bottoms on vacation in Mexico with husband Len Wiseman yesterday. Kate and Len spent their Summer and early Fall together in Toronto working on the remake of Total Recall, which she is starring in and he's directing. Now that they've finished up work on that highly anticipated project, it may be time to shift focus to one of their favorite holidays. Kate, Len, Read more
Gwen Stefani was joined by her three guys, Gavin, Zuma, and Kingston Rossdale, last night for an early dinner at LA's Robata Jinya Japanese restaurant. Zuma arrived with a freshly painted spider on his left cheek just one day after dressing up as a puppy at a friend's birthday party. Big brother Kingston also disguised himself in what appeared to be a green Frankenstein design. Gwen and Gavin Read more
