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  • Micheal Brandt, who along with Derek Haas, has written Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma, will be directing The Double, which he co-wrote with Haas. It was announced today that the spy thriller — about a retired CIA operative (Richard Gere) who partners with a young FBI agent (Topher Grace) to track down the killer of a senator — has added Stana Katic (“Castle”) and Odette Yustman’s ass to the cast. This is good for a variety of reasons, not least of which is that … look! A Topher Grace sighting! … that Katic and Yustman are very attractive people, even if they lack in the talent department. (THR)

  • While MGM’s financial difficulties have cursed both The Hobbit and Bond 23, there is a silver lining: The Red Dawn remake has now been delayed, indefinitely, as the studio can’t afford to either finish the film or release it. It’s the little blessings in life, folks, like a baby’s toes or the small of a woman’s back or the indefinite delay of a shitty unnecessary remake. (Slashfilm)

  • There’s a new image out from “Walking Dead,” Frank Darabount’s zombie television show, and I’ll tell you what: It’s sufficiently creepy that I don’t want to post it in a whippits post because unsuspecting readers might not want to read the rest if this image is plastered across the page. So, if you want to see it, I will point you to Collider.

  • Tony Gilroy, the key writer on the first three Bourne flicks, is being brought back in to script the fourth, referred to as the “Bourne Bible.” That doesn’t mean that Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass are going to return, but if the script is good enough, maybe it’ll be too tempting to resist. Meanwhile, Matt Damon will be busy banging Scotty’s girlfriend. (Deadline)

  • While I don’t necessarily agree with all the choices, I really like the idea behind this list (and in a year from now, after it’s forgotten, I may steal it): The 12 Most Watchable Foreign Films. (ScreenJunkies)

  • There’s a video-game movie in development right now called Kane and Lynch. Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx are attached as the leads. Now, F. Gary Gray (Law Abiding Citizen) may end up sitting in the director’s chair. The only reason I’m telling you this is so that I can remove that tab from my browser, as I suspect no more than four of you could give a rat’s ass. (THR)

  • Here’s another great list idea, but I’m not completely sold on the choices. If you’re going to do a list on the top show killers, you kind of have to include Nathan Fillion, right? (The Wrap)

  • Scott Rudin is developing a Cleopatra movie, and he has Angelina Jolie in mind. Good for him. I will now refrain from the easy joke because I’m married. (USA Today)

  • If you’re in NYC this weekend, and you’re rich, you can play paintball with several cast members of “The Wire.” Yeah. How unfuckinbelievably cool would that be? And it’s all for charity. (Hat Tip: Vermillion) (GammaSquad)

  • The thing is, this very cool Funny or Die video for a Ralph Macchio never-coming-of-age flick is supposed to be funny. And it is. But it feels kind of sad because it’s true, too. Like, I want to give Ralph Macchio a hug now. It’s probably just that damn Arcade Fire song. It kills me every time.

    Seriously, though. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch it. Wax On, Fuck Off.









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    Comments

    " partners with a young FBI agent (Topher Grace) to track down the killer of a senator —"

    Hahahahahahah, Leslie Nielsen is sure to be in there somewhere, right? No? How about Rip Torn? Surely this is some sort of comedy.

    Topher Grace can't pull this shit off. They'd be better of casting Paul Walker.

    Posted by: BarbadoSlim at June 10, 2010 8:51 PM

  • Omar's coming!

    Posted by: greer at June 10, 2010 9:04 PM

    While I'm left slightly cold by Ms. Yustman's ass, the linked-to zombie photo is fantastic!! AMC rules!

    Zommmmbieeeees... come out and plaaaaay!

    Posted by: MM at June 10, 2010 9:34 PM

    I LOVE Topher Grace in a completely non-sexual way and I hope this does well. I keep hoping for his breakthrough. That kid is funny!

    Posted by: Mrs. Julien at June 10, 2010 9:49 PM

    At any mention of a fourth Bourne flick, I instantly think of the time Matt Damon was on the Daily Show saying he'd never do it because it would be the "Bourne Redundancy."

    Posted by: Uda at June 10, 2010 10:01 PM

    The zombie for The Walking Dead may actually be the zombie he stumbles across as he is walking in the first issue. On his way back he stops and kills it.

    Just saying, because that zombie was a woman, and practically a skeleton, that couldn't move and was on the side of the road.

    Posted by: DeistBrawler at June 10, 2010 10:54 PM

    1) OMGTOPHER. I was starting to get worried for him. He can do better than returning from semi-obscurity than Valentine's Day. 2) That made me love Ralph Macchio even more. How adorable is he? If middle-aged men can be adorable. Not that he's aged any since his late 20s. 3) Katic is not untalented! Or maybe I only started to like her when they changed her hair. 4) There is no four. Take that, mofos.

    Posted by: Annie Kar at June 10, 2010 10:59 PM

    i really like frank darabont and zombies, and yet resisted building hype for a tv show that will probably dehydrate zombies and castrate darabonts visions.

    and in an unrelated matter, since there is nowhere else to vex, sometimes i hate that most commenting pajibans seem to read and write at work. this site is so hopping in the afternoons, and so quiet in the evening and so dead at night. some of us aren't being paid a salary to pretend to work. by the time i join a thread, it is dead. rush hour was the middle of the work day.

    I really wonder at the sheer quantity of office workers catching up on collegehumour.com, flash videogames, and half a dozen movie gossip sites, day in and day out, in their slouch ties. how do i get this job? I mean, i fuck the dog on the internet, but its always on my own time. perhaps this is a sadder admission than doing it on the company dime.

    if i had a quarter each of the times an entry on a website warns NSFW I wouldn't need a job. but i also never need the warning. is it the norm that the 17 billion diversionary websites have to warn workers that the next screen won't be appropriate workplace dogfucking. Where is the line between acceptable websurfing leisure at work and stuff that is out of bounds?

    Posted by: idleprimate at June 10, 2010 11:38 PM

    Idleprimate: speaking from a US perspective, NSFW usually indicates nudity but can also denote extreme violence. Must other items are kosher.

    As for why many of us read sites at work, we sit in chairs for hours on ending typing info into databases. A break every hour or so to read a fun site is a good rest for the brain and probably healthier then going outside for a smoke, which is what I used to do.

    Although I cannot speak for the majority of pajibians, I am fairly certain it is an accurate representation of middle class white collar Americans.

    Posted by: Morgan LaFai at June 10, 2010 11:47 PM

    Gott in Himmel!

    Ralph Macchio is like, the sexual genesis of all men I've ever hard hankered for. Good god that was a sucker punch right to the libido, Mr Rowles. Hot damn. I'd still try to destroy him in bed.

    Posted by: replica at June 10, 2010 11:52 PM

    I just had a discussion with a friend about Stana Katic's acting talents. (Yes, it started with Nathan Filion in Castle.) My friend thinks she's "terrible." I say that she's really pretty and that she's not offensive, she's not amazing, she's good enough. Also, she has Nathan to play off of so it all works out.

    She really is very good looking though.

    Posted by: dene at June 11, 2010 12:01 AM

    Morgan laFai(cool moniker, btw): that was my point: it is normal to browse the internet at work, and from the frequency of some commenters, to do it all day long. I managed an office at one time, and my version of NSFW was things that weren't work related. maybe i was just an asshole workhorse taskmaster. I am just amazed at the amount of salary that is paid for people to fuck around idly. sometimes they aren't even dodging work, they just dont actually have any to do, and fucking around the internet means you are still clicking away at your desk looking busy (until something nude or violent comes up).

    Posted by: idleprimate at June 11, 2010 12:15 AM

    Whenever Cleopatra is mentioned, what always comes to my mind is the delicious way Leonor Varela rolled out of that carpet.

    Posted by: arrrghzi at June 11, 2010 1:47 AM

    Idleprimate: It is amazing the amount of time that gets wasted by people "at work" but sometimes one just has to look busy. I temped for years, and while I was always happy to work, usually at the beginning and end of any placement it was a matter of looking busy but not really being busy. But I couldn't exactly say that to an employer cause I needed the money.

    Posted by: Morgan LaFai at June 11, 2010 2:16 AM

    idleprimate:
    You are assuming we all do the same thing. My position is largely reactionary by nature. I chesk some reports in the morning, makes sure all is ok, and then wait to see what goes wrong. In the downtime, I surf the web. We can't have music so that's out. I can't read at my desk, but some co-workers farther from the boss do manage to pull that one off. However when the call or email comes in that there is trouble I don't put it off to finish my newest witty comment before addressing it.

    In conclusion, stop being so judgemental. You have no idea what any of us do on a daily basis. And yes, you sound like you were an asshole to work for.

    Posted by: TylerDFC at June 11, 2010 6:27 AM

    Bourne Bible. Matt Damon finds Jesus...?

    Posted by: SB at June 11, 2010 7:05 AM

    The only times I get to post during daytime nowadays is when I'm on sick leave or on personal time off.


    /misses the good ol' days
    //get off my lawn

    Posted by: BarbadoSlim at June 11, 2010 7:07 AM

    I don’t want to post it in a whippits post because unsuspecting readers might not want to read the rest if this image is plastered across the page.

    Really? After all the Human Centipedes, you're drawing the line HERE? Really.

    Posted by: superasente at June 11, 2010 8:13 AM

    Fuck yeah! Any day I see that header is a good day.

    Thanks, Rowles!

    You rock, dude.

    Posted by: ForbiddenDonut at June 11, 2010 8:32 AM

    While I'm left slightly cold by Ms. Yustman's ass...

    Wha.. What?!?

    That's unpossible!

    Posted by: ForbiddenDonut at June 11, 2010 8:37 AM

    like a baby’s toes or the small of a woman’s back
    ---
    ... the hanging curve, good scotch, and long, slow, deep, wet kisses that last three days.

    Posted by: , at June 11, 2010 10:12 AM

    Congratulations on finding work, Slim.

    Posted by: , at June 11, 2010 10:13 AM

    Six weeks out of the year, I am in non-stop, stress monkey mode, riding herd on 5000+ people to get them to take training they must, by law, complete in order to keep their jobs. No time for the internet then.

    The rest of the time, I manage data and answer questions and do what I can to keep the peace in a very large institution. I'm super efficient at the data parts, and the other things require people to seek me out, so I have a fair amount of down time. I spend most of it reading up on news items that might impact my work. Since that involves tracking the infinite ways people find to express their hatred for one another, once in a while, it becomes necessary to laugh. Good thing I have a boss who doesn't mind, as long as the work gets done.

    Also, no one else wants my job (as I've been told many a time), so I get cut a little slack.

    Posted by: Reba at June 11, 2010 10:58 AM

    While I'm left slightly cold by Ms. Yustman's ass...

    Wha.. What?!?

    That's unpossible!

    To be fair, I'm a girl. And while there are many women who elevate my blood pressure a bit, and I'm completely in thrall of Christina Hendrick's boobies, that girl's ass doesn't do anything for me.

    Posted by: MM at June 11, 2010 12:18 PM

    Am I the only one that has been under the mistaken impression that MM was a boy? Worldview rocked.

    Posted by: TylerDFC at June 11, 2010 1:09 PM

    Congratulations on finding work, Slim.

    Bwahahhahahaa!
    Nice.

    Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at June 11, 2010 1:14 PM

    Am I the only one that has been under the mistaken impression that MM was a boy? Worldview rocked.

    {sniff} No, I'm a girl. To be fair, most of the women on Pajiba talk about how hot other women are on a regular basis, so it can be difficult to spot us.

    Oh, and just in case this was part of the confusion: I'm not Michael Murray who writes Pajiba columns. I'm just someone *else* with the initials MM. And not Marilyn Monroe, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Moore, Marilyn Manson, Mandy Moore, Matthew Morrison, Megan Mullaly, or Marshall Mathers either.

    Posted by: MM at June 11, 2010 3:08 PM

    Am I the only one that has been under the mistaken impression that MM was Marshall Mathers? Worldview rocked.

    Posted by: becks at June 11, 2010 5:12 PM

    That pretty much means that MM is Matthew Modine. AWESOME!

    Posted by: pajamas at June 11, 2010 7:32 PM

    HA! Fooled you. I'm actually Mary Magdalene.

    Posted by: MM at June 11, 2010 8:49 PM

    I was very busy at work this week so I am trying to catch up on posts now that the work week is over for me. Good thing I did too, otherwise I wouldn't have found out about Matthew Modine's sex change operation. See, idleprimate? That's why we need to read this site at work - otherwise we may miss out on important information like this.

    Posted by: Three-nineteen at June 11, 2010 8:49 PM