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Kevin Bacon instills "Death Sentence"
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Kevin Bacon will join James Wan's "Death Sentence" for 20th Century Fox....the movie will tell of a father who goes out for revenge after his family is killed as part of a gang-initiation crime.

Zhang Ziyi in "Seven Samurai" remake?
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Zhang Ziyi will star in a remake of Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai" for The Weinstein Company.

So Kevin Bacon is basically making Death Wish 2006, and we can see a third version of Seven Samurai soon. What the hell is wrong with these people? They'll remake a movie or bankroll another crappy Rob Schneider one-joke movie but can't do anything original? No wonder people don't go the movies. $10 for a ticket, the same for snacks, and after sitting throught 15 minutes of commercials you get a garbage sequel/remake or some idiotic, watered down to get a PG-13 rating piece of shit. Some studio is going to wake up sooner or later and start making movies again, I just wish I knew when.
- posted by Jasper @ 6:58 AM