Following their semi announcement of a sequel to their big hit of the summer, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Fox has hired a writer for a sequel to their second biggest: X-Men: First Class. The choice, however, may not bode well.

Most of the time, blowing up in Hollywood is a good thing.  But this aspiring screenwriter finds himself out hundreds of dollars and detained in jail for blowing up.  Basically, he got a preview of how life will be five coke-infused years later.  Read the strange and sad tale after the jump.

Filmmakers never keep their promises.  They promise big news and announcements, but never deliver on time.  Back in February, J.J Abrams said he would announce if he was returning for Star Trek 2 or not in March.  He announced it Monday.  Two weeks ago, David Slade claimed on Twitter that some Daredevil news would be revealed last week.  The news then broke last night.  Man, I need to buy these guys a calendar or something.

Retribution. What does that word mean to you? Mike Lordi, director of Paranormal and Trepidation, gives us his rendition of the meaning of the word in a film of the same name.

Retribution is Lordi’s latest film about a man named Ryan Mitchell who wants to find out who is responsible for the mysterious murder of his friend Max. There are two gangs that Max was a part of that top Mitchell’s list. One gang is lead by Marcos while the other gang is lead by Dmitri, however, both gang leaders work for Tony Gallinari. Agents Harris and Bates, who have other plans for the Gallinari crime family, intercept Mitchell’s crusade for vengeance. Watch as the action unfolds in this crime thriller as Ryan Mitchell attempts to get RETRIBUTION.

Retribution is about to start the festival circuit and I got a chance to chat with Mike Lordi about his film, what it’s like to not only write and direct a film, but also to act in the same film, as well as a little bit about his thoughts on filmmaking.

After a nearly 3 year long search, Johnny Depp's production company has at last found a screenwriter to adapt 'Dark Shadows' for the big screen.

“Nobody knows anything,” says William Goldman, writer of such Oscar winning scripts as Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and All The President’s Men. I ran across it again recently in an article in England’s superb music magazine Mojo on the film Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, possibly the most (and in a way wonderfully) horrid and inane movie ever made and a flop of staggering proportions.

Yeah, right…. You and everybody else, including me. If that’s your ambition, by now I am sure you’ve encountered the same thing I’ve run into when one mentions it to people — just about everyone has an idea for a movie that they’re sure is a winner. And many of them think they can write a script that will surely hit the silver screen, and then fortune and maybe even fame well follow.