Crazy Rumors

God Bless the late great Paul Newman, but I don’t care if Cruise got his blessing for a remake of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the idea of Cruise as Sundance and John Travolta as Butch Cassidy, makes me want to hurl.

Today’s crazy rumor: Fox is looking to reboot the Fantastic Four franchise, again again. This time they are looking to make it more like Iron Man. As in, it will actually be a good movie that makes a lot of money.

We know. It’s pretty much just an excuse to start discussion and search for pictures of Megan Fox. We’re okay with that.

Two major animation projects might be on the rocks because the coffers are looking empty for Imagi.

In order to keep itself occupied, the internet has gone and replaced last week’s ridiculous Batman 3 rumors with even more ridiculous casting rumors about Iron Man 2. Think two stoners as Iron Man’s most vicious foes…

Need a reason to cry yourself to sleep tonight? Check out these two ridiculous Wonder Woman-related rumors, they should be more than enough.

It isn’t the first time that we’ve found some common ground with actor Terrence Howard, but it is the most recent. Today, like Howard, we find ourselves befuddled.

Our resident cynic Rob Hunter calls major bullshit on the latest rumors coming out of Ridley Scott’s Nottingham project, even though the word appears to have come from the director himself.

Today, the guys over at Ain’t It Cool got a tip from a reader that George Clooney has been sniffing around the now ramping up production of The Lone Ranger.

There is no doubt that Marvel Studios is probably planning out their next four big films, as they’ve set a very tight timetable for them all. But to see Eva Longoria leaving with Avengers comics in hand is quite a surprise.

Yes, the web is filled with rumors, and while we sometimes get them right, they are for the most part, all worth nothing more than the paper upon which they are printed. That said, lets talk about a few of these.

“Sources” are telling the folks at JoBlo that Colin Farrell is in talks to star alongside Downey’s Holmes as Watson. We want to know if you are buying it…

Don’t worry, Christian Bale isn’t getting replaced, but the writer and artist of “The Dark Knight Returns” thinks Sylvester Stallone would kill it as an aged Caped Crusader.

Feel free to do a spit take at your computer screen right about now.

Cher’s in the news again, rumored to be considered for the juicily sexy role of Catwoman opposite Christian Bale in the next Batman.

That’s the rumor being bandied about over at CHUD. If it’s true, then James needs an intervention of good counsel. And I’m just the man to give it.

How perfect is it that Quentin Tarantino may have chosen pop star turned trashy drama queen Britney Spears to star in his Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! alongside hardcore porn star turned actress Tera Patrick?

Should comic book superheroes that already made their filmic debut be rebooted and given a second go-‘round on the silver screen?

Thanks to the internet and the infinite rate at which casting rumors seem to travel, it has now become quite easy for a fledgling celebrity to drum up interest in their good name.

Will Michael Bay transform Megatron into the world’s coolest beer keg? Probably not, but he is bringing him back in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as a tank, proving alcohol even makes Decepticons look better.