There are some mornings when I wake up, look at my RSS feed and mutter "oh no, not again" to myself. This was one of those mornings. I try, I really do, to be optimistic about every new movie I hear about. At least until there's enough out there to convince me otherwise. But the news this morning that Fox will partner with Electronic Arts to produce a CG-animated adaptation of the evolution simulating computer game "Spore"... I just have a hard time getting behind an idea like that.

This isn't to say there aren't good people involved. "Ice Age" director Chris Wedge will helm the adaptation, working with a script from Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, the same writing duo behind Disney's upcoming "The Princess and the Frog." Talents, no question. But "Spore"? I don't get it. Read more...

You might know him best from “Drake & Josh,” but 22-year-old Josh Peck has just as many fans from his family-friendly work in “Ice Age: The Meltdown.” These days, he’s stepping back into the voiceover booth once again, working on July’s Ashley Tisdale action comedy, “They Came from Upstairs.”

“I’m doing the voice of one of the aliens,” revealed the affable Peck. “I think people are really going to dig it, the animation is sick.” Read more...