Movie Minesweeper - The Application Note Edition

- Merrick discusses the script for the Escape From New York remake at Aint ItCool and makes it sounds utterly redundant, witless and insulting. I'm not sure he agrees, though.

- According to Michael Bay, on his official site, Tom De Santo was barely involved in the creative process behind Transformers and 'treated the set like a theme park' and Don Murphy trashed the script and made Michael 'and the writers feel like a big sh*t pile'. You have to wonder how trustworthy Bay's reportage is - he's been caught out barefaced lying before now.

- Milos Forman isn't directing an Amarillo Slim biopic.

- Kevin Costner is producing The Explorer's Club, a web series that will be animated by the Chiodo brothers.

- WorstPreviews have a picture they claim is from the set of The Wolf Man but... I'm not sure. Yet. Trust me: I like the idea of Mark Romanek being on set, making a new feature film, but my information had this one still in pre-production.

- Director Yam Larans had announced the female lead of his film The Echo on his blog but, curiously, the post disappeared. It's Amelia Warner - maybe he shouldn't have revealed this but, er... too late. The cat is out of the bag.

- Don Bluth has discussed his entire career in a new interview.

Direct Download Link For The Goya's Ghosts Trailer

I remember how long the US had to wait for Hot Fuzz after the UK release. Hardly seemed fair did it? Even more cruel is the delay in the release of Goya's Ghosts.

I saw the film a few weeks back at my local Odeon (Oxford George Street, where a significant number of films are given a truly subpar presentation and, it's quite obvious, the projectionists should have been sacked years ago - the same goes for the Odeon Magdalen Street too) but the US release isn't until late July.

What's more, it's a much better film than the admittedly-excellent Hot Fuzz. Indeed, the only better film I've seen this year was Son of Rambow.

Goya's Ghosts is a bonafide masterpiece and, if your country hasn't had the film yet, you should be marking your diary in anticipation, indulging in a little excitement and downloading the trailer right now.

Goya Again

Another Goya's Ghosts poster, this time with Stellan Skarsgaard joining in the fun, alongside Natalie Portman and Javier Bardem.

Poster For Goya's Ghosts

Featuring Javier Bardem and Natalie Portman, here's the poster for Milos Forman's Goya's Ghosts. Fingers crossed for this one - it could be astonishing. Forman might not like biopics, but he's certainly mastered the art of making them.