"We All Live in a Yellow Submarine . . . Some More"
Disney and director Robert Zemeckis of Forrest Gump and Cast Away (and, don't forget, the pain-terrible Polar Express) have been piecing together a deal to remake the animated Beatles classic, using, and I quote, "cutting-edge 3-D feature technology." Because as Jaws 3-D proved once and for all, putting something in fake three dimensions instantly makes it better.
Verdict: Fine, the Beatles only showed up at the end of the movie, and yes, they didn't even do their own voiceovers. But why run yet another iconic movie through the craptastic meatgrinder? (Brought to you by the people behind The Sixth Sense 2: This Other Guy Is Also Dead and Bible: The Extended Dance Mix.)

"Hello Karma, My Old Friend"
A Bollywood film company recently had to pay $200,000 to 20th Century Fox for illegally remaking My Cousin Vinny, which translates as Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai and still, oddly, stars Ralph Macchio in a minor role.
Verdict: With the entire history of cinema to steal from, these jackasses picked My Cousin Vinny? I guess the Sister Act ripoff was already in production. By the way, I lied about Ralph Macchio.

"We're the Kids (From Canada) in America, Way-oh!"
The Kids in the Hall specialize in the comedy of the weird, like a horny chicken lady cruising a Chippendales show, French-Canadian trappers in canoes hunting businessmen for their skins ("We have many Armani!"), and a flying pig who entertains people in line for the ATM. After the show's end in 1995 they made the movie Brain Candy, but never hit TV again -- until now. An eight-part series is shooting in Ontario, which will hit Canada's CBC January.
Verdict: These are some of the strangest, funniest people on television, and they should have a permanent slot on the world's collective Tivo. Let's hope this gets picked up in the States.

"Crap, I Can't Think of a Good Song Title"
The awesome postapocalyptic comic The Walking Dead, about the last surviving humans in a world taken over by zombies, is going to be adapted into a TV series on AMC (home of Mad Men and Breaking Bad) by the director of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.
Verdict: I'm a longtime fan of the comics, but was never on board with the idea of a movie; there's just too much to tell in 90 minutes. A series is the perfect solution, as long as they have the stomach to let it happen; I'm afraid if it isn't instant pop culture gold (please, people were creaming themselves over Mad Men before it even aired), they'll yank it. But I'm telling ya, zombies are the next vampires. You heard it here sixtieth.

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