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Screenwriter, novelist and film industry commentator John Ridley, writer of UNDERCOVER BROTHER and THREE KINGS, among others, slams Hollywood's lack of good parts for actors of color in this biting and hilarious essay. It reads like deleted dialogue from TROPIC THUNDER, the best send-up of Hollywood in a looooong time.

Here's a snippet:

There was Jack Black supplying the voice of a Chinese bear in Kung Fu Panda. I guess the producers of the movie thought that it would be alright for an occidental to voice one of the most revered symbols of China, since they gave actual Asian actors Jackie Chan and Lucy Liu all of like five lines in supporting roles.

Read John Ridley's full commentary here: "Minorities Get Little Respect on the Big Screen."

Hollywood seems so starved for good material that all they're making these days, and for the foreseeable future, is comic movies. This is not a bad thing as long as the movies are good, of course. But I haven't heard a lick about anybody attempting to mount a DOC SAVAGE film. Doc Savage is one of the great pulp heroes of all time, the progenitor of characters like Buckaroo Banzai and so many others. Where's the doc?

Intriguing–Vin Diesel hints that we may not have seen the last of good bad-guy Riddick in the last movie, CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, from 2004. This is surprising considering that the film was not considered a big success, grossing about $115 mil worldwide.

Diesel said: “David Twowy right now is writing the scripts. The only question is
whether we take a page from the ‘Lord of the Rings’ guys and try to
shoot the two chapters at the same time. There are two more in mind.”

More from Diesel from the MTV movie blog.

Oh, how cool is this? Stephen King’s THE MIST, a novella about a group of people trapped in a supermarket during an apocalyptic event, is finally coming to the big screen with uber-King adapter Frank Darabont at the helm. Ain’t It Cool has several entries on their site already from set visits, with some great teaser imagery. THE MIST movie is going to be a must for any fan of Stephen King and anyone who loves thrillers or horror films. Here’s a teaser image; click the image to see more over at AICN.

Wow, oh, wow. Another great Spiderman 3 teaser poster has hit the web. Check it out at Aint It Cool.com. Here’s a small version:

To see the full-sized version in all its glorious detail, click the Spiderman Poster image, and enjoy!