(“Jeez, Leanahdo, didjou just faht?”  “Dat’s right.”)

Shutter Island landed atop the box office for the second week in a row with $22.2 million, a modest drop of 44% from its first weekend — the big question was whether it’d perform like a horror movie, which usually drop like a rock the second weekend.  The answer seems to be no.  Said Mark Ruffalo, “Hey Leanahdo, somthin about this island seems queah.”  “You’re right, Mahk, an I’m gonna get to da bawtum of it.  GO SAWX!”

Meanwhile, Kevin Smith, fresh off more flops than your mom’s fat titties (Zack & Miri, Jersey Girl) had his highest-grossing opening ever with Cop Out earning $18.6 million (despite largely negative reviews).  And to think, all they had to do was just not mention it was a Kevin Smith movie or let him do press or use his name in the marketing material at all.

The Crazies earned decent money with $16 million in its first weekend, and even more surprisingly, got pretty good reviews.  It’s exciting because maybe now, people can finally start making zombie movies.  They hardly ever get made and they’re always so… uh… good.  And totally not boring. *pulls crossed fingers out of ass*

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Here’s the trailer for Breck Eisner’s The Crazies, which Timothy Olyphant decided to be in for some reason. It’s a remake of a George Romero zombie film that Overture CEO Chris McGurk said they made because they were trying to do something “clever and smart.” That’s right, he thought redoing someone else’s movie… about zombies… was both clever and smart.  I feel like even a Bedouin nomad or a Kalahari bushmen has already seen this movie like 20 times.

[via THR]

This is the trailer for The Crazies, Breck Eisner’s remake of the 1973 George Romero flick.  Breck Eisner is the son of former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, and last directed the megaflop Sahara.  This one has Timothy Olyphant, and also zombies.  And that Mad Mad World cover song from Donnie Darko.  All in all it looks pretty good if you’re into movies you’ve already seen 12-15 times.  The Crazies, more like The Lazies, amirite?  (*wank wank mouthfart*)

So according to Variety, some dicklicker is doing a remake of George Romero’s 1973 film The Crazies.  In related news, George Romero has been remaking Night of the Living Dead since 1968.

Redo will be directed by Breck Eisner [Michael Eisner's son, shocking -Ed.] ; Romero will serve as executive producer.

“Crazies” revolves around people in a small Kansas town who are beset by a virus that causes insanity and death after a mysterious toxin contaminates the local water supply.  Overture CEO Chris McGurk and chief operating officer Danny Rosett felt it was a good fit for the company’s expanding slate.

“We’ve been trying to move into horror fare that is clever and smart,” McGurk said.

It’s times like these I wish my site had a giant buzzer sound.