Smurfs and GI Joe Coming To Big Screen, Rolling Stones Go Imax, Neil Young Gets Nerdy

Thanks to the nostalgic success of “Transformers” we’re going to be inundated with worthless movie adaptations of cartoons from our childhood that weren’t very good to begin with. Next up? The fucking Smurfs and then G.I. Joe. [Hollywood.com]

Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Rolling Stones concert film, “Shine A Light” will be getting the IMAX treatment. Don’t get too excited, “Light” isn’t a “No Direction Home”-like history spanning doc. It’s a concert film shot with the aging and decrepit Stones in 2006. The film is set for a September 21 release. [Coming Soon]

Neil Young is writing a graphic novel for D.C.’s Vertigo Imprint? Yup, the comic will be based on Young’s 2003 concept album Greendale, which tells the story of Sun Green, a fictional California teen with a growing sense of political activism. [Publisher’s Weekly]

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Born in Chile, raised in Canada, now living in Brooklyn, NY, Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2007. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, MuchMusic, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.

Rodrigo Perez
Rodrigo Perez
Born in Chile, raised in Canada, now living in Brooklyn, NY, Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2007. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, MuchMusic, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.

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