Mere weeks after Warner Bros. and Mattel went their separate ways over the He-Man film project, Columbia has entered the picture and is in negotiations with the toy franchise. Warner Bros. had dropped the project because of numerous problems such as multiple script rewrites, a new writer brought in at the last minute, and the …
With his film Black Swan due out in 2010, writer/director Darren Aronofsky is non-stop action, adding another project to his list this week: the story of Britain’s biggest heist (approximately $85 million) and UFC fighter “Lightning” Lee Murray who was arrested in 2006 for allegedly masterminding the crime. Screenwriter Kerry Williamson, who adapted Denis Hamill’s …
Whenever Hollywood chooses to do a remake of a movie – let alone a horror movie – one can hear the collective groan of film buffs everywhere. Murdered were such horror films as Shutter, Halloween, The Amityville Horror, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the list goes on. Now on the chopping block is the 2008 masterpiece …
If you missed our interview last month with John Cregan of Severin Films, than you might not have yet heard the exciting news. Richard Stanley’s classic sci-fi horror, Hardware, (one of my favorite sci-fi films of all time) is finally getting a long overdue DVD release form the boys over at Severin Films. For the …
Rumors have appeared on film website Blackfilm.com that Sahrlto Copley, star of this summers sleeper hit District 9, may play the roll of Captain H.M. “Howling Mad” Murdock in the upcoming A-Team movie. The character of Murdock, played by Dwight Schultz in the original series, is known for his insane nature, as he escapes mental …
Judge Dredd, starring Sylvester Stallone and Diane Lane, was a commercial and critical flop back in 1995. Now, nearly 15 years later, it seems that a reboot for the film is in the works. Screenwriter Alex Garland, known for 28 Days Later and Sunshine, has apparently written a script. The report came in from comic …
After reinventing Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr., director Guy Ritchie will next take a stab at his first comic book adaptation. According to the Hollywood Reporter and Variety, Ritchie has signed on to direct Lobo based on the DC Comics’ anti-hero intergalactic bounty hunter character. Ritchie takes over for Doug Liman who had been …
It seems that director Paul W.S. Anderson is finally throwing in the towel and trying something new. It has been reported through the Hollywood Reported that Anderson along with screenwriter Andrew Davis (who penned the Bridget Jones films) are writing a script for a new Three Musketeers adaptation. Anderson, who directed such films as Resident …
Michael J. Fox, better known for his days as Alex Keaton on ‘Family Ties’ and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, starred in a small film in 1985 called Teen Wolf, a film about a high school basketball player who turns into a werewolf during his “transition” through puberty. Nearly 25 years …
Although the previews for Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 mentioned it was the “final chapter” of the series, there is already word that a third Halloween film will be produced and released for summer 2010. Many critics find this strange as H2 did not do well at the box-office last weekend, making only $17 million and …
Warner Brothers has announced that Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro, in association with Angry Films productions, is set to produce a film adaptation of DC Comic character Deadman. The project in development has set Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel to direct. An official press release has yet to have been confirmed, but according to IMDB, …
With Labor Day weekend approaching, and the summer coming to an end, most movie buffs can look back and find trouble counting the good over the bad. Yet despite all the disappointing blockbusters, 2009 has become the highest-grossing summer ever at the domestic box office, with an estimated revenue of $4.17 billion. According to Variety …
On Monday morning, The Walt Disney Company announced that they have purchased Marvel Entertainment Group for $4 billion in US stocks and cash. This deal will give Disney full ownership of over 5,000 Marvel characters, including Daredevil, Spider-Man and the X-Men clan. This is Disney’s largest acquisition since it bought Pixar Animation Studios in 2006. …
The battle for the role of B.A. Baracus in the A-Team Movie has finally been won over by UFC Fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, who beat out big names like Ice Cube and Tyrese Gibosn. Jackson who never acted before will share the screen time along side Bradley Cooper as Lt. Tempelton ‘Faceman’ Peck and Liam …
DreamWorks studios recently attained rights for transforming Michael Crichton’s final novel Pirate Latitudes for the big screen, with Steven Spielberg to possibly produce and direct. In the screen-writers chair is David Keopp, long time Spielberg and Crichton collaborator, who all worked on Jurassic Park and The Lost World. Set in mid-1600, Pirate Latitudes follows a …
This is definitely the week for Rob Zombie fans to come together and celebrate their favorite singer/writer/director/producer. With Halloween 2 hitting theaters this Friday, Rob Zombie is yet again signing on to direct another remake. According to Variety Magazine, Zombie will write, produce and direct a remake of the 1958 horror flick The Blob. Zombie …
Originally Posted in Creative Loafing. With the loud, dumb and often-disappointing summer movie season behind us, I go into fall with some optimism. There’s a good amount of work by reliable writers and filmmakers, which gives the season a lot of potential. And it’s our first bombardment of Oscar Bait, with many of the titles …
The legendary comedy director, best known for Animal House and The Blues Brothers, as well as for Michael Jackson’s Thriller, is finally returning to the big screen for a new black comedy about a pair of real-life murderous entrepreneurs called “Burke and Hare.” It’s been more than a decade since John Landis made his last …
David Goyer has made quite a reputation in Hollywood as one of the go to writers of comic book adaptations. His credits include penning Dark City, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and the Blade trilogy. With his fame growing each year, he’s been offered plenty of other projects to help develop, mostly all related to …
Another trip down the yellow brick road. 70 years ago, The Wizard of Oz (1939) set the bar in becoming one of the most recognized and beloved films of all time. Yesterday, British tabloid Daily Express announced that a sequel to the much-loved classic could be in the works as of next year. So far, …
It has been confirmed that Brice Willis will be joining fellow action icons Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Expendables. The film, slated for a 2010 release, is based on a group of mercenaries who are trying to take out an evil South African dictator and shot like your typical 80’s-style action flick. Directed …
Yesterday, blog website MarketSaw, specializing in information for 3D videogames and movies, said that the next much anticipated Tolkien adaptation, The Hobbit, will now be produced as a trilogy. Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro has already signed on to direct The Hobbit series, which was confirmed as a two-film deal with New Line Cinema …
As Sony Pictures Entertainment preps the fourth installment of Spider-Man (now on its third rewrite), the studio has hired screenwriter James Vanderbilt to pen Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6. James Vanderbilt penned the first draft of Spiderman 4 before it was taken over by Gary Ross. According to Variety, Raimi didn’t embrace all of Vanderbilt’s …