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John Carpenter turns a girl into a creature with Darkchylde

Posted 16 years ago

Influential genre filmmaker John Carpenter has given us some true sci-fi and horror classics… just not in a while. The director of such awesomeness as HALLOWEEN, THE THING, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, etc., is taking another swing with an adaptation...

Tarsem Singh will direct one of the competing Snow White movies

Posted 16 years ago

UPDATE: The Snow White rivalry is indeed underway. The Wrap says that director Tarsem Singh has officially signed on to direct Relativity’s 3D version of the fairy tale, with production expected to start in March. (Universal has already schedued their...

Release date roundup: Hanks, Apatow, Bourne Legacy, Dark Tower, Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter

Posted 16 years ago

If you like to plan your moviegoing far ahead of time, the studios are happy to oblige. Fox has staked out June 22, 2012 for ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, director Timur Bekmambetov and producer Tim Burton’s adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s...

Colin Farrell beats on people in the trailer for British gangster movie London Boulevard

Posted 16 years ago

Writer William Monahan proved he could handle gangsters with his Oscar-winning work on THE DEPARTED. With LONDON BOULEVARD, he brought that experience and talent to England for his directing debut and rounded up a solid cast that includes Colin Farrell,...

Last House on the Left remaker gets supernatural with The Demonologists

Posted 16 years ago

There’s no shortage of monster hunters hitting movies and TV, so obviously business is a-boomin’. The latest to turn otherworldly matters into work (gotta create jobs!) is THE DEMONOLOGISTS, from the recent THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT remake director...

True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten goes crazy to play Charles Manson

Posted 16 years ago

“True Blood” beefstick Jason Stackhouse may be a simple-minded sort, but there are more layers to actor Ryan Kwanten. The Aussie is shedding the good-natured Southern charmer to play charismatic loon Charles Manson in an upcoming project called THE FAMILY....

Do the Due with Zach and RDJ in these clips from Due Date

Posted 16 years ago

It must have seemed obvious for director Todd Phillips to pair his breakout star of THE HANGOVER with another hot Hollywood commodity for another raunchy R-rated comedy. We’ll find out how the Zach Galifianakis/Robert Downey Jr. duo does delivering the...

Cool Videos: Family flees zombies in creepy The Ocean Black

Posted 16 years ago

Just in time for Halloween (and just before AMC’s “The Walking Dead” gnaws on your eyes), here’s a little slice of hell with some vicious zombies in THE OCEAN BLACK. The atmospheric teaser clip is a proof-of-concept for a potential...

Jeremy Piven will menace Jessica Alba and her family in Spy Kids 4

Posted 16 years ago

On a day when there’s news about sequels to two of the most popular and lucrative movies ever made, everything else seems a bit underwhelming… but here it is anyway. Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has returned to family-friendly fare with SPY...

Is Chris Nolan already looking for his female lead for Batman 3?

Posted 16 years ago

So far, filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s third BATMAN movie is filled with question marks (maybe literally). We know he’s directing from a script by himself and bro Jonah, and that we’ll almost definitely see several principals returning — Christian Bale, Michael...

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