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Cool Videos: Interviewer Gordon Keith out-weirds Zach Galifianakis

Posted 16 years ago

When actor Zach Galifianakis made the rounds recently to promote IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY, is safe to assume he wasn’t expecting what he got from interviewer Gordon Keith. Keith, a Dallas radio host, admits on his blog that...

Sam Raimi will try to survive The Day of the Triffids

Posted 16 years ago

Sam Raimi hasn’t seen too much downtime since he left the SPIDER-MAN series behind. He’s working on a WORLD OF WARCRAFT movie, producing a ton of stuff, and heading to Oz with Robert Downey Jr. Now he’s dipping into some...

M. Night Shyamalan’s next is a sci-fi project with Will Smith

Posted 16 years ago

If you thought THE LAST AIRBENDER might have made a ding in filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan’s Hollywood status, not even close. Shyamalan is teaming up with megastar Will Smith for a sci-fi project called ONE THOUSAND A.E., to be produced...

Hellraiser remake to be handled by My Bloody Valentine duo Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer

Posted 16 years ago

There was some minor panic the other day when a rumor went around that Dimension’s long-planned remake of Clive Barker’s HELLRAISER might be going in more of a teen-friendly direction. But it actually sounds like the project is in good...

Brett Ratner and Ben Stiller’s heist movie adds more ethnicity

Posted 16 years ago

Brett Ratner’s last heist movie starred Salma Hayek, Pierce Brosnan, Naomie Harris and Woody Harrelson. His new heist movie stars Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Michael Peña (WORLD TRADE CENTER, OBSERVE AND REPORT) and PRECIOUS star Gabourey Sidibe. Hmmm. Ratner’s TOWER...

Sequel to Piranha 3D already has Feast writers and director

Posted 16 years ago

The modest success of August’s aquatic horror flick PIRANHA 3D was apparently enough for Dimension to fire a sequel into the pipe as quickly as possible — the Weinsteins reportedly want another outing with the water chompers in theaters next...

Jean-Claude Van Damme had a heart attack?

Posted 16 years ago

But don’t worry… he’s still kicking. Numerous JCVD followers dropped us a line to inform us of the news, so we’re passing it along. Apparently Van Damme recently suffered a “mild” heart attack shortly after arriving in New Orleans to...

Magnet will unleash Norwegian mockumentary The Troll Hunter in US

Posted 16 years ago

After it got a rousing reception at the recent Fantastic Fest, it’s no surprise that the Norwegian mockumentary THE TROLL HUNTER is coming to America, courtesy of Magnolia’s genre-friendly label Magnet (MONSTERS, CENTURION). Filmmaker André Ovredal’s vérité style movie follows...

Netflix now streaming HD on your PS3 console

Posted 16 years ago

If you’ve got a Sony PS3 (or a Nintendo Wii), as of today you no longer need to insert a proxy DVD into your console to get access to their vast Instant viewing catalog. Thanks to their new application update,...

Cenobites for teens: a PG-13 Hellraiser remake?

Posted 16 years ago

Your suffering will be legendary… but still commercially palatable? According to Bloody-Disgusting, Dimension’s planned relaunch of Clive Barker’s flesh-ripping classic HELLRAISER is aiming at the TWILIGHT crowd by making it “fitted for teens” (implying a PG-13 rating?). B-D also claims...

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