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Favorite Movies: Jaws, Star Wars Trilogy, Aliens, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dawn read more of the Dead ('78), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74), Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, The Manchurian Candidate ('62), Taxi Driver, Back to the Future, Stand by Me, Shaun of the Dead, Boogie Nights, La Dolce Vita, 12 Angry Men, The Birds, Touch of Evil
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The Divide screenwriter set to study the Errors of the Human Body
Posted 16 years ago
We’re still anxiously awaiting Xavier Gens’ post-apocalyptic thriller THE DIVIDE, but while we’re waiting we can start anticipating a project being set up by that film’s screenwriter, Eron Sheean; it sounds like it deals with a good old case of...
Vincent Cassel drops out of Christophe Gans’ Fantomas
Posted 16 years ago
Just last month, our man Jake to the D. brought along news of an exciting project from Christophe Gans (SILENT HILL) called FANTOMAS. The flick, which at the time was just in the development phase, had already attached actors Vincent...
Lasse Hallstrom to direct psychological thriller The Hypnotist
Posted 16 years ago
Lasse Hallstrom, best known for his Oscar-baiting Miramax films like THE CIDER HOUSE RULES and CHOCOLAT, is venturing into much darker territory with THE HYPNOTIST, an adaptation of best selling crime novel by Lars Kepler. The film will be Hallstrom’s...
Jeri Ryan will return as Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat web series
Posted 16 years ago
You’ll recall that the Mortal Kombat short that everyone went nutty about last year will be getting the web series treatment instead of being transformed into a new feature film. (A good idea, if you ask me.) Details have so...
Will Danny Boyle bite down on Sharp Teeth, about shapeshifters in L.A.?
Posted 16 years ago
While Danny Boyle looks after his stage production of FRANKENSTEIN (which will be broadcast live all over the world on MARCH 17th), it’s been a mystery as to what the director will choose as his next feature film. If his...
Luc Besson-produced Lockout, starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace, sets 2012 date
Posted 16 years ago
Back in November, I passed you some info regarding the latest Luc Besson-produced action-fest, LOCKOUT, which is set to star Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace. At the time, newbie distributor Film District had just boarded the film, and all involved...
International Red Riding Hood poster puts Amanda Seyfried on her knees
Posted 16 years ago
The new Spanish poster for Catherine Hardwicke’s RED RIDING HOOD has just popped up over at Aullidos.com I’ll avoid the cheap jokes, but it shows Amanda Seyfried on her knees looking up at us fetchingly while surrounded by white stuff…...
Will a “cursed record” bring about Rob Zombie’s Lords of Salem?!
Posted 16 years ago
Yesterday I passed along the announcement that Rob Zombie will commence production on his next film, THE LORDS OF SALEM in the spring. While we knew that the film dealt with a coven of witches being unleashed in modern day...
Jodie Foster says she’s not officially in Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium… yet
Posted 16 years ago
With a budget of $120 million and expectations through the roof, I thik it’s safe to say that Neill Blomkamp’s sophmore effort ELYSIUM is a film we’re all eager to learn more about. Chances are, we won’t be getting much...
