1981

Taika Waititi to co-write and direct Time Bandits series for Apple

Posted 7 years ago

Children of the '80s rejoice, it's been announced that THOR: RAGNAROK and JOJO RABBIT helmer Taika Waititi has been tapped to co-write and direct the pilot for a potential series adaptation of TIME BANDITS, base on Terry Gilliam's classic fantasy adventure film. Co-produced...

Leigh Whannell tapped to write and possibly direct Escape from New York

Posted 7 years ago

20th Century Fox have been attempting to get a remake of John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK off the ground for quite some time, and it seems that the latest person to take on the project will be Leigh Whannell...

Top 5 Movie Mistakes – Halloween II (1981) (video)

Posted 8 years ago

As David Gordon Green's HALLOWEEN broke records this year, marking an explosive return for the forty year old franchise, we cast our minds back to the original sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 classic, HALLOWEEN. While the 2018 version acts as...

My Favorite Scary Movie: The Burning (1981)

Posted 8 years ago

For the month of October, JoBlo.com staff will be gearing you up for the Halloween season with My Favorite Scary Movie, where we will share our favorite scary flicks, be it gory horror, supernatural thriller or bloody slasher flicks, lending...

Apple snags the rights to Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits for a new TV series

Posted 8 years ago

In the race to adapt every 1980s fantasy property under the sun, Apple as announced that they're nearing a deal that will grant them the rights to director Terry Gilliam's fantasy comedy classic TIME BANDITS. Once Apple sinks their teeth...

Awfully Good Movies: The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Video)

Posted 8 years ago

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) DIRECTOR: Joel Schumacher          CAST: Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty With this weekend marking Marvel’s final blockbuster of the year as Evangeline Lilly suits up and shrinks down alongside Paul Rudd in ANT-MAN AND THE...

Doug Liman in early talks to direct Warner Bros.’ The Cannonball Run reboot

Posted 8 years ago

A reboot of THE CANNONBALL RUN has been in the works for quite a few years, but very little progress has been made. Etan Cohen (GET HARD) was attached to write and direct the project two years ago, but he...

Max Landis has finished the first draft of the American Werewolf remake

Posted 8 years ago

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON from John Landis is a masterful piece of horror-comedy, featuring legendary make-up work from Rick Baker. Being a shining gem of the genre, many fans don’t want to see it remade, but that’s exactly what’s...

TV adaptation of Bill Murray’s Stripes in development at CBS

Posted 9 years ago

One of Bill Murray's most iconic comedies is apparently ripe to be adapated for television, as CBS is in the process of developing a single-camera comedy series based upon the film. There's no way this goes horribly wrong. Right? The...

Hell Night Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Special Features Announced

Posted 9 years ago

Back in September, word got out prematurely that Scream Factory was going to be releasing a special collector's edition of the classic Linda Blair 1981 slasher HELL NIGHT on Blu-ray and DVD. In that post, I told you guys that I would let...

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