John August

Date of Birth

1970-04-04

Place of Birth

Boulder, Colorado, USA

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The Best Movie You Never Saw: Go

Posted 3 years ago

THE STORY: Over the course of one Christmas Eve, a disparate group of twenty-somethings deal with drug deals gone wrong, touchy-feely cops, bad drugs trips, angry gangsters, dead-end minimum wage jobs and a whole lot of angst. THE PLAYERS: Starring:...

Timothée Chalamet cast as Willy Wonka in origin tale

Posted 5 years ago

Oompa Loompa, doompety doo, I’ve got another riddle for you! What do you get when you hit the A-list? Multiple big franchises it seems, with Deadline reporting that Warner Bros is casting none other than their Dune star Timothée Chalamet...

Scary Stories sequel will use more of the iconic book illustrations

Posted 6 years ago

It was announced earlier this year that Paramount Pictures and Entertainment One were developing a SCARY STORIES sequel with director André Øvredal, writers Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman, and producer Guillermo del Toro all back for more. The sequel will once...

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Bradley Cooper in early talks to replace DiCaprio in Nightmare Alley

Posted 7 years ago

As Marvel actor Bradley Cooper prepares to come aboard the production of director Gavin O' Connor's war drama ATLANTIC WALL, it's been announced that the A STAR IS BORN filmmaker is in early talks to replace Leonardo DiCaprio in Guillermo del...

Guillermo del Toro wanted Scary Stories to be a nice family horror film

Posted 7 years ago

Guillermo del Toro has long been a fan of Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell's "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" series, even going so far as to purchase a number of the original illustrations when he really couldn't afford...

A new Scary Stories trailer unleashes the ghouls, ghosts and demons within

Posted 7 years ago

A new and frightfully good trailer for Guillermo del Toro and director André Øvredal's SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK has crept out of the shadows, giving us our best look yet at some of the film's featured foes of...

Weekend Box Office Report: Aladdin wishes its way to first!

Posted 7 years ago

Aladdin wishes its way to first! Disney rubbed the lamp and conjured up another hit this weekend as the live-action ALADDIN opened on top at the box office with an estimated $86.1 million! Compared to other recent live-action updates of...

Review: Aladdin

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Aladdin (Mena Massoud), a cunning thief from the streets of Agrabah, gets the chance to rise about his station in life and win the hand of his dream woman, Princess Jasmin (Naomi Scott), when he’s granted three wishes by...

Early reactions: Disney’s Aladdin is a surprisingly fun magic carpet ride

Posted 7 years ago

Every new Disney live-action remake comes under more and more scrutiny as suspicions grow it will be just a carbon copy of the original, just with real people and modern CGI. The latest movie, ALADDIN, as been met with more weariness...

The cast of Aladdin praise the wonders of their film in new featurette

Posted 7 years ago

I know Disney's upcoming live-action adaptation of ALADDIN hasn't exactly been embraced by everyone, but I've slowly been coming around to the Guy Ritchie film; It looks colourful, fun, and it's got those songs which just about everyone and their...

New Aladdin clips show off a whole new live-action world

Posted 7 years ago

Disney shows no signs of slowing down their onslaught of live-action adaptations of their animated films, and the next film on the slate is Guy Ritchie's ALADDIN, which re-imagines the animated classic for a new generation. Although early trailers caused...

Aladdin tracking for magical $80 million opening weekend

Posted 7 years ago

Disney has been doing very well with their series of live-action remakes of their animated classics, with movies like THE JUNGLE BOOK and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST either nearing or crossing $1 billion worldwide. Based on one of their most...

Guillermo del Toro on his favorite Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark monster

Posted 7 years ago

Director André Øvredal and producer Guillermo del Toro‘s upcoming adaptation of Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell’s “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” will bring many of our childhood nightmares to life, and for del Toro, it’s been a long...

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