John Huston

Date of Birth

1906-08-05

Date of Death

1987-08-28

Place of Birth

Nevada, Missouri, USA

Known for

The Return of the King, The Hobbit, Chinatown, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Moby Dick

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Stephen King has shared a list of his 10 favorite movies, excluding films based on his own stories and novels

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Stephen King lists his 10 favorite movies (excluding adaptations of his own work)

Posted 9 months ago

Stephen King has shared a list of his 10 favorite movies, excluding films based on his own stories and novels

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WTF Happened to Chinatown?

Posted 3 years ago

In this episode of WTF Happened to This Movie, we look back at Roman Polanski's Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Carnage, Chinatown, The Suicide Squad

Posted 5 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

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Ben Affleck to helm The Big Goodbye chronicling the making of Chinatown

Posted 6 years ago

Ben Affleck is ready to step behind the camera for the first time since 2016's LIVE BY NIGHT as Deadline reports that he's signed on to direct THE BIG GOODBYE for Paramount. Affleck is also set to pen the script...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Ford v Ferrari, Jack Ryan, X-Files

Posted 7 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

Cast This: Jake Gittes (Netflix’s Chinatown prequel series)

Posted 7 years ago

Kevin Everything old is new again. We've seen plenty of classic films and TV shows brought back in some form in recent years, either as a reboot, revival, or long-delayed sequel/prequel. It seems that Roman Polanski's CHINATOWN will be the...

David Fincher & Robert Towne developing Chinatown prequel series for Netflix

Posted 7 years ago

David Fincher seems to be quite happy with his relationship with Netflix as Deadline has reported that he's closed a deal with the streaming service to write a pilot script for a prequel to CHINATOWN alongside Robert Towne, who won...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Dracula, Groundhog Day, Kill Bill

Posted 7 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Emma Thompson producing Black Death script Harrow Alley, written in the ’60s

Posted 8 years ago

In August of 1962, forty-something screenwriter Walter Newman, who received Oscar nominations for his work on the films ACE IN THE HOLE, CAT BALLOU, and BLOODBROTHERS, decided to face his own mortality by writing a script about how people deal...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Batman Rogues, Chinatown, Doctor Who

Posted 9 years ago

Doug Liman is in talks to direct the remake of Victory

Posted 12 years ago

EDGE OF TOMORROW director Doug Liman has already added another project to his ever-growing resume. He is now in talks to helm a remake of the 1981 film VICTORY for Warner Bros. John Huston directed the original, which starred Sylvester...

Drafthouse Films bringing remastered horror epic The Visitor to theaters this Halloween; VOD/DVD/Blu-ray set for early 2014

Posted 13 years ago

Earlier this year we brought you the news that Drafthouse Films would be bringing us a remastered and uncut version of 1979's phantasmagorical sci-fi oddity THE VISITOR, a strange little film that mashed up elements from THE OMEN, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS...

Drafthouse Films revives The Visitor; HD-restored release set for this year

Posted 13 years ago

Do you remember 1979's phantasmagorical sci-fi oddity THE VISITOR? It was a strange little film that mashed up elements from THE OMEN, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, THE BIRDS, ROSEMARY'S BABY, THE FURY and STAR WARS into something truly...