An Aladdin prequel is the next on Disney’s live-action adaptation agenda

Posted 11 years ago

It's almost comical at this point just how quickly Disney is getting these live-action adaptations off the ground. There are so many in various stages of development that it would be easier to list which of their animated classics aren't...

Writers of The Uninvited welcomed into the Bermuda Triangle

Posted 11 years ago

A couple weeks ago, we learned that screenwriters Juliet Snowden and Stiles White had been hired to do a rewrite on the script for an untitled Bermuda Triangle project that's set up at Universal.  Skydance Productions have their own untitled...

Rock of Ages director in talks to helm Peter Dinklage’s Leprechaun comedy

Posted 11 years ago

Deadline is reporting Adam Shankman (ROCK OF AGES, HAIRSPRAY) is in talks to direct O'LUCKY DAY, a comedy about "a con man who may or may not be a real Leprechaun, but who certainly passes himself off as one" starring...

Friday the 13th to become a TV series and explore Jason’s family history

Posted 12 years ago

As the potential found footage reboot of FRIDAY THE 13TH eyes a director, the iconic Jason Voorhees franchise may be headed to the small screen as well. Sean Cunningham, director of the original FRIDAY THE 13TH, is producing the series...

Friday the 13th reboot eyes V/H/S director David Bruckner to helm the horror

Posted 12 years ago

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from ol’ Jason Voorhees, who was last seen in the rather ho-hum attempt at a reboot with 2009’s FRIDAY THE 13TH from director Marcus Nispel, which has been threatening a sequel ever since....

The upcoming Friday the 13th reboot may not feature Jason at all

Posted 12 years ago

When the news that there would be another FRIDAY THE 13TH reboot coming in 2015, we heard rumors of a found footage approach to the classic slasher franchise that centered on the unkillable Jason Voorhees as he avenges his death...

Paramount’s Friday the 13th reboot to hit theaters in 2015

Posted 12 years ago

No, that's not a typo in the headline: a new Jason movie is in the works, and it will be a reboot. Paramount picked up the rights to the horror franchise from Warner Bros. in June in exchange for the...

The JoBlo Sunday Night Movie Chat: Freddy vs. Jason

Posted 13 years ago

You may have noticed that there haven’t been any new editions of the JoBlo Sunday Night Movie Chat for the past month. Well, there is a reason for that. Frankly put, the chatroom f**ked up. The good news is that...

Secret horror pitch from Friday the 13th writers gets picked up by New Line

Posted 13 years ago

According to THR, New Line Cinema has just picked up the rights to a secret horror pitch from 2009's FRIDAY THE 13TH writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The site says, "No details of the pitch are being revealed, but...

I Want That: Experience being in a slasher movie without the pesky death

Posted 13 years ago

Have you ever thought about being in a real life movie? We have all pretended to be superheroes or action stars or in a slow motion John Woo sequence, but playing horror movie is a little harder. Not many kids...