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Universal’s Locke & Key movie is in limbo because of FOX’s failed series pilot

Posted 13 years ago

Joe Hill is all over the place these days. News broke recently regarding his involvement with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman to reboot TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE over at The CW. That series will now be titled DARKSIDE and will...

SyFy developing a new Beowulf series

Posted 13 years ago

Syfy has put in development a potential news series based on the Old English classic epic poem "Beowulf", according to Deadline who reports that this new series will further examine the hero’s rise to power and his feud with the...

Judd Apatow teams with Key & Peele to make the movie America needs

Posted 13 years ago

Anyone a fan of the show KEY & PEELE? Universal has made a deal with director Judd Apatow, Keegan Michael-Key, and Jordan Peele for an untitled comedy flick. We don’t have any details on the plot but Apatow did say...

Dracula Untold moves closer to Halloween in 2014

Posted 13 years ago

Gary Shore’s DRACULA UNTOLD, starring Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Samantha Barks and Charlie Cox, has just been given a more Halloween-friendly release date by Universal Pictures. The studio had slated the film to open on October 3, 2014m but for...

The Test of Time: The Wolf Man (1941)

Posted 13 years ago

We all have movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? So…the point of this here column...

Universal’s SyFy Films picks up Sci-Fi short Beyond for big screen treatment

Posted 13 years ago

Universal Pictures’ Syfy Films division has optioned the rights to the sci-fi short BEYOND, with the short’s director on board to produce and helm the big-screen translation, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Written, directed and produced by Raphael Rogers, BEYOND...

Universal creating a monstrous universe of movies starting with Van Helsing

Posted 13 years ago

As you’re well aware by now, Universal is in the process of digging all of its old monsters out of the grave and reviving them. They’re currently in production on DRACULA UNTOLD, and new versions of THE MUMMY and VAN HELSING...

Hugh Jackman interested in starring in spy drama Section 6 as the man who inspired James Bond’s boss

Posted 13 years ago

Hugh Jackman may never get the chance to play James Bond, but he may get to play the real man who inspired Ian Fleming's character of M. The highly touted script for SECTION 6 was purchased over the weekend for...

Bates Motel TV movie from 1987 now available on DVD!

Posted 13 years ago

Here’s something quite cool for you PSYCHO completists: The original pilot for “Bates Motel,” which aired in 1987 and starred Bud Cort and Lori Petty, has been quietly released by Universal as part of their “Universal Vault Series”. Yes, they’ve...

Exclusive pics from Halloween Horror Nights Orlando

Posted 13 years ago

Halloween is fast approaching and what better way to get yourself into the spirit of the scaring season than to make your way out to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights? This year is set up to be the scariest yet as...

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