A dozen years have gone by since the release of director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 classic The Thing (watch the prequel Here). Looking back at the project now, van Heijningen has some regrets over the way the special effects were handled on the film, and that he was never able to make the sequel they had plans for.
Directed by van Heijningen from a screenplay written by Eric Heisserer and based on the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell (using the pen name Don A. Stuart), The Thing 2011 has the following synopsis: After Norwegian researchers discover an alien ship buried in the ice, paleontologist Kate Lloyd joins the team at the isolated Arctic outpost to investigate. She finds an organism that appears to have perished in the crash eons ago but, in fact, is about to awake. Freed from its icy prison,...
Directed by van Heijningen from a screenplay written by Eric Heisserer and based on the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell (using the pen name Don A. Stuart), The Thing 2011 has the following synopsis: After Norwegian researchers discover an alien ship buried in the ice, paleontologist Kate Lloyd joins the team at the isolated Arctic outpost to investigate. She finds an organism that appears to have perished in the crash eons ago but, in fact, is about to awake. Freed from its icy prison,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist Blu-ray from Synapse
The life and art of Evil Dead special effects artist Tom Sullivan is the subject of Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist. Directed by Ryan Meade, the documentary will be released on Blu-ray on August 1 via Synapse Films.
It features archival Super 8mm, Hi8, VHS, audio, and photo materials, plus new interviews with Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Josh Becker, Danny Hicks, Hal Delrich, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, Scott Spiegel, and more.
The disc carries nearly four hours of extras, including Other Men’s Careers, a documentary on filmmaker/Evil Dead alumnus Josh Becker; a 1989 interview with Sullivan; an unedited interview...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist Blu-ray from Synapse
The life and art of Evil Dead special effects artist Tom Sullivan is the subject of Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist. Directed by Ryan Meade, the documentary will be released on Blu-ray on August 1 via Synapse Films.
It features archival Super 8mm, Hi8, VHS, audio, and photo materials, plus new interviews with Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Josh Becker, Danny Hicks, Hal Delrich, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, Scott Spiegel, and more.
The disc carries nearly four hours of extras, including Other Men’s Careers, a documentary on filmmaker/Evil Dead alumnus Josh Becker; a 1989 interview with Sullivan; an unedited interview...
- 4/21/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
A well-made new chapter in Sam Raimi’s splatter series delivers some impressively nasty violence but fails to leave much of a lasting impression
There was a surprisingly straight face attached to 2013’s bracingly nasty Evil Dead reboot, a surprise given both the knockabout humour of Sam Raimi’s original films and the genre landscape at the time. A visceral demonic body horror performed without a knowing wink and with a decent budget was not exactly run-of-the-mill back then and isn’t exactly commonplace now, despite the genre’s ever-increasing churn, and could explain why its robust box office performance didn’t immediately translate to more Evil outings.
A decade later at a time when dead franchises are coming back to life with more gusto than arguably ever before, Evil Dead Rise is an inevitable resurrection, following on from recent revivals of Scream, Hellraiser and Halloween and before we see more of The Exorcist,...
There was a surprisingly straight face attached to 2013’s bracingly nasty Evil Dead reboot, a surprise given both the knockabout humour of Sam Raimi’s original films and the genre landscape at the time. A visceral demonic body horror performed without a knowing wink and with a decent budget was not exactly run-of-the-mill back then and isn’t exactly commonplace now, despite the genre’s ever-increasing churn, and could explain why its robust box office performance didn’t immediately translate to more Evil outings.
A decade later at a time when dead franchises are coming back to life with more gusto than arguably ever before, Evil Dead Rise is an inevitable resurrection, following on from recent revivals of Scream, Hellraiser and Halloween and before we see more of The Exorcist,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
We love a good micro do-it-yourself indie and we think horror fans are going to be blown away by Adrian Konstant‘s survival horror film Shifted, which has shades of George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead with a modern twist.
The festival favorite, now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox, takes us into a world where a group of neighbors are fighting for survival on multiple fronts, where no one is safe if they stay and no one is safe if they leave.
“As murderous creatures ravage the outside, a group of neighbors take refuge in an isolated house. Their relief is short-lived as a sinister secret hides within those walls, and they become the prey of a serial killer hidden among them. As supplies dwindle and paranoia grows, they are left to wonder who will survive when the world has Shifted?”
Shifted joins Screambox’s jam-packed...
The festival favorite, now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox, takes us into a world where a group of neighbors are fighting for survival on multiple fronts, where no one is safe if they stay and no one is safe if they leave.
“As murderous creatures ravage the outside, a group of neighbors take refuge in an isolated house. Their relief is short-lived as a sinister secret hides within those walls, and they become the prey of a serial killer hidden among them. As supplies dwindle and paranoia grows, they are left to wonder who will survive when the world has Shifted?”
Shifted joins Screambox’s jam-packed...
- 4/18/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
This week is absolutely jam-packed with fresh horrors on the big screen and the smaller screen, but the highlight is of course the box office return of the Evil Dead franchise.
Can you believe it’s been Ten Years since Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead?!
Here’s all the new horror releasing April 18 – April 23, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Drawing comparisons to Night of the Living Dead and The Thing, Screambox Original Shifted is Now Streaming. The ambitious indie horror tale finds a group of neighbors trapped by murderous creatures with a serial killer hidden among them.
Shifted is written and directed by Adrian Konstant, based on a story by Konstant and producer Jason T. Green. Michael Wurtz, Derek Lackenbauer, Victoria Dunsmore, Brian Otto, Alyssa Anne Blasak, Zach Parsons, Jenna Gagliardi, Alyssa Schermel, and Sean Rey star.
As murderous creatures ravage the outside,...
Can you believe it’s been Ten Years since Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead?!
Here’s all the new horror releasing April 18 – April 23, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Drawing comparisons to Night of the Living Dead and The Thing, Screambox Original Shifted is Now Streaming. The ambitious indie horror tale finds a group of neighbors trapped by murderous creatures with a serial killer hidden among them.
Shifted is written and directed by Adrian Konstant, based on a story by Konstant and producer Jason T. Green. Michael Wurtz, Derek Lackenbauer, Victoria Dunsmore, Brian Otto, Alyssa Anne Blasak, Zach Parsons, Jenna Gagliardi, Alyssa Schermel, and Sean Rey star.
As murderous creatures ravage the outside,...
- 4/18/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Drawing comparisons to Night of the Living Dead and The Thing, Screambox Original Shifted streams on April 18. The ambitious indie horror tale finds a group of neighbors trapped by murderous creatures with a serial killer hidden among them.
Unleash the beast by watching an exclusive sneak-peek clip below…
Shifted is written and directed by Adrian Konstant, based on a story by Konstant and producer Jason T. Green. Michael Wurtz, Derek Lackenbauer, Victoria Dunsmore, Brian Otto, Alyssa Anne Blasak, Zach Parsons, Jenna Gagliardi, Alyssa Schermel, and Sean Rey star.
As murderous creatures ravage the outside, a group of neighbors take refuge in an isolated house. Their relief is short-lived as a sinister secret hides within those walls, and they become the prey of a serial killer hidden among them. As supplies dwindle and paranoia grows, they are left to wonder who will survive when the world has Shifted.
“Our home is our place of safety,...
Unleash the beast by watching an exclusive sneak-peek clip below…
Shifted is written and directed by Adrian Konstant, based on a story by Konstant and producer Jason T. Green. Michael Wurtz, Derek Lackenbauer, Victoria Dunsmore, Brian Otto, Alyssa Anne Blasak, Zach Parsons, Jenna Gagliardi, Alyssa Schermel, and Sean Rey star.
As murderous creatures ravage the outside, a group of neighbors take refuge in an isolated house. Their relief is short-lived as a sinister secret hides within those walls, and they become the prey of a serial killer hidden among them. As supplies dwindle and paranoia grows, they are left to wonder who will survive when the world has Shifted.
“Our home is our place of safety,...
- 4/13/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The official poster for the original Tremors (1990) ended up paying homage to the iconic poster art for Jaws, but as always, several different concepts were originally tossed about.
Taking to his must-follow Twitter account this week, legendary poster artist Drew Struzan shares two alternate Tremors poster concepts he whipped up back in the day!
The two concepts were ultimately unused, but you can check them out below. Unlike the film’s official poster, there’s not a Graboid in sight on Struzan’s artwork, which instead focuses on the film’s human characters and only teases the horror beneath the surface.
Drew Struzan is currently retired but his poster artwork was integral to the success of countless notable films including Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, The Thing and The Goonies.
You can learn more about Struzan over on his official website.
“Tremors” Unpublished Original #MoviePoster Concept Art…
This 1990 film stars Kevin Bacon,...
Taking to his must-follow Twitter account this week, legendary poster artist Drew Struzan shares two alternate Tremors poster concepts he whipped up back in the day!
The two concepts were ultimately unused, but you can check them out below. Unlike the film’s official poster, there’s not a Graboid in sight on Struzan’s artwork, which instead focuses on the film’s human characters and only teases the horror beneath the surface.
Drew Struzan is currently retired but his poster artwork was integral to the success of countless notable films including Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, The Thing and The Goonies.
You can learn more about Struzan over on his official website.
“Tremors” Unpublished Original #MoviePoster Concept Art…
This 1990 film stars Kevin Bacon,...
- 4/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
An homage to films including Hellraiser, The Thing, Alien, and The Exorcist, upcoming horror movie Thorns is said to be “ripe with physical makeup effects and plenty of gore,” both of which have been on full display in all the imagery we’ve seen so far. Bloody Disgusting has now been provided with several more first-look images, exclusively being shared below.
From director Douglas Schulze (The Dark Below, Hellmaster, Mimesis), Thorns features horror icon Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), said to be playing a “mysterious archbishop.”
Check out the gallery below to see Bradley and more sights from the film.
In Thorns, “An ex-priest working for NASA is sent to investigate a remote observatory that went silent after receiving a mysterious radio signal from deep space. Upon arrival, he discovers the signal has opened a portal unleashing a thorned monster. The former priest must now summon his lost faith to stop the...
From director Douglas Schulze (The Dark Below, Hellmaster, Mimesis), Thorns features horror icon Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), said to be playing a “mysterious archbishop.”
Check out the gallery below to see Bradley and more sights from the film.
In Thorns, “An ex-priest working for NASA is sent to investigate a remote observatory that went silent after receiving a mysterious radio signal from deep space. Upon arrival, he discovers the signal has opened a portal unleashing a thorned monster. The former priest must now summon his lost faith to stop the...
- 4/10/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
David Foster, the prolific Hollywood producer whose credits included “The Getaway,” “McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” two versions of “The Thing” and “The Mask of Zorro,” died on Monday, his family told TheWrap. He was 90.
Foster’s entertainment career spanned six decades.
He started as a publicist at Rogers and Cowan, representing top tier talent including Steve McQueen, Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers and Sonny and Cher. He then became a partner at Allan, Foster, Ingersoll and Weber.
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In 1968, Foster moved to producing, partnering with Mitchell Brower to produce the Warren Beatty and Julie Christie film “McCabe and Mrs. Miller.” He produced McQueen’s 1971 hit “The Getaway.”
Additionally, he produced the 1981 comedy “Caveman” starring Ringo Starr, the heartwarming 1986 family sci-fi film “Short Circuit” and its 1988 sequel and two versions of the horror film “The Thing” (1982 and 2011). His other...
Foster’s entertainment career spanned six decades.
He started as a publicist at Rogers and Cowan, representing top tier talent including Steve McQueen, Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers and Sonny and Cher. He then became a partner at Allan, Foster, Ingersoll and Weber.
Also Read: Allee Willis, Grammy-Winning Songwriter Who Wrote 'Friends' Theme, Dies at 72
In 1968, Foster moved to producing, partnering with Mitchell Brower to produce the Warren Beatty and Julie Christie film “McCabe and Mrs. Miller.” He produced McQueen’s 1971 hit “The Getaway.”
Additionally, he produced the 1981 comedy “Caveman” starring Ringo Starr, the heartwarming 1986 family sci-fi film “Short Circuit” and its 1988 sequel and two versions of the horror film “The Thing” (1982 and 2011). His other...
- 12/25/2019
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
Prolific movie producer David Foster, who collaborated with Steve McQueen on “The Getaway” and shepherded Robert Altman’s “McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 90.
Foster started in the business as a publicist representing McQueen along with Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Shirley MacLaine, Andy Williams and Sonny and Cher.
He left publicity and partnered with Mitchell Brower, where their first production was acclaimed 1971 Western “McCabe and Mrs. Miller.” Warren Beatty and Julie Christie starred, with Christie netting an Oscar nom.
In 1972, he produced Sam Peckinpah’s “The Getaway” in collaboration with McQueen and Ali McGraw. It became one of Peckinpah’s most financially successful films.
Foster partnered with “The Graduate” producer Larry Turman in 1974. The Turman Foster Company started out with “The Drowning Pool,” starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and continued with “Heroes,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing,” “Running Scared,” 1994’s reboot of “The Getaway” and “The River Wild.
Foster started in the business as a publicist representing McQueen along with Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Shirley MacLaine, Andy Williams and Sonny and Cher.
He left publicity and partnered with Mitchell Brower, where their first production was acclaimed 1971 Western “McCabe and Mrs. Miller.” Warren Beatty and Julie Christie starred, with Christie netting an Oscar nom.
In 1972, he produced Sam Peckinpah’s “The Getaway” in collaboration with McQueen and Ali McGraw. It became one of Peckinpah’s most financially successful films.
Foster partnered with “The Graduate” producer Larry Turman in 1974. The Turman Foster Company started out with “The Drowning Pool,” starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and continued with “Heroes,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing,” “Running Scared,” 1994’s reboot of “The Getaway” and “The River Wild.
- 12/25/2019
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran Hollywood producer David Foster died Monday. He was 90 years old.
Foster’s career spanned 60 years and he produced such films as McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Getaway, and John Carpenters’ The Thing. Foster began his career as a publicist representing such talent as Steve McQueen, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Shirley McClain, Andy Williams, James Coburn, Sonny and Cher and many others. He worked first at Rogers and Cowan, and then as a partner at Allan, Foster Ingersoll and Weber from 1960 to 1968.
In 1968, at the urging of many of his clients, he became a film producer. He partnered with Mitchell Brower and right out the gate they produced Robert Altman’s classic McCabe And Mrs. Miller, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. He partnered with his close friend, Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw to produce the Sam Peckinpah-directed hit The Getaway.
In 1974, he formed a company with The Graduate producer Larry Turman.
Foster’s career spanned 60 years and he produced such films as McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Getaway, and John Carpenters’ The Thing. Foster began his career as a publicist representing such talent as Steve McQueen, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Shirley McClain, Andy Williams, James Coburn, Sonny and Cher and many others. He worked first at Rogers and Cowan, and then as a partner at Allan, Foster Ingersoll and Weber from 1960 to 1968.
In 1968, at the urging of many of his clients, he became a film producer. He partnered with Mitchell Brower and right out the gate they produced Robert Altman’s classic McCabe And Mrs. Miller, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. He partnered with his close friend, Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw to produce the Sam Peckinpah-directed hit The Getaway.
In 1974, he formed a company with The Graduate producer Larry Turman.
- 12/25/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
David Foster, the prolific movie producer of such films as The Getaway, McCabe and Mrs. Miller and John Carpenter's The Thing, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 90.
Foster lived "a full life and was extremely proud of his 60-year journey in the entertainment industry," said his son Gary Foster, a producer.
Born in 1929 in the Bronx, Foster had an entertainment career that spanned six decades and included more than 30 films. Before becoming a producer, he was a publicist representing such talent as Steve McQueen, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Shirley MacLaine, Andy Williams, James Coburn and Sonny ...
Foster lived "a full life and was extremely proud of his 60-year journey in the entertainment industry," said his son Gary Foster, a producer.
Born in 1929 in the Bronx, Foster had an entertainment career that spanned six decades and included more than 30 films. Before becoming a producer, he was a publicist representing such talent as Steve McQueen, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Shirley MacLaine, Andy Williams, James Coburn and Sonny ...
- 12/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
David Foster, the prolific movie producer of such films as The Getaway, McCabe and Mrs. Miller and John Carpenter's The Thing, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 90.
Foster lived "a full life and was extremely proud of his 60-year journey in the entertainment industry," said his son Gary Foster, a producer.
Born in 1929 in the Bronx, Foster had an entertainment career that spanned six decades and included more than 30 films. Before becoming a producer, he was a publicist representing such talent as Steve McQueen, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Shirley MacLaine, Andy Williams, James Coburn and Sonny ...
Foster lived "a full life and was extremely proud of his 60-year journey in the entertainment industry," said his son Gary Foster, a producer.
Born in 1929 in the Bronx, Foster had an entertainment career that spanned six decades and included more than 30 films. Before becoming a producer, he was a publicist representing such talent as Steve McQueen, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Shirley MacLaine, Andy Williams, James Coburn and Sonny ...
- 12/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Shout! Factory's genre label Scream Factory has become the Blu-ray home of legendary filmmaker John Carpenter as of the last few years, and the latest release is the kung-fu action flick Big Trouble in Little China. Made just before lead Kurt Russell became a star, Big Trouble in Little China came out in 1986. This was after both Carpenter's dread-filled, existential opus The Thing and the TV film Elvis, both of which Russell starred in. Okay. So, I still don't know how I feel about Big Trouble in Little China; it's a very strange film that's both a modern Western set in San Francisco as well as a hyperactive, deeply and darkly magical Eastern extravaganza. There's some regrettable stereotyping and laughable...
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- 12/23/2019
- Screen Anarchy
"Do you want to play a game?"
Of course, you do! Especially games that involve torturous death! Lionsgate has released some more goodies for all you Saw fans out there! We have a new featurette, clip, and a couple TV spots for the eighth film in the horror franchise, Jigsaw. They give us a glimpse of the nightmarish terror that awaits audiences and unravel the philosophy of the iconic killer Jigsaw.
I don't know about this movie. I was done with this franchise and now Lionsgate is trying to lure me back in with the return of a killer that's supposed to be dead! When talking about the upcoming film, co-director Michael Spierig told EW:
“We’ve got some pretty wild traps in the film — we don’t shy away from the gore. It’s such a perfect Halloween scarefest. It’s perhaps not quite as vicious and more fun,...
Of course, you do! Especially games that involve torturous death! Lionsgate has released some more goodies for all you Saw fans out there! We have a new featurette, clip, and a couple TV spots for the eighth film in the horror franchise, Jigsaw. They give us a glimpse of the nightmarish terror that awaits audiences and unravel the philosophy of the iconic killer Jigsaw.
I don't know about this movie. I was done with this franchise and now Lionsgate is trying to lure me back in with the return of a killer that's supposed to be dead! When talking about the upcoming film, co-director Michael Spierig told EW:
“We’ve got some pretty wild traps in the film — we don’t shy away from the gore. It’s such a perfect Halloween scarefest. It’s perhaps not quite as vicious and more fun,...
- 10/19/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Lionsgate has released a new illustrated poster for the upcoming "Jigsaw", the eighth film in the "Saw" horror franchise featuring the return of Tobin Bell. Like all of the films before it, Jigsaw will arrive just ahead of Halloween on October 27. The upcoming sequel, which fittingly comes seven years after "Saw: The Final Chapter", will star Laura Vandervoort ("Supergirl"), Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, Clé Bennett ("Arrow"), Callum Keith Rennie ("Warcraft", "Battlestar Galactica"), Matt Passmore , Paul Braunstein ("The Thing"), Bonnie Siu ("Pacific Rim"), Sonia Dhillon Tully ("Brown Girl Begins") and Tobin Bell. The eighth Saw movie is directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig ("Daybreakers") from a script by Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg ("Piranha 3D",...
- 9/27/2017
- www.ohmygore.com/
Lionsgate has released even more posters for the upcoming "Jigsaw", the eighth film in the "Saw" horror franchise featuring the return of Tobin Bell. Like all of the films before it, Jigsaw will arrive just ahead of Halloween on October 27. The upcoming sequel, which fittingly comes seven years after "Saw: The Final Chapter", will star Laura Vandervoort ("Supergirl"), Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, Clé Bennett ("Arrow"), Callum Keith Rennie ("Warcraft", "Battlestar Galactica"), Matt Passmore , Paul Braunstein ("The Thing"), Bonnie Siu ("Pacific Rim"), Sonia Dhillon Tully ("Brown Girl Begins") and Tobin Bell. The eighth Saw movie is directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig ("Daybreakers") from a script by Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg ("Piranha 3D", "Sorority...
- 9/19/2017
- www.ohmygore.com/
Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Bridget Regan, Amanda Schull, Javier Botet, Shawn Ashmore | Written and Directed by Clay Staub
A wife and child have gone missing in the small town of Devil’s Gate, North Dakota. While all indicators point to husband Jackson Pritchard as the prime suspect, pushy outsider FBI agent Daria Francis instinctively feels something else is going on in this incestuous hamlet and together with deputy Colt Salter goes to investigate. And indeed they do track down Pritchard, a man caged in unrelenting darkness and despair…
A genre-bending, genre-blending mix of horror, sci-fi and backwoods adventure, Devil’s Gate is one of those films that takes oftern cliched parts from other genres and utilises them in new ways – by playing with and subverting audience expectations to create a story that uses misdirect and convention-bending in ways other films use stereotypes and cliches. Even the title is a misdirect!
Starting...
A wife and child have gone missing in the small town of Devil’s Gate, North Dakota. While all indicators point to husband Jackson Pritchard as the prime suspect, pushy outsider FBI agent Daria Francis instinctively feels something else is going on in this incestuous hamlet and together with deputy Colt Salter goes to investigate. And indeed they do track down Pritchard, a man caged in unrelenting darkness and despair…
A genre-bending, genre-blending mix of horror, sci-fi and backwoods adventure, Devil’s Gate is one of those films that takes oftern cliched parts from other genres and utilises them in new ways – by playing with and subverting audience expectations to create a story that uses misdirect and convention-bending in ways other films use stereotypes and cliches. Even the title is a misdirect!
Starting...
- 8/29/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Sandra Bullock, who survived space in Gravity, will now attempt to outlast an extraterrestrial attack in Netflix’s post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box, writes THR. Danish helmer Susanne Bier will direct from a screenplay written by The Arrival‘s Eric Heisserer, who also penned The Thing, A Nightmare on Elm Street and even Final Destination 5. Based on […]...
- 7/19/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Ryan Lambie Jun 8, 2017
Two years on, Neill Blomkamp reflects on the themes and critical reaction to his divisive sci-fi film, Chappie...
"Part sci-fi action film, part crime thriller, part existential drama" was how we described Chappie when it came out in 2015: a genre piece that, beneath its off-beat tone and designer violence, said something quite pertinent and moving about the human experience.
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Its central character, an innocent robot installed with artificial intelligence, is as vulnerable to his surroundings and upbringing as any human child; little wonder, then, that in the space of a few days of living with a pair of gangsters, Chappie (played by a mo-capped Sharlto Copley) goes from budding young artist to gun-toting outlaw. For us, this was one reason why Chappie was such an effective, absorbing sci-fi movie - though, to our surprise,...
Two years on, Neill Blomkamp reflects on the themes and critical reaction to his divisive sci-fi film, Chappie...
"Part sci-fi action film, part crime thriller, part existential drama" was how we described Chappie when it came out in 2015: a genre piece that, beneath its off-beat tone and designer violence, said something quite pertinent and moving about the human experience.
See related Poldark: a beginners’ guide Poldark series 3: brand new trailer
Its central character, an innocent robot installed with artificial intelligence, is as vulnerable to his surroundings and upbringing as any human child; little wonder, then, that in the space of a few days of living with a pair of gangsters, Chappie (played by a mo-capped Sharlto Copley) goes from budding young artist to gun-toting outlaw. For us, this was one reason why Chappie was such an effective, absorbing sci-fi movie - though, to our surprise,...
- 6/7/2017
- Den of Geek
From writer-director Clay Staub—an award-winning commercial director, and the the second unit director of genre films, including The Thing and Dawn of the Dead—Devil’s Gate was one of the more chilling genre-benders to premiere at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. Premiering in the Midnight section, the film follows a Gone Girl-type investigation into the disappearance of a mother (Bridget Regan) and child in a small, ominously-named North Dakota town. When all signs point…...
- 5/3/2017
- Deadline
When talking about success in Hollywood, luck often comes up. And while the whims of the universe certainly have a lot of sway over everything, there is simply no substitution for good, old fashioned hard work. So if you're an aspiring screenwriter, pay attention to Arrival screenwriter Eric Heisserer. His is a classical, head down, put in the work, kind of success story. Before 2016, Heisserer was king of the horror reboot thanks to the hat trick of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Final Destination 5, and The Thing. That also made him the king of seeing what happens when you hand in your pages and then step away from a production. So starting with 2013's Hours, which he also directed, Heisserer sought more control over projects that originated with him (Aka spec...
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- 2/14/2017
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Don’t abandon hope, “Moonlight” lovers.
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Don’t abandon hope, “Moonlight” lovers.
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
In the nearly 20 years since Ted Chiang’s “The Story of Your Life” was published, the story took on a near-mythic quality in the realm of short fiction. As a nuanced, layered piece of science fiction, it blended the complex notions of parental grief with a granular examination of interspecies linguistics. However, the narrative approach that brought Chiang so much acclaim also seemed destined to keep the story confined to words on a page.
Enter screenwriter Eric Heisserer, whose varied interests and occupations provided just the right outside-the-box approach to help guide Dr. Louise Banks’ triumph and heartbreak to the screen in the form of “Arrival.” Heisserer is familiar with genre scripts that stem from an established framework, having worked on “The Thing,” “Nightmare on Elm Street” and a later installment of the the “Final Destination” franchise.
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Enter screenwriter Eric Heisserer, whose varied interests and occupations provided just the right outside-the-box approach to help guide Dr. Louise Banks’ triumph and heartbreak to the screen in the form of “Arrival.” Heisserer is familiar with genre scripts that stem from an established framework, having worked on “The Thing,” “Nightmare on Elm Street” and a later installment of the the “Final Destination” franchise.
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- 2/7/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
It’s that special time of year again when Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Studio Adi release another behind-the-scenes look at one of the animatronic creatures we saw way too little of in The Thing prequel. We did see some of this,… Continue Reading →
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- 12/6/2016
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Australian actor Joel Edgerton has been tooling around as an actor for quite some time--even playing Uncle Owen in George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels--but he’s been making a bigger impact on these shores in recent years with dramatic roles in Warrior, The Thing, The Great Gatsby, Black Mass and other films. He even went behind the camera to direct last year’s thriller The Gift.
With his role in Jeff Nichols’ Loving—his second back-to-back film with Nichols after appearing in Midnight Special—Edgerton is starting to be taken more seriously as a potential Oscar nominee for his role as Richard Loving, a Virginia man who back in the late ’50s married his black sweetheart Mildred (Ruth Negga from Preacher), although it was illegal in the state for them to do so. They essentially leave their families behind and go into hiding until their story is discovered by the...
With his role in Jeff Nichols’ Loving—his second back-to-back film with Nichols after appearing in Midnight Special—Edgerton is starting to be taken more seriously as a potential Oscar nominee for his role as Richard Loving, a Virginia man who back in the late ’50s married his black sweetheart Mildred (Ruth Negga from Preacher), although it was illegal in the state for them to do so. They essentially leave their families behind and go into hiding until their story is discovered by the...
- 11/9/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Look under the hood and many of the Hollywood studios’ best movies are independently financed, like Paramount Pictures’ “Arrival.” The studio won the brainy sci-fi thriller in a Cannes 2014 bidding war, plunking down a record $20 million for North America and other territories — but only after it was already financed and packaged with Oscar-nominated Denis Villeneuve, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner.
“Arrival” was initially developed at Twentieth Century Fox, where director-producer Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment has sustained a rich first-look production deal for 10 years that stretches back to the first “Night at the Museum.” Levy, who studied English and Theater at Yale, has continued to direct family movies like “Cheaper By the Dozen” and DreamWorks’ “Real Steel;” meanwhile, 21 Laps also produced “Date Night,” the $2-million Sundance A24 hit “The Spectacular Now” (developed from the bestseller), and discovery Matt and Ross Duffer’s breakout sci-fi Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Levy and...
“Arrival” was initially developed at Twentieth Century Fox, where director-producer Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment has sustained a rich first-look production deal for 10 years that stretches back to the first “Night at the Museum.” Levy, who studied English and Theater at Yale, has continued to direct family movies like “Cheaper By the Dozen” and DreamWorks’ “Real Steel;” meanwhile, 21 Laps also produced “Date Night,” the $2-million Sundance A24 hit “The Spectacular Now” (developed from the bestseller), and discovery Matt and Ross Duffer’s breakout sci-fi Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Levy and...
- 11/9/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Look under the hood and many of the Hollywood studios’ best movies are independently financed, like Paramount Pictures’ “Arrival.” The studio won the brainy sci-fi thriller in a Cannes 2014 bidding war, plunking down a record $20 million for North America and other territories — but only after it was already financed and packaged with Oscar-nominated Denis Villeneuve, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner.
“Arrival” was initially developed at Twentieth Century Fox, where director-producer Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment has sustained a rich first-look production deal for 10 years that stretches back to the first “Night at the Museum.” Levy, who studied English and Theater at Yale, has continued to direct family movies like “Cheaper By the Dozen” and DreamWorks’ “Real Steel;” meanwhile, 21 Laps also produced “Date Night,” the $2-million Sundance A24 hit “The Spectacular Now” (developed from the bestseller), and discovery Matt and Ross Duffer’s breakout sci-fi Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Levy and...
“Arrival” was initially developed at Twentieth Century Fox, where director-producer Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment has sustained a rich first-look production deal for 10 years that stretches back to the first “Night at the Museum.” Levy, who studied English and Theater at Yale, has continued to direct family movies like “Cheaper By the Dozen” and DreamWorks’ “Real Steel;” meanwhile, 21 Laps also produced “Date Night,” the $2-million Sundance A24 hit “The Spectacular Now” (developed from the bestseller), and discovery Matt and Ross Duffer’s breakout sci-fi Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Levy and...
- 11/9/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
MaryAnn’s quick take…
Intelligent, intense, grownup science fiction that will thrill genre lovers and satisfy fans of moving human drama. A beautiful, thought-provoking film. I’m “biast” (pro): huge science fiction fan; desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Gravity in October 2013. Interstellar in November 2014. The Martian in October 2015. And Arrival right now. Is autumn Hollywood’s new go-to time for intelligent, intense, grownup science fiction drama? It looks like. It’s a shame we appear to have only one slot for such a film each year, but, you know, baby steps. And each year’s installment has been better than the last: Arrival is a wonder, a beautiful movie that will thrill fans of real science fiction, of the literature of paradigm-busting ideas, as well as those...
Intelligent, intense, grownup science fiction that will thrill genre lovers and satisfy fans of moving human drama. A beautiful, thought-provoking film. I’m “biast” (pro): huge science fiction fan; desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Gravity in October 2013. Interstellar in November 2014. The Martian in October 2015. And Arrival right now. Is autumn Hollywood’s new go-to time for intelligent, intense, grownup science fiction drama? It looks like. It’s a shame we appear to have only one slot for such a film each year, but, you know, baby steps. And each year’s installment has been better than the last: Arrival is a wonder, a beautiful movie that will thrill fans of real science fiction, of the literature of paradigm-busting ideas, as well as those...
- 11/8/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Screenwriter Eric Heisserer didn’t have a fast and easy path to success in Hollywood, and like many writers who go out to the land of dreams, he had been writing scripts “on spec” for years before he started getting credited screenwriting work. His first paid job was writing the screenplay for the 2008 A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, and he remained working in horror by writing The Thing prequel and Final Destination 5. (He also wrote and produced the recent horror hit Lights Out.)
At the same time, Heisserer continued to work on his own dream projects, including an adaptation of Ted Chiang’s short sci-fi story “The Story of Your Life,” and after years of development, Sicario director Denis Villeneuve expressed interest in making a movie on the story and they were off to the races for what would become Arrival.
Arrival stars Amy Adams as Dr. Louise Brooks,...
At the same time, Heisserer continued to work on his own dream projects, including an adaptation of Ted Chiang’s short sci-fi story “The Story of Your Life,” and after years of development, Sicario director Denis Villeneuve expressed interest in making a movie on the story and they were off to the races for what would become Arrival.
Arrival stars Amy Adams as Dr. Louise Brooks,...
- 11/8/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
The adaptation of the author’s classic work has been shedding writers, directors and has left some people wondering if the project is cursed
Perhaps we should be calling it “The Curse of Sandman”. Another screenwriter who was on board to work on the long-proposed movie adaptation of the Neil Gaiman-penned comic book appears to have jumped ship.
Eric Heisserer, whose credits include the recent remakes of 80s horror staples Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing, was hired back in March by New Line as the latest writer for its troubled project to bring the DC/Vertigo comics series to the big screen. Heisserer was brought in just after director and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt left the movie, citing creative differences with Warner subsidiary New Line.
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Perhaps we should be calling it “The Curse of Sandman”. Another screenwriter who was on board to work on the long-proposed movie adaptation of the Neil Gaiman-penned comic book appears to have jumped ship.
Eric Heisserer, whose credits include the recent remakes of 80s horror staples Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing, was hired back in March by New Line as the latest writer for its troubled project to bring the DC/Vertigo comics series to the big screen. Heisserer was brought in just after director and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt left the movie, citing creative differences with Warner subsidiary New Line.
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- 11/4/2016
- by David Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood is rarely in search of the new, so each year brings a longer list of adapted screenplays and a shorter list of originals.
Sundance launched American indie-in-Paris Whit Stillman’s witty adaptation of an early epistolary Jane Austen novella, “Love & Friendship,” which boasted rave reviews for Kate Beckinsale as a bitchy gold-digging mom, and long legs at the arthouse box office ($14 million).
Veteran indie distributor James Schamus returned to his first love, screenwriting, for his well-reviewed directorial debut “Indignation,” adapting the Philip Roth novel about college love, which performed modestly at domestic arthouses ($3.3 million). Lesser-known “Indignation” fared better with Roth than rookie director-star Ewan McGregor and writer John Romano’s film version of the better-known novel “American Pastoral.”
Writer-director Rebecca Miller’s sixth feature, sophisticated New York comedy of manners “Maggie’s Plan,” earned strong kudos at Toronto and Sundance but scored modestly on the specialty circuit ($3.5 million). Woody Allen aside,...
Sundance launched American indie-in-Paris Whit Stillman’s witty adaptation of an early epistolary Jane Austen novella, “Love & Friendship,” which boasted rave reviews for Kate Beckinsale as a bitchy gold-digging mom, and long legs at the arthouse box office ($14 million).
Veteran indie distributor James Schamus returned to his first love, screenwriting, for his well-reviewed directorial debut “Indignation,” adapting the Philip Roth novel about college love, which performed modestly at domestic arthouses ($3.3 million). Lesser-known “Indignation” fared better with Roth than rookie director-star Ewan McGregor and writer John Romano’s film version of the better-known novel “American Pastoral.”
Writer-director Rebecca Miller’s sixth feature, sophisticated New York comedy of manners “Maggie’s Plan,” earned strong kudos at Toronto and Sundance but scored modestly on the specialty circuit ($3.5 million). Woody Allen aside,...
- 10/18/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Hollywood is rarely in search of the new, so each year brings a longer list of adapted screenplays and a shorter list of originals.
Sundance launched American indie-in-Paris Whit Stillman’s witty adaptation of an early epistolary Jane Austen novella, “Love & Friendship,” which boasted rave reviews for Kate Beckinsale as a bitchy gold-digging mom, and long legs at the arthouse box office ($14 million).
Veteran indie distributor James Schamus returned to his first love, screenwriting, for his well-reviewed directorial debut “Indignation,” adapting the Philip Roth novel about college love, which performed modestly at domestic arthouses ($3.3 million). Lesser-known “Indignation” fared better with Roth than rookie director-star Ewan McGregor and writer John Romano’s film version of the better-known novel “American Pastoral.”
Global juggernauts were two Disney movies that both seem animated, but only one will vie for Best Animated Feature. That’s Andrew Stanton’s Pixar sequel “Finding Dory,” an ingenious extension...
Sundance launched American indie-in-Paris Whit Stillman’s witty adaptation of an early epistolary Jane Austen novella, “Love & Friendship,” which boasted rave reviews for Kate Beckinsale as a bitchy gold-digging mom, and long legs at the arthouse box office ($14 million).
Veteran indie distributor James Schamus returned to his first love, screenwriting, for his well-reviewed directorial debut “Indignation,” adapting the Philip Roth novel about college love, which performed modestly at domestic arthouses ($3.3 million). Lesser-known “Indignation” fared better with Roth than rookie director-star Ewan McGregor and writer John Romano’s film version of the better-known novel “American Pastoral.”
Global juggernauts were two Disney movies that both seem animated, but only one will vie for Best Animated Feature. That’s Andrew Stanton’s Pixar sequel “Finding Dory,” an ingenious extension...
- 10/18/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Rob Leane Published Date Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 05:00
What happens if you take a Steven Moffat-alike horror concept, but remove the mad man in a box and all the other comfortable Doctor Who trappings, and sub in some family drama and serious psychological scares? As it turns out, you get a taut 81 minutes of effective terror.
Lights Out is a film that leaves a lasting impression. This is because it preys on our most primordial fears and one of the oldest questions in The Big Book Of Scary Things: what’s going on in the dark?
Director David F Sandberg – who also wrote and directed the short film on which Eric Heisserer (2010’s A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Thing remake, Final Destination 5) based the feature-length Lights Out screenplay – isn’t the first person to tackle this sort of topic on screen, and he certainly won’t be the last.
What happens if you take a Steven Moffat-alike horror concept, but remove the mad man in a box and all the other comfortable Doctor Who trappings, and sub in some family drama and serious psychological scares? As it turns out, you get a taut 81 minutes of effective terror.
Lights Out is a film that leaves a lasting impression. This is because it preys on our most primordial fears and one of the oldest questions in The Big Book Of Scary Things: what’s going on in the dark?
Director David F Sandberg – who also wrote and directed the short film on which Eric Heisserer (2010’s A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Thing remake, Final Destination 5) based the feature-length Lights Out screenplay – isn’t the first person to tackle this sort of topic on screen, and he certainly won’t be the last.
- 8/11/2016
- Den of Geek
Eric Heisserer bristles at the label of horror movie screenwriter. It’s understandable. While his produced credits include a Final Destination sequel and the remakes of The Thing and A Nightmare on Elm Street, Heisserer points out that he has authored 56 feature film scripts and only eight of them have been in the horror genre. That connotation may change later this year when Heisserer’s screenplay for the sci-fi film Arrival hits screens from Prisoners and Sicario director Denis Villeneuve. But for now Heisserer and I are talking about Lights Out, a new horror offering based on director David F. Sandberg’s […]...
- 7/27/2016
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In just six or so years, writer Eric Heisserer has been involved with several high-profile horror projects, including Final Destination 5, The Thing (2011), and even the ill-fated remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street (more on that later), but it’s his latest script for David Sandberg’s Lights Out that is undoubtedly his best work thus far in his career.
A thoughtful examination of fear and mental illness that still manages to have a bit of a playful streak to it as well, Lights Out is an expanded take on Sandberg’s original short film from a few years back that will undoubtedly give viewers many new reasons to be afraid of the dark. It stars Maria Bello as Sophie, a mother suffering from depression, whose “special friend” Diana can only travel within the confines of total darkness and is fixated on having Sophie all to herself. Of course,...
A thoughtful examination of fear and mental illness that still manages to have a bit of a playful streak to it as well, Lights Out is an expanded take on Sandberg’s original short film from a few years back that will undoubtedly give viewers many new reasons to be afraid of the dark. It stars Maria Bello as Sophie, a mother suffering from depression, whose “special friend” Diana can only travel within the confines of total darkness and is fixated on having Sophie all to herself. Of course,...
- 7/7/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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From Justice League Dark and The Batman to Lobo and Man Of Steel 2 - the DC movies that await a greenlight...
Big spoilers lie ahead for Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
Whichever side of the imaginary rivalry you fall into, there's no denying that when it comes to movies, DC has got some catching up to do. In the same year as Marvel Studios released their first major crossover, The Avengers, Warner Bros released The Dark Knight Rises, the final chapter in Christopher Nolan's acclaimed Batman trilogy, which was firmly grounded in the notion that Bruce Wayne is the world's only superhero.
Nolan's disinterest in the larger DC toybox left Warners a few steps behind Disney and Marvel, especially after the failure of 2010's Jonah Hex and 2011's Green Lantern, the latter of which was intended as the first step into a wider universe.
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From Justice League Dark and The Batman to Lobo and Man Of Steel 2 - the DC movies that await a greenlight...
Big spoilers lie ahead for Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
Whichever side of the imaginary rivalry you fall into, there's no denying that when it comes to movies, DC has got some catching up to do. In the same year as Marvel Studios released their first major crossover, The Avengers, Warner Bros released The Dark Knight Rises, the final chapter in Christopher Nolan's acclaimed Batman trilogy, which was firmly grounded in the notion that Bruce Wayne is the world's only superhero.
Nolan's disinterest in the larger DC toybox left Warners a few steps behind Disney and Marvel, especially after the failure of 2010's Jonah Hex and 2011's Green Lantern, the latter of which was intended as the first step into a wider universe.
- 5/15/2016
- Den of Geek
The Wrap reports that "Game Of Thrones" actor Kristofer Hivju has joined the cast of Universal Pictures' Fast & Furious sequel, "Fast 8." The eighth film in the franchise will be directed by F. Gary Gray ("Straight Outta Compton") with a script by screenwriter Chris Morgan and star Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jason Statham.
Hivju is the only newcomer cast in the film as rumors circulated that the studio wanted actress Charlize Theron for the villain role but their is no confirmation as of yet. The Norwegian actor has appeared in the foreign film "Force Majeure", director M. Night Shyamalan's "After Earth", and Universal Pictures' horror remake "The Thing."
"Fast 8" is said to shoot this year in Cuba making the first major studio picture to film in the country. "Fast 8" will open in theaters April 7th, 2017.
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Hivju is the only newcomer cast in the film as rumors circulated that the studio wanted actress Charlize Theron for the villain role but their is no confirmation as of yet. The Norwegian actor has appeared in the foreign film "Force Majeure", director M. Night Shyamalan's "After Earth", and Universal Pictures' horror remake "The Thing."
"Fast 8" is said to shoot this year in Cuba making the first major studio picture to film in the country. "Fast 8" will open in theaters April 7th, 2017.
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- 4/7/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
So, when is a sequel not technically a sequel? This new film offers a crafty spin on a Hollywood staple. Let’s see, we’re now well aware of the prequel, a follow-up to a hit film usually made when the original seems to complete the story. Actually one of the stars of this flick was in one such prequel a couple of years ago, dealing with the events that occur immediately prior to the 1982 horror/Sf classic The Thing (also shared the same title). There have also been the spin-off flick in which supporting characters have taken center stage in a new tale. This Is 40 featured the third and fourth leads from Knocked Up. Just last year we had Minions, which was a spin-off and a prequel to the Despicable Me movies. Now we have a film that could be a new category, we might say that it...
- 3/11/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has backed out the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman due to creative differences. As previously reported, the actor made the announcement via his Facebook page saying, "I came to realize that the folks at New Line and I just don't see eye to eye on what makes Sandman special, and what a film adaptation could/should be. So unfortunately, I decided to remove myself from the project." Gordon-Levitt made the decision one day after The Hollywood Reporter revealed that horror writer Eric Heisserer (Final Destination 5, the 2011 The Thing remake) had been tapped by New Line to write the script. Though the project is moving ahead, here, Roth Cornet and Donna Dickens pitch the perfect way to adapt Gaiman's gorgeous series. Spoiler alert: It’s not as a film. Chat with us here or on Twitter: Roth: @RothCornet Donna: @MildlyAmused...
- 3/7/2016
- by Roth Cornet
- Hitfix
Baywatch: Dwayne Johnson shared a new photo from the set of Baywatch. Johnson is pictured with Kelly Rohrback, who is playing C.J. Parker, a character memorably portrayed by Pamela Anderson in the original TV show. We don't know yet if their relationship extends beyond the beach, but they certainly seem to be having fun together in the photo. The movie will open on May 19, 2017. [Instagram via Colllider] The Sandman: Eric Heisserer (The Thing) has been hired to write a new version of the screenplay for The Sandman, based on the graphic novel series by Neil Gaiman. However, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was attached to produce, and possibly star and direct, has departed the project, stating: "I came to realize that the folks at New Line and I just don't see...
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- 3/7/2016
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Baywatch: Dwayne Johnson shared a new photo from the set of Baywatch. Johnson is pictured with Kelly Rohrback, who is playing C.J. Parker, a character memorably portrayed by Pamela Anderson in the original TV show. We don't know yet if their relationship extends beyond the beach, but they certainly seem to be having fun together in the photo. The movie will open on May 19, 2017. [Instagram via Colllider] The Sandman: Eric Heisserer (The Thing) has been hired to write a...
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- 3/7/2016
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
One day after it was announced that Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing writer Eric Heisserer was attached as the next writer of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and David Goyer's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's seminal graphic novel Sandman, Jgl has left the production. The addition of the writer, associated with reboot horror film projects that have had mixed reception from the horror community, seems to have sealed the deal for Jgl. This is not the direction the potential director/actor saw for the project. The proverbial nail in the coffin so to speak, as it seems that this has been building for a while. He wrote on his Facebook page today, “So, as you might know if you like to follow these sorts of...
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- 3/6/2016
- Screen Anarchy
The Sandman’s rocky road to the big screen just got rockier. Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic book series about the lord of dreams, first published in 1989, has had a hell of a time getting adapted to film or TV. The latest news: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was set to direct and star in a film adaptation of the comic, has left the project. The Inception actor decided to leave the project in the aftermath of the Sandman adaptation shifting from Warner Bros. to WB subsidiary New Line Cinema. Here’s what he wrote on Facebook: "I came to realize that the folks at New Line and I just don't see eye to eye on what makes Sandman special, and what a film adaptation could/should be. So unfortunately, I decided to remove myself from the project." He acknowledged that making a Sandman movie is an "ambitious task of adapting one...
- 3/5/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
The adaptation for Neil Gaiman's much-beloved comic Sandman is something that's been in the process for quite some time--at least a couple years, actually. Ever six months or so, director/producer/actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt has given updates on where they are in the process, and calling the pace glacial would definitely be an accurate way to describe just how long things are taking to come to fruition.
According to THR, Jgl and co. have taken the next big step in the process, hiring screenwriter Eric Heisserer (who wrote the scripts for the Nightmare On Elm Street and The Thing remakes) to write the screenplay. It's unclear if this screenplay will be based on the story that Gordon-Levitt and David S. Goyer have adapted from the comic book source material or if the writer will be working from scratch, but considering how long Jgl has worked on this project, it...
According to THR, Jgl and co. have taken the next big step in the process, hiring screenwriter Eric Heisserer (who wrote the scripts for the Nightmare On Elm Street and The Thing remakes) to write the screenplay. It's unclear if this screenplay will be based on the story that Gordon-Levitt and David S. Goyer have adapted from the comic book source material or if the writer will be working from scratch, but considering how long Jgl has worked on this project, it...
- 3/5/2016
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
We haven’t heard a whole lot about the planned big-screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s masterwork, The Sandman, in quite a while, but now THR reports that a new writer has boarded the project – and they’ve also seemingly confirmed that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will direct and star.
Last we heard, Gordon-Levitt was working on a treatment with David Goyer, but taking over script duties will be horror writer Eric Heisserer ,who has previously worked on the likes of the A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing remakes, and well as The Conjuring 2.
There have been several attempts to adapt Morpheus and his messed-up family for the screen in the past but, for various reasons, they all fell apart. This time, however, Gaiman himself has given his blessing to the project and seems very excited about finally seeing his creation come to life on film.
The Sandman was...
Last we heard, Gordon-Levitt was working on a treatment with David Goyer, but taking over script duties will be horror writer Eric Heisserer ,who has previously worked on the likes of the A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing remakes, and well as The Conjuring 2.
There have been several attempts to adapt Morpheus and his messed-up family for the screen in the past but, for various reasons, they all fell apart. This time, however, Gaiman himself has given his blessing to the project and seems very excited about finally seeing his creation come to life on film.
The Sandman was...
- 3/5/2016
- by Mark Cassidy
- We Got This Covered
It's been quite a while since we've had any news on this one, but THR reports that Eric Heisserer (the A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing remakes) has been tapped to pen New Line's big screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Sandman. We've heard persistent rumors that Joseph Gordon-Levitt would direct and star in the movie, and that seems to have been confirmed also - it's assumed he'll be taking the title role of Morpheus, but that has yet to be verified. David Goyer wrote the treatment with Levitt and will also produce. Apparently New Line hopes to make a Sandman trilogy, which should please fans who thought they might attempt to squeeze the guts of this massive story into one movie.
- 3/4/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Last month, Tom Cruise was confirmed to be starring in a new version of The Mummy, part of Universal's plans to reboot their classic monster movie universe, guided by producers Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious) and Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek). Now he'll be joined by Johnny Depp, who is set to star in The Invisible Man, according to Deadline. No other details have been made available, but based on what's been reported about Universal's plans in general, as well as how the character has been used in the past, here's what we know. Who's writing? Ed Solomon (Men in Black) is writing the screenplay, per THR. He joins a distinguished group of writers working on the new universe: Jon Spaihts (The Mummy) and Eric Heisserer (The Thing) are writing the...
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- 2/10/2016
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Over the course of its nine seasons, The X-Files had a lot of talent pass through. Though the series, which returns for a six-episode arc this Sunday, generally obeyed a rule to stick with unknowns and avoid recognizable guest stars, a rewatch will show just how many future A-listers crossed paths with Mulder and Scully. Below, a list of not-yet-famous X-Files guest stars and the weirdos they played.Guest star: Seth GreenEpisode: “Emil” (1.2)Character: Emil, a man who has experienced a UFO sighting. Guest Star: Donal LogueEpisode: “Squeeze” (1.3)Character: Special Agent Tom Colton, a colleague of Scully’s who thinks Mulder is weird as hell. Guest star: Felicity HuffmanEpisode: “Ice” (1.8)Character: Nancy Da Silva, a scientist trapped in an Arctic research station à la The Thing. Guest star: Titus WelliverEpisode: “Darkness Falls” (1.20)Character: Doug Spinney, a logger menaced by bugs that only come out at night. Guest star: Željko IvanekEpisode:...
- 1/22/2016
- by Brian Feldman
- Vulture
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