The 1985 horror-comedy Re-Animator is set for a modern-day remake, with director Serge Levin announcing to Bloody Disgusting that development is underway on a new film, titled Re-Animator: Evolution, which Levin has penned by actor Jonathon Schaech. “Our adaptation is a modern rendition of Herbert West – ‘Reanimator’ by H.P. Lovecraft,” Levin told Bloody Disgusting. […]
Movie Review – Little Men (2016)
Little Men, 2016. Directed by Ira Sachs. Starring Greg Kinnear, Paulina García, Jennifer Ehle, Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri, Talia Balsam and Alfred Molina. SYNOPSIS: A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents’ battle over a dress shop lease. Ira Sachs has an astute awareness that his films aren’t earth shattering, […]
The Week in Disappointment – Iron Fist, The Punisher, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Man of Steel, Deadpool, The Walking Dead, Ghostbusters, Spider-Man
Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Rumour: Marvel to replace Iron Fist Netflix series with The Punisher” Let’s start with he week’s most disappointing news. The Iron Fist Netflix series potentially getting scrubbed for a Punisher series. Marvel has been trying to get Punisher right for ages. And after seeing Daredevil, […]
Daniel Craig clarifies infamous “slash wrists” comments and teases another James Bond film
Daniel Craig has clarified his now infamous comments regarding his James Bond future after Spectre in an interview with Today, saying that he will “maybe do another one”. SEE ALSO: Daniel Craig: “I don’t really give a shit” who takes over as Bond SEE ALSO: Read our ★ ★ ★ review of Spectre At the […]
Spectre opens with £41.3 million at the UK box office, shatters previous record
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 30th October to Sunday 1st November 2015… James Bond’s 24th adventure Spectre has shattered the record for the biggest ever opening at the UK box office, posting a whopping £41,299,090 haul to annihilate the previous holder, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which […]
Mean Girls director Mark Waters to helm Disney’s Magic Camp
According to The Tracking Board, director Mark Waters (Mean Girls) has signed on to direct Disney’s long-gestating live-action family comedy Magic Camp, which has Steve Martin attached to star. The site reports that Magic Camp “follows a rigid and cautious banker who returns to the summer camp he attended as a boy: a camp for […]
Ed Skrein joins Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel
Last week it was announced that Jackie Earle Haley (Preacher) has joined Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, and now comes word that Ed Skrein (Deadpool) has also joined the cast. The film, which is being produced by James Cameron, will star Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials) as the title character Alita, an amnesiac […]
Stephen King’s Hearts in Atlantis heading to the big screen
Following on from yesterday’s news that The Dark Tower is coming to the small screen with an adaptation of Wizard and Glass, it is now being reported that another Stephen King project is in the works, with Variety reporting that director Johannes Roberts (The Other Side of the Door) developing Hearts, based upon King’s novella […]
High Noon set for modern remake at Relativity Studios
Relativity Studios is developing a modern remake of the Oscar-winning 1952 western High Noon, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the film will be set in the present day and takes place along the cartel-controlled U.S. / Mexico border. The remake will mark Relativity’s first project since the company emerged from bankruptcy earlier this year, […]
Exclusive Interview: Ira Sachs talks Little Men, finding his young leads and whether he would ever direct a “bigger” film
In an exclusive interview, Senior Staff Writer and resident roving reporter Scott J. Davis sat down to chat to acclaimed filmmaker Ira Sachs about his new film Little Men, a moving drama about a new pair of best friends whose bond is tested when their parents clash. Your recent films have focused on different age […]
