Tom Jolliffe offers his thoughts on the direction to take the Terminator franchise… Terminator 2: Judgment Day is 30 this year. It’s also fair to say it’s the last film in the franchise that proved unquestionably successful. It was a massive box office hit, launching James Cameron to gargantuan levels of production. At the time […]
From Duel to Joy Ride: The DNA of John Hyams’ Alone
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at John Hyams’ latest film Alone, and delves into its DNA… In 2012, director John Hyams delivered a hell of a surprise package. It was his second film in a franchise that he took into wild (and occasionally divisive) avenues. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning was near visionary in scraping […]
Netflix and Conan the Barbarian: What We’d Like to See
Tom Jolliffe offers his two cents on the potential of Netflix bringing Conan back to screens… For years fans of Conan The Barbarian have waited with baited breath for the potential of a new film. Most predominantly among those, there has been a particular clamour for Arnold Schwarzenegger to return to the role which broke him […]
John Hyams-directed thriller Alone gets a poster and trailer
A trailer has arrived online for the upcoming thriller Alone, ahead of its release next month. Directed by John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), the film stars Jules Willcox as a grief stricken widow who is kidnapped by a cold blood killer (Marc Menchaca) and locked in a cabin deep in the wilderness of the Pacific […]
Revisiting the Universal Soldier Franchise
Tom Jolliffe revisits the Universal Soldier franchise… With today’s home entertainment release of director Roland Emmerich’s WWII epic Midway, now seems a good time to revisit the original Universal Soldier, and the eclectic sequels the director’s 1992 sci-fi action film spawned. Universal Soldier The early 90’s. In the wake of Terminator 2: Judgment Day came […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop remake gets the green light from HBO as TV series
Way back in 2014 it was announced that Drive filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn was looking to produce a remake of the cult 1988 slasher Maniac Cop with director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration). While the project has been on and off over the past five years, Deadline now brings word that it is officially moving […]
Why Maniac Cop is the remake you didn’t know you needed
Tom Jolliffe looks at the long rumoured remake of Maniac Cop… Hands up who’s seen Maniac Cop… Okay, a fair few cult movie enthusiasts of a certain age. Bruce Campbell and Tom Atkins facing off against a vengeful, presumed dead ex-cop, played by the late, most granite jawed actor in history, Robert Z’Dar. It’s pure […]
Maniac Cop director teases “completely different” tone for the remake
John Hyams, the director of the Maniac Cop remake, has teased a new tone for the film. News of a Maniac Cop remake has been around for years but the film’s attached director John Hymas has now offered an update on the project from producer Nicolas Winding Refn. Speaking with The Movie Crypt podcast (via EW), Hyams […]
Director John Hyams says Maniac Cop remake is still happening
Back in 2015, it was announced that a remake of the 80s cult classic Maniac Cop was in development, with John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) directing, Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon) producing, and Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) penning the script. Since then, there seems to have been very little […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop reboot is dead
Having spent several years in development, it was reported earlier this year that the Nicolas Winding Refn-produced Maniac Cop was set to finally move forward this summer under director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration) from a script by Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier). However, since then we’ve had no further updates, and it seems […]