Laura Jorden on the greatest vampires to grace cinema… Vampires are such an iconic part of pop culture that it shouldn’t come as a surprise just how many of them there are. Over the decades we have had tons of artists and creatives put their own spin on this trope, transforming them into all sorts […]
October Horrors 2020 – The Lost Boys (1987)
The Lost Boys, 1987. Directed by Joel Schumacher. Starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Dianne Wiest, Jamison Newlander, Barnard Hughes, Edward Hermann and Kiefer Sutherland. SYNOPSIS: After moving to a new town with their mother, a pair of brothers discover that their new home is a haven for a gang of vampires. […]
The Battle for Vampire Superiority: The Lost Boys vs. Near Dark
Tom Jolliffe presides over a showdown between the cult 1987 vampire flicks The Lost Boys and Near Dark… The vampire has sucked his merry way through cinema history, from the silent era, to the R-Patz era. We’ve seen many incarnations, many genres, from Christopher Lee to angsty teens, from horror to camp comedy. Perhaps the […]
More Than Batnipples: The Cinematic Legacy of Joel Schumacher
Tom Jolliffe looks at the career of the late Joel Schumacher, whose great work has been disappointingly overshadowed by Batman… For many film fans, Joel Schumacher has had an impact. For better or worse, his work in the world of Gotham has become iconic for reasons of irony or antipathy. The trouble is, we now […]
The CW delays decision on The Lost Boys TV pilot
The long-running saga of The CW’s planned TV adaptation of The Lost Boys continues, with president Mark Pedowitz announcing that the network is delaying making a decision on the latest pilot under things settle down with regards to the public health crisis. The network first explored the possibility of adapting the Joel Schumacher-directed 1987 cult […]
Joel Schumacher wanted Drew Barrymore and Rosanna Arquette for The Lost Boys sequel
When speaking with Empire Magazine, The Lost Boys director Joel Schumacher discussed a spinoff of his iconic 1987 vampire film, one that would have put a female spin on the material. “There’s always been a desire at Warner Bros to do a sequel,” Schumacher told Empire (via Bloody Disgusting), “and I always felt there was […]
The Lost Boys reboot casts Rochelle Aytes
Earlier this week it was announced that Branden Cook (Industry), Lincoln Younes (Grand Hotel) and Ruby Cruz (Castle Rock) have been cast as the leads in The CW’s retooled pilot for The Lost Boys, and now Deadline brings word that Mistresses actress Rochelle Aytes has also joined the cast. Aytes is set to play single […]
The CW sets its leads for The Lost Boys retooled TV pilot
After two failed attempts to bring the beloved 1987 vampire flick to the small screen (including last year’s pilot, which failed to get a pick-up but was put back into development), The CW is taking another crack at adapting The Lost Boys as a TV series this year, and now we have word that the […]
The CW gives pilot order to The Lost Boys TV series (again)
Will it be third time lucky for The CW and its long-planned TV adaptation of the 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys? Well, potentially, as Deadline has revealed that the network has granted a pilot order for a retooled version of the project that has been in the works since the 2016-17 season. A TV […]
The Lost Boys producer says redeveloped TV pilot is “going to have a lot in common with the movie”
Back in 2016 it was announced that Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars, iZombie) and The CW were teaming for a TV adaptation of the classic 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys for The CW, with the project finally making it to the pilot this year only for the network to pass. While The Lost Boys didn’t get […]
