With Amazon having acquired MGM/United Artists recently, they are mining several films and TV shows from MGM’s IP for a new, rebooted version on their streaming service. One of the projects Amazon has greenlit is a series reboot of The Magnificent Seven helmed by True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto. Pizzolatto had originally pitched his own Western series […]
Amazon begins MGM IP deep dive with new RoboCop, Legally Blonde and Stargate planned
MGM’s vast catalog of film and TV shows looks to enter a new era under Amazon Studios as new reports are saying the main reason behind Amazon’s insane $8 billion acquisition of the storied Hollywood studio is to dive deep into their IPs, and the first round of projects is beginning to take shape. Deadline […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Magnificent Seven, 1960. Directed by John Sturges. Starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Horst Buchholz, Brad Dexter, and James Coburn. SYNOPSIS: John Sturges’ classic The Magnificent Seven arrives on 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Shout! Factory, which commissioned a digital restoration based on a 4K scan of the original […]
The Return Of The Western
Tom Jolliffe on the return of the Western… Cinema runs in cycles. A genre may have its run and then have a lull of 10-20 years where audiences aren’t really interested. In the 30’s and 40’s you couldn’t move for gangster films. In the 50’s it was epics and the 60’s there was a huge […]
Movie Review – The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Magnificent Seven, 2016. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard, Luke Grimes and Haley Bennett. SYNOPSIS: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Boasting an all-star cast, Antoine […]
Second Opinion – The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Magnificent Seven, 2016. Directed by Antoine Fuqua Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett, Byung-Hun Lee, Vincent D’Onofrio, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard and Matt Bomer SYNOPSIS: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Some movies are just dead on […]
Movie Review – The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Magnificent Seven, 2016. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett, Byung-Hun Lee, Vincent D’Onofrio, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard. SYNOPSIS: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Since breaking out way back in 2001 with the […]
TIFF 2016: Antoine Fuqua and cast discuss The Magnificent Seven
One genre that has been making a bit of a comeback in the last several years is the Western from remakes such as 3:10 to Yuma to originals like The Hateful Eight. Director Antoine Fuqua took on the task of remaking one of the most famous, and arguably defining, Western films with The Magnificent Seven. […]
TIFF 2016 Review – The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Magnificent Seven, 2016. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett, Byung-Hun Lee, Vincent D’Onofrio, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard. SYNOPSIS: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Antoine Fuqua directs an all-star cast in his remake […]
The Magnificent Seven character featurettes for Billy Rocks, Jack Horn and Goodnight Robicheaux
We’ve already seen character featurettes for Manuel Garcia-Rulfo’s Vasquez and Martin Sensmeier’s Red Harvest, and now we have three more The Magnificent Seven vignettes for Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee), Jack Horn (Vincent D’Onofrio) and Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke). Just Chris Pratt and Denzel Washington to go… SEE ALSO: ‘Meet the Seven’ with new featurette for The Magnificent Seven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBmlEE4tPcM With […]
