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The summer of 2013 just got a bit more promising. That’s the tentative release date for the upcoming ROBOCOP remake, which is set to start shooting in September. News today from Hollywood Reporter makes this prospective release sound a lot better. Gary Oldman (HARRY POTTER, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, THE DARK KNIGHT, so many more)… [Continue Reading]
There are more horror films being made today than ever before in history. No, the studios might not be churning them out like they used to, but that has never been, as bookies are fond of saying, where the action was. It has been in the underground, on the fringes, and outside of the usual… [Continue Reading]
We’ve all been holding our breath, waiting for one of the world’s most highly anticipated movies. We still have to wait until July 20, 2012 to see the whole thing, but today we get a little bit of oxygen to hold us over as the OFFICIAL VERSION of the trailer is released – it was… [Continue Reading]
Just yesterday we linked to an interview with Gary Oldman in which the actor said he did not yet know whether or not he would be taking part in the live action AKIRA remake. Well, apparently Oldman made up his mind pretty quickly after that interview, because it appears that the actor has indeed not… [Continue Reading]
It’s gotta be frustrating being an actor making the media rounds to promote a movie that’s not a science fiction extravaganza or a superhero film. Let’s say you’re Gary Oldman, and you sit down in front of a poster for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, an excellent adaptation of a John Le Carre classic spy novel,… [Continue Reading]
If you’ve been following our updates on the live-action AKIRA remake, you know that Garrett Hedlund is in line to play the lead role Kaneda with Helena Bonham Carter and Gary Oldman approached for the roles of Lady Miyako and The Colonel. Now THR tells us that Ezra Miller, the break-out star of indie thriller… [Continue Reading]
The long-rumored AKIRA remake looks to be getting closer to reality. According to the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision, Garrett Hedlund (TRON: LEGACY) is in negotiations for the lead role in the Warner Bros. Pictures live action adaptation. Jaume Collet-Sera is set to direct. The original Japanese film is widely regarded as one of the best… [Continue Reading]
After decades of development hell, the live-action US remake of sci-fi anime epic AKIRA has officially been greenlit by Warner Bros. The movie is slated to be helmed by ORPHAN and HOUSE OF WAX director Jaume Collet-Serra, and he’s moving quickly to cast the project. Garrett Hedlund (TRON: LEGACY) is purportedly be the frontrunner candidate… [Continue Reading]
One of the more unsung Spanish chillers to appear in recent years was Backwoods, from director Koldo Serra and starring Gary Oldman. Now Serra’s taking another crack at the genre, helming the zombie opus Dead Perros (Dead Dogs or Perros Muertos). Serra (pictured) will do the film for executive producer Antonia Nava (Backwoods, Fragile and… [Continue Reading]
There are Famous Monsters…and then there are famous monsters. This article from the producer of Movies Unlimited’s MovieFrightFare videos takes a look at films that bypass the more commercial goals of escapism in favor of more directly dramatizing the tales we’ve read about in the newspapers, pored over in paperback, or seen on TV news and the Internet.
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