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Legendary Pictures upcoming new take on GODZILLA has been shrouded in secrecy to this point, and while it still is very much an unknown, Gareth Edwards (MONSTERS) offers an update, courtesy of Dread Central. Here are the ecstatic words from the director: “It’s going great, and I’m genuinely excited about it. We’re just working really… [Continue Reading]
Everybody’s favorite giant monster inches closer to the big screen. No, not Clover from CLOVERFIELD, but the granddaddy of all giant monsters, GODZILLA. Legendary Pictures has just hired Max Borenstein to write a film update of the classic massive lizard movie. The news comes courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision. The titular lizard has alternately… [Continue Reading]
Who ya’ gonna call? Ian Fried, apparently. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have just bought the rights to his script SPECTRAL, according to the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision. The project is described as a darker version of GHOSTBUSTERS. The premise of the project is centered on a modern-day, militaristic and gritty approach to fighting the… [Continue Reading]
Godzilla is storming its way back into theaters. Speculation has been simmering on the interweb (as it does) since last summer, and today Variety confirms that Legendary Pictures will be co-producing and co-financing with Warner Brothers for a release in 2012. The most recent Hollywood attempt at capitalizing on the bankable monster came in 1998… [Continue Reading]
Classic monster fans could have predicted this was coming – heck, the Creature beat Avatar by five decades… According to The Hollywood Reporter, it seems that Warner Bros. has been testing a 3D-ification process – provided by an outside vendor – on their upcoming tentpole actioner Clash of the Titans, and are pleased enough with… [Continue Reading]
Stephen Norrington (Blade, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) will direct The Lost Patrol for Legendary Pictures, from a spec script by Andrew Hilton and with rewrites by Matt Cirulnick. No genre fans, this is not a remake of the 1934 Victor McLaglen/Boris Karloff war-adventure pic by John Ford (anyone who knows what I’m talking about… [Continue Reading]
IESB reports that Peter Stormare (The Killing Room, The Horsemen) and Kurt Angle (TNA wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist) have been cast in Kevin Munroe’s upcoming Dead of Night. Both actors will portray werewolves: Stormare will play Gabriel while Angle will play Wolfgang. Production is currently underway in New Orleans; release date still to… [Continue Reading]
First off, Will Arnett (TV’s Arrested Development) and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, Bug) have been cast in DC Comics’ forthcoming Jonah Hex remake from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. They will be joining companies John Malkovich, Josh Brolin and Megan Fox. According to THR, Arnett will play a Union soldier who enlists Hex (Brolin) and… [Continue Reading]
John Malkovich (Burn After Reading, Changeling) will square off against Josh Brolin in Warner Bros.’ upcoming adaptation of the DC Comics property, Jonah Hex, reports Variety. Malkovich will play Turnbull, a wealthy Southern plantation owner whose son is killed by Union soldiers during the Civil War. He blames Hex, a former confederate soldier-turned-hardened bounty hunter… [Continue Reading]
Zack Synder’s Watchmen is having a hell of a time in post, just months before its scheduled release in March 2009. First the studio required the movie be trimmed 15 minutes (and counting) and now, a fight over property rights. Latino Review broke the news earlier this week. In the court battle over rights to… [Continue Reading]
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