Tag Archives: John Landis

Sun, May 16 2010
John Landis Lining Up William Gaines Bio-Pic

John Landis Lining Up William Gaines Bio-Pic

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Director John Landis is currently lining up financing for his next film a bio-pic about EC Comics publisher William Gaines. Entitled Ghoulishly Yours, William Gaines, the film will tells Gaines’... 

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Thu, Feb 25 2010
First Look At Pegg And Serkis As BURKE AND HARE

First Look At Pegg And Serkis As BURKE AND HARE

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Say what you will about the British press – And believe me, there is a lot of negative to be said, especially when it comes to their tabloids – when a major film starts shooting in Great Britain,... 

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Wed, Sep 16 2009
Comic Actor Henry Gibson Has Died

Comic Actor Henry Gibson Has Died

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Comic actor Henry Gibson, whose film career spanned four decades, died Monday, September 13, 2009, at his home in Malibu, California it was announced earlier today. He was 73. After making his breakthrough... 

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Fri, Jun 26 2009
Michael Jackson Has Died

Michael Jackson Has Died

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Michael Jackson passed away Thursday, June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California from an apparent cardiac arrest. He was 50 years old. Known primarily as a music superstar of global proportions, the world... 

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Fri, Oct 12 2007
NYFF Review: Mr. WARMTH: THE DON RICKLES PROJECT

NYFF Review: Mr. WARMTH: THE DON RICKLES PROJECT

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When we first see legendary entertainer Don Rickles he is sitting backstage in his dressing room at the Stardust Hotel, waiting to hit the boards. Looking a bit frail, his hand shakes ever so slightly... 

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Wed, Oct 10 2007
No Hope For Landis’s BAT BOY?

No Hope For Landis’s BAT BOY?

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Some disappointing news for you fans of films adapted from off-Broadway musicals based on supermarket tabloid headlines. It appears that director John Landis’s big screen adaptation of Bat Boy: The... 

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Mon, Mar 26 2007
Shooting ANIMAL HOUSE

Shooting ANIMAL HOUSE

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Pre-Saturday Night Live, the predominate comic voice in America in the 1970s was the National Lampoon magazine. It should come as no surprise that several of those responsible for the Lampoons’s... 

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