Year: 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

DiCaprio To Do Live Action AKIRA Remake

February 20, 2008 Rich Drees

Leonardo DiCaprio may be getting fitted for a red leather jacket soon as his production company, Appian Way, is developing a live action remake of the classic anime feature Akira for Warner Brothers. The Hollywood [click for more]

Yates To Helm Last POTTER Film?

February 20, 2008 Rich Drees

It looks like David Yates may be pulling a directorial hat trick in the Harry Potter series. Having already directed Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix and the upcoming Harry Potter And The [click for more]

WOLVERINE Cast Starts To Look Crowded

February 20, 2008 Rich Drees

Yesterday, we told you about the addition of two comic book favorite character’s to Twentieth Century Fox’s X-Men franchise spin-off, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Now comes word via The Hollywood Reporter that a few more characters [click for more]

New WATCHMEN Production Pic!!!

February 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Principal production wrapped on Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the graphic novel classic Watchmen today and as a present, he has posted the first actual still from the film on the movie’s blog. (Click picture to [click for more]

In Remembrance: DoQui, Ichikawa, Lopez

February 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Robert DoQui– (February 9) The actor best known to genre fans as the gruff Sgt. Reed in the three Robocop films has passed away at age 74. Kon Ichikawa– (February 13) The Japanese director of [click for more]

DR. MABUSE To Strike Again

February 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Most American audiences aren’t familiar with the villainous Dr. Mabuse, the German mad scientist who is such a misanthrope that he doesn’t want to rule the world, he wants to destroy it. Mabus first appeared [click for more]

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE Casting Rumor Roundup: Blob, Gambit and Deadpool

February 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Production is well underway on the X-Men franchise prequel, X-Men Origins: Wolverine under the direction of Gavin Hood, so of course tidbits of information are starting to leak out, both officially and otherwise. Today we [click for more]

DVD Review: Greenaway’s THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT And A ZED AND TWO NOUGHTS

February 18, 2008 Rich Drees

One could describe the ascension of British film director Peter Greenaway as a comet streaking across the cinema of the 1980s, culminating in the explosion that was 1989’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And [click for more]

RUN, FAT BOY, RUN Clips

February 17, 2008 Rich Drees

Simon Pegg has built a reputation as a comicsomeone else actor with his work on the British television series Spaced and the films Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz. Of course, these were all [click for more]

HELLRAISER Remake Gets New Writers

February 17, 2008 Rich Drees

Last month, we told you that Dimension Films’ remake of the Clive Barker horror classic Hellraiser was being pushed to 2009 as the studio wasn’t happy with the script from the project’s co-directors Alexandre Bustillo [click for more]