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CAPRICORN ONE Remake Gets A Director

June 5, 2008 Rich Drees

John Moore has been given the assignment of bringing a new version of the 1978 thriller Capricorn One to the big screen. Moore will be working from a script by Peter Buchman, who recently penned [click for more]

Teaser Poster For Stone’s W

June 5, 2008 Rich Drees

When Oliver Stone stated that his bio-pic W, starring Josh Brolin George W. Bush, was going to be a fair portrayal of the President’s life, did anyone really believe him? Lord knows, I wanted to. [click for more]

BlobFest 2008 Details Announced

June 4, 2008 Rich Drees

It was a half century ago that a metor digorged a small gelatinous mass that would go on to terrorize a small town until Steve McQueen put a stop to it. On July 11 to [click for more]

Universal Fire To Impact Revival House Programming?

June 4, 2008 Rich Drees

Although spokespeople for Universal Studios have stated that nothing irreplaceable was lost in this past Sunday’s fire on their lot, there seems to be questions remaining as to what was damaged and how quickly, if [click for more]

Ratner: BEVERLY HILLS COP 4 Will Be "For Kids"

June 4, 2008 Rich Drees

If there was anyone out there who thought that the news that Brett Ratner was going to direct a new Beverly Hills Cop movie would mean a move of Eddie Murphy’s career away from the [click for more]

Warner Brothers Scrambles For Next Summer’s Blockbusters

June 3, 2008 Rich Drees

While studio execs keep one eye on their current box office business their films are doing, they keep their other eye on the projects in development that will (hopefully) be bringing in the dollars in [click for more]

TRANSFORMERS 2: 20 More To Meet The Eye?

June 2, 2008 Rich Drees

Transformers fans will rejoice and everyone else will probably just groan when they hear that the sequel to Michael Bay’s giant robots gone wild extravaganza from last summer may contain upwards of 20 robot characters. [click for more]

Johnny Depp’s DARK SHADOWS Adaptation Gets Writer/Director

June 2, 2008 Rich Drees

For a while now, Johnny Depp’s production company Infinitum-Nihil has been developing for Warner Brothers a new feature film based on the cul classic 60s supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows. While no details as to [click for more]

Larry Gross Remembers Making 48 HOURS

June 2, 2008 Rich Drees

Long before it was a CBS investigative journalism show, 48 Hours was known as the movie that launched the film career of Saturday Night Live performer Eddie Murphy as well as gave rise to the [click for more]

UPDATE: Universal Studios Fire, Nothing Irreplaceable Lost

June 1, 2008 Rich Drees

The fire that broke out at Universal Studios early Sunday morning will not hamper a majority of the production work going on at the studio, despite it having damaged several standing outdoor sets. “Tomorrow will [click for more]