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LAST STARFIGHTER Sequel Actually A Go?

March 2, 2008 Rich Drees

For years, there have been rumors that a sequel to the 1984 science-fiction adventure The Last Starfighter was in the works. Now it seems that it might actually be happening. According to a source for [click for more]

Ben Chapman, The BLACK LAGOON’s CREATURE Has Died

February 24, 2008 Rich Drees

Ben Chapman, the six-foot five-inch tall actor who played the towering Gill-man in the 1954 classic The Creature From The Black Lagoon passed away on Thursday on Honolulu, Hawaii. He was 79. According to the [click for more]

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]

METROPOLIS To Be Rebuilt

December 12, 2007 Rich Drees

Fritz Lang’s 1927 gotchic science-fiction classic Metropolis has influenced numerous other films that have followed in the eight decades since its premier. Everything from James Whale’s original Frankenstein (1931) to the futuristic noir Blade Runner [click for more]

Late Entry In The BORAT Lawsuit Derby

December 4, 2007 Rich Drees

Although more than a year has passed since it first hit theaters and became the surprise comedy hit of the season, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan has attracted [click for more]

Munchkins Get Walk Of Fame Star

November 22, 2007 Rich Drees

Almost seven decades after they welcomed a twister-tossed Dorothy to the magical land of Oz, the diminutive Munchkins were welcomed to the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a presentation of their own star commerating their [click for more]

TRON 2 Progress?

November 15, 2007 Rich Drees

With the writer’s strike leaving the fate of a multitude of in-development projects up in the air, it seems as there is at least some movement on a few films, one of them being Tron [click for more]

FRIDAY THE 13TH Remake Gets A Director

November 15, 2007 Rich Drees

Not content to produce bad remakes of classic horror films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror and The Hitcher, Michael Bay is turning his questionable aptitude for such projects to a revamp of iconic [click for more]

Verhoeven To Direct THOMAS CROWN 2

November 11, 2007 Rich Drees

Director Paul Verhoeven has told a Dutch radio show that he has been selected by MGM to direct the sequel to the 1999 remake of the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair. Oddly enough, the [click for more]

Nicholson Still Up For A Return To CHINATOWN Digs

November 7, 2007 Rich Drees

Without question, Chinatown is one of the greatest films of the 1970s, if not the entire history of American cinema. As Jack Nicholson’s private investigator Jake Gittes moves through 1930s Los Angeles, he finds that [click for more]