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Straczynski Refutes FORBIDDEN PLANET Rumors

November 6, 2008 Rich Drees

Earlier today, we passed along a report from AintItCoolNews about how screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski is approaching this remake of the classic 1956 science-fiction film Forbidden Planet. Well, forget what we said. Always one to [click for more]

New FORBIDDEN PLANET Remake Details, Might Not Quite Be A Remake

November 6, 2008 Rich Drees

Last week, we reported on Warner Brother’s in development Forbidden Planet project as a remake of the classic 1956 movie which starred Leslie Nielson and Anne Francis. However, that might not exactly be the case. [click for more]

How To Conquer A Relaunch Of PLANET OF THE APES

November 3, 2008 Rich Drees

Some days I wonder if there is any really interesting film news out there that isn’t about yet another classic film being set up for a remake by a clueless studio. But last week, we [click for more]

Straczynski To Script FORBIDDEN PLANET Remake

October 31, 2008 Rich Drees

Warner Brothers has hired Changeling scribe and Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski to script a remake of their 1956 classic film Forbidden Planet. The original, loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, tells the story [click for more]

And The New Elvis For BUBBA NOSFERATU Is. . .

October 30, 2008 Rich Drees

Like many, I was disappointed when Bruce Campbell announced that he was not going to be part of Don Coscarelli’s Bubba Nosferatu, the follow up to Campbell and Coscarelli’s elderly-Elvis-fighting-a-mummy collaboration Bubba HoTep. But now, [click for more]

Columbia Latest Studio To Try To Get PREACHER To Big Screen

October 29, 2008 Rich Drees

Columbia Pictures is stepping up to be the next studio to try and bring Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s classic and controversial comic series Preacher to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sam [click for more]

Nichols, Mamet And Scorsese All Tapped To Remake Kurosawa’s HIGH AND LOW

October 29, 2008 Rich Drees

Akira Kurosawa’s detective drama High And Low is being set up for an English language version with Mike Nichol’s in the director’s chair, David Mamet on screenplay duties and Martin Scorsese serving as executive producer. [click for more]

HELLRAISER Redo Gets In New Director

October 29, 2008 Rich Drees

When we last left the saga of Dimension Films’ struggle to remake the Clive Barker horror classic Hellraiser, the sturio had just hired writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton to take a pass at the [click for more]

UPDATED: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle Officially Signed For AVENGERS, Jon Favreau Set to Exec Produce

October 29, 2008 Rich Drees

Update: AintItCoolNews has a great, in-depth two-part interview (part one here, part two here) with Iron Man director Jon Favreau in which he discusses his thoughts about developing the storyline for Iron Man 2 and [click for more]

The WALL STREET Sequel You Will Not See

October 27, 2008 Rich Drees

Things change pretty fast in the financial world, as anyone watching the news over the several weeks should know. Among the many casualties of the recent economic downturn is the screenplay for 20th Century Fox’s [click for more]