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INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN Remake Gets Worse

April 18, 2008 Rich Drees

As if the idea of comedic remake of the 1957 sci-fi classic The Incredible Shrinking Man starring Eddie Murphy sounded bad enough, the project takes a turn for the even worse as the Hollywood Reporter [click for more]

Johnny 5 To Live Again

April 4, 2008 Rich Drees

Johnny 5, the robot who gained self-awareness and free will thanks to a bolt of lightening in the 1986 comedy Short Circuit, is set to be reactivated. Rights to a remake of the film have [click for more]

New Muppet Movie Details!

April 3, 2008 Rich Drees

Monday, we filled you in on some of the first details about a new Muppet film currently being written by Jason Segel and Nick Stoller, the writer/star and director of the upcoming Forgetting Sarah Marshall. [click for more]

New Muppet Movie Details

March 31, 2008 Rich Drees

Raise the curtains and light the lights, because there’s some news on the new Muppet film to start off your week! Jason Segel and Nick Stoller, the writer/star and director of the upcoming Forgetting Sarah [click for more]

Classic ‘Twilight Zone’ Episode Gets Big Screen Treatment

March 25, 2008 Rich Drees

The classic Twilight Zone episode “Death Ship” is getting a big screen makeover as Countdown, with scripter turned director Michael Brandt at the helm. The episode tells the story of a spaceships crew, led by [click for more]

Raimi To Re-Launch Ryan

March 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Spider-Man film franchise director Sam Raimi is currently in discussions with Paramount Pictures to revive the studio’s Jack Ryan political thriller series. Based on the series of novels by Tom Clancy, the franchise ran for [click for more]

Heading Back To DUNE

March 18, 2008 Rich Drees

Director Peter Berg will be taking us back to the planet Arrakis, having been attached to direct a big screen version of Frank Herbert’s classic science-fiction novel Dune. Berg will be working with producer Kevin [click for more]

Fincher To Reforge HEAVY METAL

March 14, 2008 Rich Drees

Paramount Pictures has announced that it developing a new animated anthology feature film based on the 1981 animated feature Heavy Metal, itself based on the long-running illustrated fantasy magazine. Director David Fincher will be heading [click for more]

SYMPATHY FOR LADY Theron?

March 13, 2008 Rich Drees

Charlize Theron is planning on producing and starring in an American remake of Sympathy For Lady Vengeance, the third film in Korean director Chan-wook Park’s trilogy of films that examine the nature of revenge. The [click for more]

No Blastoff For LAST STARFIGHTER Just Yet

March 4, 2008 Rich Drees

This past weekend, a report that a sequel to the 1984 science-fiction classic The Last Starfighter was all set to begin filming in just a few weeks time swept across the internet. We even reported [click for more]