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Weekend Releases: January 16

January 15, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

Defiance (Paramount Vantage, 1,789 theaters, 137 minutes, Rated R): Expanding from its NY, LA new year’s eve opening, this film gets a wider release this week. And thank goodness for it, because it adds a [click for more]

Remaking The 80s, Part 2: ROMANCING THE STONE

December 4, 2008 Rich Drees

Twentieth Century Fox has hired Eagle Eye scripter Daniel McDermott to write a remake of the 1984 romantic adventure Romancing The Stone. The original starred Kathleen Turner as a mousy romance novelist who journeys to [click for more]

Movie News

Remaking The 80s, Part 1: ARTHUR

December 4, 2008 Rich Drees

British comic Russell Brand is looking to star in a remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore comedy Arthur. The Hollywood Reporter states that Brand is currently seeking out a writer to draft a screenplay for [click for more]

CAPTAIN BLOOD To Set Sail Again

December 3, 2008 Rich Drees

Captain Blood is preparing to set sail again. Screenwriter John Barrow has been hired to script a new version of the classic swashbuckling adventure for director Phillip Noyce. Warner Brothers is developing the remake with [click for more]

Straczynski Lets Slip More Tantalizing FORBIDDEN PLANET Hints

December 2, 2008 Rich Drees

One of the long-range projects that I’ve been keeping an eye on has been the in development remake of the 1956 classic Forbidden Planet. Not only is it one of my favorite films, but the [click for more]

PLANET OF THE APES Prequel/Remake Gets New Title/Director

December 1, 2008 Rich Drees

Last month, we told you about a rather bold remake of Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes that was currently being kicked around 20th Century Fox. The proposed remake, titled Genesis: Apes, resets Conquest‘s [click for more]

FAME Remake Gets Teaching Staff

December 1, 2008 Rich Drees

The students in director Kevin Tancharoen’s remake of Fame will be getting a quality education courtesy of some high class instructors. Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer, Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth and Debbie Allen have been [click for more]

Fifty STAR TREK Trailer Screengrabs

November 18, 2008 Rich Drees

With the release of the first real footage from J. J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek reboot in the form of an exciting trailer, fans have probably been pouring over the clip, analyzing it like the [click for more]

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]