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Back To The 80s, Part Two: Columbia To Relaunch FLASH GORDON

May 21, 2008 Rich Drees

Sony subsidiary Columbia Pictures has secured the rights to bring classic pulp hero Flash Gordon back to the big screen in the hopes of launching a new summer blockbuster franchise. OK, I may be cheating [click for more]

Back To The 80s, Part One: HIGHLANDER Remake In The Works

May 21, 2008 Rich Drees

Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, the two scripters currently receiving praise for their screenplay of this summer’s blockbuster Iron Man, have been hired to pen a remake of the 1980s genre classic Highlander for Summit [click for more]

De Palma’s THE FURY Is Next For A Remake

April 24, 2008 Rich Drees

I really think that I’m getting “Remake Fatigue.” I just can’t even work up the energy to write something sarcastic or annoyed by this news of yet another horror film remake. I’ll just give you [click for more]

Weinsteins Moving Forward With SEVEN SAMURAI Redo

April 16, 2008 Rich Drees

The proposed remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic The Seven Samurai is moving forward. Although there are still no stars or director attached to the project, the studio hopes to have it in front of [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]

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]

Gandolfini Elected Mayor

March 24, 2008 Rich Drees

James Gandolfini has been cast as the mayor of New York in director Tony Scott’s upcoming remake of the thriller The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3. Gandolfini’s character will caught under tremendous political pressure [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]

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN Gets More Runners

March 17, 2008 Rich Drees

Carla Gugino and Frank Marshall have joined the cast of Race To Witch Mountain, according to a Hollywood Reporter story published over the weekend. According to the story, Gugino will play a UFO expert who [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]