Updates:
Eli Roth Set to Direct The Bad Seed Remake
Warner Bros. has sown a deal to remake the horror pic The Bad Seed. The studio recently released the original on DVD.
Cabin Fever helmer Eli Roth is set to direct and Luke Janklow will produce with Strike Entertainment, whose partners Eric Newman and Marc Abraham scored a hit remake with Dawn of the Dead.The original, about an 8-year-old girl who seems all sugar and spice until she begins killing people, falls neatly into the current studio horror remake frenzy.
Janklow has a family past with the original film that traces back to the founders of Warner Bros. He's a lit agent who works at his father, Mort Janklow's, percentery Janklow & Nesbit. His grandfather, Mervin Le Roy, directed the 1956 film and his great-grandfather was studio co-founder Harry Warner.
"Incestuous is the best way to describe it," said Janklow, who's making his producing debut. "After all, my grandfather directed the original, an assignment that was either approved by my great-grandfather or my great-uncle, Jack Warner."The original, adapted from a hit stage play by Maxwell Anderson, was one of the first to apply Freudian psychology to the psyche of a kid killer, and shocked audiences at the time, Janklow said.
But, he said, there's a reason it was regarded as a camp classic, and favorite of the likes of director John Waters. Like most stage-to-movie transformations of its time, it featured stage-style overacting and looked stilted in its two-camera shoot format.Roth promises a new take with a modern horror sensibility.
Freddy vs. Jason 2: (TBA)
New Line has finally green lighted a script by yet another un known writer Adam Macqueen and has tapped Stephen Norrington who ironically was once attached to direct the original Freddy vs. Jason. Filming is set to start in September for a summer 2005 release much like Freddy vs. Jason. Casting should begin soon, and there is no word yet on where filming will be held.
Is Freddy Vs Jason Vs. Ash a Reality or Not
Rumors began almost immediately after the opening weekend of Freddy VS. Jason. Who would they have battling the duo in a sequel? While there were others - Michael Myers, Pinhead, et al - the one rumor that had the most steam behind it was Freddy VS. Jason VS. Ash, featuring Bruce Campbell's cult character from the Evil Dead series. Now, almost a full year after FVSJ hit theaters, New Line is negotiating - and coming close to a resolution - with director Sam Raimi for that film. Before you go and get too excited, Raimi isn't onboard to direct. New Line is just going to him first because he holds the rights to the Evil Dead franchise and the Ash character. Should he reject New Line's proposition, then there will be no FVJVA movie. It appears though that even if New Line can't get Raimi to agree to have Ash appear in the film, they will be moving ahead with some sort of Freddy VS. Jason sequel. They will move on to another horror icon or instead dream up another way to pit the two villains against each other. What they should of done though was to have had a clear cut winner of Freddy VS. Jason and had that winner go up against another bad guy in another movie, say, Freddy VS. Pinhead. Then take that winner and put him up against another villain and so on. Like a round robin tournament of the greatest cinematic villains played out in a series of movies. The winner at the end could be crowned the supreme bad mother f***er. Wait, that just gave me an interesting concept...Freddy VS. Jules Winfield and Vincent Vega...
Kangaroo Jack Sequel Coming to DVD
Warner Home Video and Castle Rock Entertainment are reviving the Jerry Bruckheimer Kangaroo Jack production as a planned series of animated DVD premiere movies. The feature-length animated Kangaroo Jack: G'Day USA! which is a sequel to the live action Kangaroo Jack motion picture.
The DVD is set for release on November 16, priced at $24.98.
Revenge of the Sith
At the recent ComiCon,
iesb.net got a chance to meet up with one of the most notable Star Wars fans, collecters and newsworthy people. His name is Steve Sansweet. Asked to him were questions in regarding ROTS, Indy IV, the future of the SW universe and more.
So, without any further ado, here is the
Steve Sansweet Video . Enjoy.
Superman V: (a.k.a. "Unbeleievable") Casting Call Sheet
Resident Evil 2:
Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse International Trailer
Land of the Dead Update:
Shooting will take place in Toronto, Universal is distributing and Dennis Hopper has joined the cast.
Return of the Living Dead 4 Update : Necropolis filming at Chernobyl"
Now, for the first time, a Hollywood feature film -- the zombie movie "Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis" -- has gained access to the infamous site.
Ukrainian-born producer Anatoly Fradis is proud -- despite the obstacles and the cost. "Up to a couple of days before we began shooting, it was touch-and-go whether they would let us in, and I had to pay more than I had budgeted to secure the permission," Fradis says, standing inside Chernobyl's first checkpoint inside the zone.
He's anxious to get started on two days of shooting on-location with director Ellory Elkayem and special effects zombie expert John Vulich of Optic Nerve Studios.
For a zombie movie, there's an odd lack of gore-covered extras with vacant stares. A 1960s open-top, Russian-made Chaika limousine serves as a rock-steady rolling camera bed for 11 scheduled shots here.
Most of "Necropolis" -- the fourth in a five-part series shooting back-to-back -- is shooting at the Bucharest, Romania studios where "Cold Mountain" was made.
The zombie-free Chernobyl scenes are for the opening, in which a rogue ex-CIA agent is seen stealing the world's last five canisters of Trioxyn gas, the lifeblood of the living dead.
"Chernobyl is very spooky and serves our purpose -- we are shooting in all these abandoned towns and villages, with rusting equipment lying around everywhere," Fradis says.
The sense of a post-apocalyptic world dawns as we follow the Chaika around the Chernobyl district.
Grass and shrubs sprout from holes in the sides of crumbling cottages. A graveyard for helicopters, fire trucks and other equipment used in the cleanup operation in 1986 stretches beside a road. In Pripyat, the deserted town that once housed the reactor's work force and their families, children's toys still litter the rubbish-strewn kindergarten, and fading Soviet slogans adorn the sides of gaunt concrete apartment blocks.
It's an unsettling experience that should translate into a chilling opening sequence, perfect for a movie titled "Necropolis."
Vin Diesel on Riddick's Next Adventure
Will someone please give Vin Diesel a ring and tell him "Riddick" is now about as appealing as a squashed cat toasted sandwich?
On the last leg of his promotional push for "Chronicles of Riddick", the muscle-bound stalk again confirmed that he and David Twohy are still going ahead with a second sequel – despite the dire B.O returns of the recent instalment.
According to
The Vin Diesel Experience , they’ve even got the storyline nutted out.
"In the next film, Riddick is going to go to the underverse", Diesel tells
FilmFocus.Co.Uk . "Riddick will act with new elementals. Not air elementals [as Judi Dench's character is] but fire and water. It'll come full circle in C3 when he must return to Furia".
Diesel says, "The concept behind switching genres was to create a film that you could continue exploring. In the ending of this movie, it's not just something that says we're opening it up so we can tell another story, it's very specific. A very daring ending because it's left open-ended"
"We gave the script to the studio, I bought three leather binders" explains Vin, "One said C1, one said C2 and one said C3. They all had locks on them and we only gave the key to C1 to the studio".
If they do make a third "Riddick" film, how about adding some violence, story and excitement to proceedings. And while they’re at it – extract the PG-13 elements? (Kriszta from
The Vin Diesel Experience summed the rating fiasco up best: "Get away with PG-13 ?! Vin, Twohy, you still do not get, why your freakin' movie failed big time?! It was ****ing insulting to the fandom, and if you need money for the sequel, pls do team up with Paul WS Anderson. Then you can do an Alien vs. Predator vs. Riddick movie, rated G". Pricleess!)
It’ll be interesting to see what happens to the planned "Pitch Black" TV spin-off. The show, which was set to focus not on Riddick but Kyra, was all set to be a go for The Sci-Fi Channel. Haven’t heard much about it in recent times though, so wouldn’t be surprised if – like the proposed "Van Helsing" series – the poor box office returns of its parents quickly killed it.
The X-Files 2: (TBA)
Gillian Anderson recently spoke about the rumours of a movie sequel - "It does indeed appear that the XF movie will be underway in the next year but a lot has to happen between now and then and a lot can happen between now and then. But it looks promising. Chris does not want to reveal at this point who or what will be in it but I got the impression it's going to be one scary mother.
The Mighty Ducks 4: (TBA)
Former brat packer Emilio Estevez at a recent doo and landed a scoop, "There's another "Mighty Ducks" in the works that he might be doing. This one teams him with Joshua Jackson, who starred in the first two or three films as a kid named Charlie. In this one, Charlie gets into trouble with the law himself and is forced to do community service. he opts to coach hockey team of course and that's when Emilio Estevez is called in to assist. He's also doing a film called "Bobby" which is about the killing of Robert Kennedy, and he wrote the movie too. And there's also a film about the L.A Riots that he is doing with Snoop Doggy Dogg.
Batman Begins in Only 9 Months and 29 Days
In little under a year, all Batman fans will rejoice. Until then, here's just a few things you may enjoy to tide you over before it's release . It's not much but please enjoy....
Video:
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Batman Begins Teaser Trailer
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Footage of the Batmobile in Action
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Batmobile on the Streets of Chicago
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Teaser Trailer Stills
Batman Begins Official Site From :
France
Spain
Thailand
Germany
Pics :
The Gotham Post
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(***POSSBIBLE SPOILERS***)
Dark Horizons has a recent BEGINS scoop that includes info on what the Scarcrow may look like. It also seems to confirm what BOF scooper "MB" said about the look of the character several months ago....
The Devil's Rejects Pics:
Rob Zombie's camp sent over three images from the set of The Devil's Rejects, the upcoming sequel to last year's House of 1000 Corpses.
The film, which boasts one hell of an impressive cast, is set to assault theaters sometime in the first quarter of 2005. I know I'm looking forward to it. Take a look inside
The Diabolical Dominion to get an idea of what you can expect....
New footage from Blade Trinity online!
Maxim Online showcases actress Jessica Biel taking on a slew of underworld vampires! Take a look!
MI:3 and
Bond 21 News, Release Date Changes etc....
Tom Cruise bails on Mission: Impossible 3 for Spielberg's War of the Worlds
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Pictures is switching its tentpole pictures for next year. Mission: Impossible 3, which has been plagued by director problems, is out, and War of the Worlds, directed by Steven Speilberg and starring Tom Cruise, is in.
The studio said Wednesday that instead of beginning production on "M:I-3" this summer, as had been originally planned, Cruise will instead go directly into Spielberg's modern-day adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic about a Martian invasion of Earth.
"War," which has been in development for some time, will begin filming in November for a release next year -- the exact date has not yet been decided. Cruise hasn't abandoned "M:I-3," though. It will now shoot next summer, with J.J. Abrams, creator of the TV series "Felicity" and "Alias," set to make his feature directorial debut.
Mission Impossible 3 is pushed back a year to Summer 2006
Bond 21: Casino Royale Cast Additions
Vic Armstrong is being rumoured as a director. Armstrong has served as the either the stunt co-ordinator or second unit director on many films including three of the four Brosnan pics.
The Amityville Horror:
The revision of the 1979 horror classic will open in theatres on April 15, 2005, three months later than previously scheduled.
Ice Age 2:
The film opens March 31, 2006, with an overheard title...
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown.