Introducing The Damned at its world premiere, Roberto Minervini stated that the film began from a desire to “deconstruct the precepts in war cinema,” e.g. good versus evil, “hyper-masculinity” and heroism. In the press kit interview, Minervini goes further, stating that there’s never been a war movie “that I would call humane […] Even films that depict tragedy and self-destruction emphasize martyrdom and sacrifice.” Has there really never been a true anti-war film? The existence of Come and See seems to contradict that, and noting that “good versus evil” isn’t real isn’t a breakthrough either, which may be why The […]
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- 5/20/2024
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Introducing The Damned at its world premiere, Roberto Minervini stated that the film began from a desire to “deconstruct the precepts in war cinema,” e.g. good versus evil, “hyper-masculinity” and heroism. In the press kit interview, Minervini goes further, stating that there’s never been a war movie “that I would call humane […] Even films that depict tragedy and self-destruction emphasize martyrdom and sacrifice.” Has there really never been a true anti-war film? The existence of Come and See seems to contradict that, and noting that “good versus evil” isn’t real isn’t a breakthrough either, which may be why The […]
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- 5/20/2024
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Atoms & Void, the Netherlands-based production and sales company run by Sergei Loznitsa and Maria Choustova, has closed a French sale on Loznitsa’s most recent feature documentary “The Invasion,” which premiered on Thursday as a Special Screening in Cannes. Potemkine Films has taken all rights for France, while the film’s French co-producer Arte France maintains its exclusive TV/VOD window.
“The Invasion” arrives 10 years after the release of Sergei Loznitsa’s epic “Maidan,” which chronicled the Ukrainian uprising.
In his latest feature documentary, Loznitsa returns to Ukraine to chronicle his country’s struggle against the Russian invasion. Shot over a two-year period, the film portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine – from Lviv and Odessa to Kyiv and Dnipro – and presents a statement of Ukrainian resilience in the face of a barbaric invasion. In the second part of his Ukrainian diptych, Loznitsa paints a monumental...
“The Invasion” arrives 10 years after the release of Sergei Loznitsa’s epic “Maidan,” which chronicled the Ukrainian uprising.
In his latest feature documentary, Loznitsa returns to Ukraine to chronicle his country’s struggle against the Russian invasion. Shot over a two-year period, the film portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine – from Lviv and Odessa to Kyiv and Dnipro – and presents a statement of Ukrainian resilience in the face of a barbaric invasion. In the second part of his Ukrainian diptych, Loznitsa paints a monumental...
- 5/19/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s filmography could be neatly divided into three genre buckets: feature films (the last two were Donbass and A Gentle Creature, both from the last decade), documentaries compiled entirely from archive sources (The Kiev Trial), and documentaries about current events, filmed by Loznitsa himself and small crews. The most well-known example from the last category would be Maidan (2014), a stirring, astringent, mosaic-like portrait of the demonstrations against Russian-supported president Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev’s main city square in 2013-14, which eventually devolved into violence.
With his latest, The Invasion, Loznitsa gives Maidan a cinematic sibling, a work that bears a strong family resemblance given its urgency and majestic, tragic sweep as it builds a portrait of a nation at war. But while the high-vérité lack of voiceover, identifying subtitles or editorializing follows the same modus operandi deployed with Maidan, there’s an even stronger sense here...
With his latest, The Invasion, Loznitsa gives Maidan a cinematic sibling, a work that bears a strong family resemblance given its urgency and majestic, tragic sweep as it builds a portrait of a nation at war. But while the high-vérité lack of voiceover, identifying subtitles or editorializing follows the same modus operandi deployed with Maidan, there’s an even stronger sense here...
- 5/18/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Life During Wartime: Loznitsa’s Gaze Blankets Ukraine
Director Sergei Loznitsa continues as the ultimate contemporary chronicler of Ukraine’s past and present, his latest, the aptly titled The Invasion, highlighting lives of citizens over the past two years of war with Russia. Described as a diptych in its accompaniment with Loznitsa’s 2014 documentary Maidan, which captured footage of the civil unrest in Maidan Square across 2013 and 2014 (now playing like a prologue in retrospect), it’s in keeping with his favored style of austere observation. In essence, life must go on for those living beneath Russia’s sword of Damocles, but it also has irrevocably informed traditions, rituals, and all ways of life in ways which may perhaps only seem most discernible in hindsight.…...
Director Sergei Loznitsa continues as the ultimate contemporary chronicler of Ukraine’s past and present, his latest, the aptly titled The Invasion, highlighting lives of citizens over the past two years of war with Russia. Described as a diptych in its accompaniment with Loznitsa’s 2014 documentary Maidan, which captured footage of the civil unrest in Maidan Square across 2013 and 2014 (now playing like a prologue in retrospect), it’s in keeping with his favored style of austere observation. In essence, life must go on for those living beneath Russia’s sword of Damocles, but it also has irrevocably informed traditions, rituals, and all ways of life in ways which may perhaps only seem most discernible in hindsight.…...
- 5/16/2024
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa is preparing to shoot his next fiction film Two Prosecutors in October. It is set during the Stalin terror and is based on a novel by little known Russian writer Georgy Demidov.
The film is being made as a coproduction between France’s Sbs, Loznitsa’s own The Netherlands’ Atoms & Void, and four other countries - Germany, Latvia, Romania and Lithuania. Sbs is also handling sales.
After a string of documentaries, including his new film The Invasion, a Special Screening here in Cannes, Two Prosecutors marks Loznita’s return to drama. Loznitsa himself is producing alongside his partner Maria Choustova.
The film is being made as a coproduction between France’s Sbs, Loznitsa’s own The Netherlands’ Atoms & Void, and four other countries - Germany, Latvia, Romania and Lithuania. Sbs is also handling sales.
After a string of documentaries, including his new film The Invasion, a Special Screening here in Cannes, Two Prosecutors marks Loznita’s return to drama. Loznitsa himself is producing alongside his partner Maria Choustova.
- 5/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Ukrainian filmmakers and producers, including Mstyslav Chernov, the Oscar-winning director of 20 Days In Mariupol, are attending Cannes in significant numbers despite the ongoing war in Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
Against heavy odds, fictional films are being made in Ukraine. Evgeniy Drachov, head of Film.UA Distribution, is in Cannes pre-selling two new genre features: supernatural horror The Witch Revenge and thriller The Dam. Despite the war, the company is still trying to make “entertaining content” that will attract international buyers.
Alisa Kovalenko is presenting footage of her documentary project Frontline, about her experiences in the armed forces after the Russian invasion,...
Against heavy odds, fictional films are being made in Ukraine. Evgeniy Drachov, head of Film.UA Distribution, is in Cannes pre-selling two new genre features: supernatural horror The Witch Revenge and thriller The Dam. Despite the war, the company is still trying to make “entertaining content” that will attract international buyers.
Alisa Kovalenko is presenting footage of her documentary project Frontline, about her experiences in the armed forces after the Russian invasion,...
- 5/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Los Angeles, April 27 (Ians) Hollywood star Nicole Kidman, who is known for ‘Dogville’, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, ‘Days of Thunder’, ‘The Invasion’, among others, has said that she “craves” the extremes.
The 56-year-old actress has worked across a variety of genres and says she loves pushing herself to try new things, reports ‘Female First UK’.
She told The Hollywood Reporter: “I made ‘Dogville’ after ‘Moulin Rouge’! I went from lavish extremes. I’d come from sequins and trapezes, top hats, hundreds of people singing and dancing. And suddenly I was in Sweden for ‘Dogville’, completely in the dark. But then I went to Spain and made ‘The Others’ with Alejandro Amenebar, who didn’t speak English. I even worked here in Nashville on ‘Stoker’ with director Park Chan-wook, who also doesn’t speak English. I crave those extremes, those emotions. I’ve definitely had an extreme life.”
She revealed that...
The 56-year-old actress has worked across a variety of genres and says she loves pushing herself to try new things, reports ‘Female First UK’.
She told The Hollywood Reporter: “I made ‘Dogville’ after ‘Moulin Rouge’! I went from lavish extremes. I’d come from sequins and trapezes, top hats, hundreds of people singing and dancing. And suddenly I was in Sweden for ‘Dogville’, completely in the dark. But then I went to Spain and made ‘The Others’ with Alejandro Amenebar, who didn’t speak English. I even worked here in Nashville on ‘Stoker’ with director Park Chan-wook, who also doesn’t speak English. I crave those extremes, those emotions. I’ve definitely had an extreme life.”
She revealed that...
- 4/27/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Doctor Who has a habit of taking a throwaway line and making it into a big deal.
In 60th anniversary special “Wild Blue Yonder”, Russell T. Davies wrote what seemed like a passing joke about Isaac Newton mishearing the word ″gravity″ as “mavity” before committing to the bit and changing the word in the timeline from that point onwards, making the gag not so inconsequential after all.
Mavity isn’t alone in the show’s history. Throwaway lines have been seized upon and expanded over the years, some by the show’s fandom, but also by its writers. What started as world-building, texture or a dramatic beat has become the foundation for a whole new level of storytelling.
Lines like these…
“The heart of the machine is under the column”
The Edge of Destruction (1964), written by David Whitaker
In this First Doctor story, set almost entirely inside the Tardis, a...
In 60th anniversary special “Wild Blue Yonder”, Russell T. Davies wrote what seemed like a passing joke about Isaac Newton mishearing the word ″gravity″ as “mavity” before committing to the bit and changing the word in the timeline from that point onwards, making the gag not so inconsequential after all.
Mavity isn’t alone in the show’s history. Throwaway lines have been seized upon and expanded over the years, some by the show’s fandom, but also by its writers. What started as world-building, texture or a dramatic beat has become the foundation for a whole new level of storytelling.
Lines like these…
“The heart of the machine is under the column”
The Edge of Destruction (1964), written by David Whitaker
In this First Doctor story, set almost entirely inside the Tardis, a...
- 4/26/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
As expected, the Cannes Film Festival line-up is pretty spectacular with new films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and David Cronenberg heading to the fest.
As the days are getting longer and there’s a tiny bit more sunshine in between the showers of rain, that can only mean one thing. The Cannes Film Festival is almost upon us.
Of course, us peasants rarely get to go, but it is fun to read the reactions from the glitzy world premieres as the stars gather in the picturesque town of Cannes.
And this year’s festival line-up is a doozy. We already knew George Miller was heading to the Croisette with Furiosa, Francis Ford Coppola is bringing Megalopolis and Kevin Costner will be premiering his new film, too, but there’s a whole heap of great filmmakers heading out to the beach with their films.
The highlights include Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds Of Kindness,...
As the days are getting longer and there’s a tiny bit more sunshine in between the showers of rain, that can only mean one thing. The Cannes Film Festival is almost upon us.
Of course, us peasants rarely get to go, but it is fun to read the reactions from the glitzy world premieres as the stars gather in the picturesque town of Cannes.
And this year’s festival line-up is a doozy. We already knew George Miller was heading to the Croisette with Furiosa, Francis Ford Coppola is bringing Megalopolis and Kevin Costner will be premiering his new film, too, but there’s a whole heap of great filmmakers heading out to the beach with their films.
The highlights include Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds Of Kindness,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Descubre las películas que estarán en Cannes 2024: una lista completa de todas las secciones.
Esta mañana, Thierry Frémaux ha anunciado la programación oficial de la 77ª edición del Festival de Cannes. La pasada edición del festival fue testigo de los estrenos mundiales de las aclamadas películas “Anatomía de una Caída”, “Killers of the Flower Moon” y “The Zone of Interest”. Unas películas que posteriormente fueron nominadas al Oscar a la mejor película, de modo que este año el listón está muy alto.
Desde su primera edición en 1946, el Festival de Cannes se ha consolidado como uno de los acontecimientos cinematográficos más importantes de la industria del cine y la edición de este año ofrece una gran variedad de películas de todo el mundo; desde directores consagrados hasta nuevas voces de la industria. Aunque, por desgracia, España no tendrá representación en el festival este año.
La presidenta del jurado de...
Esta mañana, Thierry Frémaux ha anunciado la programación oficial de la 77ª edición del Festival de Cannes. La pasada edición del festival fue testigo de los estrenos mundiales de las aclamadas películas “Anatomía de una Caída”, “Killers of the Flower Moon” y “The Zone of Interest”. Unas películas que posteriormente fueron nominadas al Oscar a la mejor película, de modo que este año el listón está muy alto.
Desde su primera edición en 1946, el Festival de Cannes se ha consolidado como uno de los acontecimientos cinematográficos más importantes de la industria del cine y la edición de este año ofrece una gran variedad de películas de todo el mundo; desde directores consagrados hasta nuevas voces de la industria. Aunque, por desgracia, España no tendrá representación en el festival este año.
La presidenta del jurado de...
- 4/11/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Ahead of a festival kicking off in just about a month, Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, have unveiled the selection of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Led by the previously announced major highlight, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, the competition lineup features the latest films from Jia Zhangke, David Cronenberg, Paul Schrader, Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Miguel Gomes, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jacques Audiard, Ali Abbasi, Payal Kapadia, and more.
Other sections include the previously new films from George Miller and Kevin Costner, alongside Leos Carax’s personal short C’est Pas Moi, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson’s Rumors, Alain Guiraudie’s Miséricorde, and more.
Check out the lineup below.
Competition
All We Imagine As Light – Payal Kapadia
L’amour Ouf – Gilles Lellouche
Anora – Sean Baker
The Apprentice – Ali Abbasi
Bird – Andrea Arnold
Caught by the Tides – Jia Zhang-ke...
Led by the previously announced major highlight, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, the competition lineup features the latest films from Jia Zhangke, David Cronenberg, Paul Schrader, Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Miguel Gomes, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jacques Audiard, Ali Abbasi, Payal Kapadia, and more.
Other sections include the previously new films from George Miller and Kevin Costner, alongside Leos Carax’s personal short C’est Pas Moi, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson’s Rumors, Alain Guiraudie’s Miséricorde, and more.
Check out the lineup below.
Competition
All We Imagine As Light – Payal Kapadia
L’amour Ouf – Gilles Lellouche
Anora – Sean Baker
The Apprentice – Ali Abbasi
Bird – Andrea Arnold
Caught by the Tides – Jia Zhang-ke...
- 4/11/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 77th edition (May 14-25)
The competition includes films by Andrea Arnold, David Cronenberg, Yórgos Lánthimos, Paul Schrader and Paolo Sorrentino.
Festival director Thierry Frémaux revealed the Official Selection at a press conference at the Ugc Normandie theatre in Paris alongside festival president Iris Knobloch.
Previously announced titles include Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act, which will open the festival on May 14 out of competition, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Kevin Costner’s Horizon, An American Saga and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis.
Barbie director Greta Gerwig will preside over the jury.
The competition includes films by Andrea Arnold, David Cronenberg, Yórgos Lánthimos, Paul Schrader and Paolo Sorrentino.
Festival director Thierry Frémaux revealed the Official Selection at a press conference at the Ugc Normandie theatre in Paris alongside festival president Iris Knobloch.
Previously announced titles include Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act, which will open the festival on May 14 out of competition, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Kevin Costner’s Horizon, An American Saga and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis.
Barbie director Greta Gerwig will preside over the jury.
- 4/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
The official website for World Trigger the Stage , a stage play adaptation project based on Daisuke Ashihara's sci-fi action manga series, World Trigger , has unveiled a teaser visual for its upcoming fourth show based on the manga's Galopoula Invasion arc. Teaser visual The four main cast members are confirmed to return: Keisuke Ueda as Yuuma Kuga Takuya Mizoguchi as Osamu Mikumo Arisa Sonohara as Chika Amatori Kensuke Takahashi as Yuichi Jin New cast visuals Following the well-received first show World Trigger the Stage in 2021, second show World Trigger the Stage - The Invasion - in 2022, third show World Trigger the Stage - The B-Rank Wars Begin - in 2023, the fourth show World Trigger the Stage - Galopoula Invasion - is scheduled to perform at Theater H in Tokyo from October 25 to November 4, 2024, at the Canal City theater in Fukuoka on November 9 and 10, ay Cool Japan Park Osaka WW Hall in...
- 4/4/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
The sci-fi classic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright and Jeff Goldblum) is out now on 4K Uhd (Blu-ray) and Limited Edition Blu-ray from Arrow Video.
Remakes of great films are usually on a hiding to nothing, but Philip Kaufman’s brilliant update of the 1956 classic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is a rare and memorable exception. Transposing the action to the heart of San Francisco allows Kaufman to retain all the suspense of Jack Finney’s original story while adding caustic social commentary about the selfishness of the 1970s “me generation” that remains all too relevant today.
But it’s a paranoid thriller first and foremost, based on one of the most psychologically terrifying of all premises – what happens when you can no longer trust not just the authorities but even your nearest and dearest?
Synopsis:
When health official Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams...
Remakes of great films are usually on a hiding to nothing, but Philip Kaufman’s brilliant update of the 1956 classic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is a rare and memorable exception. Transposing the action to the heart of San Francisco allows Kaufman to retain all the suspense of Jack Finney’s original story while adding caustic social commentary about the selfishness of the 1970s “me generation” that remains all too relevant today.
But it’s a paranoid thriller first and foremost, based on one of the most psychologically terrifying of all premises – what happens when you can no longer trust not just the authorities but even your nearest and dearest?
Synopsis:
When health official Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams...
- 4/3/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
The 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival came to a close Sunday, but one of its highlights came three days earlier, with the last of the filmmaker tributes that serve as the spine of the fest.
On Thursday evening, inside Santa Barbara’s historic 2000-seat Arlington Theatre, veteran stage and screen actor Jeffrey Wright — who is Oscar-nominated for the first time in his nearly 30-year film career, for his leading performance in Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, a dramedy about race in America — was feted with the fest’s Montecito Award following a deeply engaging career-retrospective conversation with Sbiff executive director and passionate Wright admirer Roger Durling.
Wright, 58, spoke about being raised by his mother and his aunt, and never really even considering acting until he got to Amherst College, where he began to fall in love with the craft (and to abandon the notion of attending law school). He...
On Thursday evening, inside Santa Barbara’s historic 2000-seat Arlington Theatre, veteran stage and screen actor Jeffrey Wright — who is Oscar-nominated for the first time in his nearly 30-year film career, for his leading performance in Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, a dramedy about race in America — was feted with the fest’s Montecito Award following a deeply engaging career-retrospective conversation with Sbiff executive director and passionate Wright admirer Roger Durling.
Wright, 58, spoke about being raised by his mother and his aunt, and never really even considering acting until he got to Amherst College, where he began to fall in love with the craft (and to abandon the notion of attending law school). He...
- 2/19/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Every generation gets the Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie it deserves. To date, there have been four official adaptations of Jack Finney’s 1954 novel The Body Snatchers and each one adapts its premise to the concerns of the time in which it was made. The deep core of the novel asks, “what exactly is it that makes us human?” and then examines it through a non-human threat that attempts to replicate humanity but just can’t get it quite right. Every twenty years or so, a new version of the story applies that question to the current climate. We are right around that twenty-year mark. We are ready for a new Body Snatchers movie, and it should be about Artificial Intelligence.
In 1954 and 1956 when the novel and the first film version of the story directed by Don Siegel were released, the Cold War was America’s preoccupation. The brilliance...
In 1954 and 1956 when the novel and the first film version of the story directed by Don Siegel were released, the Cold War was America’s preoccupation. The brilliance...
- 9/7/2023
- by Brian Keiper
- bloody-disgusting.com
The threat of global apocalypse has influenced genre filmmaking from the very beginning. One of the earliest apocalyptic films we have a record of is 1916's "The End Of The World," which illustrates the disastrous consequences of a comet that flies near Earth. The plot is often understood as a response to the near-apocalyptic event of 1910, when Halley's Comet got a little too close for comfort. World events themselves became quite apocalyptic during WWII, but films of this nature actually weren't popular at the time; the news provided enough scares.
The first real heyday of apocalyptic filmmaking came in the 1950s, when the atomic bomb, the Cold War, and the space race stoked fears about impending doom. This fascination with the world ending continued throughout the century. The Cold War lasted through the 1980s, after all, though the ideological focus of these movies changed over time. The 1990s took these movies to an expensive,...
The first real heyday of apocalyptic filmmaking came in the 1950s, when the atomic bomb, the Cold War, and the space race stoked fears about impending doom. This fascination with the world ending continued throughout the century. The Cold War lasted through the 1980s, after all, though the ideological focus of these movies changed over time. The 1990s took these movies to an expensive,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Kira Deshler
- Slash Film
George Santos has only been in Congress for a few weeks, but his legacy as one of D.C.’s most prolific and compulsive liars has already been cemented.
The Long Island congressman is facing multiple criminal and ethical investigations regarding his deception of voters over the course of his run for Congress, as well as potential fraud and campaign finance violations. The Nassau County GOP has banned him from events and meetings, and a series of lawmakers and organizations have called for his resignation.
Despite a majority of New York voters,...
The Long Island congressman is facing multiple criminal and ethical investigations regarding his deception of voters over the course of his run for Congress, as well as potential fraud and campaign finance violations. The Nassau County GOP has banned him from events and meetings, and a series of lawmakers and organizations have called for his resignation.
Despite a majority of New York voters,...
- 1/25/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)
Stephen King's name is synonymous with horror. He is one of the most prolific authors in history and his tales have, as is often the case with best-selling authors, gone on to inspire many adaptations over the years. Some good ("Cujo"), some bad ("The Dark Tower"), and some stone-cold cinematic classics ("The Shawshank Redemption"). But it was in 2017, when one of King's most beloved tales was finally brought to life on the big screen, that the king finally took his crown.
That is the year that saw Warner Bros. release the remake of "It," based on King's novel about the child-eating clown of the same name that had previously inspired a TV miniseries starring Tim Curry as Pennywise. But that version,...
Stephen King's name is synonymous with horror. He is one of the most prolific authors in history and his tales have, as is often the case with best-selling authors, gone on to inspire many adaptations over the years. Some good ("Cujo"), some bad ("The Dark Tower"), and some stone-cold cinematic classics ("The Shawshank Redemption"). But it was in 2017, when one of King's most beloved tales was finally brought to life on the big screen, that the king finally took his crown.
That is the year that saw Warner Bros. release the remake of "It," based on King's novel about the child-eating clown of the same name that had previously inspired a TV miniseries starring Tim Curry as Pennywise. But that version,...
- 9/10/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Exclusive Trailer for Vengeance Is Mine Heralds the Return of Michael Roemer’s Long-Unseen Melodrama
A few years after her incredible 1978, featuring Days of Heaven and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Brooke Adams starred in Michael Roemer’s Vengeance Is Mine (which premiered under the title of Haunted as part of the PBS anthology series American Playhouse). The 1984 feature, which has long gone unseen since its debut, is now returning in a new 35mm print at Film Forum beginning on May 27 and we’re pleased to exclusively debut the trailer. First, see the official synopsis.
Returning to her East Coast childhood home to heal old familial wounds, Jo (Adams), finds her adoptive mother withdrawn and distant, and a half-sister who has successfully escaped the cold clutches of their family. Impulsively, Jo enters into the troubled life of the neighbors, befriending a couple whose marriage is collapsing under the weight of alcoholism and mental illness.
A melodrama without the traditional indicators, Vengeance Is Mine (originally titled...
Returning to her East Coast childhood home to heal old familial wounds, Jo (Adams), finds her adoptive mother withdrawn and distant, and a half-sister who has successfully escaped the cold clutches of their family. Impulsively, Jo enters into the troubled life of the neighbors, befriending a couple whose marriage is collapsing under the weight of alcoholism and mental illness.
A melodrama without the traditional indicators, Vengeance Is Mine (originally titled...
- 5/9/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
By Lee Pfeiffer
I know I'm not only getting old, but I'm there already. That's apparent in the fact that I remember seeing the 1981 comedy "All Night Long" at an advanced critic's screening in New York. Back in those prehistoric days before the internet, you had to read trade industry publications to get the background story or buzz on forthcoming films. Sure, the general public was always aware that expensive epics were experiencing production problems, but everyday movie fans were generally unaware of the scuttlebutt on mid-range fare. Within industry circles, however, the word-of-mouth was negative about the film despite the fact that it starred Gene Hackman and Barbra Streisand, both then very much at the peak of their acting careers. The film had gone through some almost surrealistic production problems that involved high profile people and had come in massively over the original budget estimate. I recalled thinking the...
I know I'm not only getting old, but I'm there already. That's apparent in the fact that I remember seeing the 1981 comedy "All Night Long" at an advanced critic's screening in New York. Back in those prehistoric days before the internet, you had to read trade industry publications to get the background story or buzz on forthcoming films. Sure, the general public was always aware that expensive epics were experiencing production problems, but everyday movie fans were generally unaware of the scuttlebutt on mid-range fare. Within industry circles, however, the word-of-mouth was negative about the film despite the fact that it starred Gene Hackman and Barbra Streisand, both then very much at the peak of their acting careers. The film had gone through some almost surrealistic production problems that involved high profile people and had come in massively over the original budget estimate. I recalled thinking the...
- 3/6/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Amongst innumerable adaptations of Stephen King’s literature floating ubiquitously like creepy red balloons in the contemporary ether, director Andy Muschietti’s 2017 updated, polished big screen rendition of It stands out as one of the most prominent and profitable. However, the film—which was followed up with 2019’s It: Chapter Two—was the end product of almost a decade’s worth of permutations under various creative forces. One such force was Cary Fukunaga, who, before tackling HBO’s True Detective and upcoming Bond film No Time to Die, served as director and co-writer until creative clashes with studio New Line. Interestingly, Fukunaga now elaborates on the exact nature of said clashes.
The choice of initial studio Warner Bros. for Fukunaga for It was contemporaneously bold in 2012, seeing as he was relatively new, coming off only his second feature, 2011’s adaptation of Charlotte Brontë novel Jane Eyre. After all, this was...
The choice of initial studio Warner Bros. for Fukunaga for It was contemporaneously bold in 2012, seeing as he was relatively new, coming off only his second feature, 2011’s adaptation of Charlotte Brontë novel Jane Eyre. After all, this was...
- 9/22/2021
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
Life After Oil, the International Film Festival in Sardinia (and from this year in Apulia too) that specifically deals with issues relating to the environment and human rights at an international level, is back. Now in its 8th edition, the event conceived and directed by Massimiliano Mazzotta has increasingly become an important opportunity of dialogue for filmmakers, activists, and associations of various nationalities that want to discuss energy issues and the search for a more sustainable lifestyle that is right for everyone.
This year the Festival reiterates its itinerant and ubiquitous character: it takes place for the first time in Villanovaforru (Su) and in Brindisi. Sardinia and Apulia are two different realities but with several common factors. One above all, the beautiful landscape, ravaged by highly polluting industries that have compromised areas of naturalistic and environmental value, and caused irreparable damage to the health of the populations.
Life After Oil...
This year the Festival reiterates its itinerant and ubiquitous character: it takes place for the first time in Villanovaforru (Su) and in Brindisi. Sardinia and Apulia are two different realities but with several common factors. One above all, the beautiful landscape, ravaged by highly polluting industries that have compromised areas of naturalistic and environmental value, and caused irreparable damage to the health of the populations.
Life After Oil...
- 9/9/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster are set to star in “Fire Island,” a romantic comedy from “Spa Night” director Andrew Ahn.
Described as a modern day take on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” the film will center on two best friends embarking on a weeklong vacation to Fire Island — the historic gay escape off the southern shore of Long Island — with the help of cheap rosé and a cadre of eclectic friends.
The project is set up at Searchlight, and will release exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. Globally, the film will stream on Disney Plus under the Star brand.
Jax Media (“Russian Doll”) is producing the project. Ahn will direct from an original feature script by Booster. Shooting will commence this August on Fire Island and in New York City. John Hodges, Brooke Posch and Tony Hernandez will serve as producers for Jax, with Chan Phung...
Described as a modern day take on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” the film will center on two best friends embarking on a weeklong vacation to Fire Island — the historic gay escape off the southern shore of Long Island — with the help of cheap rosé and a cadre of eclectic friends.
The project is set up at Searchlight, and will release exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. Globally, the film will stream on Disney Plus under the Star brand.
Jax Media (“Russian Doll”) is producing the project. Ahn will direct from an original feature script by Booster. Shooting will commence this August on Fire Island and in New York City. John Hodges, Brooke Posch and Tony Hernandez will serve as producers for Jax, with Chan Phung...
- 6/30/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Jordanian multihyphenate Bassel Ghandour since graduating from USC film school has among other things worked closely with Kathryn Bigelow on “The Hurt Locker,” and penned and produced Naji Abu Nowar’s groundbreaking Bedouin Western “Theeb.” Now he is making a splash with his first feature as director “The Alleys,” even before its launch.
Ghandour’s multi-character tale, which is now in post, is set – and was shot – in a claustrophobic neighborhood in East Amman called Jabal Al Natheef where violence, and gossip, run rampant. “The Alleys” involves a young hustler named Ali who pretends to be a white-collar career man, his secret love interest Lana, and an extortion attempt that brings Lana’s mother and an older cutthroat gangster into the picture. The promising pic just scored several prizes at the Cairo Film Festival’s Cairo Film Connection co-production market.
“Ali is a hustler who takes tourists to dodgy night clubs in exchange for kickbacks,...
Ghandour’s multi-character tale, which is now in post, is set – and was shot – in a claustrophobic neighborhood in East Amman called Jabal Al Natheef where violence, and gossip, run rampant. “The Alleys” involves a young hustler named Ali who pretends to be a white-collar career man, his secret love interest Lana, and an extortion attempt that brings Lana’s mother and an older cutthroat gangster into the picture. The promising pic just scored several prizes at the Cairo Film Festival’s Cairo Film Connection co-production market.
“Ali is a hustler who takes tourists to dodgy night clubs in exchange for kickbacks,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
This War of the Worlds review contains spoilers.
War of the Worlds Episode 6
It’s been a few days since the world ended, and with the robo-dog threat somewhat allayed after the mutts’ core directive switched from ‘Kill Everyone’ to ‘Build a Massive Jenga Tower out of Babies’ (or whatever it is they’re up to), our survivors finally have some time to think. Why is this happening to us? What do the aliens want? What does it all mean?
This episode was a welcome change of pace for the series, giving us an overdue opportunity to really get to know this cast of characters. Helen, it turns out, is energisingly kickass with an appealingly ‘screw it’ attitude, and resourceful in a pinch. Colonel Mokrani, we learn, is a tortured soul with an innate sense of justice and a unique perspective on the evil committed in wartime. Knowing this stuff...
War of the Worlds Episode 6
It’s been a few days since the world ended, and with the robo-dog threat somewhat allayed after the mutts’ core directive switched from ‘Kill Everyone’ to ‘Build a Massive Jenga Tower out of Babies’ (or whatever it is they’re up to), our survivors finally have some time to think. Why is this happening to us? What do the aliens want? What does it all mean?
This episode was a welcome change of pace for the series, giving us an overdue opportunity to really get to know this cast of characters. Helen, it turns out, is energisingly kickass with an appealingly ‘screw it’ attitude, and resourceful in a pinch. Colonel Mokrani, we learn, is a tortured soul with an innate sense of justice and a unique perspective on the evil committed in wartime. Knowing this stuff...
- 4/2/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Summer is here, and you know what that means — time to sit inside and watch TV in the dark. For those with HBO subscriptions looking to fill the void left by “Game of Thrones,” here is all the brand new content coming to the service in June.
Perhaps the most anticipated addition of the month is Season 2 of “Big Little Lies” coming June 9, now starring Meryl Streep alongside Zoë Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman, and Laura Dern.
Season one of Zendaya’s new Drake-produced high school drama series “Eurphoria” is also coming, and you can watch a teaser for it here. Fred Armisen’s comedy series “Los Espookys” arrives June 14.
Also Read: Lgbtq Hollywood: 18 Stars Who've Come Out Since Last Year's Pride (Photos)
October 2018’s retro-thriller “Bad Times at the El Royale” is also being added June 1, and it stars the magnificent Jeff Bridges alongside Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson...
Perhaps the most anticipated addition of the month is Season 2 of “Big Little Lies” coming June 9, now starring Meryl Streep alongside Zoë Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman, and Laura Dern.
Season one of Zendaya’s new Drake-produced high school drama series “Eurphoria” is also coming, and you can watch a teaser for it here. Fred Armisen’s comedy series “Los Espookys” arrives June 14.
Also Read: Lgbtq Hollywood: 18 Stars Who've Come Out Since Last Year's Pride (Photos)
October 2018’s retro-thriller “Bad Times at the El Royale” is also being added June 1, and it stars the magnificent Jeff Bridges alongside Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson...
- 6/2/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Netflix has confirmed that 57 new original series, movies and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in November, including the first season of “The Kominsky Method” and the sixth and final season of “House of Cards.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Netflix appearances including the red-hot Oscar contenders “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” and “Outlaw King.”
Available November 1
Angela’s Christmas (Netflix Original)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Bring It On: In It to Win It
Cape Fear
Children of Men
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cloverfield
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Doctor Strange
Fair Game – Director’s Cut
Follow This: Part 3 (Netflix Original)
From Dusk Till Dawn
Good Will Hunting
Jet Li’s Fearless
Julie & Julia
Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles: Pt. 1
National Lampoon’s Animal House
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
Planet Hulk
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 3
Sex and the...
Available November 1
Angela’s Christmas (Netflix Original)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Bring It On: In It to Win It
Cape Fear
Children of Men
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cloverfield
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Doctor Strange
Fair Game – Director’s Cut
Follow This: Part 3 (Netflix Original)
From Dusk Till Dawn
Good Will Hunting
Jet Li’s Fearless
Julie & Julia
Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles: Pt. 1
National Lampoon’s Animal House
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
Planet Hulk
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 3
Sex and the...
- 11/1/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The dinosaurs are facing extinction once again in Netflix’s latest streaming purge.
Staring Nov. 1, the “Jurassic Park” trilogy will disappear from the streaming platform, along with the popular animated dinosaur series “The Land Before Time.” Also leaving Netflix is the Guillermo del Toro film “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” and the hit horror pic “Oculus.” Additionally, Keira Knightley’s “Anna Karenina” will bid farewell on Nov. 12 and the lovable bear in “Paddington” will depart on Nov. 16.
See the full list of titles leaving Netflix below:
Nov. 1
Amelie
Crossfire
Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions 2
Cruel Intentions 3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Oculus
Phenomenon
Run to me
Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball
Steel Magnolias
The Invasion
The Land Before Time
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
The Lazarus Effect
The Lost World: Jurassic Park...
Staring Nov. 1, the “Jurassic Park” trilogy will disappear from the streaming platform, along with the popular animated dinosaur series “The Land Before Time.” Also leaving Netflix is the Guillermo del Toro film “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” and the hit horror pic “Oculus.” Additionally, Keira Knightley’s “Anna Karenina” will bid farewell on Nov. 12 and the lovable bear in “Paddington” will depart on Nov. 16.
See the full list of titles leaving Netflix below:
Nov. 1
Amelie
Crossfire
Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions 2
Cruel Intentions 3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Oculus
Phenomenon
Run to me
Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball
Steel Magnolias
The Invasion
The Land Before Time
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
The Lazarus Effect
The Lost World: Jurassic Park...
- 10/31/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
“Mother Tedium, Mother Laborious, Mother I’ve done gone defiled Suspiria so should sob at the hem of Argento then be sentenced to helm Sharknado sequels in hell (for an hour).” While a joke like that might seem severe, one can imagine writer/ director Luca Guadagnino whimpering it in the minds of horror fans left ditched and indifferent by his discordant adaptation of Dario Argento’s masterpiece. Suspiria (2018) is a total, colossal but cryptic failure (like John Boorman’s Exorcist 2: The Heretic or Neil Labute’s The Wicker Man) and possibly a greater calamity than plastic cash-in remakes: Poltergeist (2015) and Flatliners (2017), considering the talent behind it. Cast members Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, with composer Thom Yorke and Call Me By Your Name cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, lock horns with Guadagnino for a clunky re-hash/ car-crash cacophony that sits insipid and soulless on screen like an inanimate piss...
- 10/23/2018
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“King of the Worlds,” “The Painting” and “City” are just three productions from Argentina pitching at Snack & Screen Argentina!, taking place Oct. 17 at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals.
Thrillers stand out as the genre of the day, with three of the ten projects promising something spooky.
“King of the Worlds” is an anime-style production from Caramba Estudio in co-production with Canada’s Copernicus Studios. Project won 2nd prize at New Series for Cartoon Network Latam, a contest hosted by Santiago Chile’s toon-market Chilemonos, and was pitched at Pitching Sessions Kids at Rio Content Market.
“The idea is that an everyday life object hides a world full of fun and fantasy. Who dwells in the windows, the olives, the staples?” says Caramba’s producer Marilina Sánchez. The Ariel López Verdesco-directed show follows Brian King, a kid gifted with the skill to enter into all these inner worlds.
“City” is a sci-fi...
Thrillers stand out as the genre of the day, with three of the ten projects promising something spooky.
“King of the Worlds” is an anime-style production from Caramba Estudio in co-production with Canada’s Copernicus Studios. Project won 2nd prize at New Series for Cartoon Network Latam, a contest hosted by Santiago Chile’s toon-market Chilemonos, and was pitched at Pitching Sessions Kids at Rio Content Market.
“The idea is that an everyday life object hides a world full of fun and fantasy. Who dwells in the windows, the olives, the staples?” says Caramba’s producer Marilina Sánchez. The Ariel López Verdesco-directed show follows Brian King, a kid gifted with the skill to enter into all these inner worlds.
“City” is a sci-fi...
- 10/17/2018
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Media Rights Capital has agreed to fully finance “Knives Out,” a murder mystery starring Daniel Craig, Variety has confirmed. The movie brings together the James Bond star with Rian Johnson, the director of “The Last Jedi.”
“Knives Out” moved up on Craig’s dance card after creative differences between the actor and director Danny Boyle forced a behind-the-camera change on Bond 25. Shooting on a new 007 adventure has been delayed until a new filmmaker can be found to replace Boyle.
The Media Rights Capital deal is for the world and the film is set to begin shooting in November. The company will presumably have to later find a distribution partner to release the picture. CAA Media Finance and FilmNation auctioned the property, which was considered to be one of the hotter packages available at this year’s festival.
Despite the interest in the project, Craig has never really been much...
“Knives Out” moved up on Craig’s dance card after creative differences between the actor and director Danny Boyle forced a behind-the-camera change on Bond 25. Shooting on a new 007 adventure has been delayed until a new filmmaker can be found to replace Boyle.
The Media Rights Capital deal is for the world and the film is set to begin shooting in November. The company will presumably have to later find a distribution partner to release the picture. CAA Media Finance and FilmNation auctioned the property, which was considered to be one of the hotter packages available at this year’s festival.
Despite the interest in the project, Craig has never really been much...
- 9/7/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
By Darren Allison
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes
Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic and London Music Works, this comprehensive 6 CD collection features music from the latest Sci-Fi blockbusters; from Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Blade Runner 2049, all the way back to 1950s classics The Day The Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.
This release brings together the best selection of science fiction music spanning almost a century, through a thorough overview of musical styles, themes and techniques. It spotlights music from Hollywood heavyweights and classically trained legends, electronic experimenters (Bebe & Louis Barron, Vangelis) and jazz-influenced composers to the new generation, who combine orchestral sounds with electronics
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes is released in both physical and digital format on 31st August 2018.
The Invasion
Don Harper’s soundtrack to the 8-part Doctor Who story The Invasion was made and transmitted in 1968 starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor.
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes
Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic and London Music Works, this comprehensive 6 CD collection features music from the latest Sci-Fi blockbusters; from Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Blade Runner 2049, all the way back to 1950s classics The Day The Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.
This release brings together the best selection of science fiction music spanning almost a century, through a thorough overview of musical styles, themes and techniques. It spotlights music from Hollywood heavyweights and classically trained legends, electronic experimenters (Bebe & Louis Barron, Vangelis) and jazz-influenced composers to the new generation, who combine orchestral sounds with electronics
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes is released in both physical and digital format on 31st August 2018.
The Invasion
Don Harper’s soundtrack to the 8-part Doctor Who story The Invasion was made and transmitted in 1968 starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor.
- 8/22/2018
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
AMC is back in the Emmy race this year with its limited series “The Terror.” Based on the book by Dan Simmons, the show is a fictionalized account of a lost expedition to the Arctic from 1845-1848. Gold Derby recently spoke with star Jared Harris, executive producer Ridley Scott, and showrunners David Kajganich and Soo Hugh about their work. Scroll down and click on any of their names below to be taken to their full interviews.
Harris plays Francis Crozier, captain of the Hms Terror. In his research for the role, Harris discovered letters Crozier wrote before embarking on his journey. “It’s a really interesting snapshot of what this man’s state of mind was,” he reveals. “It was quite sad in that he had basically understood that at this point of his life he had nothing except … the Royal Navy.” Harris was previously nominated for Best Drama Supporting...
Harris plays Francis Crozier, captain of the Hms Terror. In his research for the role, Harris discovered letters Crozier wrote before embarking on his journey. “It’s a really interesting snapshot of what this man’s state of mind was,” he reveals. “It was quite sad in that he had basically understood that at this point of his life he had nothing except … the Royal Navy.” Harris was previously nominated for Best Drama Supporting...
- 6/16/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
For “The Terror” creator David Kajganich, the show was “the sort of story you don’t often get a chance to tell … where you have a group of characters” and “you put them in a slow-motion disaster.” Pushing those characters to their limits gives you “a chance to unpack all of their attributes, all the facets of their personality, as the pressure just mounts and mounts.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Kajganich and co-showrunner Soo Hugh above.
See Jared Harris (‘The Terror’): Horror limited series succeeds because of ‘patience and restraint in the storytelling’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Produced by Ridley Scott, this AMC limited series is a fictionalized account of a lost expedition to the Arctic from 1845-1848. When the Hms Terror and Hms Erebus both become stuck, their crews must survive harsh weather conditions while being stalked by an elusive menace. In adapting Dan Simmons‘s original novel, Hugh found...
See Jared Harris (‘The Terror’): Horror limited series succeeds because of ‘patience and restraint in the storytelling’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Produced by Ridley Scott, this AMC limited series is a fictionalized account of a lost expedition to the Arctic from 1845-1848. When the Hms Terror and Hms Erebus both become stuck, their crews must survive harsh weather conditions while being stalked by an elusive menace. In adapting Dan Simmons‘s original novel, Hugh found...
- 6/8/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
The Creed family for the new Pet Sematary movie continues to come together, as Amy Seimetz is now in discussions to co-star in the horror film.
Variety reports the news of Seimetz being "in talks" to co-star in the new Pet Sematary movie. If she joins the cast, Seimetz would play Rachel Creed, the loving mother of young children Ellie and Gage and the wife of Dr. Louis Creed, who is set to be played by Jason Clarke.
No stranger to the horror genre, Seimetz (who also writes and directs) plays Becky Ives on Stranger Things, Faris in Alien: Covenant, and Caroline in The Sacrament, to name just a few roles in recent years.
Not long ago, John Lithgow joined the cast of the new Pet Sematary film to play the role of Jud Crandall, the elderly next-door neighbor of the Creeds who introduces Louis to the nearby ancient burial...
Variety reports the news of Seimetz being "in talks" to co-star in the new Pet Sematary movie. If she joins the cast, Seimetz would play Rachel Creed, the loving mother of young children Ellie and Gage and the wife of Dr. Louis Creed, who is set to be played by Jason Clarke.
No stranger to the horror genre, Seimetz (who also writes and directs) plays Becky Ives on Stranger Things, Faris in Alien: Covenant, and Caroline in The Sacrament, to name just a few roles in recent years.
Not long ago, John Lithgow joined the cast of the new Pet Sematary film to play the role of Jud Crandall, the elderly next-door neighbor of the Creeds who introduces Louis to the nearby ancient burial...
- 6/2/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Hopefully you circle anticipated release dates in pencil on your calendar, because Godzilla: King of the Monsters and the new Pet Sematary movie now have new release dates.
According to Exhibitor Relations, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (the sequel to 2014's Godzilla) is now slated for a May 31st, 2019 release from Warner Bros., bumping it back slightly from its previous March 22nd, 2019 debut date.
Boxoffice and Bloody Disgusting, meanwhile, reveal that the new Pet Sematary film, will now be released by Paramount Pictures on April 5th, 2019, bumping it up two weeks from its original April 19th, 2019 date.
Read on for additional details on both movies, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for further updates!
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (from the press release): "The film... is being directed by Michael Dougherty (“Krampus”), and stars Oscar nominees Vera Farmiga, and Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai”) and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine...
According to Exhibitor Relations, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (the sequel to 2014's Godzilla) is now slated for a May 31st, 2019 release from Warner Bros., bumping it back slightly from its previous March 22nd, 2019 debut date.
Boxoffice and Bloody Disgusting, meanwhile, reveal that the new Pet Sematary film, will now be released by Paramount Pictures on April 5th, 2019, bumping it up two weeks from its original April 19th, 2019 date.
Read on for additional details on both movies, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for further updates!
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (from the press release): "The film... is being directed by Michael Dougherty (“Krampus”), and stars Oscar nominees Vera Farmiga, and Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai”) and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine...
- 5/23/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Readers first learned that "sometimes dead is better" when Stephen King's Pet Sematary was published in 1983, and they'll soon learn that morbid lesson again with Paramount Pictures' upcoming reimagining of the heart-wrenching horror novel, which has now added another actor to its ranks.
EW reports that John Lithgow will play the role of Jud Crandall in the new film adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary. Played by Fred Gwynne (The Munsters) in Mary Lambert's 1989 movie adaptation, Jud is a central character in the chilling story of Pet Sematary.
As fans of the book and previous movie know, Jud is the elderly next-door neighbor of Louis Creed and his family, who have just moved into their home in a somewhat secluded region of Maine. Jud is the one who introduces Louis to the ancient burial ground nearby where pets have been laid to rest... and come back from their freshly dug graves.
EW reports that John Lithgow will play the role of Jud Crandall in the new film adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary. Played by Fred Gwynne (The Munsters) in Mary Lambert's 1989 movie adaptation, Jud is a central character in the chilling story of Pet Sematary.
As fans of the book and previous movie know, Jud is the elderly next-door neighbor of Louis Creed and his family, who have just moved into their home in a somewhat secluded region of Maine. Jud is the one who introduces Louis to the ancient burial ground nearby where pets have been laid to rest... and come back from their freshly dug graves.
- 5/4/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Readers first learned that "sometimes dead is better" when Stephen King's Pet Sematary was published in 1983, and they'll soon learn that morbid lesson again with Paramount Pictures' upcoming reimagining of the heart-wrenching horror novel, which could potentially star Jason Clarke.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Clarke is in talks to star in the lead role as a doctor and father (named Louis Creed if the movie gives the character the same name as the one in the book), who moves his family to a country home near the cursed burial grounds where pets have been laid to rest... before coming back to life with a vengeance. No other cast members have currently been announced for the new Pet Sematary movie.
Variety previously revealed that Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, the filmmakers behind 2014's Starry Eyes, have been set by Paramount to direct a new take on King's classic 1983 novel about life,...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Clarke is in talks to star in the lead role as a doctor and father (named Louis Creed if the movie gives the character the same name as the one in the book), who moves his family to a country home near the cursed burial grounds where pets have been laid to rest... before coming back to life with a vengeance. No other cast members have currently been announced for the new Pet Sematary movie.
Variety previously revealed that Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, the filmmakers behind 2014's Starry Eyes, have been set by Paramount to direct a new take on King's classic 1983 novel about life,...
- 4/16/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Readers first learned that "sometimes dead is better" when Stephen King's Pet Sematary was published in 1983, and they'll soon learn that morbid lesson again with Paramount Pictures' new adaptation of the heart-wrenching horror novel, which has received a 2019 theatrical release date.
Multiple sources, including Variety, report that the new Pet Sematary movie is slated for an April 19th, 2019 theatrical release from Paramount.
Variety previously revealed that Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, the filmmakers behind 2014's Starry Eyes, have been set by Paramount to direct a new take on King's classic 1983 novel about life, death, and the boundary between the two that should never be broken.
Kolsch and Widmyer, who have also directed several key episodes of MTV's Scream TV series, will work from a screenplay by David Kajganich (writer of the upcoming Suspiria remake and 2007's The Invasion) and Matt Greenberg, who has writing credits on other King adaptations such as 1408 and Mercy.
Multiple sources, including Variety, report that the new Pet Sematary movie is slated for an April 19th, 2019 theatrical release from Paramount.
Variety previously revealed that Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, the filmmakers behind 2014's Starry Eyes, have been set by Paramount to direct a new take on King's classic 1983 novel about life, death, and the boundary between the two that should never be broken.
Kolsch and Widmyer, who have also directed several key episodes of MTV's Scream TV series, will work from a screenplay by David Kajganich (writer of the upcoming Suspiria remake and 2007's The Invasion) and Matt Greenberg, who has writing credits on other King adaptations such as 1408 and Mercy.
- 12/8/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Readers first learned that "sometimes dead is better" when Stephen King's Pet Sematary was published in 1983. The nightmare-inducing novel (perhaps King's most disturbing book and certainly one of the most haunting things I will ever experience) was first translated to the big screen by Mary Lambert in 1989, and now another rendition of King's living dead tale is in development with two directors at the helm.
Variety reports that Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, the filmmakers behind 2014's Starry Eyes, have been set by Paramount Pictures to direct a new take on King's classic 1983 novel about life, death, and the boundary between the two that should never be broken.
Kolsch and Widmyer, who have also directed several key episodes of MTV's Scream TV series, will work from a screenplay by David Kajganich (writer of the upcoming Suspiria remake and 2007's The Invasion) and Matt Greenberg, who has writing credits on other...
Variety reports that Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, the filmmakers behind 2014's Starry Eyes, have been set by Paramount Pictures to direct a new take on King's classic 1983 novel about life, death, and the boundary between the two that should never be broken.
Kolsch and Widmyer, who have also directed several key episodes of MTV's Scream TV series, will work from a screenplay by David Kajganich (writer of the upcoming Suspiria remake and 2007's The Invasion) and Matt Greenberg, who has writing credits on other...
- 10/31/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Lionsgate and Summit's action-comedy The Hitman's Bodyguard finished ahead of pre-weekend expectations and took the #1 spot at the weekend box office while WB and New Line's Annabelle: Creation scored a second place finish over its sophomore frame. The weekend wasn't too kind, however, to Bleecker's Logan Lucky, which did manage to finish third, but was unable to crack double digits from over 3,000 locations. As for the weekend overall, the top twelve narrowly escaped becoming the worst weekend of 2017 by less than $1 million by combining for $81.5 million. As of right now, this means the month of August is currently pacing 34% behind August last year while the summer season is pacing 12.8% behind last year. With an estimated $21.6 million, Lionsgate's release of The Hitman's Bodyguard finished #1 at the box office. This outperforms Mojo's pre-release forecast and is just a shade below historical averages for a film of this size and genre from Lionsgate.
- 8/20/2017
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
“Invasion of the Body Snatchers” remakes have a checkered history, to say the least. Here at The Playlist, we suggested that Philip Kaufman‘s 1978 remake “[surpassed] the original in sheer terror and execution,” that Kaufman “[cranked] up the fear factor,” and that the film boasts “one of the bleakest and most terrifying endings in sci-fi history.” Conversely, we referred to Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 2007 “The Invasion” as a “rather lifeless hybrid of two halves of a movie that just didn’t sync up,” further writing that the film sported a “diluted political message coupled with half-baked performances in which no one involved comes out a winner.”
And yet, it looks as though Warner Bros.
Continue reading ‘Invasion Of The Body Snatchers’ Remake In The Works at The Playlist.
And yet, it looks as though Warner Bros.
Continue reading ‘Invasion Of The Body Snatchers’ Remake In The Works at The Playlist.
- 7/20/2017
- by Eli Fine
- The Playlist
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is undoubtedly one of the most iconic stories in science fiction, which is perhaps why it’s been resurrected in cinema on a semi-regular basis. Since the first version of the tale arrived in theatres in 1956, we’ve seen a further three takes on that same narrative – some attempting to apply the social concerns of the time to the themes explored in the story. Now, we have a fifth heading our way, and this one comes from Warner Bros.
The source material is the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers, by Jack Finney – which began life as a serial published in Colliers Magazine in 1954. For those unfamiliar, the story sees alien seeds drift to Earth through space, and grow emotionally void clones of unsuspecting town residents while they sleep. The residents are then turned to dust, and the clones replace them in their community. The clones do not reproduce,...
The source material is the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers, by Jack Finney – which began life as a serial published in Colliers Magazine in 1954. For those unfamiliar, the story sees alien seeds drift to Earth through space, and grow emotionally void clones of unsuspecting town residents while they sleep. The residents are then turned to dust, and the clones replace them in their community. The clones do not reproduce,...
- 7/20/2017
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Author: Zehra Phelan
Warner Bros. alongside producer John Davis are about to embark on another remake, this time coming in the form of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
This latest outing will be the fourth time in which the story has been resurrected, the first being in 1958 which had Don Siegel at the helm and had tones of film noir, the remake came twenty years later in 1978, directed by Philip Kaufman and starred Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy and Brooke Adams and was considered to be one of the greatest film remakes. The most recent, entitled The Invasion, came in 2007 and starred Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig was a complete box office disaster.
Based on Jack Finney’s 1954 sci-fi novel, The story takes place in a small town invaded by aliens who plant pods that eventually open to become humans, a copy of those who lived in the town.
Warner Bros. alongside producer John Davis are about to embark on another remake, this time coming in the form of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
This latest outing will be the fourth time in which the story has been resurrected, the first being in 1958 which had Don Siegel at the helm and had tones of film noir, the remake came twenty years later in 1978, directed by Philip Kaufman and starred Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy and Brooke Adams and was considered to be one of the greatest film remakes. The most recent, entitled The Invasion, came in 2007 and starred Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig was a complete box office disaster.
Based on Jack Finney’s 1954 sci-fi novel, The story takes place in a small town invaded by aliens who plant pods that eventually open to become humans, a copy of those who lived in the town.
- 7/20/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Since it seems like the idea of everyone you know being replaced by some kind of other will never not be relevant, Warner Bros. has decided to remake Invasion Of The Body Snatchers for a fourth time. This comes from Deadline, which says the latest version of the story comes from producer John Davis and The Conjuring 2 writer David Leslie Johnson. Like all of the others, this latest movie will be based on Jack Finney’s 1954 sci-fi novel about alien replicas that come out of pods and gradually take the place of everyone in a small town.
The book was first adapted into a movie in 1956, but the 1978 version—starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams—was a big hit, and it introduced the now-iconic concept of the pod people letting out a scream when they discover humans. The most recent remake, The Invasion, came in 2007 ...
The book was first adapted into a movie in 1956, but the 1978 version—starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams—was a big hit, and it introduced the now-iconic concept of the pod people letting out a scream when they discover humans. The most recent remake, The Invasion, came in 2007 ...
- 7/19/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Just in time for the ten-year anniversary of its last remake, Warner Bros. is reportedly scaring up yet another take on the 1956 horror classic “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Deadline reports that John Davis will produce the new version for the studio, with David Leslie Johnson (best known for “The Conjuring 2” and “Orphan,” and recently tapped for both “Dungeons & Dragons” and the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” remake) on board to write the script.
Based on the 1954 novel “The Body Snatchers” from Jack Finney, “Invasion” has been adapted for the big screen repeatedly, first with Don Siegel’s original hit, which was later followed by Philip Kaufman’s lauded 1978 remake (also a hit) and Abel Ferrera’s 1993 “Body Snatchers.”
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Based on the 1954 novel “The Body Snatchers” from Jack Finney, “Invasion” has been adapted for the big screen repeatedly, first with Don Siegel’s original hit, which was later followed by Philip Kaufman’s lauded 1978 remake (also a hit) and Abel Ferrera’s 1993 “Body Snatchers.”
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- 7/19/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Jack Finney’s 1954 novel The Body Snatchers first became the feature film Invasion of the Body Snatchers in 1956, which was followed by a same-named remake in 1978. And let’s not forget 1993’s Body Snatchers and 2007’s The Invasion, both based on the novel. Forty years later, a brand new adaptation is in the works. Deadline […]...
- 7/19/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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