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Part Four of Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween Up!
27 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
The fourth part of Bob Burns Hollywood Halloween is now live on the official website. Head over to this spot and click on the video tab. From there you'll be able to watch part's one through four, with the fifth and final portion of the doc debuting on October 28th. Covered in segment four are "Horror From Space" and "Caves of The Black Lagoon". Check it out here ! Produced by Bob Burns and friends in association with Knb Efx group and Etitude Animeditorial, Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween features never-before-seen footage, photos from Burns' past shows and features interviews with John Landis, Rick Baker, Greg Nicotero, Guillermo Del Toro, Frank Darabont and many, many more. »
Before The Fall aka Tres Dias (Film Review)
26 October 2009 3:58 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
There's dark, there's bleak and then there's Javier Gutierrez' Before The Fall (Tres Dias), which is so utterly nihilistic, it makes the ending of Frank Darabont's The Mist look like Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs! This amazing film was chosen to close L.A. Screamfest.
An enormous meteor, 10 times bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, is going to hit Earth in three days. In the Spanish town of Laguna, near-do-well Ale (an impressive Victor Clavijo) plans to spend his final days drinking and listening to music. His plans are interrupted when his Mother requests his help--Thomas, Ale's successful brother, has four children home alone in a remote hilltop and she wants to look after them before the End comes.
Once there, they find the children unaware of the impending doom and the Mother decides not to tell them. Because Ale's brother captured a notorious child killer years earlier, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
Act Welcomes Former NFL Star Bo Eason in Runt Of The Litter 9/18-10/24
24 October 2009 1:30 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
A father's expectations. A son's dream. A brother's rivalry.
Runt of the Litter is the acclaimed, semi-autobiographical one-man show (soon to be a major motion picture) chronicles volatile family dynamics as well as triumph despite great odds. Always considered too small to play football, former Houston Oiler Bo Eason developed-then never deviated from-a 20-year-plan to go pro. But his plan didn't include a more talented older brother whose success would forever eclipse his own.
Written and performed by Bo Eason and directed by Larry Moss, Runt of the Litter opens in the final hour of Jack Henry's lifelong dream, with only one thing that stands in his way: his brother. The play closely examines what happens to two brothers in a family of overachievers: when their parents assure their oldest son that he is the one destined for football superstardom, and they tell their youngest son he is too small to compete. »
Newer, Hipper ‘Wolfman’ Trailer Hits Web
21 October 2009 12:15 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
If you were debating whether or not you wanted to see Benicio Del Toro in Wolfman because it was too folky and epic, how would you like it if the film was set to a generic rock tune?
Well, Universal Pictures answered your prayers with the newest trailer for Wolfman. It’s got more Benicio, more Wolf, and a Marilyn Manson soundtrack.
The film itself has had quite a tumultuous post-production. Originally, the film was set to have Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) as director, who later stepped down. Then, the studio met with names like Brett Ratner, Frank Darabont, James Mangold, and Martin Campbell, until finally deciding on Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer).
Once finished, the film bounced around with three separate release dates, two being in 2009, and then finally sticking to a release of February, 2010. It’s on record that January and February is where movies go to die. »
- Sebastian Suchecki
Blu-Ray Round Up, Oct. 15, 2009: ‘Wolf,’ ‘Waterworld,’ ‘Frankenstein’
15 October 2009 3:37 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The Blu-Ray Round-Up is back with this week’s collection of HD titles that may not get the buzz of something like the latest Sandra Bullock romantic comedy or what Sam Raimi brought back from Hell but could be just what you’re looking for at the mall this weekend. A few modern horror movies, a notable box office bust, and a beloved BBC show highlight this week’s list. Pick your favorite.
“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Wolf,” and “Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut” was released on October 6th, 2009.
“Waterworld” will be released on October 20th, 2009.
“Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut”
Photo credit: BBC
Synopsis: “Back To Earth takes place after “Series X.” Kochanski’s dead and the crew are hurled through a portal and discover they’re just characters from a TV series. Knowing they »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Law Abiding Citizen - New clip added. 36 videos in total including premiere footage.
14 October 2009 12:15 PM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
See a new clip called “Don’t Even Twitch” from Overture Films’ “Law Abiding Citizen,” starring Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Michael Gambon, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney, Viola Davis, Regina Hall, Michael Kelly, Christian Stolte, Josh Stewart and Gregory Itzin. The action thriller opens on Friday (October 16th) and is directed by Frank Darabont who adapts alongside Kurt Wimmer (“Equilibrium”). Butler produces with Alan Siegel, Lucas Foster and Mark Gill. Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice... »
1999: A Year In Review (Part Two)
14 October 2009 8:05 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Welcome to Part 2 of our 1999 Movie Retrospective. The final year of the last century was one hell of a cinematic ride and it offered some outstanding films for lovers of cinema.
Now be aware that this is not a definitive list of the films released - it’s a brief rundown highlighting interesting films that should be seen (although not always for the right reasons).
You can check out the first part (A-e) here or continue reading to see the other gems that were released in 1999.
Fight Club was a box office disappointment ten years ago, but it has gained a Huge cult following since - and it must have made an absolute mint on DVD. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton star in this David Fincher directed adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s now-famous novel. The film is another example of world perspective from a late 90s view point. »
- Niall Browne
Part Two from Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween Now Live
13 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
A few weeks back, collector Bob Burns posted Part One of his Hollywood Halloween documentary on his website. (Read Ryan Rotten's post on that here .) Now, the second segment is officially live! (And you can stream it for free.) Head over to this spot and click on the video tab. From there you'll be able to watch Part's One and Two of the documentary with more segments to follow in the upcoming weeks leading up to Halloween. Produced by Bob Burns and friends in association with Knb Efx group and Etitude Animeditorial, Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween features never-before-seen footage, photos from Burns' past shows and features interviews with John Landis, Rick Baker, Greg Nicotero, Guillermo Del Toro, Frank Darabont and many, many more. If you're a devoted horror fan,... »
Law Abiding Citizen - 20 clips from the Los Angeles premiere and photography.
7 October 2009 12:43 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
See clips from the Los Angeles premiere of "Law Abiding Citizen" which took place at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on October 6th. Footage with Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Regina Hall, director F. Gary Gray, Bruce McGill, Emerald-Angel Young and others. Frank Darabont directs as well as writing the screenplay alongside Kurt Wimmer( "Equilibrium"). The film sees release on October 16th via Overture Films. »
Law Abiding Citizen - 14 new clips from the film starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx!
4 October 2009 5:06 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
"Law Abiding Citizen" has fourteen new clips available including interview clips with Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Viola Davis and more!. The film stars Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Michael Gambon, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney, Viola Davis, Regina Hall, Michael Kelly, Christian Stolte, Josh Stewart and Gregory Itzin. Overture Films releases this intense action thriller wide on October 16th. Frank Darabont directs as well as writing the screenplay alongside Kurt Wimmer. »
The Mist returns--Black and white with bugs all over!
4 October 2009 3:36 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Stephen King always referred to his classic 1980 novella The Mist as his "black and white Bert I. Gordon bug movie." At the Long Beach Comic Con this weekend, when the film he was going to run, Give 'Em Hell Malone, got hung up over rights issue, a funny, shoeless Thomas Jane substituted it for a big screen showing of The Mist in black and white!
"This is my favorite way of seeing this movie," Jane said. "It's the ultimate version of the movie! Frank (Darabont) feels it should be seen this way, too. I loved playing the main character--David Drayton, the hero--every decision he makes is totally wrong!"
After the grim ending, Thomas Jane joked "That's a real party starter, huh? I love the movie. Unfortunately, they released the movie at Thanksgiving--which was obviously the wrong time of year for this kind of movie."
As a Stephen King adapter, writer »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
The Walking Dead En Route to AMC - Here's How
30 September 2009 6:24 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
There's probably no better person to tackle the adaptation of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead than Frank Darabont. I've always been a fan of the guy, and two years after the release of his masterpiece, The Mist, I'm adamant that we've yet to get another genre film that good. By crafting a perfect balance of creature feature, human drama, and social commentary, Darabont proved himself a master of the elements required to make this sucker work. And today we're learning a little bit about how he intends to do it.
MTV talked to author Robert Kirkman about the upcoming project, which sounds almost too good to be true:
"I'm going to be an executive producer on the show, so I'll have my hands all over the thing. But it's important to me that I'm only involved in the show as much my comic book career will allow. I'm excited »
- Masked Slasher
Kirkman Talks AMC's Walking Dead Series
30 September 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
When AMC teamed with Frank Darabont ( The Mist ) to develop a television series out of Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead," it instantly became a "most anticipated" project. Kirkman will serve as an executive producer on the series while Darabont will write and direct for producers Gale Anne Hurd (a genre vet, look 'er up) of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion. "I've told Frank flat-out that I do not want him to follow the comic to the detriment of the show," Kirkman tells MTV in a recent interview. "I encourage him to veer off if he has something that will work really well on TV that wouldn't work in a comic. I don't want people who enjoy the comic to be watching the TV show and going, 'Oh, this is leading to... »
Robert Kirkman, Creator of The Walking Dead Comic, Talks up the New AMC Show Being Helmed by Frank Darabont
29 September 2009 9:36 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
AMC is on a roll. “Mad Men” has won the Emmy for Best Drama two years running and “Breaking Bad” is no slouch either. Now the network is trying yet another original idea: a zombie drama series based on the “The Walking Dead” comic series. Better yet, Frank Darabont (”Shawshank Redemption,” “The Green Mile,” “The Mist”) is helming it. Series creator Robert Kirkman discusses the new venture after the jump.
MTV sat down with Kirkman, who seems very excited about the TV deal. When asked about working with Darabont, he had only positive things to say.
When I heard that Darabont was interested in doing it a long, long time ago, I was just ecstatic. For me, “The Walking Dead” is not necessarily a horror thing. It’s not all about the shocks. It’s about characters and all of that dramatic nonsense. And Darabont does that better than anybody. »
- Jeffrey Van Camp
Exclusive: 'The Walking Dead' Creator Explains How Frank Darabont Will Bring Zombie Drama To AMC
29 September 2009 4:01 PM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
When it was announced last month that "The Walking Dead," Robert Kirkman's long-running comic book series about life after the zombie invasion, would be adapted as an AMC television series directed by Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption," "The Mist"), it's safe to say that everyone was surprised by the news. Why? Because it was one of the most forehead-slappingly appropriate matches of a filmmaker to a comic book property in, well... I'm hard-pressed to think of any filmmaker/comic pairing that tops it.
I caught up with Kirkman recently to chat about the "Walking Dead" television deal, and the hardworking writer shared some details about why he's just as pleased with the pairing as the rest of us, and what we can expect when "The Walking Dead" and its host of zombies shamble onto TV screens.
MTV: So, everyone seems to be in agreement about how great of a »
- Rick Marshall
Alexandra Sokoloff ('The Unseen', 'The Harrowing')
27 September 2009 5:55 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »
By Alan Kelly
Alexandra Sokoloff is a screen-writer well established in California writing novel adaptations (like the thriller Cold Kisses) for various Hollywood studios like Sony, Miramax and Disney. A graduate of Uc Berkeley where she majored in theatre and minored in just about everything else. Sokoloff has had three extremely well-received novels published: The Harrowing, The Price and The Unseen and is collaborating on a vampire trilogy with Heather Graham and Deborah Leblanc, which is due out next year...
Sokoloff explores themes of loss, loneliness, things that may be at the edge of our awareness or merely manufactured traumas created by the unnerving worlds her characters inhabit, plunging her readers into terrifying occult realms. Her novels are slices of supernatural realism which are fast, punchy, clever and chock-full of creepy intrigue.
Structure seems very important to you. Do you map your novels out before beginning; I ask this because »
- Superheidi
British Fantasy Awards Announced
24 September 2009 6:34 AM, PDT | thetorchonline | See recent thetorchonline news »
This past weekend at FantasyCon in Nottingham, U.K., The British Fantasy Society announced the winners of its annual British Fantasy Awards. Nominations are listed; winners are in bold: Best Novel Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney/Graham Joyce (Gollancz) Midnight Man, Simon Clark (Severn House) Rain Dogs, Gary McMahon (Humdrumming) The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury) The Victoria Vanishes, Christopher Fowler (Little, Brown) Thieving Fear, Ramsey Campbell (Ps Publishing) Best Novella The Reach of Children, Tim Lebbon (Humdrumming) Cold Stone Calling, Simon Clark (Tasmaniac Publications) Gunpowder, Joe Hill (Ps Publishing) "Heads", Gary McMahon (We Fade To Grey) "The Narrows", Simon Bestwick (We Fade To Grey) Best Television Doctor Who (BBC Wales) Battlestar Galactica (NBC) Dead Set (Zeppotron/Channel 4) Dexter (Clyde Phillips Productions) Supernatural (Warner Bros TV) Best Film The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) Cloverfield (Matt Reeves) Iron Man (Jon Favreau) The Mist (Frank Darabont) The Orphanage (Juan Antonio Bayona »
[DVD Review] Misery
23 September 2009 5:48 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
When people speak of Misery they often cite the infamous “hobbling” scene. Who wouldn’t? It’s an obscenely violent act that leaves such a visual impact few other dramatic films have. Then they usually mention the source for the twisted tale: the mind of Stephen King. His brain has given us all sorts of classic films. Not all of them have such sadistic moments but many are just as memorable. I would defy you to find one weekend of the year when The Shawshank Redemption isn’t playing on one television station or another. Or find me a fan of Jack Nicholson who doesn’t put his performance in The Shining atop the list of his most memorable performance. While Frank Darabont and Stanley Kubrick made his movies into masterpieces, many of his other stories get filed away as secondary horror films – like Misery, one of his most underappreciated tales ever. »
- Lex Walker
Still Finding Love in 'The Shawshank Redemption' 15 Years Later
23 September 2009 12:22 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption
Photo: Warner Bros.
It's odd to say, but when I think about The Shawshank Redemption I think about love. It's a dark tale to be sure; of wrongly convicted men (according to the inmates, the prison is chockfull of them), some nasty prison guards, an even nastier warden, institutionalization, prison rape and most robustly, hope. At its core, however, is this story of friendship. And the one between Red and Andy is one of the great friendships in movie history. It begins formally and specifically and you think you know where it's all going, but it surprises you along the way and before long a saga unfolds. The film spans many years, characters come and go but there is always Red and Andy. Darkness looms over all the characters in Shawshank and much of the movie is about Andy and Red fighting that darkness. »
- Andre Rivas
The Shawshank Redemption - Now A Hit Play!
21 September 2009 3:42 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Just a heads-up for those who haven't heard about it, The Frank Darabont classic The Shawshank Redemption, number one in IMDb's top 250 movie list, is now a hit play. After a successful season at the Gaiety in Dublin, it has now moved to the West End. So if you live in and around London, or you're planning to visit the Capital, you might like to give it a try.
Starring Kevin Anderson (Sleeping With The Enemy) as Andy Dufresne, and Reg E. Cathey (The Wire) as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding, it opened last week at The Wyndham Theatre, and runs until 14th February 2010. Go to the official website for more information and ticket sales. »
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