Doctor Omega
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Your thoughts on this proposed remake......
A strange life form, used for government weapons testing, consumes everything in it's path as it grows bigger and bigger.
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Your thoughts on this proposed remake......
A strange life form, used for government weapons testing, consumes everything in it's path as it grows bigger and bigger.
Doctor Omega
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Your thoughts on this movie......
Plot unknown. A follow-up to the 2014 sci-fi film, 'Edge of Tomorrow'.
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Doctor Omega
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Your thoughts on this movie.....
Live action remake.
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Doctor Omega
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Fox Animation Lands ‘The Care And Feeding Of A Pet Black Hole’ For Matt Reeves To Produce
Fox Animation has acquired the Michelle Cuevas middle grade book The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole.
The studio is finalizing a deal for its War For The Planet of the Apes helmer Matt Reeves to produce through his 6th and Idaho banner.
Cuevas authored Confessions of An Imaginary Friend, which Fox Animation is also developing.
The book will be published in September by Dial Books for Young Readers. Adam Kassan and Rafi Crohn brought it in for 6th and Idaho and Elizabeth Reddy will oversee for Fox Animation.
The deal was done by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates on behalf of Emily Van Beek at Folio Literary Management. CAA reps Reeves.
Fox Animation has acquired the Michelle Cuevas middle grade book The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole.
The studio is finalizing a deal for its War For The Planet of the Apes helmer Matt Reeves to produce through his 6th and Idaho banner.
Cuevas authored Confessions of An Imaginary Friend, which Fox Animation is also developing.
This one involves an 11-year old named Stella Rodriguez, who shows up at NASA to request that her recording be included in Carl Sagan’s Golden Record. A black hole follows her home, intending on being her new pet. She names it Larry. It swallows everything it touches, which takes care of the ugly sweaters her aunt has made for her, the smelly class hamster she’s taking care of, and reminders of her dead father that are just too painful to have around. When the family dog gets lost inside Larry, Stella ties a bed sheet around her claw foot tub and dives in to retrieve the pooch. But the tub gets sucked in too, along with her brother who happened to be taking a bath at the time. Adventure in the black hole follows as the young girl realizes she has been letting her own grief over her father’s death consume her.
The book will be published in September by Dial Books for Young Readers. Adam Kassan and Rafi Crohn brought it in for 6th and Idaho and Elizabeth Reddy will oversee for Fox Animation.
The deal was done by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates on behalf of Emily Van Beek at Folio Literary Management. CAA reps Reeves.
Doctor Omega
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Fox Animation Plans “Witch Boy”
Fox Animation has announced an adaptation of “Strong Female Protagonist” webcomic illustrator Molly Knox Ostertag’s upcoming graphic novel “The Witch Boy”.
That centers on 13-year-old Aster, whose family raises all their girls to be witches and boys to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled.
The problem is the boy hasn’t shifted, and he’s fascinated by witchery. When a mysterious danger threatens the other boys, Aster knows he can help … but as a witch.
Fox Animation has announced an adaptation of “Strong Female Protagonist” webcomic illustrator Molly Knox Ostertag’s upcoming graphic novel “The Witch Boy”.
That centers on 13-year-old Aster, whose family raises all their girls to be witches and boys to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled.
The problem is the boy hasn’t shifted, and he’s fascinated by witchery. When a mysterious danger threatens the other boys, Aster knows he can help … but as a witch.
The Seeker
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I don't think manga should be made into live-action films. The anime suffices.
croft_alice
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Does anyone saw resident evil: vendetta? How good is it?
Doctor Omega
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Here is a thread for it now, CA...
https://www.imdforums.com/threads/resident-evil-vendetta-2017.2692/
Doctor Omega
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Doug Liman, Cross Creek Are “Unearthed”
Columbia Pictures has scored the rights to the sci-fi adventure “Unearthed” which has Doug Liman attached to direct for Cross Creek Pictures.
Jez and John-Henry Butterworth are penning the script based on Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner’s upcoming young adult novel. Tyler Thompson will produce.
Columbia Pictures has scored the rights to the sci-fi adventure “Unearthed” which has Doug Liman attached to direct for Cross Creek Pictures.
Jez and John-Henry Butterworth are penning the script based on Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner’s upcoming young adult novel. Tyler Thompson will produce.
Set in a distant future where Earth has been undone by environmental disaster, the story follows a scholar and a scavenger reluctantly teaming up to venture to the planet of a now-extinct alien race.
With the promise of a salve for Earth, the two must work together to explore an ancient alien temple and finds its life-altering secrets. But the deeper they go, the more the two discover they may not be helping Earth, but rather hastening its destruction.
With the promise of a salve for Earth, the two must work together to explore an ancient alien temple and finds its life-altering secrets. But the deeper they go, the more the two discover they may not be helping Earth, but rather hastening its destruction.
Doctor Omega
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Melissa McCarthy To Star In “Margie Claus”
Melissa McCarthy will star in and co-write the comedy “Margie Claus” for New Line Cinema. McCarthy is expected to sing in the project.
The story begins when Santa Claus goes missing while delivering presents on Christmas Eve. His wife, Margie Claus, must then put together an unlikely rescue team and set off from the North Pole for the first time in decades to rescue Santa and save Christmas.
Ben Falcone and Damon Jones will co-write the script while McCarthy and Falcone will produce. The project is currently targeting a November 15th 2019 release.
Melissa McCarthy will star in and co-write the comedy “Margie Claus” for New Line Cinema. McCarthy is expected to sing in the project.
The story begins when Santa Claus goes missing while delivering presents on Christmas Eve. His wife, Margie Claus, must then put together an unlikely rescue team and set off from the North Pole for the first time in decades to rescue Santa and save Christmas.
Ben Falcone and Damon Jones will co-write the script while McCarthy and Falcone will produce. The project is currently targeting a November 15th 2019 release.
Doctor Omega
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Shrek 5 will completely reinvent the series
The film is scheduled to be released in 2019
Shrek 5 is currently in development, in case you had forgotten, and its screenwriter says it’s going to completely reinvent the franchise.
Michael McCullers spoke about his new animated movie, Boss Baby, and answered a few questions about the upcoming Shrek film.
McCullers said that going into the film, which will be the first Shrek movie under Universal’s banner, they wanted to change things up.
DreamWorks, the studio Shrek films are created in, was sold to Universal last April for $4 billion.
The team behind the Shrek movies saw that change in ownership as a sign that it was time to reinvent what people knew about Shrek.
“I imagine they’re particularly interested in it stepping up and actually figuring out the future of the franchise in that way on the corporate level,” McCullers said.
“Reinvention was sort of called for. There’s been four movies and a lot of material, so the characters are pretty beloved and they’re great characters, but you also have to think of a pretty new take at that point.”
Shrek 5 was confirmed by DreamWorks last July.
The last Shrek movie, Shrek Forever After, was released in 2010.
It’s unclear if Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy will return for the new film, but they were all a part of the fourth film.
Shrek 5 is slated to be released in 2019.
The film is scheduled to be released in 2019
Shrek 5 is currently in development, in case you had forgotten, and its screenwriter says it’s going to completely reinvent the franchise.
Michael McCullers spoke about his new animated movie, Boss Baby, and answered a few questions about the upcoming Shrek film.
McCullers said that going into the film, which will be the first Shrek movie under Universal’s banner, they wanted to change things up.
DreamWorks, the studio Shrek films are created in, was sold to Universal last April for $4 billion.
The team behind the Shrek movies saw that change in ownership as a sign that it was time to reinvent what people knew about Shrek.
“I imagine they’re particularly interested in it stepping up and actually figuring out the future of the franchise in that way on the corporate level,” McCullers said.
“Reinvention was sort of called for. There’s been four movies and a lot of material, so the characters are pretty beloved and they’re great characters, but you also have to think of a pretty new take at that point.”
Shrek 5 was confirmed by DreamWorks last July.
The last Shrek movie, Shrek Forever After, was released in 2010.
It’s unclear if Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy will return for the new film, but they were all a part of the fourth film.
Shrek 5 is slated to be released in 2019.
Doctor Omega
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Halle Berry To Lead “The Blob” Remake?
The long in the works second remake of “The Blob” is still inching forward it seems.Bloody Disgusting reports that a listing on production company Swengroup (“In Fear,” “Maggie,” “Smiley”) suggests that Simon West (“Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” “Con Air”) remains attached to direct and Halle Berry has been linked to star.
At one time Samuel L. Jackson was attached, Jackson offering an update earlier this year saying the modern day-set project was looking into Chinese financing, however no reported mentions came up at the project at the Cannes Film Market last week.
Berry is no stranger to horror with films such as “Gothika” and “Dark Tide” under her belt. “The Blob” is also a proven property with the original 1958 sci-fi classic with Steve McQueen, and the well regard 1988 Chuck Russell-directed remake which utilised some astonishing practical horror effects.
West has previously said the new one would use CG to fully realise the potential of the gelatinous, carnivorous alien lifeform.
A new poster for the remake of The Blob looks remarkably similar to the classic Alien poster.
Details regarding the new remake have been pretty sparse recently, with some people doubting we would even see it.
But a new sales art poster has just been released online, and it looks almost identical to a classic sci-fi horror image that film-fans are very familiar with.
The original 1958 version of The Blob was a typically cheesy monster-on-the-loose movie, that was more famous for featuring Steve McQueen in his first starring role rather than the quality of the story or the special effects.
But it was a “guilty pleasure” for many and became a cult film.
Larry Hagman (Dallas) even directed a belated sequel called Beware! The Blob in 1972.
The film was the subject of a remake in 1988, when Chuck Russell directed an update which starred Shawnee Smith and Kevin Dillon.
Fun and imaginative, it had some good plot twists and effects, and is now regarded as one of the best horror movie remakes.
Since then, further reboots have gone through the development stage, with Rob Zombie attached to the project in 2009 before it fell through.
But in 2015, it was announced that Simon West (Con Air) had signed on to direct a brand new remake, and that Samuel L. Jackson had joined the cast.
Although West has remained linked to the project, news on any kind of further development has been decidedly absent. But a new sales art poster confirms Jackson’s involvement and gives a teasing promo image of what to expect.
Along with the strapline, “Nothing can stop it,” it shows the indistinct image of a planet (presumably the Earth) with a huge fissure cracking open and a green-glow shining from it.
Which is fine, but…
There’s no denying that it does look very similar to the cracking egg-rock from the classic Alien poster, which does take away some of the impact.
The long in the works second remake of “The Blob” is still inching forward it seems.Bloody Disgusting reports that a listing on production company Swengroup (“In Fear,” “Maggie,” “Smiley”) suggests that Simon West (“Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” “Con Air”) remains attached to direct and Halle Berry has been linked to star.
At one time Samuel L. Jackson was attached, Jackson offering an update earlier this year saying the modern day-set project was looking into Chinese financing, however no reported mentions came up at the project at the Cannes Film Market last week.
Berry is no stranger to horror with films such as “Gothika” and “Dark Tide” under her belt. “The Blob” is also a proven property with the original 1958 sci-fi classic with Steve McQueen, and the well regard 1988 Chuck Russell-directed remake which utilised some astonishing practical horror effects.
West has previously said the new one would use CG to fully realise the potential of the gelatinous, carnivorous alien lifeform.
A new poster for the remake of The Blob looks remarkably similar to the classic Alien poster.
Details regarding the new remake have been pretty sparse recently, with some people doubting we would even see it.
But a new sales art poster has just been released online, and it looks almost identical to a classic sci-fi horror image that film-fans are very familiar with.
The original 1958 version of The Blob was a typically cheesy monster-on-the-loose movie, that was more famous for featuring Steve McQueen in his first starring role rather than the quality of the story or the special effects.
But it was a “guilty pleasure” for many and became a cult film.
Larry Hagman (Dallas) even directed a belated sequel called Beware! The Blob in 1972.
The film was the subject of a remake in 1988, when Chuck Russell directed an update which starred Shawnee Smith and Kevin Dillon.
Fun and imaginative, it had some good plot twists and effects, and is now regarded as one of the best horror movie remakes.
Since then, further reboots have gone through the development stage, with Rob Zombie attached to the project in 2009 before it fell through.
But in 2015, it was announced that Simon West (Con Air) had signed on to direct a brand new remake, and that Samuel L. Jackson had joined the cast.
Although West has remained linked to the project, news on any kind of further development has been decidedly absent. But a new sales art poster confirms Jackson’s involvement and gives a teasing promo image of what to expect.
Along with the strapline, “Nothing can stop it,” it shows the indistinct image of a planet (presumably the Earth) with a huge fissure cracking open and a green-glow shining from it.
Which is fine, but…
There’s no denying that it does look very similar to the cracking egg-rock from the classic Alien poster, which does take away some of the impact.
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duzit
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@Doctor Omega, the research and info you provide us is never-ending & so very interesting that it piques our curiosity to the point of making us want to see the film being reviewed.
You have done this to me for this film. I think with the C G I they will use, this will be awesome film. And, having Halle Berry is of course a big plus. Very much looking forward to this one...
You have done this to me for this film. I think with the C G I they will use, this will be awesome film. And, having Halle Berry is of course a big plus. Very much looking forward to this one...
Doctor Omega
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Friday 13th reboot cancelled in 2017
World War Z 2 cancelled in 2017
World War Z 2 cancelled in 2017
Doctor Omega
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Thurber To Direct “Cannonball Run” Remake
“Central Intelligence” director Rawson Thurber has been set to direct a reboot of the “Cannonball Run” franchise at Warner Bros. Pictures.
The original starred Burt Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Roger Moore, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dom DeLuise and followed an illegal cross-country race where the participants played dirty tricks on one another. Three films were produced throughout the 1980s.
Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant are in talks to write the script for the remake while Andre Morgan and Alan Gasmer are producing.
“Central Intelligence” director Rawson Thurber has been set to direct a reboot of the “Cannonball Run” franchise at Warner Bros. Pictures.
The original starred Burt Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Roger Moore, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dom DeLuise and followed an illegal cross-country race where the participants played dirty tricks on one another. Three films were produced throughout the 1980s.
Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant are in talks to write the script for the remake while Andre Morgan and Alan Gasmer are producing.
Doctor Omega
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ant-mac
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I really fucking hate getting old - or older.
It's not the aches and pains, it's not the diseases and illnesses, it's not even the gradual approach of impending death and eternal oblivion.
It's all the fucking reboots and remakes of every film or TV series I ever cared about.
It's not the aches and pains, it's not the diseases and illnesses, it's not even the gradual approach of impending death and eternal oblivion.
It's all the fucking reboots and remakes of every film or TV series I ever cared about.
Not one of these really needs to happen. Looking over the list, one sees either films that were mostly perfect enough in their own right that a remake can only be diminishing next to the original, or mediocrities that there can't be much reason to think a remake of will be any improvement. Then again, I'm a diehard cynic about these things. What really kind of stuns me about this list, and in particular the television stuff (Manimal? Really?), is that, given the fact that most of the big films made from these shows are resounding flops that tank at the box office, coupled with the fact that Hollywood is first and foremost a business and exists to make profits, these projects ever get even as far as this stage. And think of all the ones that got greenlighted, did dire business, and sank without a trace--and yet the trend goes on unabated. The whole thing reeks of desperation at this point.
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