Filmstalker: August 2008 Archives

Watchmen court update

The studio war over Watchmen has taken another turn, with both Warner Bros and Fox submitting reports to the federal court in New York. Fox is trying to block the release of the film next year, while Warner Bros point out the fact that Fox stayed silent during the making...

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Written by Louise McGregor at 10:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Spider-Man 4, what's going on?

Recently we heard that Spider-Man 4 set and premiere prizes were being auctioned for charity, and from Sony themselves, so you would be forgiven for believing that Spider-Man 4 was actually going ahead. Actually, let's be real here, they cannot auction that kind of thing for charity without the production...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 6:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Stalked: Red Sonja, Inglorious Bastards

Red Sonja sequels are already being talked about. And Diane Kruger has joined Inglorious Bastards....

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One Day Removals

Mark Stirton, the Aberdonian film-maker, is back with another film. This one isn't science fiction and in fact it's as far removed from the genre as you could imagine, it's something that the Scottish do particularly well, or perhaps just Aberdonians, dark humour. Stirton already made One Day Removals as...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 10:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (7)

Poltergeist remake gains director?

Well there is a rumour that's just surfaced online that suggests that a director has been found for the remake of Poltergeist, and the name is rather interesting because they've not done horror before, albeit not directly horror. They have done thriller and produced a hugely suspenseful, powerful, and heavily...

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W. clip online

There's a clip online for W., the George Bush film from Oliver Stone starring Josh Brolin as the man who comes through some extremely rough times to lead the U.S. as the Commander in Chief. This clip shows the moment that George first meets Laura, and it seems to suggest...

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New Max Payne trailer in HD

There's a new trailer out for Max Payne and it's in high definition too. Despite starting off the same this trailer gives a little more of the story, and does something to address the appearance of the strange creatures we saw in the first trailer. This trailer looks spectacular, really....

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Family Guy film the film

It seems that Seth MacFarlane is serious about a Family Guy film and in fact he's so serious that he thinks they can do it within the year, despite not having the time to fit it in with the television show. What is interesting though are his comments about why...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

My Name is Bruce screening dates with Bruce Campbell!

There have been some dates announced for the first screenings of My Name is Bruce, and what's more they will feature the very man himself, Bruce Campbell. No, I don't just mean on film, he's actually going to be making personal appearances at the following screenings. Hopefully, for the audiences...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:21 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Voltron goes cheap

Voltron has assigned a director, just after the news was broken that it was being passed over by Fox to a smaller company and getting a much reduced budget. The director is Max Makowski. He's directed Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and The Agency television shows as well as...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Diesel helps Dominican film-makers

Vin Diesel has been growing and growing in my eyes since I saw his small film Strays (Filmstalker review), the film he wrote, directed and co-produced, and he just keeps going. Now it's revealed that he, and I'm sure producers and the studio were heavily involved too, has been involved...

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Spider-Man 4 in development?

At the moment there's no word of any of the returning cast or crew, nor is there any word of what the film will contain in terms of story and villains, and in fact there's not even word that the studio are going ahead with a fourth film, so what's...

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Eddie Murphy goes silent

What has happened to Eddie Murphy's career? Well to be fair he was mostly known for shouting, swearing and some catch phrases, but his career has descended to kids comedy playing multiple characters at the same time. Now we're hearing that Murphy will be playing a role in a silent...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Watchmen fans threaten Fox

Well I'm not so sure how much of this is down to fans of the Watchmen comic and how much is down to fan sites picking out negative comments from their stories about the Fox versus Warner story, but apparently Watchmen fans are threatening Fox with their own backlash should...

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Whatever happened to Cuba Gooding Jr.?

Cuba Gooding Jr. is about to leap into an original TNT film called Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, a story based on Carson's memoirs about his rise to director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Brilliant. Okay to be fair the story does sound interesting, and more...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 8:55 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Stalked: Facebook film, Strangers sequel, Dannii Minogue in film

There's a film coming about the people who started up Facebook... There's already a sequel coming to The Strangers... The gorgeous Dannii Minogue is set to appear in a British spy thriller......

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Proyas' Dracula Year Zero gets real

Alex Proyas has been talking about his next film Dracula Year Zero, a film that takes the real life story of Prince Vlad of Transyvania, the stories of his acts of impaling that led to the Bram Stoker story of Dracula. He utters the phrase that is fast becoming a...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Robert Orci talks Transformers 2

Transformers screenwriter Robert Orci has been talking about the sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. He is answering questions on a fan forum, and has covered topics such as Shia LaBeouf's injury and the difference between the two films. I never used to watch Transformers when I was younger, but...

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Written by Louise McGregor at 9:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Diesel to play supervillain?

Vin Diesel is cool, and he has talent. I'm not scared to say that as I've seen Strays (Filmstalker review) and it's pretty surprising that he wrote, directed and co-produced the film. Well he's been talking about what's next, and apart from the two possible outings for Riddick he reveals...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Office adapted for film

The Office is a hugely popular comedy show that first started in the UK and spread across the globe with different countries creating their own unique versions of the comedy, but as yet there's not even been a hint of a film version, until now. The Office is set to...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 3:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Coffin trailer scares western horror

There's a trailer online for a Thai horror film called The Coffin which is inspired by the real life ritual of Thai people that in order to ward off bad luck and prolong life, they get themselves into a coffin. Yeah, that's what I thought, sounds crazy. Just wait until...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 3:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Stalked: No End online legally, Hamptons thriller, Swank borrowed and blue

No End in Sight on YouTube legally… Austin Chick’s Hamptons thriller… Hilary Swank's production company buys Something Borrowed and Something Blue......

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Watchmen – Fox versus Warners

We haven't heard that much more since the announcement that Fox was taking Warner Bros. to court over their development of Watchmen claiming that they still held the rights to develop the film and not Warner. That threw up loads of concerns, even to the point that the film could...

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Update: Directing change on TinTin?

This is a rather odd story, but a short while ago a story appeared in one of the trade sites that stated Peter Jackson was taking over from Steven Spielberg on directing duties for the first in the Tintin trilogy of films. Then, as if it was being retracted for...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Filmstalker reader turned film-maker

Longtime Filmstalker reader and online chum Ramchandra Solanki has a showbiz name, of that there's no doubt. Now he's showing he has the showbiz talent to go with it as he's started doing what most of us just talk about, he's film-making. He's started off with a couple of short...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 8:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Towelhead title offends?

Following on from our Political Correctness in film discussion, here's one I might actually agree with. The film Towelhead is getting some criticism from an Islamic civil rights advocacy group who has asked Warner Bros. to change the title of the film. It seems they're being pretty open and calm...

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Valkyrie sued by extras

I hate the American culture of suing everything that moves, it seems that people are no longer responsible for themselves and it's always down to someone else to blame, and if it is then they need to be sued because money makes it all right. Sure in some cases it...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 12:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Two more Riddick films?

It was back in November of 2007 that David Twohy started talking about the prospect of another Riddick film, you know a sequel to Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, and the exciting news is that Vin Diesel is now talking about it and the fact that Twohy is...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:21 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Kassovitz critizes Fox on Babylon A.D.

The director of Babylon A.D. has been speaking about what he thinks of the final film, and unfortunately it isn't good news. Mathieu Kassovitz has been critical of Fox, who he says have not allowed him to produce the final product that he wanted to. In fact he pretty much...

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Written by Louise McGregor at 6:53 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

The Road script review online

The Road, the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel by the writer Joe Penhall, has completed filming and the first script review has made its way across the Interflab as quick as you can type. Although it isn't an extensive review, there are some interesting comments that make it sound that...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 6:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Harrelson turns zombie

Now this is an interesting and off the wall piece of casting, Woody Harrelson is going to be starring in a horror comedy, and one about zombies. Now is that not the most unexpected piece of casting you've heard? It is for me. Zombieland is the film which will see...

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Fast and Furious high quality trailer online

We've been waiting for the official Fast and Furious trailer since it was leaked without any audio and with a terrible picture not that long ago. Good news today then that the full version is released online and it has audio as well as a picture that's as clear as...

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Stalker's Poll: Do you want another Aliens film?

Yes, I've left another poll run on, I'll get the turnaround faster for you soon, in the meantime the last poll asked, "Do you want another Aliens film?", and the answer was pretty clear. Although most of you wanted one but only with James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver, there was...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 8:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Kenny Everett horror film found

The British comedian Kenny Everett made a film, and it wasn't a Captain Kremmen film, it was actually a horror comedy which poked fun at the staple Hammer Horror films of the time and carried Everett's usual style of comedy, which was hilarious. Bloodbath at the House of Death was...

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Cher as Nolan's Catwoman?

Another Batman casting rumour for you, this time it's Catwoman. The last rumour we heard had Angelina Jolie wanting to play the role. Now rumour has it Christopher Nolan's favourite, if he goes down that road, is Cher. Surely this isn't true. Cher?...

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Written by Louise McGregor at 1:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Across the Hall trailer online

I never noticed anything about this film before, but the trailer has me interested. Sure it's a little bit rough and could probably do with another edit, but it looks like it could be a pretty powerful thriller. The film is directed by Alex Merkin from a story that he...

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Michael Keaton in Toy Story 3

News on Toy Story 3 has been a bit thin on the ground. The last we heard was the plot change, which saw all the toys being left at a day care centre when Andy goes to college. Now another cast member has been added to the third film, and...

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Written by Louise McGregor at 12:21 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Mortensen's Good trailer online

Good is a film directed by Vicente Amorim and adapted from a play, it stars Viggo Mortensen as a good and decent man who publishes a book that is used as party propaganda by a popular political party. Before long he finds that he is being drawn into the group...

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New York, I Love You trailer online

I loved Paris Je t'aime (Filmstalker review), it was a bunch of beautiful films for many different reasons, and that was followed by the news that there would be a New York, I Love You film which would do the same for New York. The idea is simple, a huge...

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Barker angry at Lionsgate for Midnight Meat Train

Clive Barker is mad, and he's mad at Lionsgate, Joe Drake in particular, for his decision to release the film adaptation of one of his Books of Blood, Midnight Meat Train, to a tiny audience. In the end Midnight Meat Train, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, went to a mere one...

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Fast and Furious trailer online

The trailer for Fast and Furious, the latest film in the franchise which features the return of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster, is now online. It's been bootlegged without any sound and so someone has added their own sound track over the top, so probably a...

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English Transporter 3 trailer online

There's a new trailer online for Transporter 3, well actually it's not new, I was showing it back in June with one little difference, the titles are in French, that's it. However it is the English language version so you can watch it all again and enjoy it....

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

I watched Hellboy the night before seeing Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and I realised why I liked Hellboy so much, it's for Hellboy himself. Now you might expect that to be a daft thing to say, but not when you see Hellboy II: The Golden Army. You see there...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 9:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Ritchie talks Sherlock Holmes

What's most interesting about Guy Ritchie talking of his upcoming Sherlock Holmes film is how much emphasis he's placing on the character of Holmes. Now that's nothing new for a Sherlock Holmes film, after all he is the lead, but for a Guy Ritchie film it's a little different. He's...

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Superman reboot confirmed

Since Superman Returns was released, a sequel has been a long time coming. Not much has been heard, other than the odd bit of news. Now Warner Bros say they plan to start again with Superman. It sure has taken them a while to decide. They also plan to go...

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Cage in Kick-Ass cast

It amazes me that no matter how many rubbish films an actor can appear in, they still get work, and so it goes that Nicolas Cage has signed up to star in Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book Kick-Ass. Cage is joined by Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Christopher...

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Scottish Highlander?

So they're restarting Highlander again, it's all the fashion just now and it seems that this franchise needs to be restarted because , well the old one is petering out. Who's going to play the new Highlander then? Well it seems that one person has already been approached, and he's...

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Sweeney halts production

The big screen version of the British police series The Sweeney has had production halted by the studio who, for some sudden reason, seem to be concerned it may not appeal to worldwide audiences. My first question was why now? Why not when they saw the original series, read the...

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Update: Sukiyaki Western Django trailer online in HD

The trailer for Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django is online, and it looks glorious, it really does. The styling on the film looks superb, and the camera presents some interesting framing. Not only that but there's the cool mix of east and west which might turn out to really work....

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Death Race faces court action

In the entertainment business court cases are all too common, make something popular and people will come out from the woodwork claiming they created it days, weeks or months before, anything to get them noticed or to try and make money. However there are legitimate cases too, let's not taint...

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Update: Frost/Nixon trailer online in HD

The trailer for Frost/Nixon is online, and it shows us something I love about film, the power of characters, writing and relationships, and look, no explosions! The film follows the events of the now famous interview of Richard Nixon by the British chat show host David Frost whose career exploded...

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Cruise in Tropic Thunder footage

Footage of Tom Cruise's role in Tropic Thunder has appeared online, and while I can understand the mechanics of the humour behind it, I just don't find it funny. It seems to miss all the beats and doesn't really take advantage of making Tom Cruise something different for me. In...

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It's Alive trailer is...online

Totally off on a tangent, while I'm posting trailers and clips, is this trailer for an upcoming horror film called It's Alive, and it's a bit of a dichotomy. For a start there are some well filmed moments and the trailer looks pretty interesting, but then there's the whole premise...

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Terminator Salvation secret in title

Terminator Salvation is managing to hide its secrets pretty well, but McG just can't help teasing the fans about what the upcoming film holds for John Connor and the fate of the world, and in his latest tease it looks like he might just have given away a rather big...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 10:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Gibson is B.A. Baracus in A-Team

Just yesterday I wrote about Tyrese Gibson confirming that he's on board the film version of The A-Team being directed by John Singleton but that he hadn't yet revealed his character. Well today he's revealed what character he would be playing, and it confirms one thing, The A-Team film will...

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Jackson and Del Toro give up on Hobbit writers

Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro have given up on finding a writer for their Hobbit films and instead have decided to take up the position themselves. They've been at it for some eight months, but now they think they can do the job themselves, and it isn't that hard...

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Studio justifies Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince delay

Well, when I say justify, they don't at all, they skirt around the issue apologising to the fans and try and sell the positive that it'll be less of a wait between this and Deathly Hallows. Still it's some kind of attempt to address the resentment that they've created within...

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Poltergeist remake looking poor?

The original Poltergeist was pretty damned scary, of that there is no denying. Written by Steven Spielberg and directed by Tobe Hooper might, on paper, sound like a complete disaster, I mean Saving Private Ryan meeting Texas Chainsaw Massacre? However it turned out to be superb, and now they're remaking...

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Update: More W. behind the scenes footage

This is the first foootage we've seen of the upcoming W. film from Oliver Stone chronicling George W. Bush's life and time in office. In it we see a Bush speech delivered by Josh Brolin as President Bush, and I have to say he sounds and looks pretty damn good....

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Stalked: Sherlock villain, Inglorious Bastards, Gnomeo and Juliet, A Serious Man

Various casting titbits have appeared online which are pretty interesting. The villain for Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes has been chosen to go head to head with Robert Downey Jr... There's another actor in talks for Inglorious Bastards... Gnomeo and Juliet are in talks with big stars... Coen Brothers cast A...

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Fast and the Furious 5 directed by Diesel

Vin Diesel is directing a fifth Fast and the Furious film, even before the fourth film has even been released. This fifth film will be a prequel to the fourth film, Fast and Furious. However there's something worth noting, this is only a twenty minute short film, and as yet...

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Cruise and Raimi on comic book

Wow, I really didn't see this team up coming. Tom Cruise and Sam Raimi working together on a comic book adaptation? At the moment Cruise is producing alongside Raimi, but there is word that there's the option for him to star. The comic book series Sleeper was written by Ed...

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Crowe as Bill Hicks?

First of all it's great news that there sounds as though there could be a Bill Hicks film, one of the most insightful and truly funny comedians I've seen in a long time, but add to that the possibility that Russell Crowe could be playing him in a biographical film...

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A-Team moving forward?

How many times have I written something like that? Well I could probably count them for you. Breaking news of the A-Team film was the first film story I ever wrote on the Internet (contrary to whatever is against that article nowadays, I wrote it), and unbelievably it's still going....

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X Files 3 straight to DVD?

With The X Files: I Want to Believe getting a fairly luke warm reception so far, you would think plans for a third film could be on hold. Turns out not so much, it could be a third X Files film is made and released on DVD. I loved The...

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Courts to halt Watchmen?

It's hard to believe but it could be that after Watchmen has come so far through so many different attempts to bring it to the big screen it could be that just as it finally gets made and is preparing to be distributed to the world that the courts could...

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Written by Richard Brunton at 10:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

P sequel, P2: The Unforgiven

Back during the 2005 Edinburgh International Film Festival I met a man called Paul Spurrier, lovely chap, and I had the chance to see his film P (Filmstalker review), the first Thai film directed, written, produced, edited and musically arranged by a British talent. It's a strong horror film that...

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Political correctness affecting film

It's getting beyond a joke, a film is made, upsets some group or individual, and the next thing is it's being pulled from release, re-dited, or hopefully at the very least, delayed until it all blows over. It seems you just have to complain about a film upsetting someone and...

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Death Race sequel and Spy Hunter dead?

Spy Hunter may have lost another director, and it's not really that big a loss to be honest. We did hear that John Woo was off the project some time ago, and I really do think that was a loss, and when we heard Paul W.S. Anderson was on the...

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Campbell on Evil Dead 4

Are we ever going to see an Evil Dead 4 from the original team? Despite the positive talk over the past year from the very people behind the original, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, there's still nothing concrete happening and there's a wonder if there ever will be. However both...

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Clips 'n' Pics: Watchmen, Harry Potter, Seed and Tropic Thunder

Plenty to keep you going here with interesting updates across the Interflab for Watchmen, Harry Potter the Half-Blood Prince, Seed and Tropic Thunder. There are some news stills online for the upcoming Watchmen which is looking better and better. Then there are some new photos from Harry Potter and the...

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Stalked: Voltron dead, Fame alive

Voltron: Defender of the Universe has been put in turnaround as the studio drop the film... Fame is set to remake everything and the only original aspect will be the theme song......

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Ramirez on both Escobar films?

Now this is interesting, we just heard that Edgar Ramirez is joining the Joe Carnahan production of Killing Pablo, the story of the drug "lord" Pablo Escobar, after the first choice Javier Bardem departed the production due to scheduling conflicts. Well Ramirez may well have said no to one production...

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Watchmen mini-review

Although no one is going to see Watchmen to review for a very long time, and I hope that it gets the same blogger screening treatment that 300 did as even if it costs me hundreds again I'll still do it, someone outside the production has apparently already seen the...

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Punisher: War Zone rating rumour row

What's going on now? It seems that after hearing the rumours of Lexi Alexander off of the Punisher film Punisher: War Zone, of Lionsgate messing with it, and then that the studio are re-cutting it to a PG-13. The latest inside source rumour is that the PG-13 rating call is...

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Pegg off Bastard and Paul director announced

Simon Pegg will not be in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards, which is probably a good thing considering the cast list seems to be slipping somewhat in stature from his previous films, and considering Pegg's recent work maybe it's better that he sticks to the films that made him famous, of...

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Stalked: Simon Pegg, Game, Harry Potter

Simon Pegg is off Inglorious Bastards, but has something else up his sleeve. The release of Game has been pushed back. And Harry Potter fans have a longer wait too....

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Warner and DC Comics get serious

Warner Bros. and DC Comics have been talking about their plans for film versions of their comic book characters. With The Dark Knight breaking box office records, and Watchmen looking amazing so far, Warners and DC are planning changes for the better. With Marvel making solid films from their characters,...

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Death Race Red Band trailer and extended behind the scenes

Talking of death slides, there's a new trailer online for Death Race online - like that one? - and it's looking quite mean. Actually I have to say that this one looks rather fun and does build up the story a bit more. Not only is there the trailer but...

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Righteous Kill Red Band trailer

Sorry for the delay in stories, I've been jumping off a football stadium roof on a zip wire for charity, in the meantime there's been trailers galore, and probably the best to appear online was the new Righteous Kill red band trailer. I have to say that I've not really...

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August 31, 2008