Tag Archives: remake

Arnold Schwarzenegger Lined Up To Star In… Crikey… The Toxic Avenger Remake

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

This is the one about a janitor who gets mutated by toxic waste and becomes a super-muscly, super-lumpy hero who fights evil with a mop.

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Check Out Detroit’s Huge Robocop Statue – It’s Nearly Done, If Under A Cloud

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Including, for comparison, some video of the new Robocop undergoing reshoots this last weekend.

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Cujo Remake In The Works – And Its First Teaser Video Is Here Already

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

It’s been 30 years since Stephen King’s killer dog novel Cujo was adapted into a slightly batty picture. To mark the anniversary, the first film’s producers are now backing a do-over.

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Sally Hawkins To Drop Some Science On Godzilla

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Like the Robocop remake and The Amazing Spider-Man, just to pull a couple of recent examples, the cast for Godzilla is shaping up to be very impressive, and loaded with actors of the highest calibre.

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Here’s Your Black Hole News – The Film Will Be Written By Prometheus And The Darkest Hour’s Jon Spaihts

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Spaiht’s working to a new take on the film, replacing the one developed by Pacific Rim’s Travis Beacham. The new premise is apparently “a big idea – philosophical and somewhat dark in tone.”

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Joseph Kosinski Promises Black Hole Remake News Soon, Pitches Basic Premise

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Details had been pretty scarce, besides whatever you would assume on the basis of the original film – ie. Moby Dick in space, with memorable robots.

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A Few Seconds Of Telekinesis From The New Carrie Trailer

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

The whole trailer will be online tomorrow, but here’s a little bit of Carrie magic in the meantime.

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Death Wish Remake Still On, Gets New Director – Miss Bala’s Gerardo Naranjo

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Joe Carnahan left the remake of Death Wish after failing to agree with MGM on who should lead the picture. Word at the time was that the studio wanted Bruce Willis but Carnahan didn’t. They also spoke with Brad Pitt and Will Smith, apparently.

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Evil Dead 2 Scripting Underway – A Sequel To The Remake – UPDATE: Trilogy Planned

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

The remake of The Evil Dead premiered last night at the SXSW festival, and judging from social media accounts, the crowd were most pleased. And shocked. And disgusted. In a good way.

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Poltergeist Remake Gets Gil Kenan, A Director With Just The Right Experience

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

This new film is being produced by Sam Raimi and written by David Lindsay-Abaire, the director and co-writer of this weekend’s Oz the Great and Powerful – and as you may have noticed, two of my favourites.

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Joe Carnahan Cans Death Wish Because He Didn’t Want Bruce Willis To Star

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Another project has fallen foul of those infamous ‘creative differences.’ Happens all the time – and so often with this particular flavour too, a dispute over the lead actor.