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‘Cabin Fever’ Remake In The Works By Russ Fischer/April 22, 2014 2:45 pm EST Eli Roth broke into feature filmmaking in 2002 with Cabin Fever. (Well, he started to break in during late ‘02, but Cabin Fever wasn’t released to general audiences until 2003.) The film has spawned one messy sequel and a forthcoming prequel. And now there’s a report that a Cabin Fever remake is in the works.Bloody Disgusting says that Cassian Elwes and Evan Astrowsky are producing a remake....

‘Chronicle’ Sequel Loses Writer Max Landis By Angie Han/July 18, 2013 3:00 pm EST He continued: Still, there’s no reason to weep for Landis. Landis’ first directorial effort will be Me Him Her, a quarterlife crisis comedy described as “Reality Bites on acid.” He’s also worked on the scripts for Good Time Gang and Paul McGuigan’s Frankenstein. The fact that he’s no longer working on Chronicle is disappointing, but Landis seems like he’s bouncing back just fine....

‘Fast & Furious’ Director To Adapt Patrick Lee Thriller Novel By Russ Fischer/Feb. 20, 2013 10:45 am EST Justin Lin has carved out a unique position for himself. Since making The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Lin has done only one feature that wasn’t part of the FF franchise: the mock-doc comedy called Finishing the Game. He’s made four Fast & Furious films now, and overseen the franchise as it became both the premiere action franchise in Hollywood and Universal’s most reliable money-maker....

‘Jurassic World,’ Warcraft’ And ‘Fast And Furious 7’ Get IMAX Releases By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2014 8:45 am EST Not that it’s a big surprise, but Universal and Legendary made it official today that up to 15 of their big upcoming tentpole films will be released in IMAX. Among them are the previously announced Crimson Peak by Guillermo del Toro, as well as Jurassic World, Warcraft, Fast and Furious 7, Dracula Untold, Everest and Seventh Son....

‘Letters To Jackie’ Trailer: Steven Spielberg Produces A Remembrance Of JFK By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2013 9:26 am EST You’ll see the TLC logo come up at the head of the trailer below, but this isn’t some lifestyle movie. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment, Letters to Jackie gives voice to letters sent to Jackie Kennedy from people around the world, expressing grief after the assassination of John F. Kennedy....

‘Maleficent’ Featurette And Images: Who’s Afraid Of Angelina Jolie? By Angie Han/April 17, 2014 4:00 pm EST From some angles, the fact that Maleficent retraces a familiar path is the whole point. The Sleeping Beauty villainness has remained popular over the decades, and Disney’s counting on that to turn her movie into a hit. At the same time, though, the studio would like to stress that Maleficent isn’t just more of the same-old same-old....

‘Man Of Tai Chi’ Trailer: “You Owe Me A Life” By Russ Fischer/June 12, 2013 11:16 am EST This new trailer for Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut Man of Tai Chi is quite an improvement over the last look we had at the movie. This is a fight film, pure and simple, but this trailer suggests a lot more story and a more complicated moral path for the main character. The movie looks more polished, and the fights look like they’re hard-hitting but simply-executed setpieces....

‘Rapturepalooza’ Trailer: In Which Daryl From ‘The Office’ Is The Antichrist, And Anna Kendrick Is Humanity’s Best Hope By Angie Han/March 6, 2013 4:30 pm EST Since the world failed to end in 2012, 2013 seems to be the year we’re all laughing about what could have been. Paul Middleditch’s Rapturepalooza is one of three post-apocalyptic comedies due out this year, along with Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen’s This Is the End and Edgar Wright’s The World’s End....

‘Side Effects’ International Trailer: Now With More Plot By Angie Han/Jan. 24, 2013 9:00 am EST As Steven Soderbergh hurtles toward retirement, he’s dropping one last theatrical feature. (He also has the HBO movie Behind the Candelabra, but that’s not hitting cinemas.) In Side Effects, Rooney Mara plays a woman dealing with her husband’s (Channing Tatum) imminent release from prison. To help her cope with her anxiety, her psychiatrist (Jude Law) puts her on some new drugs....

‘The Amazing Spider-Man 3 And 4’ Announced By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2013 12:18 pm EST Sony Pictures is currently in production on The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but they’ve today announced release dates for two more Spider-Man films. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will hit theaters on May 2, 2014 (as we’ve known) The Amazing Spider-Man 3 will hit theaters on June 10, 2016 The Amazing Spider-Man 4 will hit theaters on May 4, 2018 The fact that Sony is announcing these dates shows an insane confidence in the future of this comic book franchise, and have very likely already mapped out a story roadmap for the series at least through the third film....

Alison Lohman To Replace Ellen Page In Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell By Hunter Stephenson/March 4, 2008 3:03 pm EST Blonds tells fewer blog jokes, it’s a fact, so maybe director Sam Raimi is onto something by casting actress Alison Lohman (Beowulf, Flicka) in the lead role formerly occupied by Ellen Page (Juno) in his upcoming horror thriller Drag Me to Hell. Oscar nominee Page aborted the project days ago amid rumors that she was unhappy with the script by Raimi and his brother Ivan Raimi....

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Check Out Mad Magazine’s Two Page ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Spread By Germain Lussier/Feb. 25, 2014 6:30 am EST The Hunger Games may be one of the biggest franchises in the world, but leave it to MAD Magazine to really boil it down. It’s just a movie about a world where kids kill each other over food. Sure, there’s more to it, but in the latest issue of the iconic publication, there’s a beautiful two page skewering of the franchise, specifically its latest theatrical incarnation The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and we’re proud to exclusively debut the image....

Cool Stuff: Craig Drake ‘Thing’ Inspired Poster Available For 24 Hours By Germain Lussier/Jan. 16, 2013 6:00 am EST Briefly: One of the standout pieces from last weekend’s Hero Complex Gallery show was Craig Drake’s Thing-inspired piece called RJ MacReady. At the time, it was only available as a single original art piece for $1,500. However, the gallery has decided to make limited edition screenprints of the print and release them as a timed edition....

David Goyer Reportedly Writing ‘Justice League’ By Germain Lussier/June 10, 2013 6:30 pm EST The Deadline story says the following: Next, Kelvin from Latino Review tweeted the following from the Man of Steel premiere: Goyers’ deal is part of a huge 3-picture deal he signed at Warners Bros for Man Of Steel, the sequel, and Justice League with Superman. Did I just hear Goyer say “JLA” is coming and he’s doing it?...

First Look: Rinko Kikuchi In The (Sorta) ‘Fargo’-Inspired ‘Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter’ By Angie Han/Dec. 6, 2013 6:00 am EST Despite what that disclaimer led people to believe, the Coen Brothers’ Fargo was not actually based on a real incident. But in a twist out of a Hollywood movie, the untrue Fargo wound up playing a part in a strange true tale after all, and now there’s a movie about the latter....

HBO Takes Damon Lindelof Post-Rapture Drama ‘The Leftovers’ To Series By Russ Fischer/Sept. 16, 2013 5:40 pm EST After Lost, writer/producer Damon Lindelof aimed at the big screen, working on scripts for films such as Cowboys & Aliens, Star Trek Into Darkness, Prometheus, World War Z, and Tomorrowland. Now the show he’s been developing for a while, The Leftovers, has been ordered to series at HBO. Ten episodes have been ordered; Peter Berg directed the pilot....

Listen To The New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Rap Song; Plus New Poster And TV Spot By Germain Lussier/July 22, 2014 9:55 am EST Ever since the release of the popular ’90s cartoon, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were characterized as party guys. They were a wild bunch of teenagers who loved pizza and music, who just happened to be both ninjas and turtles. In 1991, the group was forever linked to pop rap thanks to Vanilla Ice....

Louis C.K.’s First Feature ‘Tomorrow Night’ Now Available Online [Trailer] By Russ Fischer/Jan. 29, 2014 10:27 am EST Briefly: We gave you the heads-up about this a few weeks ago, but it’s worth a reminder: Tomorrow Night, the debut feature from Louis C.K., is now available online for five bucks. He offers the film up on his website, and explains the backstory in short: Tomorrow Night is a feature-length film I wrote and directed back in 1998....

Pearl Harbor 2 Director To Make Armageddagain: The Day Before Tomorrow By Peter Sciretta/May 9, 2007 12:04 am EST A few months ago we wrote an article on why we thought 20th Century Fox’s Epic Movie was a huge wasted opportunity. We wondered why a spoof comedy had not yet been made for all the huge action blockbusters. We asked, why Epic Movie instead decided to crack jokes at Willy Wonka and Borat....