Day: February 4, 2009

Dark Knight producer goes through Damascus Gate

Dark Knight producer Charles Roven has announced plans to adapt the political thriller Damascus Gate for Sony, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Based on a book by Robert Stone, Damascus Gate revolves around journalist Christopher Lucas, who stumbles upon an extremist plot to sabotage peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Jerusalem. The Damascus ….

Behind-the-scenes featurette about AMC’s Prisoner remake – and FREE streaming episodes of the original U.K. series

A few sites have been posting this material, and I just had to share why I’m excited about it. AMC has been posting behind-the-scenes video interviews and clips about the making of its upcoming mini-series remake, based on the short-lived 1960s cult classic sci-fi TV series The Prisoner. James Caviezel stars at No. 6 (the ….

Check out this wild new video promo for Fox Friday’s Terminator and Dollhouse

El fuego your Friday! Sci Fi Wire posted this video that Fox TV released as a new promo video for its upcoming Friday-night lineup, which consists of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Joss Whedon’s new action thriller Dollhouse, that’s an homage to grindhouse movie trailers, complete with psychadelic color warps and out of sync ….

Blair Witch director working on paranormal thriller called Savant

In an interview on Tuesday with SCI-FI Wire, Blair Witch Project director Daniel Myrick said that he’s developing a film project titled Savant, described as a paranormal thriller, which he says would be his biggest movie to date. He told the site: “Savant is about this guy named Jeremiah Stark who is incarcerated in this ….

John Carpenter to direct supernatural thriller The Ward

John Carpenter is attached to direct The Ward, a supernatural thriller with Amber Heard (Pineapple Express, Never Back Down) attached to star, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen (Long Distance), The Ward follows the disturbing experience of a young woman in an institution, being terrorized by a ghost. The films ….

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad I Love the 80’s DVD review

Paramount Home Entertainment and VH1 celebrate the best films of that unforgettable decade in the second wave of the I Love the 80’s Collection. Thirty of the most memorable motion pictures released by the studio between 1980 and 1989 were released on DVD yesterday, February 3rd—all accompanied by a special bonus CD containing songs by ….

Coming to America I Love the 80’s Edition DVD review

Paramount Home Entertainment and VH1 celebrate the best films of that unforgettable decade in the second wave of the I Love the 80’s Collection. Thirty of the most memorable motion pictures released by the studio between 1980 and 1989 were released on DVD yesterday, February 3rd—all accompanied by a special bonus CD containing songs by ….