Cult Cinema

Hammer Films grabs rights to action spec script Wake

Hammer Films has picked up a spec script titled Wake, written by Chris Borrelli, with Kasper Barfoed (Listetyven, Kandidaten) attached to direct, according to THR. According to the report, Wake has franchise potential and has been a described as being similar to the Transporter series of films. Barfoed’s Danish film Kandidaten is getting remade with ….

Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival chooses themes of travel and adventure for 2010

The principal genre film festival in Asia, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) kicks off its 11 days of movie mayhem on July 15th, and runs through the 25th. Young Bin Kim is this year’s festival director. With this year’s theme being an “Up and Coming Genre Explorer Travelling to a World of Love, Fantasy, ….

Emma Roberts joins Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell and David Arquette in Wes Craven’s Scream 4

The Weinstein Company announced today that Emma Roberts (Valentine’s Day, Nancy Drew, Hotel For Dogs and the upcoming It’s Kind of a Funny Story) has been cast as “Jill,” one of the heroines in Dimension Films’ Scream 4, the next chapter in the Scream franchise. Scream 4 hits theaters on April 15, 2011, with shooting ….

Robert Rodriguez nabs remake rights to Bakshi’s Fire & Ice

Ain’t It Cool interviewed Robert Rodriguez about his upcoming grindhouse flick Machete, which hits theaters on September 3, 2010, and during the extensive discussion, they touched on Fire & Ice, a dream project Rodriguez apparently has been circling for years. Master illustrator Frank Frazetta’s artwork brought the original Ralph Bakshi animated film to life in ….