Cult Cinema

Weinsteins close to snatching Miramax back from Disney?

According to THR, the Weinsteins are close to a winning bid in the Miramax auction and could take back operating control of the arthouse studio they founded in 1979, then sold to Disney for $80 million in 1993. Disney’s recently shuttered niche division boasts a 611-title film library. Miramax founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein have ….

Writer helps Man From U.N.C.L.E. big-screen adaptation take shape

Max Borenstein (Swordswallowers and Thin Men) will pen a new draft of Man From U.N.C.L.E., Warner Bros.’ big-screen take the 1960s cult TV espionage show, according to HeatVisionBlog. David Dobkin – who helmed Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus – is already set to direct the long-in-development project. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ran from ….

Win anniversary DVD and Blu-ray editions of Fox sci-fi classics and newly designed movie posters

In honor of the 75th anniversary of Twentieth Century Fox, the studio is releasing many of its movies throughout 2010 in newly issued Blu-ray and DVD editions – and offering free limited edition posters when you purchase these 75th Anniversary keepsakes. Fox Home Entertainment is also giving away a prize a day in celebration of ….

Legendary Pictures is now confirmed to be developing new U.S. Godzilla film

Godzilla is returning to U.S. movie theaters, this time courtesy of Legendary Pictures, according to Entertainment Weekly, although this was first rumored last August by Bloody Disgusting. Toho’s legendary monster should be in good hands with Legendary, the studio behind this week’s Clash of the Titans remake, and it should be a decent mass-market film. ….