Remakes

Terminator target may join Elm Street remake and dream of Freddy Krueger

Thomas Dekker – who plays the teenage John Connor on the possibly cancelled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – is in final negotiations to join the cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot, as a character named Jesse, a jock on the high school swim team., according to ShockTillYouDrop. He would join Jackie Earle ….

Wes Craven talks People Under the Stairs, Shocker, Elm St. and more remakes

Wes Craven was recently interviewed by Sci-Fi Wire, and tld them that his proposed remakes of The People Under the Stairs and Shocker are still moving forward, even though Relativity Media has taken over Rogue Pictures, which signed the deal with Craven’s Midnight Entertainment to develop the projects. The first remake under that deal, The ….

Trailer for Denzel Washington and John Travolta going mano-a-mano in The Taking of Pelham 123

Columbia Pictures has released the first trailer for the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, directed by Tony Scott, from a script by Brian Helgeland. So many questions enter my mind, when I think about what this movie will be. For those of you who don’t know, I am a huge fan of 1970s ….

Michael Bay hires director for Nightmare on Elm Street remake

According to The Risky Bsns. Blog at The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and New Line Cinema have hired Samuel Bayer to direct the reimagining of the Wes Craven classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, which will mark its 25th anniversary this year. Bayer is known for his work in commercials and music videos, ….

Friday the 13th L.A. Premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theater

The Los Angeles premiere and red carpet arrivals for the remake of Friday the 13th will be held on Monday, February 9, 2009, at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. Attendees from the film include Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, Derek Mears, Willa Ford, Arlen Escarpeta, America Olivo, Jonathan ….

Check out Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost Super Bowl spot

Ain’t It Cool also posted the Super Bowl spot for Will Ferrell’s new remake of the camp fantasy TV show Land of the Lost. Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) directs the new comedy adventure, featuring Ferrell, Danny R. McBride and Anna Friel as three adults who inadvertently stumble into a mysterious ….

I Am Legend Ultimate Collector’s Edition arrives on Blu-ray and DVD in December

I Am Legend gets the Ultimate Collector’s Edition treatment starting on December 9, 2008, from Warner Home Video and Village Roadshow. The films will be available on Blu-ray and DVD and packaged in elegant box for holiday gift giving. The package contains two versions of the film (one with a controversial ending), a Digital Copy ….

Dawn of the Dead film review

When there’s no room in Hell, the dead walk to the mall. That was the message of horror master George Romero’s 1978 anti-consumerism flick Dawn of the Dead. This 2004 remake by first-time director Zack Snyder takes away a lot of the social message, and fills it instead with plenty of head-blasting zombie-killing mayhem and ….

The Wicker Man Trailer

Nicolas Cage plays a sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl, but finds a much larger mystery to solve in the remake of the British cult hit The Wicker Man. Neil LaBute (Nurse Betty) wrote and directed the upcoming thriller, which hits theaters on September 1, 2006. I have added the trailer for the film on the ….