Alex Tse has been confirmed to write “Ninja Scroll,” Warners’ adaptation of the classic Japanese anime feature. Also, Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way is producing along with Madhouse Pictures and Jungo Maruta.
Alongside “Akira” and “Ghost …

Yahoo! Movies unveiled a new, five-minute-long trailer for ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’.  As unnecessary as this film is, it still looks pretty nice.  The first half of this trailer doesn’t show much of …

Yes, this is a piece straight out of the rumor mill, but it does have some basis in credible media news, as the quote from Variety below may suggest. In a momentary lapse of my …

In an effort to honor and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Motown next year, Columbia Pictures is set to remake the 1985 cult classic ‘The Last Dragon’. Samuel L. Jackson is attached to play Sho’Nuff!, …

Negotiations are underway for Pascal Laugier to write and direct the remake to ‘Hellraiser’ for Dimension Films.  Laugier has gained much acclaim in the horror genre recently.  His film, ‘Martyrs’, has become one of the …

I think most people who read this site regularly are aware of my distaste for most remakes, but no one is perfect. There is an occasional remake project that surfaces that actually makes me sit …

In the “perfect casting choice of the week”, Crispin Glover has signed on to appear in Tim Burton’s reimagining of ‘Alice in Wonderland’.  Glover will play the Knave of Hearts, who is put on trial …

This weekend we had the chance to hang out with Tura Satana from ‘Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!’ at Monstrous Weekend and what an experience it was!
When we sat down to interview her (we’ll post the …

That above shot, along with several others, is going to be viewed by millions of people this weekend.  It’s from the new trailer of ‘Friday the 13th’ and it is attached to printed of ‘Saw …

Are you really that shocked? We’ve seen stranger things hit theaters. The 1963 science-fiction musical comedy will be remade by Chris Wyatt and Mark Altman. Wyatt held various capacities in the production of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ whereas …

Paramount Vantage is handling distribution on the English-language remake of Géla Babluani’s thriller, ‘13 Tzameti’.  Babluani will be writing and directing the remake, and production begins in New York on November 17.  The kickass cast to …

Filming has started for the new Tim Burton film “Alice in Wonderland”. It has been confirmed that Australian actress Mia Wasikowska plays the lead in the movie with Johnny Depp, who is taking on the …

Tim Burton is in the process of making another movie titled “Dark Shadows”, the ’60s daytime supernatural sudser. Johnny Depp has been offered the lead role, Barnabas Collins, previously done by Jonathan Frid. “Dark Shadows” a highly …

The Swedish, vampire flick ‘Let the Right One In’ has been tearing up the festival scene the past couple of months. Naturally, Hollywood is gonna grab it and shoot out their own version.
Overture Films …

Los Angeles-based Harbor Light Entertainment and Tokyo-based Lotus have assembled an international consortium to remake helmer Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic “Rashomon.”
Action will be moved from ancient Japan to contempo America, where a court must decide …

Universal is taking yet another classic story and reimagining it with the latest technology Hollywood has to offer.  They have bought the rights to ‘Moby Dick’, and the new film will be directed by ‘Wanted’ …

Wes Anderson is set to write his next screenplay. According to firstshowing.net, the screenwriter/director has been hired by Universal to write the remake to the French comedy, ‘My Best Friend’. Anderson is also …

AMCTV caught up with JJ Abrams while he was out promoting his new show, ‘Fringe’.  The subject of Abrams next directing gig, ‘Star Trek’, and, more specifically, why there would be no William Shatner came …