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Platinum Dunes To Remake Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby By Hunter Stephenson/March 3, 2008 4:56 pm EST Follow me as we once again ride the slippery mud (s***?) slide that is Hollywood’s modern remake obsession. Blowing a loud horn all across Movieland today, STYD reports that Michael Bay’s production company, Platinum Dunes, is on the hunt for writers to pen a remake of Rosemary’s Baby, the 1968 classic horror film directed by Roman Polanski....

R.L. Stine’s ‘Just Beyond’ TV Series At Disney+ Enlists ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Director Marc Webb By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2021 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Last year, we learned that Gooosebumps author R.L. Stine’s horror anthology graphic novel series Just Beyond from BOOM! Studios was being turned into a TV series at Disney+. At the time, only Seth Grahame-Smith (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) had been announced as the writer, executive producer and showrunner....

Rob Zombie’s The Munsters Has Begun Production, And Has The Logo To Prove It Universal Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 10, 2021 4:46 pm EST Less than a month after Rob Zombie debuted the first look at frequent collaborators Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie, and Daniel Roebuck as Herman, Lily, and Grandpa in his film adaptation of “The Munsters,” Zombie has taken to social media to showcase his years-long passion project is currently shooting in Budapest....

Star Wars Spin-Off Rogue Squadron Delayed, Director Patty Jenkins Still Attached Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Nov. 8, 2021 2:12 pm EST The “Star Wars” galaxy is getting a bit of a shake-up as the next movie in the iconic franchise has been delayed indefinitely. “Rogue Squadron,” which is to be directed by Patty Jenkins (“Wonder Woman”) and was initially announced by Lucasfilm during Disney’s investor day presentation last year, is no longer going to film in 2022 and thus will not hit its planned 2023 release date....

The Daily Stream: ‘Angels & Demons’ Is Pulpy Trash, And I Mean That As A Compliment By Chris Evangelista/June 9, 2021 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: Angels & DemonsWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: In this sequel to The Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks must once again solve highly implausible historical mysteries....

The Legal Drama You Didn’t See Behind The Scenes Of Back To The Future Universal By Ben F. Silverio/Dec. 8, 2021 4:24 pm EST Over three decades after its release, “Back to the Future” remains one of the most beloved films ever made. Many look back fondly on the time-traveling adventures of Doc Brown and Marty McFly, including the cast and crew. However, that definitely isn’t the case for one person in particular: Crispin Glover....

Tommy Lee Jones Is Big In Japan And Boss Coffee Is His Lifeblood By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 2, 2017 10:00 am EST All my life, I was never a coffee-drinker. I envied the coffee-drinkers. They always seemed so bright and alert. But it was not until I came to Japan and started seeing the weather-beaten face of Tommy Lee Jones everywhere that I suddenly found myself, rather uncharacteristically, having the compulsion to drink coffee every day....

‘Cryptozoo’ Trailer: A Hand-Drawn Animated Movie About Monsters And The People Who Capture Them By Marisa Mirabal/July 13, 2021 7:10 pm EST Comic book illustrator, writer, and filmmaker Dash Shaw recently created a visually stunning film about cryptids called Cryptozoo. The animated feature from Magnolia Pictures innovates the creature feature subgenre while exploring artistic methods that creatively capture an array of mythological beasts. There are hundreds of cryptids, or mythological animals, that span centuries of folklore across the world....

‘Dune’ Soundtrack Releases Two Tracks, Teasing Hans Zimmer’s Unique Score By Jeremy Mathai/July 23, 2021 10:38 am EST Dune is the latest epic from Denis Villeneuve, which sees the filmmaker finishing off an impressive stretch of directorial efforts that includes Sicario, Arrival, and Blade Runner 2049. We only just received some exciting footage to pore over and further whet any fan’s appetite, but it’s the soundtrack from legendary composer Hans Zimmer that I just might be looking forward to the most....

‘His Dark Materials’ Review: The Golden Adaptation Fans Have Been Waiting For By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 21, 2019 8:00 am EST We do not speak of the 2007 feature film The Golden Compass. Chris Weitz’s botched adaptation of the acclaimed Philip Pullman fantasy novel came at the tail end of a string of Harry Potter knock-offs, and suffered from being reduced into a typical children’s fantasy adventure without all the religious themes and dark undertones that made Pullman’s epic inversion of Milton’s Paradise Lost so great....

‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Trailer: Zach Galifianakis Is A Malfunctioning Robot Buddy In This Animated Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 8, 2021 7:09 am EST You’ve heard of a boy and his dog, and all the variations in-between, but we’ve now come to the next stage in the evolution of that concept: a boy and his (broken) robot. Ron’s Gone Wrong, a new animated film from 20th Century Studios and U.K.-based CG animation studio Locksmith Animation, stars Zach Galifianakis as a malfunctioning robot who’s just doing his best and Jack Dylan Grazer (Shazam!...

‘Sonic The Hedgehog 2’ Will Speed Into Theaters In April 2022 By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 10, 2021 7:30 am EST Are you ready to go fast…again? You better be, buster, because here comes Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The sequel to last year’s hit adaptation of the popular Sega game now has itself a somewhat predictable title and an official release date: April 2022. The news was announced via social media, which included a little teaser that features absolutely no footage but does confirm that Sonic’s pal Tails, who popped up at the end of the first movie, is going to have a part to play in the sequel....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Gets An Epic Battle Poster From Juan Ramos By Ethan Anderton/March 15, 2021 12:00 pm EST Zack Snyder’s Justice League is nearly upon us, and if the early buzz is to be believed, it might be worth the wait. To celebrate the film’s arrival, Bottleneck Gallery is releasing a Zack Snyder’s Justice League poster created by artist Juan Ramos. It features the titular DC Comics superhero team clashing with villains Steppenwolf and Darkseid....

2021 Venice Film Festival Starry Line-Up Includes ‘Dune,’ ‘Last Night In Soho,’ ‘Last Duel,’ And More By Jeremy Mathai/July 26, 2021 7:10 am EST In 2020, the Venice Film Festival was just one of many events to be affected by the pandemic, though it managed to avoid cancelation in favor of a “more restrained format” under strict COVID protocols. This year, however, the availability of vaccines seems to have allowed the highly-anticipated festival to be back and as exciting as ever....

Cool Stuff: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Box Sets Bring Back Classic Playmates Action Figures By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 15, 2021 6:00 am EST While NECA has been releasing waves of outstanding new figures inspired by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, Playmates Toys has been re-releasing the classic action figures that were on shelves back in the 1990s. For those who haven’t been keeping up with the TMNT collectibles racket, this year will give you a chance to get all the necessary action figures you need with two box sets featuring Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo, master Splinter, their nemesis Shredder, and more....

Cool Stuff: Have A Yabba Dabba Pool Time With ‘The Flintstones’ Car Pool Float By Ethan Anderton/April 20, 2021 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you’re a modern stone age family looking for a relaxing time this summer, then look no further than this new pool float inspired by the feet-powered car from The Flintstones. The prehistoric automobile known as the Flintmobile has been turned into a huge pool inflatable that’s almost big enough for the whole family....

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Snow White’ Movie Casts ‘West Side Story’ Star Rachel Zegler As The Fairest Of Them All By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 22, 2021 9:03 am EST Disney has found the actress to play the fairest maiden in all the land in the live-action adaptation of Snow White. Rachel Zegler, who is set to make her feature debut in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story remake, has been cast as Snow White in Disney’s live-action remake of the seminal animated film....

How The Original ‘King Kong’ Influenced ‘Godzilla’ (And How Lesser-Known Dino Movies Influenced Them Both) By Joshua Meyer/March 29, 2021 10:00 am EST When Godzilla vs. Kong roars onto HBO Max and storms into U.S. theaters on March 31, it will mark the first full-fledged crossover in the seven-year cycle of shared-universe monster movies from Legendary Pictures. The current MonsterVerse is young, but for its giant denizens, it’s merely the latest chapter in the history of two long-running, closely intertwined film franchises....

Kevin Feige Explains Why Jennifer Connelly’s Role In ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Is A Fun Easter Egg By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2017 9:00 am EST Jennifer Connelly was a late addition to the Spider-Man: Homecoming cast, so much so that we didn’t know about her involvement until the first screenings of the film. Even then, when the full cast list was revealed with the junket press notes, some press who had actually seen the film weren’t even aware of her appearance....

From Gutierrez-Reed to Halls Fred Hayes / Getty Images Gutierrez-Reed isn’t the only crew member whose history prior to “Rust” has come into question in the days since Hutchins’ death. Yesterday, we reported that assistant director Dave Halls had been fired from the production of another film, “Freedom’s Path,” after a separate incident where a rifle “unexpectedly discharged,” injuring a boom operator. A sheriff’s affidavit revealed that it was Halls who unknowingly handed Baldwin the gun that killed Hutchins (pictured above), after grabbing it from a cart that Gutierrez-Reed had prepped....