Rumors have been furiously circulating that Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro would be announcing who would be playing Bilbo Baggins in their upcoming prequel, “The Hobbit,” at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego. Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy and David Tennant have all been named as possible candidates. But Jackson was quick to put a [...]
Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison will round out the cast of Miramax’s supernatural thriller, “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” which is also set to star Katie Holmes, according to The Hollywood Reporter Mark Johnson and Guillermo del Toro will produce with del Toro’s protege, Troy Nixey, directing. The film is based on a 1973 [...]
This week on Simon Mayo’s BBC radio show Mexican director, Guillermo del Toro, spilled some secrets about his upcoming films, “The Hobbit” and “Frankestein,” whether or not there will be a “Hellboy 3,” and some tidbits about his vampire novel, “The Strain.” There has been much speculation about whether “The Hobbit,” an adaptation of the [...]
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Universal Pictures will help Keanu Reeves continue his losing streak of remaking old Hollywood classics. Reeves recently starred in the sci-fi remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and will soon be giving “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” the same treatment. Are you rolling your [...]
Let’s face it, Hollywood’s horror sector has seen better days. Virtually all recent horror films are either directed by a hack who thinks dutch angles are a good substitute for actual direction, or are so devoid of substance that they resort to grotesque and meaningless carnage thinking this equates to scariness. While both of these [...]
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