More on Fincher’s adaptation of Dragon Tattoo
Dark Horizons reports that pre-production on David Fincher’s upcoming adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s international mega-hit novel “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” is in full swing with the director currently in Stockholm going over locations. Fincher wants a “European look” for the film and is planning to shoot all the exteriors in Sweden. Due to [...]
Efron to star in the remake of Snabba Cash
The Hollywood Reporter posts that young actor Zac Efron is attached to star in and produce a remake of “Snabba cash,” the hot Swedish property that was the subject of a heavy Hollywood bidding war and has just found a home at Warner Bros. “Snabba cash” is based on a novel by author Jens Lapidus [...]
Russell Mulcahy talks Teen Wolf Remake
Den of Geek recently had a little talk with director Russell Mulcahy, the director of “Resident Evil: Extinction.” Now he’ known as the man responsible for the upcoming “Teen Wolf” remake… Back in the days, around 1985 that is, the original “Teen Wolf” was the s**t! But just like most movies with a couple of [...]
Rupert Wyatt to direct Planet of the Apes reboot
Dark Horizons reports that Rupert Wyatt has become the front runner to direct 20th Century Fox’s “Planet of the Apes” reboot – aka “Caesar” (or “Planet of the Apes: Genesis”). Apparently the writers put in not only many little nods to the original “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes” from which much of the [...]
Escape from NY remake is moving forward
Let us continue down remake lane, shall we? I’m actually almost too young to have any emotional ties to “The Escape from New York.” I remember seeing it the first time when I was like ten years old but I must admit it didn’t do anything for me. Later on, when I was in my [...]
Downey leaves Cowboys and Aliens
It looks like Robert Downey Jr. won’t ride into the wild West after all. Los Angeles Times writes that Downey, who had been poised to reunite with “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau for the science-fiction western “Cowboys and Aliens,” won’t star in the film. The movie will still move forward with Favreau and studio DreamWorks [...]
More sci-fi using Cameron’s Avatar technology
Variety reports that James Cameron appears to be heading to inner space by putting “Fantastic Voyage” on the front burner. 20th Century Fox has tapped Shane Salerno to adapt a remake of the 1966 sci-fi film, which will be produced by Cameron. Although Cameron has never expressed interest in helming the pic (Roland Emmerich had [...]
Steven Spielberg withdraws from Harvey remake
I read about this last week but I wasn’t sure we had the full story but it turns out we did. Anyway, Steven Spielberg has apparently withdrawn from the “Harvey” remake. Variety reports that he spent the past half year developing the picture. Spielberg delivered the news this week to 20th Century Fox, which had [...]
Nimród Antal talks Predator reboot
One of our favorite movie monsters of all time, in all categories, is without a doubt the Predator. When John McTiernan released his epic horror-sci-fi masterpiece back in 1987 it was love at first sight. Man, what a movie… Anyway, since then we have seen a sequel and two spin offs. The sequel had it’s [...]
Howling reboot starts shooting in February
A week without news about a reboot or remake wouldn’t be a… well, it hasn’t happened yet. And if we can find news containing the words werewolf or vampire, it’s pretty much a done deal. Moviemind News loves monsters. We’re not so found of Saw-and-Hostel-type-of-horror but we love monsters. Anyway, Variety reports that the werewolf [...]