Another "The Amityville Horror" Sequel Announced
Posted: May 15th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
A few days ago, we reported that Hannibal Classics was developing a new "Amityville Horror" film, based on John G Jones' "Amityville: The Evil Escapes" book with plans to begin filming this fall for an October 2012 release.
And now comes word that Dimension Films and Miramax will begin production on "The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes," as part of a bigger plan to create sequels to some of Miramax's best-known properties.
The film will be in the found footage-style and will take place after the original "The Amityville Horror" film. Casey La Scala and Daniel Farrands are directing from their own script. Shooting will begin this summer for a January 27th, 2012 release. Jason Blum (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) is producing.
Plot: An ambitious female television news intern, on the verge of breaking the most famous haunted house case in the world, leads a team of journalists, clergymen and paranormal researchers into an investigation of the bizarre events that will come to be known as The Amityville Horror ... only to unwittingly open a door to the unreal that she may never be able to close.
"We are thrilled to return to the mythology of 'The Amityville Horror' with a new and terrifying vision that will satisfy our existing fans and also introduce an entirely new audience to this popular haunting phenomenon," said producer Bob Weinstein.
Source: Dimension Films
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"Monsters" Sequel in the Works
Posted: May 15th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Last year, a $500,000 sci-fi movie called "Monsters" hit theaters and grossed over $4 million in addition to received great reviews. Vertigo Films has now announced that it will make a sequel to "Monsters" with commercial directors Brent Bonacorso and Jesse Atlas at the helm.
Gareth Edwards, who directed the first installment, will serve as executive producer along with "Monsters" actor Scoot McNairy. The sequel has a budget of around $5 million and will shoot in September in possibly Argentina.
"We're going to keep the same quality and intelligence of the first film and make it much more of a straight genre picture," said producer Allan Niblo. "'Monsters 2' will expand the world created in the original movie whilst upping the action ante."
Niblo describes the tale, set in a walled city, as a story about two brothers finding each other in a world of monsters. He added that the variety of aliens will differ in the new installment.
Click here to read more about "Monsters."
Source: Variety
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"The Dark Tower" is Moving Forward But With Changes
Posted: May 14th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Universal Pictures has been developing Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" as a trilogy of films, but recently decided to take a step back and decide whether it wants to proceed with such a large investment. There was even talks of director Ron Howard (Da Vinci Code) taking the property to another studio, possibly Warner Bros.
THR has now learned that Universal will be keeping "The Dark Tower," but not under the same terms. The plan is to lower the budget and Akiva Goldsman (I Am Legend, Cinderella Man) is already re-writing the script with that in mind.
A start date has yet to be announced, but it will likely not be in the fall, as originally promised. Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) was attached to star, but that may now change as well. Stay tuned.
Source: THR
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Robert De Niro is Bernie Madoff in "The Wizard of Lies"
Posted: May 14th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
HBO has acquired the rights to "The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust," which is Diane Henrique's non-fiction book about Madoff who bilked millions from unsuspecting investors.
Robert De Niro is producing the film and is expected to also star as Madoff, the former chairman of NASDAQ who stole as much as $50 billion using a Ponzi scheme and is now serving a 150-year sentence for the crime.
This is just the latest film by HBO that is based on recent news. The network is planning to air "Too Big to Fail" this month about the 2008 financial crisis. And is shooting "Game Change," a film about the 2008 presidential election.
Source: THR
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Trailer: Colin Farrell's "Fright Night" Remake
Posted: May 13th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Today we have the trailer for the upcoming "Fright Night" remake, starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, and Toni Collette. Check it out below.
Plot: Senior Charlie Brewster (Yelchin) finally has it all going on: he's running with the popular crowd and dating the most coveted girl in his high school. In fact, he's so cool he’s even dissing his best friend. But trouble arrives when Jerry (Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right—but everyone, including Charlie's mom (Collette), doesn't notice. After observing some very strange activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on the neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself.
The new movie is directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) and is set to hit theaters on August 19th.
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"Straw Dogs" Remake Gets a Trailer
Posted: May 13th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Today we have the trailer for the upcoming "Straw Dogs" thriller, starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard. Check it out below.
Plot: David and Amy Sumner (Marsden, Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie (Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation.
The new movie is written and directed by Rod Lurie (Resurrecting the Champ) and is set to hit theaters on September 16th.
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Martin Scorsese Confirmed to Remake "Taxi Driver"
Posted: May 13th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
About a year ago, it was revealed that director Lars Von Trier (Dogville, Antichrist) approached Martin Scorsese to make another version of his 2003 film "The Five Obstructions."
"Obstructions" was a challenge that Von Trier proposed to his colleague Jorgen Leth, which was to do a remake of his own 1967 film "The Perfect Human." The task was to remake the film five times, each time with a different obstacle, such as making it animated.
Von Trier proposed a similar challenge to Scorsese, asking him to remake his 1976 classic "Taxi Driver." At the time we weren't sure if there was any truth to this, but now comes word from ScreenDaily that Von Trier and Scorsese are "officially confirmed" to work together on the project.
According to Robert De Niro's previous comments, it is believed that one of the obstacles would be to tell the same story but from a point of view of a much older Travis Bickle (De Niro).
"The idea behind this obstructions thing is that you give each other tasks which will move you into an area where you have been reluctant to go yourself," Von Trier told ScreenDaily. "Under protest, you do that and then you enlarge your repertoire."
Source: ScreenDaily
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First Look: Bruce Willis with a Machine Gun in "Looper"
Posted: May 13th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
At the Cannes Film Festival, footage from Rian Johnson's "Looper" sci-fi film was just shown. And while most of us didn't get a chance to see it, Empire magazine unveiled the first photo from the movie, featuring a look at Bruce Willis firing a machine gun. Check out the photo below.
The movie revolves around Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a sharp, savvy hitman who kills victims sent back in time from 30 years in the future to make all traces of the crime disappear. Everything works out as planned, until one day a body arrives and Joe recognizes that it's his future self (Willis).
Johnson previously directed "Brick" and "The Brothers Bloom." His new movie has yet to acquire domestic distribution or set a release date.
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Showing posts with label The Amityville Legacy 3D. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Amityville Legacy 3D. Show all posts
Sunday, May 15, 2011
***Martin Scorsese Confirmed to Remake "Taxi Driver" ***Another "The Amityville Horror" Sequel Announced ***"Monsters" Sequel in the Works ***"The Dark Tower" is Moving Forward But With Changes ***Robert De Niro is Bernie Madoff in "The Wizard of Lies" ***Trailer: Colin Farrell's "Fright Night" Remake ***"Straw Dogs" Remake Gets a Trailer
Saturday, May 14, 2011
**"Amityville Horror" Remake Gets Title, Plot and Release Date **First Clip from George Clooney's "The Descendants" **Orlando Bloom: 'Idea in America' with Nick Nolte! **Salma Hayek & Antonio Banderas: 'Puss in Boots' in Cannes!
"Amityville Horror" Remake Gets Title, Plot and Release Date
Posted: May 11th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Hannibal Classics has announced plans to develop a new "Amityville Horror" movie, which will be called "The Amityville Legacy 3D." It will be based on John G. Jones' "Amityville: The Evil Escapes" book and is being adapted by Andrew Helm and Steve B. Harris. A director has yet to be hired, but shooting is expected to begin this fall for an October 2012 release.
Full "The Amityville Legacy 3D" plot synopsis from press release:
Six priests enter an abandoned home in the middle of an intense thunderstorm. The leader of the group, Father Manfred, quiets the doubting Father Kibbler, the youngest priest. The priests separate and Kibbler follows the sound of laughter into the attic. Inside, flies swarm by the the iconic windows of the Amityville house. The door slams shut and an unseen demon claws at Kibbler. Manfred kicks open the door and battles the demon until it consumes him in fire. The attic erupts but the demon is vanquished -- contained in a weak, but still-alive Manfred.
Thirty years later, we meet Nancy and Michael Evans and their daughter Amanda, a happy family recently touched by tragedy. Nancy's sister Carolyn committed suicide, leaving Nancy and Michael to care for her kids, Brian and Jessica. The Evans family is in the process of moving from the city to live in Carolyn's suburban home, where Nancy hopes to bond with Brian and Jessica. Michael plans to fix up the house, sell it, and move the family back to the city.
Before they settle into the home, the friction between Michael and Jessica threatens to splinter the family. Very soon after their arrival, Nancy begins to sense a palpable, evil presence. She can't seem to sleep through the night due to mysterious and horrifying noises. Their family cat is found in the attic -- dead. Slaughtered. Worse, as a family unit, they have a hard time meshing with Brian and Jessica. Michael becomes consumed with renovating the house, and hires a couple of hard-partying locals, Ant and Sean, to help him. But they are afraid to go in the attic. They know what happened in there.
As Michael's passion turns to obsession, Nancy struggles with her very sanity. She's coming apart at the seams, unhinged by the evil presence that only she seems to feel. She knows it will stop at nothing to get them out of the house. When she finds some letters Carolyn wrote to Father Manfred and Father Kibbler she makes a startling discovery -- Carolyn went through the same thing. Unable to track down Manfred, she locates Kibbler -- but he offers her no help. He is no longer a priest, and only communicated with Carolyn because Manfred no longer could. She begs him to help her find Manfred, and Kibbler finally admits the truth: Manfred is in an insane asylum.
Nancy goes to see Father Manfred and convinces him to help her vanquish the evil spirit. Michael's erratic behavior intensifies as the hauntings escalate, culminating in a horrific attack on one of Jessica's friends and the mysterious disappearance of a local delivery man. And it soon becomes clear that Michael is building an exact replica of the Amityville house. Nancy finally convinces Kibbler and Father Manfred to put aside their bad blood and help her fight the evil spirit and cast it from the house.
But if they think the spirit will go quietly or that they even know the source of its strength, they have another thing coming.
Source: Hannibal Classicshttp://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=21616&count=0
Hannibal Classics has announced plans to develop a new "Amityville Horror" movie, which will be called "The Amityville Legacy 3D." It will be based on John G. Jones' "Amityville: The Evil Escapes" book and is being adapted by Andrew Helm and Steve B. Harris. A director has yet to be hired, but shooting is expected to begin this fall for an October 2012 release.
Full "The Amityville Legacy 3D" plot synopsis from press release:
Six priests enter an abandoned home in the middle of an intense thunderstorm. The leader of the group, Father Manfred, quiets the doubting Father Kibbler, the youngest priest. The priests separate and Kibbler follows the sound of laughter into the attic. Inside, flies swarm by the the iconic windows of the Amityville house. The door slams shut and an unseen demon claws at Kibbler. Manfred kicks open the door and battles the demon until it consumes him in fire. The attic erupts but the demon is vanquished -- contained in a weak, but still-alive Manfred.
Thirty years later, we meet Nancy and Michael Evans and their daughter Amanda, a happy family recently touched by tragedy. Nancy's sister Carolyn committed suicide, leaving Nancy and Michael to care for her kids, Brian and Jessica. The Evans family is in the process of moving from the city to live in Carolyn's suburban home, where Nancy hopes to bond with Brian and Jessica. Michael plans to fix up the house, sell it, and move the family back to the city.
Before they settle into the home, the friction between Michael and Jessica threatens to splinter the family. Very soon after their arrival, Nancy begins to sense a palpable, evil presence. She can't seem to sleep through the night due to mysterious and horrifying noises. Their family cat is found in the attic -- dead. Slaughtered. Worse, as a family unit, they have a hard time meshing with Brian and Jessica. Michael becomes consumed with renovating the house, and hires a couple of hard-partying locals, Ant and Sean, to help him. But they are afraid to go in the attic. They know what happened in there.
As Michael's passion turns to obsession, Nancy struggles with her very sanity. She's coming apart at the seams, unhinged by the evil presence that only she seems to feel. She knows it will stop at nothing to get them out of the house. When she finds some letters Carolyn wrote to Father Manfred and Father Kibbler she makes a startling discovery -- Carolyn went through the same thing. Unable to track down Manfred, she locates Kibbler -- but he offers her no help. He is no longer a priest, and only communicated with Carolyn because Manfred no longer could. She begs him to help her find Manfred, and Kibbler finally admits the truth: Manfred is in an insane asylum.
Nancy goes to see Father Manfred and convinces him to help her vanquish the evil spirit. Michael's erratic behavior intensifies as the hauntings escalate, culminating in a horrific attack on one of Jessica's friends and the mysterious disappearance of a local delivery man. And it soon becomes clear that Michael is building an exact replica of the Amityville house. Nancy finally convinces Kibbler and Father Manfred to put aside their bad blood and help her fight the evil spirit and cast it from the house.
But if they think the spirit will go quietly or that they even know the source of its strength, they have another thing coming.
Source: Hannibal Classicshttp://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=21616&count=0
First Clip from George Clooney's "The Descendants"
Posted: May 11th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Fox Searchlight has unveiled the first clip from "The Descendants" comedy/drama, which stars George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, and Robert Forster. Check it out below.
Plot: The story revolves around Matt King (Clooney), an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
The new movie is directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election) and is scheduled to hit theaters on December 16th.http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=21615&count=0
Fox Searchlight has unveiled the first clip from "The Descendants" comedy/drama, which stars George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, and Robert Forster. Check it out below.
Plot: The story revolves around Matt King (Clooney), an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
The new movie is directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election) and is scheduled to hit theaters on December 16th.http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=21615&count=0
Wed, 11 May 2011
Orlando Bloom: 'Idea in America' with Nick Nolte!
Orlando Bloom is set to star in the comedy, Idea in America, alongside Nick Nolte, Stanley Tucci, and Cristiana Capotondi.
“The coming-of-age road-trip comedy follows a young Italian ornithologist who travels from California to Georgia in the pursuit of the American bald eagle, a dream job and her independence,” according to THR.
The flick, which will be helmed by writer-director Cecilia Miniucchi, is expected to start shooting Fall 2011. The film announcement was just made at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Can’t wait!
Wed, 11 May 2011
Salma Hayek & Antonio Banderas: 'Puss in Boots' in Cannes!
Salma Hayek and co-star Antonio Banderas promote their new spin-off movie, Puss in Boots, during a photocall held at Carlton Beach on Wednesday (May 11) in Cannes, France.
Puss in Boots, which opens everywhere on November 4, tells the story about the events leading up to the sword fighting cat’s meeting with Shrek and his friends. Chris Miller directed the animated flick - he also worked with Antonio on Shrek the Third.
FYI: Salma is wearing Gucci. Jennifer Lopez wore a similar shoulder top at the 2011 MET Ball.
