NEWS ROUNDUP VER. 10

NEWS ROUNDUP VER. 10

PROMETHEUS
     With the film being out just over a week, it is still dividing fans. With news that the blu-ray release will have an extended cut of the film that adds over twenty minutes to the film on top of cut scenes as a special feature coming out in October, it should be interesting to see if the divide will grow. That's on top of something dealing with the something happening two days after the movie is released online. Also we have interesting final words from Ridley Scott from Prometheus: The Art of the Film book: "I thought Prometheus was so enjoyable - returning to the world of science fiction was so - I'm thinking about what the hell I night do for a Prometheus 2....."

V/H/S
     Another anthology film is coming soon with a interesting premise. The story is a group of robbers are hired to find and steal a rare found footage tape. Yet what they find is more than they expected as the crooks have to go through hundreds of old VHS tapes to each one weirder and more horrifying than the last to find the right one. The poster above was just released and it does catch the eye.

THE WALKING DEAD
     With the premiere of The Walking Dead season 3 coming up in October, new stills have been comingout from the set. With the word that The Governor is almost the same on screen as he is in the comic and the main set piece being the prison expect Rick and the survivors to have a even worse time than in the season two.

WORLD WAR Z
     For the last two news updates I've done, this movie has been mentioned. Now it looks like the reasoning behind the break down of the film is coming to light from crew members that worked on the set. The two main reasons they listed were a rush to go into production while nothing was really set and the break down of leadership on the set due to the director being out of his depth. With crew members replaced during production and cast members working on other productions how this film has a supposed great first hour I have no idea.

GHOSTBUSTERS 3
     It looks like Bill Murray hasn't quite giving up on the sequel yet as he is asking for another script for the film. I have to hand to Murray to stand his ground for the sequel to have a decent script and for it to mean something other than a paycheck. Hats off to you Mr. Murray!

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
     In other good news, the Michael Bay produced reboot of the classic franchise is now on indefinite hold. Let's hope it stays that way.

JAPAN CUTS 2012

     The New York city held Asian film festival that runs from July 12th to the 28th has it's line up in place and it look like it's going to be amazing. The link below is to the official website.
JAPAN CUTS 2012

NEWS ROUNDUP Ver. 8

NEWS ROUNDUP Ver. 8

PROMETHEUS
     With the film coming out in less than a week I thought I'd do one more quick blurb about the film before going quiet about it until I publish my review for it. As of this time it looks like Fox might want to do not one but two sequels for it. Also, I just had to share what I think is the creepiest trailers for the movie.

HANNIBAL

     NBC has picked their lead for the Thomas Harris based series and this one I'm excited about. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter will be played by Mads Mikkelsen. This series just went from "uhnn" to a must watch for me now.

CLIVE BARKER

     It seems that we might get to see a movie directed by Clive Barker in the next year. Amazon.com Inc has hired Barker to rewrite and direct their property Zombies Vs Gladiators. Barker said about the project,  “I’m excited by the opportunity to interweave two very rich narrative threads. One of them concerns itself with the reality of the decadence of Rome and its rise and fall. The other is a fantastical narrative element – the living dead. My brief to myself on this project is to give the audience not only zombies they have never seen before but also a Rome they have never seen before.”  It's Barker so I'm there with ease!

IRON MAN 3

     With shooting for the the Robert Downey Jr. starring vehicle underway there is going to be a lot of set pics coming out from cell phones. The strangest one that has come out is a pic of The Iron Patriot which is weird due to it's a Norman Osborn ran machine in the comic. I don't think he'll be in the film.

WORLD WAR Z

     The movie about the after effects of a zombie outbreak has more to worry about than a zombie virus. Seems like the film is going through seven more weeks of filming. The interesting thing about this is that filming on the movie has been finished since last year. Sounds like the studio doesn't like the finished product.

GINGERCLOWN 3D

     In what looks like could be another fun movie if it ever sees the light of day, Gingerclown 3D looks like it could be what us 80's horror kids need.  The quick rundown for this is that a group of high school jocks (douche bags) dare Sam, the school loser to enter a rundown amusement park that's supposedly haunted for a kiss from the girl he likes, Jenny,  but who is dating the school quarterback. The problem is that something has been living in the park since the 20's and is the reason why it shut down originally. Look for Tim Curry to be back in make-up (always great when he is) as Gingerclown. Also it has Lance Henriksen as Braineater, Brad Dourif as Worm Creature, Sean Young as Nelly the Spiderwoman, and Michael Winslow as Stomachcrumble. This sounds like it's going to be a great creature feature type treat. Below is the trailer for it.