Not satisfied with 2006’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, which saw Leatherface as a 30-year-old, producers are plotting another prequel that will focus on the infamous cannibal cook’s teen years. Originally reported by Bloody Disgusting and now confirmed by The Wrap, Millennium Films will title the picture Leatherface. Plot details are under wraps, but the tale will likely […]
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‘Road House’ remake now in the works
November 26, 2013 
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A remake of Patrick Swayze’s high-kicking cult favourite Road House is getting a remake. According to The Wrap, Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) is attached to direct. The original 1989 flick – helmed by the aptly named Rowdy Herrington – told of a bouncer (Swayze) hired to watch over a bar in deep […]
Continue readingSleepaway Camp might come back from the dead
November 1, 2013 0 Comments
Sleepaway Camp, the 1983 slasher flick made infamous by its bonkers twist ending, is being eyed for a remake. According to Deadline, producer Jeff Katz has optioned the remake rights from a collective that comprised of the original’s writer-director, Robert Hiltzik, producer Michele Tatosian, and star Felissa Rose. Rose played Angela in the original, a […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Unforgiven (Japanese Remake)
August 16, 2013 0 Comments
The Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven now has a trailer, and it should entice those who were previously sceptical of the project. Directed by Sang-il Lee, it transports the American Western to Meiji era Japan, and recasts Ken Watanabe in the Clint Eastwood role. In it, Watanabe plays a notorious killer reluctantly dragged back into his […]
Continue readingRosemarie DeWitt to star in Poltergeist remake
July 25, 2013 0 Comments
Rosemarie DeWitt has signed on to star in the upcoming remake of Poltergeist, apparently because she has never Googled ‘the Poltergeist curse’ before. According to Deadline, she will take on the role originally played by JoBeth Williams in Tobe Hooper’s 1982 original; the mother of a family whose house comes under attack from the spirit […]
Continue readingYoung guns – Red Dawn review
April 3, 2013 0 Comments
By Richard Haridy April 2, 2013 John Milius‘ 1984 film Red Dawn was a jingoistic fever-dream straight from the right-wing heartland of the United States. It banked on the Soviet paranoia of the era to show what would happen if America was invaded. This remake (shot in 2009) replaces the Russians with North Koreans, and […]
Continue readingBe our ghost – Silent House review
December 18, 2012 0 Comments
Silent House – Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, and Eric Sheffer Stevens. Directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. Rated M. By Richard Haridy. High concept genre flicks are always hit-or-miss ventures, sometimes elevating a gimmick into the sublime (Buried , set entirely in a coffin); other times turning a curious device into a maddeningly […]
Continue readingRyan Gosling exits Logan’s Run remake
October 29, 2012 1 Comment
Ryan Gosling chooses not to go to carousel and be renewed as he bows out of the Logan’s Run remake, according to Variety’s Justin Kroll. The long-awaited remake had Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Gosling on board earlier this year, but now a busy workload is believed to be the reason for Gosling’s […]
Continue readingAmerican remake of Gavin & Stacey going ahead
October 19, 2012 0 Comments
British comedy series Gavin & Stacey is all set for a U.S version according to reports in Deadline. Fox recently closed the deal announcing David Rosen as the writer of this American adaptation. Rosen is only known for his recently cancelled hipster MTV series I Just Want My Pants Back. It’s unclear what role original […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Gambit
October 2, 2012 0 Comments
Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz team up in the remake of 1966 crime caper Gambit, as the first trailer for the Joel and Ethan Coen penned film arrives online. Michael Hoffman (The Last Station, One Fine Day) directs this modern retelling which looks to bring a splash of the Coens’ humour to an Oceans Eleven […]
Continue readingYou must remember this – Total Recall review
August 21, 2012 0 Comments
Total Recall – Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel. Directed by Len Wiseman. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Paul Verhoeven movies don’t get remade. They get reduced. Len Wiseman’s Total Recall – a shiny, shallow take on Philip K. Dick’s short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” – is a far cry from […]
Continue readingBradley Cooper might star opposite Beyonce in A Star is Born
August 17, 2012 0 Comments
Bradley Cooper is the latest actor supposedly considering starring in Clint Eastwood‘s remake of A Star is Born. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cooper is mulling over the opportunity to appear opposite Beyoncé Knowles in the flick. Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Eminem, Russell Crowe and even Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z have all been rumoured at one time or another to be in consideration […]
Continue readingIsabelle Fuhrman to star in Suspiria remake
May 18, 2012 0 Comments
The remake of Italian horror classic Suspiria has found its star in Hunger Games and Orphan actor Isabelle Fuhrman, Variety reports. Fuhrman played knife-loving, nasty girl Clove in Hunger Games and she now will get the headline role in David Gordon Green‘s (Your Highness, Pineapple Express) weirdly ambitious yet ultimately unnecessary remake of the Dario Argento […]
Continue readingVince Vaughn to father 533 children as Starbuck
May 10, 2012 0 Comments
Vince Vaughn is in talks to star in the English-language remake of the French-Canadian comedy Starbuck, Variety reports. He would play a middle-aged guy who discovers his years of sperm donation has led to the siring of 533 children. When a couple hundred of the kids file a class action lawsuit to meet their biological dad – […]
Continue readingDavid Gordon Green’s Suspiria remake lurches ahead
April 11, 2012 0 Comments
David Gordon Green‘s long bubbling remake of Dario Argento‘s horror classic Suspiria is moving forward, Deadline reports. Crime Scene Pictures are backing the production, with shooting set to commence in September. Green is now on the hunt for someone to star as Suzie, the young American who travels to a European ballet school and discovers […]
Continue readingEdgar Wright to direct Johnny Depp in The Night Stalker
February 23, 2012 1 Comment
Edgar Wright has finally booked his follow-up to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, though his most devoted fans may be disappointed to learn it isn’t Ant-Man or his long-gestating third collaboration with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, apocalypse-comedy At World’s End. According to Deadline, Wright will direct The Night Stalker for Disney. It is a remake of a 1972 telemovie of the […]
Continue readingAlfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca to be remade
February 13, 2012 0 Comments
DreamWorks and Working Title are gearing up to remake Alfred Hitchcock‘s Best Picture winning 1940 film Rebecca, Variety reports. The film – Hitchcock’s first American endeavour – starred Laurence Olivier as a widower whose second wife is forever being unfavourably compared to the first. Ironically, the world will soon be able to say the ‘2nd […]
Continue readingJane Levy to star in Evil Dead remake
February 6, 2012 1 Comment
Suburgatory star Jane Levy is set to take on the lead role in Fede Alvarez’s remake of The Evil Dead, Deadline reports. Levy’s character, Mia, is the female equivalent of Bruce Campbell‘s Ash from Sam Raimi‘s original Evil Dead trilogy. Having recovered from a recent drug overdose, she and four friends head to a cabin […]
Continue readingThe ice queen cometh – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo review
January 9, 2012 1 Comment
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Starring Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig and Christopher Plummer. Directed by David Fincher. Rated MA. Originally published December 22, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Lisbeth Salander chows down on not one but two Happy Meals; a sadistic murderer listens to Enya’s ‘Orinoco Flow’ as a means of psyching himself up […]
Continue readingAmerican Psycho remake in the works
December 9, 2011 2 Comments
Another week, another inexplicable remake. This time, it’s of Mary Harron‘s American Psycho, based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis. According to Variety, screenwriter Noble Jones handed in his fresh take on the tale to Lionsgate last month. The original starred Christian Bale as 80s yuppie and sociopath Patrick Bateman. Deadline claims Jones’ script […]
Continue readingColin Firth passes on Oldboy
December 9, 2011 1 Comment
Colin Firth has passed on the role of the lead villain in Spike Lee‘s upcoming Oldboy remake, Twitch reports. Christian Bale similarly turned down the part several months ago. Josh Brolin remains set to star in the role originally played by Choi Min-sik in Park Chan-wook‘s 2003 original. He plays a man kidnapped and imprisoned without explanation, and released […]
Continue readingColin Firth offered villainous role in Oldboy
November 14, 2011 0 Comments
Colin Firth has been offered the part of the villain in Spike Lee‘s upcoming remake of Oldboy, Twitch reports. Though Christian Bale was once said to be considering the role, it seems Oscar winner Firth is now the lead contender. Twitch must have a decent source close to the production, having previously broken the news […]
Continue readingLive action Akira remake gets the green light
October 21, 2011 0 Comments
After years of outrageous casting rumours, directorial upheavals and vocal outrage from ardent fans, Warner Bros has officially given the green light to their long-gestating live action remake of Akira. According to Variety, Juame Collet-Serra will direct the $90 million movie, with shooting set to begin in either February or March of 2012. Although names linked […]
Continue readingInterview: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. (director of The Thing)
October 13, 2011 0 Comments
Interview: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. (director of The Thing). By Simon Miraudo. Dutch director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. is about to do battle with one of the fiercest monsters on the planet; one that would even frighten the shape-shifting subject of his new horror flick The Thing: the million-headed hydra of internet commentators and obsessed fans […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
September 22, 2011 1 Comment
The feature trailer for David Fincher‘s adaptation of the bestselling novel The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has debuted online. Last week, ahead of media screenings of Straw Dogs in the US, Sony premiered eight new minutes of footage from Fincher’s upcoming flick. Although we don’t have access to that nugget of goodness, this new […]
Continue readingPoint Break is getting a remake too
September 13, 2011 9 Comments
A remake of Kathryn Bigelow‘s much-loved action flick Point Break is in the works, in accordance with that new unspoken law requiring all movies to be rebooted within two decades of release (we assume). According to Deadline, Alcon Entertainment – the production company also behind the new Blade Runner flicks – is developing the remake […]
Continue readingWill Amy Adams star in the remake of The Orphanage?
September 1, 2011 0 Comments
An English-language remake of the Guillermo del Toro produced chiller El Orfanato (The Orphanage) has been in the works for a number of years, but the producers’ inability to find a leading lady had proven to be a major obstacle. Not so any more. According to Bloody Disgusting, New Line have spoken with three-time Academy […]
Continue readingDirty Dancing remake scores a screenwriter
August 30, 2011 0 Comments
That Dirty Dancing remake you’re all really excited to see is picking up some speed. According to Deadline, screenwriter Maria Maggenti has scored the coveted role of scripting the film for Lionsgate. Maggenti previously wrote and directed Puccini for Beginners, and transformed the screenplay for Monte Carlo from an adult comedy to a tween adventure. […]
Continue readingJosh Brolin confirmed to star in Oldboy
August 30, 2011 0 Comments
Last month it was revealed that Josh Brolin was Mandate Pictures’ first choice to star in Spike Lee‘s remake of the South Korean revenge flick Oldboy. Deadline reports: it’s official! Brolin will star in the role originally played by Choi Min-sik in Park Chan-wook‘s 2003 original. He plays a man kidnapped and imprisoned without explanation, […]
Continue readingBeyoncé’s baby delays A Star Is Born
August 30, 2011 0 Comments
Beyoncé is taking her role in Clint Eastwood’s upcoming A Star is Born remake a little too seriously as she announced at yesterday’s MTV Video Music Awards that she is expecting her first child with Jay-Z. According to Deadline, her pregnancy will cause a delay to the production which was believed to begin in February 2012. […]
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