By Simon Miraudo May 14, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; it […]
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Warner Bros consider prequel to The Shining
July 30, 2012 
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In news that should excite fans of The Shining – Kidding! The internet hates this kind of thing! – Warner Bros are toying with the idea of producing a prequel to the Stanley Kubrick classic. According to the L.A. Times, writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Avatar) and partners Bradley Fischer (Black Swan) and James Vanderbilt […]
Continue readingLost co-creator develops new TV show
July 2, 2012 0 Comments
Unfairly maligned Lost co-creator and Prometheus screenwriter Damon Lindelof is developing a brand new TV series; one which hopefully won’t raise the ire of all who watch it. According to Vulture, Lindelof is adapting Tom Perotta’s novel The Leftovers for HBO. The tale takes place in the years following a “Rapture-like Global event” during which millions of people disappeared, leaving […]
Continue readingWarner Bros resurrecting The Dark Tower
March 13, 2012 0 Comments
Warner Bros might come to the rescue of Ron Howard‘s seemingly doomed adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Dark Tower, Deadline reports. Universal Pictures balked at Howard’s plan to produce three movies and two limited-run TV series’ based on the source material, and passed on the project last year. According to Deadline, Warner Bros is now […]
Continue readingDamon and Affleck reunite for mobster movie
October 26, 2011 0 Comments
It’s easy to forget Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are Oscar winning screenwriters. Their Good Will Hunting collaboration seems so long ago; since then, there have been Bournes and Giglis, not to mention the whole I’m ******* Matt Damon and I’m ******* Ben Affleck song war. The duo is set to collaborate once more on a film based on […]
Continue readingThe Dark Tower being rebuilt (with a smaller budget); TV show headed to HBO
October 26, 2011 0 Comments
UPDATE: This post from 25/10/11 has been updated with news of the TV show headed to HBO. Earlier this year, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s ambitious vision for a film trilogy and two short-run TV series based on Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower books was nixed by Universal. Speaking to The Playlist, Grazer believes the […]
Continue readingBen Affleck takes The Stand
October 24, 2011 1 Comment
Warner Brothers has chosen Ben Affleck to adapt and direct The Stand, Deadline reports. Affleck has proven his directorial chops with Gone Baby Gone and The Town, and is now tapped to tackle the 1978 apocalyptic Stephen King novel, which has previously been adapted into a miniseries. If Affleck accepts the job it’s said to […]
Continue readingJonathan Demme and Stephen King going back in time to save JFK
August 16, 2011 1 Comment
The Silence of the Lambs helmer Jonathan Demme is set to write, direct and produce an adaptation of Stephen King’s upcoming novel 11/22/63, Variety reports. Although announcements of feature film adaptations of Stephen King books are as regular an occurrence in Hollywood as the shattering of dreams, this one sounds pretty interesting. The premise: a high school […]
Continue readingThe Dark Tower crumbles underneath Ron Howard’s feet
July 19, 2011 1 Comment
The writing has been on the wall for some time, but Universal Pictures has officially bailed on Ron Howard‘s ambitious project The Dark Tower. According to Deadline, Universal balked at Howard’s plan to turn Stephen King’s epic seven-book series The Dark Tower into a trilogy of films and two limited run TV series. The script for […]
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