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Nov 12, 2014 - 10:21 AM
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
JUSTIFIED---trailer released for the last season which premiers in January.
Trailer link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8D-FNUTKVk
JOY---the SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK team of Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper and director David O. Russell may reunite in this biomovie about Joy Mangano, the Long Island single mother who invented the Miracle Mop. Russell said, "I think I'd very much like De Niro to be in it, I think he's gonna be in it. And of course I always create a role for Bradley Cooper."
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE---reportedly, the sequel will focus on the romance between Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence).
THE WOLF MAN---Universal Pictures is seeking Aaron Guzikowski (PRISONERS) to write the screenplay for the reboot movie.
ZOO---James Wolk (MAD MEN, LONE STAR)) stars in this CBS series based on the novel about a young zoologist who must solve the mystery of a global pandemic in which animals begin to attack mankind.
BEN-HUR---Ayelet Zurer (MAN OF STEEL, ANGELS & DEMONS) is in talks to play Naomi, Ben-Hur's mother, in the remake movie.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE---comedy movie underway starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in which a former high school star athlete-turned accountant is asked by the nerd classmate he bullied to help him catch a spy selling military secrets. The ex-nerd is now a deadly CIA assassin.
HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL---comedy movie underway in which a washed-up country star is kidnapped by an autistic man who thinks his dying caregiver can be cured by the country star's performing. Bruce Campbell, Annabeth Gish, Judge Reinhold, GW Bailey and Missi Pyle star.
LONGMIRE---creator Craig Johnson said the canceled Western is being offered to other networks with a decision expected by Christmas.
AMERICAN IDOL---Randy Jackson will not return as a judge for Season 14.
FRANKLIN & BASH---TNT canceled the series due to low ratings.
COOK---Britt Robertson (UNDER THE DOME) will co-star with Eddie Murphy in this comedy movie about a dying man who hires a cook to cook for his daughter and girlfriend.
THE ROOM---movie underway based on the novel about a mother and her young son who held captive in a small room. Brie Larson, William H. Macy and Joan Allen star.
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2---the sequel is underway with Nia Vardalos and John Corbett returning.
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I am soooo with you, Mr. Jack! I think Johnston's remake is an exceptional film. It was far from a box-office success, which may be why Universal is doing another one. Too bad.
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Too bad that the fabulous reboot of the 1941 Universal logo wasn't used in The Wolfman theatrical release. It appears on the DVD "Director's Cut," and is very impressive.
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Is that photo supposed to be Mr. and Mrs. BEN-HUR, with baby Judah...?
She's a long way from Martha Scott...
O Tempora, O Mores!
(And I'll probably actually pay money to go see the damn thing...)
Ah, me...
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Nov 14, 2014 - 9:26 AM
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RoryR
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Wolf Man was one of the only films to really get the look and tone right, with the proper emphasis on atmosphere and melancholy dread rather than cheap jump scares and an overdose of CGI.
It had an overdose of CGI at the end with a werewolf battle that was only frightening in how badly it played. I don't agree that the movie got the tone and atmosphere right, and despite some good things in it, I think it was only half realized. The choice to set it in an earlier time than the original (and those '30s and '40s Universal horrors always seemed set in a vague "never was" in an equally vague Europe), specifically late Victorian England, was a mistake that borrowed more from "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" than Curt Soidmak probably intended (because The Wolf Man is a Jekyll and Hyde variation), and resulted in a period costume melodrama that undercut any horror appeal for a modern audience. Yet, it might have worked with a better script or at least a more specific point of view. If this reboot gets made, I'll bet they move the time period up, though hopefully not too contemporary.
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