tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36354352007-08-12T14:25:11.535-07:00ChristopherBlogger450125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1137183926725025432006-01-13T12:16:00.000-08:002006-01-13T12:27:33.883-08:00

Scream Queen Rachel Robbins has joined the cast of the low budget shocker In Search of Lovecraft. The In the Mouth of Madness style thriller will be shooting at various locations in San Francisco this February. "An occult supervisor from L.A. will come and supervise her rituals done in the movie," shares writer/director David Hohl.

Chadwick H. Saxelidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1123599210617939562005-08-09T07:48:00.000-07:002005-08-09T07:53:30.626-07:00

Wow, it's been a while since the ol' kung fu news radar has beeped. But here are a few tidbits you might like. Tony Jaa, star of the amazing Ong Bak, has a new film in the offing, Tom Yum Goong. Not quite stop press news, but what you might not know is that the film has been picked up for distribution in the U.S., Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa by Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

Beggar So's hattag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1118858845216270862005-06-15T10:45:00.000-07:002005-06-15T11:25:07.993-07:00

News has been breaking recently about a plethora of new films derived from video games, don’t expect the drought of original ideas in Hollywood to go any time soon. First up, Ain’t It Cool News Vin Diesel will portray the shaven-headed contract killer known only as Agent 47 in a film based on the successful Hitman games. Funny how a series of games most obviously influenced by numerous movies is

Martintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1116442259437189952005-05-18T11:15:00.000-07:002005-05-18T11:50:59.460-07:00

Kung Fu Cinema via Screendaily report that Jackie Chan's recent action drama New Police Story has been picked up for American distribution by a trio of companies; Lion's Gate Films, Miramax and The Weinstein Co. Bob n' Harvey also picked up the rights to Chen Kaige's swordplay fantasy The Promise - apparently they're planning a big awards season push for this one. I guess the hope that the

Beggar So's hattag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1115224271771529452005-05-04T09:17:00.000-07:002005-05-04T09:31:12.563-07:00

CHUD has the first in a series of set reports for the currently filming remake of John Carpenter's The Fog that offers some nice hints of the storyline changes, confirms that the movie is an obligated PG-13 release, and announces a comic book prequel is forth coming. In the sequel area of the news, Scifi reports that, since AvP made some green, Alien Versus Predator II is a go. Like the first

Chadwick H. Saxelidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1115035722439543682005-05-02T05:01:00.000-07:002005-05-02T05:08:42.443-07:00

When I first received an email from the head of the Uwe Boll fansite about a contest Boll’s production company is sponsoring in which one lucky person will win dinner with Bloodrayne star Kristanna Loken, the first thing I thought was, "Hey, pal, the link you sent me doesn’t work." I’m sure the first thought going through your minds right now is something along the lines of, "Uwe Boll has a

Scotttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1114960909630531052005-05-01T08:18:00.000-07:002005-05-01T08:21:49.630-07:00

Joblo reports that the 3rd trailer for the Spielberg/Cruise War of the Worlds movie will debut with "select" prints of Revenge of the Sith on May 19th.

Chadwick H. Saxelidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1114655221739398132005-04-27T19:25:00.000-07:002005-04-27T21:12:12.360-07:00

Land of the Dead webpage and, more importantly...the TRAILER! UPDATE: CHUD posted a link of its own to the trailer and acknowledged two rumors about Romero's latest. One involves last minute reshoots to "punch-up" the gore and the other is that the studio is trying to save a "doomed from the start" movie. Rrrright, that's why they moved it up by FIVE FRAKKIN' MONTHS to a prime summer release

Chadwick H. Saxelidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1114522077076163052005-04-26T06:16:00.000-07:002005-04-26T06:27:57.076-07:00

Can't have enough remakes? Don't fear...Michael Bay, flush from the success of producing remakes of both The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Amityville Horror now not only has plans for remaking The Hitcher but THE BIRDS also! Ick. Not to be left out of the remake craze, Bob (Baby Geniuses, Porky's) Clark has written a remake of his first movie, the cult horror hit Children Shouldn't Play With

Chadwick H. Saxelidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1114457398043529162005-04-25T12:27:00.000-07:002005-04-25T16:21:20.993-07:00

According to The Horror Channel, the official trailer for George Romero's Land of the Dead will be staggering into the public this Friday, April 29th. EDIT: Message Board scuttle is stating that IDW comics will be adapting Romero's eagerly awaited zombie movie. The proposed five part series, evidently based on a "tight" 82 page shooting script, is expected to debut in August. But with Land's

Chadwick H. Saxelidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1113352261418031562005-04-12T20:26:00.000-07:002005-04-12T17:31:01.420-07:00

Once slated for theaters, now direct-to-DVD, Man-Thing, based on the Marvel comic book, is scheduled for a June 14th release. Rumors state that the title creature only appears in the last 10 minutes of the film. Considering how much exposure comic book adaptations have been getting recently, no matter how bad such as in Elektra's case, this probably isn't far from the truth.

Escushiontag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1113345846789124112005-04-12T15:21:00.000-07:002005-04-12T16:26:41.303-07:00

Coming Soon and Fangoria are both reporting (well Coming Soon is reporting while Fangoria is simply repeating) that George Romero's Land of the Dead, the fourth movie in his critically and fan community praised zombie series, has been moved forward from October 21st to June 24th, where it will do battle with Bewitched and Herbie: Fully Loaded. All three will no doubt be crushed when Spielberg's

Chadwick H. Saxelidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1112868550640475752005-04-07T03:06:00.000-07:002005-04-07T03:09:10.640-07:00

Now that he's finished being Unleashed, Jet Li has just begun shooting his next movie in Shanghai. The Columbia Pictures production is a biopic of real-life martial arts master and patriot Huo Yuanjia, a.k.a. Fok Yun-gap. Li previously played the real character's fictional student in the new-wave classic Fist Of Legend, itself a remake of Bruce Lee's Fist Of Fury. Fist Of Legend action director

Beggar So's hattag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1112171281185864652005-03-30T00:22:00.000-08:002005-03-30T00:28:01.186-08:00

You may remember me telling you a while back that Hong Kong action legend Corey Yuen (So Close, The Transporter) signed up to direct an adaptation of popular Tecmo video game Dead or Alive. If you haven't heard, this is the game where you can adjust how much the scantily clad female characters' breasts bounce as they go through the moves, thus making it a firm (ahem) favourite with legions of

Beggar So's hattag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1111665707990289662005-03-24T03:40:00.000-08:002005-03-24T04:01:47.993-08:00

Not much going on in the world of kung fu right now, but here are a few tidbits on some forthcoming films. IGN Filmforce have a feature on Jet Li's latest, Unleashed (formerly Danny The Dog, formerly that film with Jet Li and Morgan Freeman. Check it out here. Meanwhile Jet's contemporary Donnie Yen is in upcoming crime actioner Sha Po Liang, which now as a trailer available here. Being a

Beggar So's hattag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1110315363742667182005-03-08T12:41:00.000-08:002005-03-08T12:58:56.773-08:00

Quentin certainly seems to be trying to expand his horizons as Stuff.co.nz reports that he is in early talks with New Line Cinema to possibly write and direct the next in the Friday the 13th saga. Whether this will end up going the same was as Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash will remains to be seen, but this could be an intriguing development. Mad props go to my bud Shawn Colton who posted about this

Martintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1109930776224611722005-03-04T01:55:00.000-08:002005-03-04T02:06:16.226-08:00

Asian Fanatics reports that Jackie Chan is planning to play a villain in his next movie. Jackie revealed that he would play "the world's number one baddie" in a Korean co-production set to film later this year. Jackie was speaking at a press conference in Tokyo to promote New Police Story. Jackie? A bad guy? But he's so cuuuute... Maggie Q, star of Naked Weapon and Gen-Y Cops, has joined the

Beggar So's hattag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1109171394604209672005-02-23T06:59:00.000-08:002005-02-23T07:11:35.180-08:00

Sheer Films is due to bring the zombie western The Wretched to the screen with Chow Yun Fat set to lead the cast as the enigmatic bounty hunter Rellik. The twist here is that he's brought in when a bounty won't stay dead and there's a special prison for these hard to kill under a monastery out in the desert and of course, its prisoners are accidentally released by some poor fool. Described as "A

Martintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1107597381377420432005-02-05T01:45:00.000-08:002005-02-05T01:56:21.376-08:00

Action hero Tony Jaa and director Prachya Pinkaew, the guys behind jaw-dropping Thai martial arts movie Ong-Bak, have teamed up again to create what looks like another action spectacular, Tom Yum Goong (The Game). The Movie Box has some footage from Thai TV that, after interviews with the director and star, features the movie's trailer. Even from these short snippets, the action looks to be every

Beggar So's hattag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1107200329512428012005-01-31T11:28:00.000-08:002005-01-31T11:42:13.346-08:00

For fans of Roal Dahl eagerly anticipating the summer release of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, Acorn Media has released something on DVD that may help sate their longing, at least for the time being. Volume one and two of Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected have been released. Those familiar with Dahl as the scribe of better and darker children's novels will

Bergerjacquestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1106961998839263362005-01-28T17:21:00.000-08:002005-01-28T17:26:38.840-08:00

This Saturday night marks the Sci-Fi Channel premiere of CHUPACABRA: DARK SEAS. For those unaware, here's the plot. "Cryptozoologist Doctor Pena (Homicide: Life on the Streets' Giancarlo Esposito) traps the legendary Chupacabra on a remote Caribbean Island to make his name in the scientific community. When he smuggles it aboard the cruise ship Regent Queen, commanded by Captain Randolph, (Lord

Scotttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1106663279034091122005-01-25T06:21:00.000-08:002005-01-25T06:38:19.133-08:00

Good morning kung fu lovers, and welcome to the news. Chow Yun-fat is by all accounts now confirmed as starring in the sequels to Pirates Of The Caribbean. MonkeyPeaches have a photo of the heroic bloodshed legend sporting his pirate beard and 'slightly bulkier' physique. Chow Yun-fat and Johnny Depp on screen together? If coolness can cause anomalies in the fabric of space/time, this one's

Beggar So's hattag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1106351884834588682005-01-21T15:25:00.000-08:002005-01-21T15:58:04.833-08:00

comingsoon.net reports that Natassia Malthe, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary in Elektra, has signed on to star in the movie adaptation of popular videogame series DOA: Dead or Alive. In case you're not familiar with the game, it features martial arts babes with visible underwear and ridiculously large breasts, which the player can adjust for, um, bounciness. Legendary Hong Kong director/choreographer Cory

Beggar So's hattag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1106313155408717552005-01-21T05:08:00.000-08:002005-01-21T05:12:50.946-08:00

Every so often one finds themself in the presense of greatness. Or in the is case, emailing greatness. My duties with Dread Central gave me the unique opportunity to interview HOUSE OF THE DEAD director Uwe Boll. Don't expect your typical filmmaker interview. THE FOYWONDER INTERVIEWS DR. UWE BOLL!

Scotttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635435.post-1106195002825709532005-01-19T19:58:00.000-08:002005-01-19T20:23:22.826-08:00

This isn't something I'd normally recommend, but tune into PAX this Sunday at 8pm ET/PT and check out the premiere of their new show Young Blades. Included in the cast is the guy who voiced Heero in Gundam Wing, but even better is the casting of cult faves Michael Ironside and Bruce Boxleitner! How can it possibly go wrong? Tune in to find out!

Martin