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Following years of intense speculation and entreaties from fans around the world, in September this year, the first seemingly more accurate report regarding a “Friends” feature film emerged. It seemed to come on good authority, as it was James Michael Tyler, Gunther on the television show, who backed it u... |
18 November 2009
11:36 GMT |
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Ever since it first hit the screen in 1973, “The Exorcist” has constantly been described as officially the scariest movie of all times by movie critics. Even those who disagree that it’s the scariest agree that it ranks up there with the most terrifying instances of modern cinema. For all these crit... |
18 November 2009
09:13 GMT |
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Famed director Robert Rodriguez is currently ironing out details for a reboot of the 1987 classic “Predator” film, which he will both write and direct. As of now, not many details on the production have yet been made available, save for rumors that Arnold Schwarzenegger might be convinced to do a cameo. D... |
29 September 2009
03:57 GMT |
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Ever since “Friends” ended its ten-year run on television in 2004, rumors of a comeback for a long feature-film version of the show have never ceased to make the rounds. At times, even the original stars were certain of a remake happening – but it never did. That will change in 2011, when all six pr... |
28 September 2009
09:42 GMT |
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They often say – movie critics in particular – that Hollywood turns to classic films whenever it lacks inspiration for a new project, and this happens quite often actually. This is why remakes, reboots and sequels are so popular, with many a major movie studio constantly looking for franchises to bring ba... |
24 September 2009
03:24 GMT |
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The original 1987 “Dirty Dancing,” starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, continues to be one of the most beloved classic films. However, not the same can be said about the sequel, “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights,” which bombed at the box-office and was trashed by critics and fans. Lionsgate... |
20 August 2009
11:20 GMT |
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They say these days Hollywood is all about remakes and sequels, most of them unnecessary because they fail to capture the essence of the originals and only ruin a good thing for money. Whether all moviegoers agree with that or not, a new remake is about to hit theaters in November 2010, of the 1982 cult classic horro... |
14 August 2009
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Bullfrog was one of the great companies in videogaming in the '90's, creating games like Populous and Theme Park. The problem is that Electronic Arts acquired the studio and, much as it did with Westwood, pretty much dismantled it and left the intellectual properties it had for dead, only issuing some ports... |
13 August 2009
03:48 GMT |
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Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel “Brave New World” might be one step closer to becoming a long feature film, with director Ridley Scott and actor Leonardo DiCaprio taking the project to the initial development stages. While nothing has been officially confirmed so far, the two have started talking ma... |
8 August 2009
03:22 GMT |
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It seems that LucasArts might be interested in offering gamers new releases in the classic X-Wing series. G4 is reporting on an interview conducted with Daniel Rodriguez, the president of the company, who, when asked about TIE Fighter and X-Wing, only said that “We don't have any announcements now, but sta... |
5 August 2009
07:15 GMT |
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Famed director Robert Rodriguez is currently working on “The Machete,” a long feature film inspired from a faux trailer with the same name that ran with “Grindhouse” upon release. Featuring Danny Trejo as the machete-wielding anti-hero and Michelle Rodriguez, an actress accustomed to playing t... |
3 August 2009
08:33 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan recently dyed her hair a bright shade of blonde, telling reporters as she emerged from the hair salon after 11 hours in the chair that it was for a movie part. The film in question might be a remake after the classic Marilyn Monroe flick “Some Like It Hot,” a part that Lohan is dying to land... |
1 August 2009
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It may have gotten off to a rough start, but the revamped “Nightmare on Elm Street,” featuring the iconic hat-wearing slasher Freddie Krueger, is readying to make a splashing comeback. As such, Warner Bros. has just released the first teaser poster for it to IGN Movies and, by the looks of it, fans are in... |
24 July 2009
10:48 GMT |
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“Baywatch,” the cult television series that aired for a little more than a decade, is to become a big screen feature film that will be intentionally funny, that is to say, a comedy, MTV confirms. Writer Jeremy Garelick, who penned Jennifer Aniston’s “The Break-Up” and also did an uncredi... |
8 July 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Of all the female stars of today, “Transformers” leading lady Megan Fox must be the most sought-after right now, despite not having yet proven her real worth to the world as Fox herself was saying just the other day. She reportedly passed on Lara Croft in “Tomb Raider” and She-Hulk, and she co... |
14 June 2009
04:45 GMT |
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Not long ago, Fox Co-Chairman Tom Rothman was telling the media a new “Alien” movie was in the works, much to the delight of fans worldwide. At the time, Rothman could not offer too many details on the production but, luckily, Collider got a hold of Tony Scott, producer, director and brother of original &... |
1 June 2009
11:05 GMT |
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Talk of a remake to the highly successful TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” has been around for long, but, so far, nothing concrete came out of it. Similarly, speculation on whether creator Joss Whedon would be involved in a new feature film also made the rounds before, but this is actually the first t... |
26 May 2009
11:40 GMT |
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Nintendo has announced that it plans to release all the titles of the Metroid Prime series on a single disk for the Nintendo Wii. The product will be coming on August 24 and will be priced at 49.99 dollars. The first two titles of the trilogy, which were initially released for the GameCube, will be updated in order t... |
25 May 2009
05:13 GMT |
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Ever since Will Smith announced his intention of producing a remake of the 1984 classic “Karate Kid,” fans have been growing more and more upset by the details emerged surrounding the production. The most recent announcement that the remake will be nothing like the original, yet will go by the same title ... |
7 May 2009
11:41 GMT |
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The gaming industry has a lot of iconic figures in the form of game designers who have shaped the way we play and interact with video games today. One of the most reputed and respected of them is Hideo Kojima, the creator of the extremely popular Metal Gear Solid franchise, a series that intertwined storytelling with... |
16 April 2009
11:21 GMT |
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Pennywise, one of the most terrifying clowns to have ever graced the screen, as inspired by the character with the same name in Stephen King’s novel “It,” will be coming back to slay innocent children again, thanks to Warner Bros. Moreover, writer Dave Kajganich assures fans via DreadCentral, Pennyw... |
7 April 2009
11:13 GMT |
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Just a short while ago, Platinum Dunes was admitting to experiencing some serious issues with the reboot of the classic horror film “Nightmare on Elm Street.” Less than a month later, a release date was announced for April 16, 2010, and, now, after a couple of weeks, producers have found their perfect Fre... |
4 April 2009
06:23 GMT |
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When Columbia Pictures announced last year that it would be remaking the 1984 classic “Karate Kid,” not too many fans were pleased with the idea. The movie studio would only ruin the original, most said, harshly criticizing the Hollywood tendency of always returning to the past and “reinventing&rdqu... |
30 March 2009
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After the February 8 incident, when Chris Brown attacked girlfriend Rihanna and beat her almost senseless, the “Umbrella” star has understandably refused to show her face in public to avoid media scrutiny. This is all about to change, though, as she’s in talks to star in a remake of the 1992 hit &ld... |
17 March 2009
11:57 GMT |
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When Hollywood lacks inspiration for a good new movie, it turns to the classics, it has often been said. This proves to be the case once more as Warner Bros. is now working on a remake of one of the most known horror TV series, based on a horror book by Stephen King, “It,” featuring Pennywise the killer c... |
13 March 2009
14:24 GMT |
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Critics often say that, when Hollywood is running out of fresh ideas, it turns to classics either for inspiration or for the material needed to make a film. However, remaking an oldie does have its advantages, it is argued, with one of the most important being that it introduces an old film to younger audiences. Spea... |
27 February 2009
06:04 GMT |
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Back in August 2007, Warner Bros. was saying that a feature film to bring back to life one of the most endearing cartoon characters ever, Jonny Quest, was a certain thing. Since then, nothing much was heard of the project – until now, when Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, is telling the media that the pr... |
16 February 2009
10:19 GMT |
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Remakes or reboots are such a common occurrence in Hollywood these days, that one rarely makes the headlines anymore. However, things stand a bit differently with the original slasher / horror film, as it’s often called, “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” as talk of a reboot has not yet ceased to tire fan... |
3 February 2009
10:59 GMT |
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21-year-old Hilary Duff, singer, actress, songwriter and entrepreneur, can now add another major achievement to her already long list. Variety just confirmed that Duff has been assigned to the part of Bonnie in another take on the story of one of the most deadly couples in US history, Bonnie and Clyde.Technically, Va... |
27 January 2009
10:59 GMT |
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Despite the fact that “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” was harshly panned by critics, up to the point of being labeled an utter waste of time, its appeal with the audiences made it into a box-office hit. Therefore, it’s understandable why the people involved both in it and in its 2000 predece... |
26 January 2009
06:49 GMT |
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Simon Hunter’s “Mutant Chronicles” can safely be included in that category of films that spend several years in the making, having been pushed back repeatedly by numerous cast and script changes, and facing difficulties both in the budget and copyright departments. With all this, it is now completed... |
24 January 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Coming to prove what critics have been saying for more than a year, namely that movie studios have run out of bankable fresh ideas, Warner Bros. will bring Tom and Jerry back on the silver screen as computer-generated characters. While, at this point, this is nothing but a rumor, Variety reports that Warner is moving... |
22 January 2009
09:30 GMT |
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A couple of days ago, word got out on the Internet that Jackie Chan would take on the legendary role of Mr. Miyagi in a remake of “The Karate Kid,” currently in the works with Will Smith at the helm, and his son Jaden as the kid. Other than the countless fans that have already spoken out against the ... |
21 January 2009
08:35 GMT |
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A few days ago, when word got out in the media that Fox was summoning the entire cast and crew of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” back on the set for a couple of re-shoots that were said to be “massive,” the entire blogosphere was downright outraged. They would ruin the movie and the character with... |
20 January 2009
10:52 GMT |
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Since these past few years have been marked by sequels and remakes of all kinds, here comes yet another one. This time, however, it’s not a feature film that is being remade, as Variety reports, but what has been described as one of the wittiest and funniest television shows of the ‘80s, “Moonlighti... |
15 January 2009
10:32 GMT |
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Although news of a “Karate Kid” remake was received with raised eyebrows when it was made official in November last year, it seems that Will Smith and his production company are busy at work to get things moving along. The Hollywood Insider reports, from very reliable sources, that Jackie Chan has already... |
14 January 2009
11:05 GMT |
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In what is clearly a streak of bad luck for the British actress, reports in the media have it that she can now add another professional snub to her long list. Apparently, Sienna Miller has been dumped from the upcoming “Nottingham,” where she was supposed to play Maid Marian, for making co-star Russell Cr... |
12 January 2009
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The survival horror genre couldn't have reached the place it holds today without the extremely popular Resident Evil franchise. The series, developed by Capcom, took the genre to new heights in terms of gameplay mechanics, graphics and the sense of choice given to the players. With the latest installment, Resid... |
16 December 2008
02:43 GMT |
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Stardock seems to be getting ready to specialize in the successful revival of glorious series of the past. After announcing that they plan to make Elemental: War of Magic, a game which is inspired by Master of Magic, the company says it is thinking of breathing new life into Star Control and Master of Orion.Gamasutra... |
18 November 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is rumored to be on the verge of announcing a new entry in the classic Syndicate series, if reports from anonymous sources are to be believed. The last Syndicate game was launched way back in 1996.It was in February that a rather cryptic announcement from Starbreeze and Electronic Arts made the rounds... |
21 October 2008
04:32 GMT |
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There are some games that manage to capture one's fantasies, even if the graphics are outdated and even if you know the gameplay mechanics well enough to win with your eyes closed. One such game was, for me, Colonization, released in 1994 by Sid Meier, that allowed the player to play one of the four powers tryin... |
10 June 2008
02:42 GMT |
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If you are too young and if you have never played all the great games from the '90s, or if just want to reminisce of the good times, then you should look no further than Atari Classics Evolved. This is a collection of oldies for the PSP that will never get old and it features a lot titles, both in their original... |
27 May 2008
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Madonna's prodigious musical career has already won her a notable place in the history of modern entertainment, but the iconic singer is reportedly very keen to carve a name for herself in the cinema hall of fame as well. One tiny problem, however, is that so far, her career as an actress has been riddled with a... |
31 March 2008
05:39 GMT |
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EMV Software, recently declared as "an official company," is prepping to release Warblade, this top-down arcade shooter, much like Space Invaders only with better graphics and more complex gameplay, which is now available as a beta demo for Mac. Warblade is a PC remake of the old Amiga game Deluxe Galaga. It has only... |
28 March 2008
04:50 GMT |
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No, really! Enough is enough, and I think that the world really needs a little peace and quiet around the holidays, and when I say "peace and quiet" I have something very specific in mind: less Jessica Simpson. I mean, come on - can't this girl get a clue? She's been ruining so many things for so many peopl... |
20 December 2007
04:15 GMT |
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One of the most important categories of gaming news today is "developers revamping older titles." Gamers just love hearing about their old arcade, NES, SNES and Genesis titles getting a face lift and that's why Interchannel-Holon has announced plans to do a makeover of Ys I and Ys II for Nintendo's handheld... |
25 October 2007
05:35 GMT |
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We all love a good horror story every now and then, and it seems that, over the past years, it has become somewhat of a Hollywood fashion to give Asian horror films a makeover and release them on the western movie market. We're all familiar with movies such as "The Ring", "The Grudge" and a whole lot of other pr... |
15 October 2007
04:29 GMT |
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