June 7, 2010
John Carpenter Heads for Fangland
John Carpenter is set to direct an adaptation of the John Marks novel "Fangland," about "a New York-based producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer, who turns out to be a modern-day Dracula."
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February 3, 2009
John Carpenter Enters The Ward
Calling it "the kind of script I've been looking for," John Carpenter has signed on to direct "The Ward," a psychological thriller starring Amber Heard as "a young woman in an institution who is terrorized by a ghost."
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December 4, 2008
They Live All Over Again
Who will be all out of bubblegum this time? Universal has announced plans to remake John Carpenter's 1988 cult classic, "They Live."
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November 18, 2008
John Carpenter "Gangster Movie" Details
It may never get made, but according to writer/director Jeremy Passmore, he and John Carpenter have collaborated on a project that Passmore describes as "'Unforgiven' as a gangster movie."
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September 18, 2007
QT Talks Death Proof: What's Different In the DVD Release?
At a press conference at Cannes, the Death Proof gang talked about the differences between the stand-alone version and the Grindhouse cut, as well as Tarantino's influences, his ability to write for female characters, and what's going on with his World War II flick, Inglorious Bastards.
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August 29, 2007
Total Recall: Halloween Director Rob Zombie's Favorites
Under the "Hellbilly Deluxe" trappings, Rob Zombie is a true cinephile at heart: he's as likely to find inspiration in the works of Martin Scorsese and Sam Peckinpah as he is in the grimy world of low-rent 1970s drive-in fare. True, Zombie looks to the dark side for inspiration, but he's also informed by works with gallows humor.
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August 15, 2007
Wiseman Will Escape from New York
Just about two weeks ago, we discussed the rumor that Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman was in line to helm the Escape from New York remake -- and it looks like the rumormongers were onto something, because Variety is now reporting that Wiseman is indeed in final negotiations with New Line for the project.
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April 9, 2007
Check Out the First Trailer for Zombie's "Halloween"
After months of news droplets regarding Rob Zombie's new rendition of John Carpenter's "Halloween," we now have our very first look at some footage, and guess what? It looks a whole heck of a lot like ... John Carpenter's "Halloween."
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March 23, 2007
Robert Englund Discusses the Future of "Freddy"
Before he was known the world over as Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund was known as just another colorful character actor, but now that he's played the dream-bound boogeyman in over a half-dozen flicks -- he's not about to let the role go quietly.
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March 22, 2007
Is the New "Escape from New York" a Prequel?
First came word that Gerard Butler would be starring in a remake of John Carpenter's "Escape from New York," but the filmmaker seems to think the new movie might be more of a prequel than a remake.
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November 20, 2006
Get Ready For an All-New "Thing"
If you're like me, then you really have LOVE John Carpenter's "The Thing," which means you might be annoyed to learn that a new remake is officially underway. But you shouldn't be annoyed, and here's why: The "Thing" we all love so much ... is a remake in its own right.
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November 1, 2006
Jeff Bridges or Ben Kingsley vs. Michael Meyers
Shock-rock filmmaker Rob Zombie recently sat down with MTV's Movie Department and shared a whole lot of thoughts and ideas regarding his remake of John Carpenter's "Halloween." When touching upon the subject of who'd be playing Dr. Loomis, Zombie rattled off a few names like Jeff Bridges and Ben Kingsley. (Great choice on the first one; not so much on the second.)
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August 7, 2006
Snake Plissken to "Escape from Earth"?
John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" is a true-blue cult classic among (male) movie fans of a certain age (old, like me), but the goofy follow-up, "Escape from L.A.," didn't exactly strike the same gold-mine. Fortunately it looks like Carpenter, Kurt Russell, and Paramount might be close to striking a deal for Part 3 -- which would be called "Escape from Earth."
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July 10, 2006
Paul Giamatti on Working with Rob Zombie
While discussing his next movie with CS.net, M. Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water," Paul Giamatti briefly side-tracked into talking about his upcoming role in Rob Zombie's "adult" cartoon "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" -- and it sounds pretty wild.
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February 8, 2006
"Flightplan" Soars on Sales, Rental Charts
It was a smooth DVD landing for Buena Vista Home Entertainment's "Flightplan," as the Jodie Foster-starring thriller topped both the national DVD sales and rental charts for the week ended Jan. 29.
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October 20, 2005
Breck Eisner Goes from "Sahara" to "Black Lagoon"
Breck Eisner made his debut with last April's "Sahara" for Paramount, and he'll soon be helming Universal's remake of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon." Gary Ross ("Pleasantville") will produce and contribute the first draft of the screenplay.
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October 17, 2005
"The Fog" Sweeps Into Box Office First Place
The third horror remake to hit the screens this year, Rupert Wainwright's "The Fog," beat down a pair of other newcomers to grab the top spot in a rather flimsy box office weekend. Remake of a well-remembered John Carpenter flick of the same name, "The Fog" grossed $12.2 in its opening frame, handily overtaking new movies by Cameron Crowe and Tony Scott.
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October 10, 2005
Wallace & Gromit are Big Cheese at the Weekend Box Office
DreamWorks' clay-mated "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" snagged the #1 spot at the weekend box office with a decent haul of $16.1 million from over 3,600 theaters, handily bumping Jodie Foster's "Flightplan" (and its third weekend tally of $10.8 million) into second place.
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July 26, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: The Fog
Sure, we could just wait for Apple to add the trailer to its Quicktime site, but we ravenous horror geeks don't like to wait, so make a visit to IGN and enjoy the all-new trailer for the all-new version of "The Fog."
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May 13, 2005
John Carpenter to Return to Directing with "Apostle"
Yahoo! brings some news that should please the horror fans out there. Seems that legendary scare-master John Carpenter ("Halloween") will be returning to the director's chair for the indie flick "The 13th Apostle." Screenwriter Paul Margolis had his script chosen from among many submitted to the "John Carpenter Presents" program, and the plot is desribed as such:
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May 5, 2005
John Carpenter Shares His Thoughts on the "Fog" Remake
Heather Newgen of ComingSoon.net had a brief chat with filmmaker John Carpenter ("Halloween") on the set of the "Fog" remake, and the veteran horror merchant shared some rather straightforward opinions on the current state of the genre: "I'm just a producer on this. I just sit home and watch basketball games on TV. These guys go out and make this movie ...
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