Bob Clark News

April 4, 2007
"Christmas Story" Director Bob Clark Dies In Crash
Bob Clark, director of "A Christmas Story," "Porky's," and many other works in a career that spanned four decades died in a car crash early this morning in Los Angeles. More...

December 20, 2006
RT's Top Holiday Thrillers -- Christmas Countdown, Day Three
Welcome to Day Three of RT's Five Days of Christmas Countdown, in which we serve up a different list each day of the best holiday flicks around. Today, we've got the best-reviewed holiday thrillers -- a list that includes a proto-slasher, a cop/buddy flick, and a wrestling match between love and hate. More...

December 18, 2006
RT's Top Yuletide Comedies -- Christmas Countdown, Day One
Welcome to RT's Five Days of Christmas Countdown, where we serve up a different list each day of the best holiday flicks around. Today, feast your eyes on the Top Christmas Comedies -- a little Billy Bob, a little Will Ferrell, and at least one triple dog dare -- and prepare to get in the holiday spirit. More...

October 19, 2006
First Teaser for the "Black Christmas" Remake
Yet another horror remake is due to hit the screens before year's end -- but only by a few days. December 25th sees the release of "Black Christmas," Glen Morgan's remake of the 1974 Bob Clark semi-classic. And now there's a teaser to prove it. More...

February 21, 2006
Bob Clark Gets "Spring Broke" while Stern Readies "Porky's" Redo
Director Bob Clark ("Porky's," "A Christmas Story") has announced that he will go back to his teen-sex-comedy roots to direct "Spring Broke," which is about three college students who travel to Cancun to get some action. More...

January 16, 2006
"Buffy" Gal to Have a "Black Christmas"
The lovely Ms. Michelle Trachtenberg, last seen as an "Ice Princess" and best known for her work on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," has signed to star in Glen Morgan's "Black Christmas," which, as any horror fan could tell you, is a remake of a well-regarded Bob Clark chiller from 1974. More...

November 1, 2005
Dimension Has Visions of a "Black Christmas"
Dimension Films has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the as-yet-unfilmed remake of Bob Clark's 1975 thriller "Black Christmas," says Variety. The redo will be written and directed by the "Final Destination" team of James Wong and Glen Morgan. More...

June 15, 2005
"Howard Stern's Porky's" Gets Closer to Becoming a Reality
Popular shock-jock Howard Stern ("Private Parts") mentioned several years ago that he was planning to produce a remake of Bob Clark's original "Porky's," and it now looks like the project just might be moving forward: Mr. Stern has partnered with producer Paul Bronfman to bring "Howard Stern's Porky's" to the big screen. More...

April 26, 2005
Bob Clark Wants to Revisit His Old "Dead Things"
You know the horror-remake machine is getting a little crazy when a title like "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" is being suited up for a revisit, but that's precisely what writer/director Bob Clark plans to do. Clark's "Black Christmas" is already being remade by James Wong and Glen Morgan, so remaking his 1973 "Children" only seems the next logical step for the filmmaker. More...

March 31, 2005
Are You Dreaming of (Another) "Black Christmas"?
The writing/producing/directing team of James Wong and Glen Morgan ("Final Destination," "Willard") has been commissioned to mount a remake of the 1974 cult classic "Black Christmas." Production is scheduled to begin this September, and producer Steve Hoban says "It's going to be a classic horror film, but it won't be a gorefest ... This is an era of paranoia, so I think the timing could be really good, because this is a film all about paranoia." More...