Mark Swift News

November 19, 2008
A Fix for Schumacher's Inland Saints
Apparently not even Joel Schumacher is immune from project overhauls: Variety reports that his latest project, "Inland Saints," is getting a rewrite so complete that it's gone from the story of "the leader of a dangerous street gang" to "an action horror pic set in a small-town desert wasteland." More...

April 1, 2008
Friday the 13th Remake Has Its Jason
Marcus Nispel, director of the upcoming Friday the 13th remake, has found his Jason. More...

November 14, 2007
Marcus Nispel to Direct Friday the 13th Reboot?
You can't keep a good man down. Nor, apparently, can you keep an undead, hockey mask-wearing lunatic off the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Marcus Nispel "is in final negotiations" to take over the long-discussed resuscitation of the Friday the 13th film franchise. More...

September 18, 2007
Friday the 13th Remake Update
Like the hockey-masked serial killer at its core, the Friday the 13th franchise refuses to die -- and the series reboot announced by Michael Bay last year continues to lumber toward audiences, Jason Voorhees style. More...

April 18, 2007
New Fantasy Stories from Sam Raimi and Tolkien?
Here's two news stories in one, both of which deal with the "epic adventure" genre: News on a just-published Tolkien book NOT being purchased by a movie studio -- and an all-new mega-quest production that'll be backed by Sam Raimi. More...