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06 Jul

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 Release Date Impacted by COVID-19

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In an interview with The Guardian, Final Fantasy 7 Remake co-director Naoki Hamaguchi and producer Yoshinori Kitase confirmed that development on Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 has slowed down due to complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am pained and saddened to see so many people around the world suffering with the virus and even losing their lives,” Kitase says. “At this current time, the team are still making the next game via remote working. Our performance will temporarily drop below 100% efficiency because of this, but I do not think there should be a big impact in…

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29 Jun

Candyman Remake Trailer, Release Date, Cast and Details

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It’s been over 20 years since Hollywood evoked the vengeance-fueled specter of horror franchise Candyman, but the hiatus is coming to an end. With Hollywood’s reboot/remake epoch showing no signs of slowing down, and the buzz surrounding Blumhouse’s recent Halloween sequel/reboot, it appears that the Candyman’s cinematic rebirth is nigh. Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions have conjured a new Candyman manifestation. Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) directed the film off a screenplay by Peele and Win Rosenfeld. The film is a “spiritual sequel” that “returns to the neighborhood where the legend began: the now-gentrified section of Chicago where the Cabrini-Green…

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20 Jun

The mad ambition of the fans who made a Jaws remake during lockdown

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As many people have discovered during the Covid-19 crisis, it’s not much fun spending your birthday in lockdown. But for a certain 25-foot eating machine, its 45th will be one to remember. Rather than hinder celebrations, lockdown has actually brought together a community of Jaws fans – albeit remotely – to celebrate the anniversary of director Steven Spielberg’s seminal shark movie in a number of resourceful and creative ways. There have been Twitter watch-alongs, including one hosted by celebrity superfan Kevin Smith, online Jaws-themed pub quizzes and now, launching on Saturday 20th June – 45 years to the day since…

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12 Jun

Bride of Frankenstein Remake Still Happening at Universal

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Bride of Frankenstein was long set for a major remake movie treatment from Universal as part of the “Dark Universe,” a continuity-unified Marvel-esque movie franchise for which the exorbitantly-produced Tom Cruise-headlined 2017 remake of The Mummy was designed as the kick off. Of course, that movie flopped spectacularly, derailing the Dark Universe plans, leaving Bride at the proverbial pre-production altar. However, said Bride remake may still have a chance to scream on the big screen. David Koepp, a veteran screenwriter who previously took a turn—as did several other scribes—on a rewrite of Universal’s Dark-Universe-intended Bride of Frankenstein script, divulged that…

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29 May

The Wolfman Remake to Star Ryan Gosling in Transformative Role

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Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms, and the autumn moon is jazzy bright. Indeed, the thought of transforming into a monstrous, bloodthirsty beast has never seemed so effortlessly cool now that we know Ryan Gosling is going to be the next The Wolfman. News of the Oscar nominated actor (and one-time heartthrob) agreeing to go furry for Universal Pictures came late Friday evening. According to Variety, Gosling is already firmly onboard and Universal executives are currently interviewing directors for a new take on one…

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15 May

Scarface Remake Finds Its Director in Luca Guadagnino

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It appears the Scarface remake has a new friend in the director’s chair, but his resume isn’t that little. Indeed, Universal Pictures announced Thursday that Luca Guadagnino, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind 2017’s Call Me By Your Name, has been tapped to direct the long-gestating Scarface reboot. The news comes paired with the announcement that Guadagnino will be working from the version of the screenplay written by Joel and Ethan Coen, who know a thing or two about crime dramas after making such films as Fargo and No Country for Old Men. Their version is additionally built off earlier drafts by…

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01 May

Hercules Live-Action Remake Set by Disney, Russo Brothers Producing

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Hercules will go the distance as Disney’s next signature animated movie planned for a live-action redux. Disney is in early development for a Hercules adaptation movie, according to THR, and it’s tapping notable resident talent from its corporate tentpole in Joe and Anthony Russo. The famed filmmaker siblings are set to produce the picture via their AGBO shingle. While reportedly not directing the film, the Russos, of course, bring gravitas as the go-to directors of some Disney’s most successful and/or acclaimed Marvel movies, notably 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, which happens to be the highest-grossing film of all-time at $2.8 billion worldwide.…

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17 Apr

Valley Girl Remake Trailer Confirms New Digital Release Date

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In an alternate reality, MGM and Orion’s Valley Girl remake would have (maybe?) set hearts and theaters ablaze in June with its romantic, musical tale of new love discovered on the wrong side of town, but in this one, they’ve had to settle for a VOD release in the midst of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has forced cinema chains around world to shut up shop. Consequently, Valley Girl‘s debut has now moved up a month to May, and a first trailer has arrived online to publicize the shift in plans. Starring Happy Death Day‘s Jessica Rothe and Poldark‘s Josh…

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08 Apr

Horror Hit The Others In Line for a Remake

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The Others, the 2001 period horror film starring Nicole Kidman, is going to be remade. According to Deadline, Los Angeles production company Sentient Entertainment has won the rights to mount a new version of the film, which will mark its 20th anniversary next year. The original, directed by Alejandro Amenabar (whose latest film, While at War, premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival), featured Kidman as Grace, a young mother who shelters herself and her two children at a remote, isolated mansion on the British island of Jersey during World War II. The children suffer from a rare disease that…

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08 Apr

The Night of the Hunter Remake in the Works at Universal

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Charles Laughton’s sole directorial effort, the 1955 suspense classic The Night of the Hunter is getting a modern remake from Universal Pictures, according to Variety. Amy Pascal’s (Spider-Man: Far From Home) Universal Pictures-based banner Pascal Pictures will produce along with Peter Gethers. The screenplay will be written by Matt Orton, best known for the Nazi-hunter film Operation Finale, based on Davis Grubb’s 1953 novel. The original film is iconic, and Robert Mitchum’s portrayal of newly released prison convict Harry Powell is one of the greatest villains of the silver screen. This is the film which introduced the hand tattoos LOVE…

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16 Sep

Why John Landis Advised Max Landis Not To Do The American Werewolf Remake

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John Landis' son is currently working on a remake of his classic 1981 horror film, but it turns out that he actually tried to talk his son out of the project altogether. John Landis' son is currently working on a remake of his classic 1981 horror film, but it turns out that he actually tried to talk his son out of the project altogether. Source from..

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