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Last year Paramount scored a monster hit with “Paranormal Activity,” the Oren Peli-directed film shot for only $15,000 that eventually grossed $151 million. Can they do it again?
Jun 30, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Euforia Film, the same prod company that brought us the farcical Nazi/zombie horror/comedy, “Dead Snow,” has just released the first trailer for Thomas Cappelen Malling’s seemingly equally insane...
Jun 5, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongAlright action junkies, the second trailer for Sly Stallone’s much-anticipated “The Expendables” has just been released. The film promises to bring together the biggest, baddest action stars of all...
Jun 4, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
So, you’ve got a once vibrant franchise that’s made hundreds of millions of dollars. You’d love to keep this golden egg laying goose alive and well, but the most recent iterations have become tired,...
May 18, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongA group of mercenaries is hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t quite as they appear, finding...
Mar 31, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Tentatively perpetuating his volatile relationship with Universal Pictures after disagreements over a possible fourth installment in the Matt Damon-as-super-spy “Bourne” franchise, director Paul...
Mar 28, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Tod “Kip” Williams has signed on to direct the sequel to last year’s viral found footage-style hit, “Paranormal Activity.” The decision was announced by director Oren Peli on the film’s website . He...
Mar 28, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Count on Roland Emmerich, the Master of Disaster, to base an entire film on the (false) pretense that the ancient Mayan calender predicts Earth’s demise in three years, and then scarcely mention the...
Nov 19, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
French director, Pierre Morel, has signed on to direct “Signals,” reports THR . Morel’s most recent film, the overachieving “Taken,” grossed upwards of $220 million worldwide. “Signals,” written by...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
This week Scott and I take a crack at deciphering that unruly, elusive devil called love. Marc Webb’s debut feature, the hipster-tinged “(500) Days of Summer” is an indie hit that’s been hailed as a...
Sep 23, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
The same friendship and partnership that brought us “Jurassic Park,” “Twister,” and medical TV show, “ER,” will team up again for the pirate tale, “Pirate Latitudes.” USA Today reports that Steven...
Aug 28, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Wichita, KAN.—Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts today announced that the 2009 Tallgrass Film Festival Ad Astra Award recipient will be legendary independent film actor Seymour Cassel....
Aug 18, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Lionsgate has snatched up the stateside rights to Matthew Vaughn’s action-comedy, “Kick-Ass,” reports Variety . The movie, which won overwhelming fanboy approval at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con,...
Aug 17, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
This just in: Bloody-Disgusting reports that Dimension films is going ahead with a remake of “An American Werewolf In London.” And you thought that “ Teen Wolf ” was the only wolf getting ruined. The...
Jun 29, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Columbia Pictures has scrapped Steven Soderbergh’s “Moneyball,” just 96 hours before production was scheduled to begin, reports Variety . Based on the Michael Lewis book about Billy Beane, the former...
Jun 21, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong


