BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Monday, November 23, 2009

"The Howling: Reborn" Makes The Cut...

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Joe Nimziki will write/direct a remake of Joe Dante's werewolf movie, "The Howling", setting a February 2010 start for an October 31 release of "The Howling": Reborn".

The original film was shot in 1981, based on the novel "The Howling" by author Gary Brandner, from a screenplay by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless.

Original music score was composed by Pino Donaggio.

The film followed 'Karen White' (Dee Wallace-Stone) a TV news anchor who is being stalked by 'Eddie Quist' (Robert Picardo). In cooperation with the police, she takes part in a scheme to capture Eddie by agreeing to meet him in a sleazy theater. Eddie forces Karen to watch a video, but the police enter and shoot Eddie. Karen suffers amnesia and her therapist, 'Dr. George Waggner' (Patrick Macnee), sends her and her husband, 'Bill Neill' (Christopher Stone), to 'The Colony', a secluded resort in the countryside for treatment.

In the colony sultry 'Marsha Quist' (Elisabeth Brooks), tries to seduce Bill. But after he rejects her advances, he is attacked and bitten by a wolf-like creature. He returns to find Marsha and they have sex by the campfire in the moonlight. During the encounter, both their bodies undergo a transformation as they change into snarling werewolves.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Howling"...

Sneak Peek "Nine"...

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"Nine" is the new musical feature directed by Rob "Chicago" Marshall : 1. From a screenplay by Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin; 2. Based on author Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name; 3. Derived from an Italian play by Mario Fratti; 4. Inspired by director Federico Fellini's autobiographical film "8½".

Maury Yeston composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the songs.

Principal cast includes actors Daniel "There Will Be Blood" Day-Lewis, Nicole "Eyes Wide Shut" Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, and Sophia Loren with Kate Hudson and Grammy Award winner Fergie in supporting roles.

"...Having reached the age of forty, director 'Guido Contini' (Day-Lewis) is facing a midlife crisis that is stifling his creativity and leading him into a variety of complicated romantic involvements.

As he struggles to complete his latest film, he is forced to balance the numerous formative women in his life, including his wife 'Luisa' (Cotillard), his mistress 'Carla' (Cruz), his film star muse 'Claudia' (Kidman), his confidant and costume designer 'Liliane' (Dench), an American fashion journalist (Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Loren)...".

"Nine" will be released November 25, 2009.

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"Legion: Prophets": The Official Movie Prelude...

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In the comic book series leading up to the fantasy feature film "Legion", $3,000-an hour geisha 'Miko Hogosha', awakens to a nightmare in a New York high-tech penthouse apt, surrounded by a city gone mad, in her quest to get to the new 'Cradle of Civilization'.

In an all-out war between Heaven and Earth, "Legion: Prophets" introduces ordinary people trying to understand powers they possess and their very special role in apocalyptic events about to sweep across the world two days before Christmas.

"...In the supernatural action thriller 'Legion', an out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in Mankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner and the Archangel 'Michael' (Paul Bettany)..."

"Legion" also stars actors Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Kate Walsh, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton and Willa Holland, directed by Scott Stewart.

Sneak Peek the HD trailer for Sony's "Legion"...


Producers Fly With "UFO"...

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Matthew Gratzner, VFX supervisor for Paramount's first "Iron Man", will direct a feature version of the 1970's Brit TV series "UFO", starring Joshua "Fringe" Jackson as test pilot 'Paul Foster', working for 'S.H.A.D.O.' ('Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization'), a secret organization that defends Earth from a ruthless race of aliens.

Rights for the Gerry Anderson, ITV Global series were optioned by producers Henri M. Kessler and Avi Haas, for the Robert Evans Co., targeting a Spring 2010 start in the UK.

Screenplay is by Ryan Gaudet and Joseph Kanarek.

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