Archive for December 2009
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The Lovely Bones: Peter Jackson comments & Critical Reaction
Cinematical’s Todd Gilchrist interviews Peter Jackson about adapting THE LOVELY BONES to the big screen. Jackson relates that the thinks Alice Sebold’s novel tells the story in its purest form, and no film adaptation will ever compete with that, so the film had to be something different:
The Lovely Bones is a wonderful puzzle, it’s a [...]
The Tenant (1976)
Although overshadowed by director Roman Polanski’s more famous horror efforts, REPULSION and ROSEMARY’S BABY, the more obscure THE TENANT is actually their equal and in many ways their superior — a haunting, mesmerizing tale of a man’s loss of identity and descent into madness.
Paranormal inspires Paramount’s low-budget quest
The Wall Street Journal reports that Paramount Pictures it will spend $1-million a yar to find and produce low-budget movies. The obvious inspiration for this decision is PARANORMAL ACITIVITY, which became a surprise blockbuster when released earlier this year. Paramount plans to develop 10-20 projects at budgets under $100,000. Not all of the films would be [...]
Polanski’s Ghost Writer climbs Summit in America
Summit Entertainment has signed a deal to distribute THE GHOST WRITER in North America. Directed by Roman Polanski, the film is based on the novel The Ghost by Robert Harris, who collaborated with Polanski on the screenplay. The story is a thriller about a former British Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan) who hires a ghost writer [...]
Paranormal box office overseas
The sleeper hit PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, which earned over $100-million in U.S. theatres, is repeating its success in foreign territories, earning $19.4-million last weekend and raising its overseas total to $34-million. That put the ultra-low-budget horror film in third place behind NEW MOON and 2012, and just ahead of Disney’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
NEW MOON GROSSED $40.7 million [...]
Paul Naschy, RIP
75-year-old Spanish horror star Paul Naschy died in Madrid on Monday; cause of death was cancer. Naschy, a former weightlifter whose real name was Jocinto Molina Alvarez, starred in dozens of monster movies, many of which he also wrote and/or directred. His most famous role was that of Waldemar Daninsky, the doomed werewolf who appeared in a series of films in the ’60s and ’70s.
