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A Humble Country News Update: Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast 2:37
Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a newsreader!
What can we say? There were no new genre films being released to theaters this week, and Steve and Larry had schedules that prevented them from syncing up for a planned discussion of TWILIGHT ZONE episodes (we’ll try to do that at some other point).
So, instead, Dan sat [...]
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast 2:33.1
Things That Go "Sallllleeee" in the Night: Bailee Madison goes demon hunting in DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK.
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, the title urges, but you know they’re lying. There are things hiding in the dark, little things, nasty things, things that want nothing better than to drag you down, down to [...]
Troy Nixey on Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Special “Goodnight Hurricane Irene” Podcast
Bailee Madison in DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
Guillermo del Toro says that, as a kid, he harbored great affection for the TV-movie version of DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, enough so that he and his friends used to creep each other out merely by whispering the name, “Salllllleeeee.” The years have passed and [...]
Red Riding Hood & Jane Eyre: CFQ Round Table Podcast 2:10
Lost in the woods: Amanda Seyfried as Red Riding Hood, Mia Wasikowska as Jane Eyre
It’s another weekly round-up of news, events and reviews at the Cinefantastique Round Table Podcast. This week, Lawrence French and Steve Biodrowski hold down the fort without the missing-in-action Dan Persons (who will return soon), giving their reaction to the news [...]
Del Toro Goes To ‘Pacific Rim’
Guillermo del Toro leaves Universal and MOUNTAINS for now, heads to PACIFIC RIM.
Del Toro to Leave ‘Mountains of Madness’?
Guillermo del Toro to forsake Lovecraft’s frozen hell for PACIFIC RIM? UPDATED
Del Toro and Eick to Produce HULK TV?
HELLBOY and GALACTICA talents to bring Old Greenskin to the tube?
‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ Remake Delayed
70’s TV Movie remake/reboot release delayed by Miramax sale
Del Toro and Cameron to explore Lovecraft’s Mountains of Madness?
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Over at Deadline New York, Mike Fleming suggests that Guillermo Del Toro’s next directorial effort with be his long-in-gestation adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s novel At the Mountains of Madness, with – get this – James Cameron producing. If true, the news is certainly a welcome surprise; only last month, Del Toro was saying [...]
Cinefantastique Post-Mortem Podcast 1:24.1
Following up on this week’s in-depth discussion of EYES WITHOUT A FACE, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski launch into an informal chat about horror, fantasy, and science fiction films of 1960, including BLACK SUNDAY (which will become the subject of a future podcast in August). Also on the menu: another look at DESPICABLE [...]
Ray Harryhausen Receives Accolades from BAFTA on his 90th Birthday!
Watch the Video of the BFI and BAFTA special achievement award presented to RAY HARRYHAUSEN on the occasion of the master animator’s 90th birthday. This fabulous 42 minute minute video includes comments from James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Guillermo Del Toro, Nick Park Frank Darabont, John Landis, and more.
Guillermo Del Toro to repossess to Disney’s Haunted Mansion
Variety reports that Wal Disney Pictures is planning to reboot its stillborn THE HAUNTED MANSION franchise with a new 3-D film, to be developed and directed by Guillermo Del Toro. Disney and Del Toro announced the venture at Comic Con, emphasizing that this version of THE HAUNTED MANSION would be a genuinely scary haunted house movie, not a spoof.
