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Richard Matheson’s gritty STEEL gets re-invented as feature film about family.

Director Robert Zemeckis discusses his work on the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy, which arrived Tuesday in a new 25th anniversary edition, avaiable on DVD & Blu-ray.

Robert Zemeckis (BACK TO THE FUTURE) is possibly returning to the live action movie arena, with a new science fiction project for Warners Brothers Pictures called TIMELESS

On October 26, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release a 25th anniversary box set of the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy on Blu-ray and DVD, featuring transfers of newly restored prints and over two hours of bonus material. This represents the Blu-ray debut of the three blockbuster time travel films, starring Matthew J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, and directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Variety is reporting that director Robert Zemeckis (BACK TO THE FUTURE) is planning to help Walt Disney Studios launch a family-friendly fantasy franchise, based on the young adult novel DARK LIFE.

Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey will produce through ImageMovers with Jackie Levine shepherding the project for the shingle. Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman will [...]

This retelling of the epic poem about a monster-slaying hero unites computer-generated imagery with live-action performances through the magic of motion-capture. Unfortunately, the marriage breeds a bizarre hybrid, as strange (if not quite as ghastly) as the half-human, half-demon Grendel that haunts the first act. Like that hideous monster, BEOWULF is an almost inexplicable mutant mishap,  as if [...]

THE POLAR EXPRESS wants to be a whimsical Christmas fantasy, but the spirit of Christmas gets taken for a ride and pummeled by a series of pointless action scenes that pad the running time while adding nothing to the story. The basic idea is simple: A young boy has reached the age when he’s beginning [...]