'Damsel': Millie Bobby Brown Will Fight A Dragon In New Netflix Movie
Millie Bobby Brown will star in the Netflix fantasy film Damsel, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
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'28 Weeks Later' Director To Helm Disney's Live-Action 'Sword In The Stone'
In Disney's quest to reboot their animated films as live-action, they've now hired the 28 Weeks Later director to helm their Sword in the Stone remake.
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo To Reboot 'Pet Sematary'
Briefly: Halloween is the perfect day to announce news on a horror remake -- it's the best day for digging up the dead, after all. The new version of the story originally created as a novel by Stephen King was announced a couple years ago, and had Alexandre Aja attached to direct a few months…
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'Highlander' Remake Loses Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Briefly: The Highlander remake needs a new director. Most recently, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) was set to direct, after having taken over when Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious franchise) exited. But now Fresnadillo is out, too. Reportedly the reason he moved on was based in a simple "creative differences" scenario. Fresnadillo wanted…
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Matt Reeves Off 'The Twilight Zone;' Now Leads Studio Short List For 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' With Guillermo Del Toro, Jeff Nichols, Rian Johnson And Others
For about a year now, Let Me In and Cloverfield director Matt Reeves has been attached to a new theatrical film based on The Twilight Zone. It was just one of several projects on the director's plate and certainly the most high profile. In that time, multiple writers had been tasked with writing a screenplay but,…
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Rumor Control: Ryan Reynolds Not Yet Confirmed For 'Highlander' Reboot
Briefly: Not too long ago Ryan Reynolds was nominated to become the new champion decapitator at the center of the Highlander reboot. He would theoretically be stepping into the shoes formerly worn by Christopher Lambert, who played a Scottish Highlander who learns that he is born of an immortal bloodline. The catch is: immortality actually…
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo No Longer Directing 'Bioshock'
The game BioShock was a massive hit when it was released in 2007. One of the better examples of world-building in gaming, the original title was set in Rapture, an underwater city built by an entrepreneur that wouldn't e out of place in an Ayn Rand novel. But things had gone bad -- power struggles…
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Talks 'BioShock' Problems And 'Highlander' Possibilites
In the five years since the release of his zombie sequel 28 Weeks Later, director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has been attached to a several major Hollywood projects. First was BioShock, based on a best-selling underwater, steampunk inspired video game. Then there was a reboot of The Crow, which could have possibly starred Mark Wahlberg, Bradley…
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Check Out Concept Art Featuring Bradley Cooper As 'The Crow'
The new version of The Crow may be stalled out, but you can now get a look at what could have been. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo was the most recent in a line of possible directors to reboot James O'Barr's story The Crow, and he was going to make the film with Bradley Cooper starring as…
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo No Longer Rebooting 'The Crow'
The reboot of The Crow that has been trying to get under way for over a year may have hit another roadblock. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later), the director who was signed to helm the film in April, has left the project. Twitch reports that Fresnadillo has moved on, without offering any specific details.…
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo In Talks To Reboot 'Highlander' [Updated]
The reboot of Highlander, which Summit has been working on with various degrees of enthusiasm for the past couple years, is getting a new director. Justin Lin was signed to make the film, but walked not long ago. Now Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who directed 28 Weeks Later and now, four years later, has Intruders opening…
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Mark Wahlberg Or Channing Tatum May Replace Bradley Cooper In 'The Crow'
When news broke earlier this year that Bradley Cooper would be playing Brandon Lee's role in a remake of 1994's The Crow, most of your reactions ranged between irritation and outrage -- that is to say, they were generally negative. Well, now I ask you: Is Mark Wahlberg better? How about Channing Tatum? A new…
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Alex Tse Rewriting 'The Crow'
Courts recently decided that Relativity Media has the Crow remake production rights that the company had claimed, much to the consternation of The Weinstein Company, which was trying to claim ownership of worldwide ownership of The Crow. So the remake that has Bradley Cooper attached to star and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) set…
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'Intruders' Teaser Trailer: Clive Owen Has A Demon Problem
Before Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) makes The Crow, he'll have a film out called Intruders. We haven't known much about it other than that it stars Clive Owen and Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds) features as a priest. Now there is a teaser trailer that makes it look like we're in for something along…
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Will A Lawsuit Kill 'The Crow'?
A battle is brewing over The Crow. Producer Edward R. Pressman has been working for over a year to assemble a new Crow film with Relativity Media. Of late, Bradley Cooper has been in early talks to star with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directing. But Harvey Weinstein has entered the picture, claiming that he has a…
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/Filmcast Ep. 142 - Hanna (GUEST: Dave Gonzales From Latino Review)
This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam compare the two Arthurs, praise the works of Tom McCarthy, unravel the mysteries of Hanna, lament the passing of one of the greatest directors of all time, and give a shout out to a pioneering movie blog. Special guest Dave Gonzales joins us from Latino Review. You can always e-mail…
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Bradley Cooper To Play 'The Crow' For Juan Carlos Fresnadillo?
A remake of the 1994 film The Crow has been in discussions for years. Mark Wahlberg was at one point going to star, Stephen Norrington was set to direct but, like many projects in Hollywood, it all just sort of went away....until last week. Last week Relativity Media signed 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos…
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'28 Weeks Later' Helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo To Reboot 'The Crow'
Previous rumors (from February 2011) have been confirmed: 28 Weeks Later helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is now set to direct The Crow reboot. Fresnadillo was once announced as the director of the Gore Verbinski-produced big screen adaptation of the popular video game series Bioshock, and just got finished directing Clive Owen in the horror/thriller Intruders.…
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Director F. Javier Gutiérrez Rumored To Be In Talks For 'The Crow' Reboot
Briefly: As remakes flourish in every corner of the film business, one can't quite take to the air. The new version of The Crow has been in the works for some time now, once with Stephen Norrington in the director's chair and Nick Cave rewriting the director's script. Mark Wahlberg was attached for a moment,…
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Gore Verbinski Confirms Bioshock Movie Is Still Happening, Insists It Will Be Hard R
Last we heard about the Bioshock movie, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) was set to direct. That was almost a year ago. Since then, there's been no word on whether or not the film would progress beyond its pre-production stage, which seemed like an indication that the project had stalled. But now producer Gore…
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28 Weeks Later Helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo To Direct Clive Owen In Intruders
Intacto and 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo hasn't done much since he helmed the sequel to Danny Boyle's zombie film. He's been working on the feature version of the video game BioShock since last summer, but that seems to be stalled. So Fresnadillo is moving on to a horror/thriller picture called Intruders, based…
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/Filmcast Ep. 64 - Inglourious Basterds (GUEST: Nicholas Jasenovec, Director Of Paper Heart)
In this week's /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley debate the merits of Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, reflect on the Avatar trailer/hype, try to figure out what a new director means for the Bioshock film, and lament the financial state of the entertainment industry. Special guest director Nicholas Jasenovec joins us for this…
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo To Direct Bioshock
The good news: Universal Pictures is making a big screen adaptation of the videogame Bioshock after all. The bad news: Gore Verbinski has stepped out of the director's chair. Who is the new director? Why did Verbinski step down? Details after the jump. Lets recap the story thus far: Universal greenlit the movie, and director…
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Nu Image Meeting With Slew Of Directors For Conan Reboot, Including Brett Ratner
On Thursday, we played pinata with the rumor that Brett Ratner was in talks to helm the $100 million R-rated Conan reboot. Well, Latino Review put the gossip in focus, reporting that Ratner merely took a meeting with Nu Image, and evidently so have a lot of other directors. We think a few of them…
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28 Weeks Later Movie Trailer In HD
The movie trailer for 28 Weeks Later premiered before The Hills Have Eyes 2 this past weekend, but apparently no one bought tickets. Fox Atomic has now put the trailer online for all to enjoy. You can watch it now at Apple.com, although at the time of this post only the HD versions are properly…
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New 28 Weeks Later Teaser Trailer
Fox Atomic has a quick rough cut footage preview of 28 Weeks Later. The full length trailer will premiere in theaters with The Hills Have Eyes 2 on March 23rd 2007. I actually enjoyed the first film a lot despite the horrible mid point turn. But the sequel seems to lack the low budget charm…
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