New 'Children Of The Corn' Reboot Is Already In Theaters, Apparently (Two Theaters, To Be Exact)
Believe it or not, that Children of the Corn reboot is already out. In two theaters. In Sarasota, Florida.
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'Children Of The Corn' Remake Getting Ready To Walk Behind The Rows Again
Stephen King's short story Children of the Corn is getting the film treatment. Again.
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Gerard Butler Drops Out Of 'Point Break' Remake
The Point Break remake needs a new Bodhi, as Gerard Butler has prioritized the Olympus Has Fallen sequel over the surfer dude remake.
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'The Fast And The Furious' Cinematographer To Helm 'Point Break' Remake
Though it eventually blossomed into a franchise with its own intricate mythology, the original The Fast and the Furious looked like nothing so much as Point Break with cars. So now that an actual Point Break remake is on the way, producers have naturally turned to the 2001 vehicle-based thriller for some guidance. Alcon Entertainment…
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Sequel Bits: Danny DeVito Totally Wants To Do Another 'Twins', Plus: 'Scream 5', 'Salt 2', 'Friday 4', 'Iron Man 3', 'Men In Black 3', Jack Ryan
Seeing as everything else from the '80s has been dragged back to the movie theater, it probably really is just a matter of time before we get another Twins. Also after the jump: We now know who won't be writing Scream 5 Paramount's Jack Ryan film hits money trouble Angelina Jolie rejects the script for…
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'Point Break' Reboot Goes Into Motion At Alcon Entertainment
MGM isn't the only company getting remake happy. While that financially revitalized studio is focusing primarily on remakes, smaller company Alcon Entertainment is starting to do the same. The company made news when it announced a rights purchase for a prequel or sequel to Blade Runner, which Ridley Scott eventually signed to direct. Now Alcon…
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First Look: Colin Farrell In 'Total Recall'
Yesterday we saw the first images of sets for the new Total Recall sets, on them some white-suited troopers. Now we've got the first image of Colin Farrell in the lead role of Doug Quaid, a factory worker who learns, or thinks he learns, that he is really a spy for one of two nation…
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'Salt' Sequel Still On The Table; Kurt Wimmer Now Writing
Briefly: You know you want a Salt sequel. Wait, you don't? Shh, don't tell Sony. The studio has Kurt Wimmer writing the sequel right now, and the idea is that if the script passes muster, Angelina Jolie will sign on to reprise her role as Russian spy and CIA agent on the run Evelyn Salt…
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'Total Recall' Lead Offered To Colin Farrell
The 'offer' story is one of the more useless developments in the movie news business. Because offers go out all the time, and the reason we don't hear about most of them is that they're meaningless as news. The offer is part of the process of getting a film made, but until it actually turns…
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Sequel Talk: Black Dynamite 2 And Salt 2
Do you want a sequel to Salt? Opinion on the film is decidedly mixed, but without (it seems) a lot of middle ground. I've talked to people who like the movie a lot, and dislike it a lot, which might be good enough response to earn a sequel. The film has earned $166m worldwide so…
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Len Wiseman To Direct Total Recall
Len Wiseman is in final negotiations to direct a "contemporized adaptation" of Total Recall, which was based on the story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick - the book that spawned the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger film. Last year, Columbia Pictures hired Kurt Wimmer to pen the remake. Neal H. Moritz…
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Equilibrium Screenwriter To Pen Total Recall Remake
Columbia Pictures has hired Equilibrium and Ultraviolet scribe Kurt Wimmer to pen a remake of Total Recall (which was first announced in February). Wimmer recently worked with the studio on the Angelina Jolie spy thriller Salt, and co-wrote the F. Gary Gray-directed Law Abiding Citizen. Neal Moritz is producing the movie under his Original Films…
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Jamie Foxx Joins Frank Darabont's Law Abiding Citizen
Jamie Foxx is in final talks to join Frank Darabont's Law Abiding Citizen, a psychological thriller about a criminal mastermind/victim of the legal system who controls a city from the confines of his prison cell. As a result of a plea bargain, one of his wife and daughter's murderers will be set free, and he…
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Angelina Jolie Replaces Tom Cruise
Yes, you read the headline correctly. Angelina Jolie has officially replaced Tom Cruise in Philip Noyce's upcoming thriller Edwin A. Salt. Kurt Wimmer's screenplay follows a CIA officer who is fingered as a Russian sleeper spy, and must eludes capture while proving that someone else is the traitor. The script will be redrafted to account…
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Kurt Wimmer To Write And Possibly Direct Metal Gear Solid Movie?
Coming Soon had a chance to speak with producer Michael De Luca (21, Ghost Rider) and he passed along news that a Metal Gear Solid movie, based off the long-running hit espionage video game franchise, is once again going ahead. The project has been in the very early stages for sometime (see eerily similar Slashfilm…
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