• This Week in Trailers

    This Week In Trailers: The Vigil, The Misadventures Of Hedi And Cokeman, Long Live Rock...Celebrate The Chaos, Happily, Slalom

    By Christopher Stipp February 15th, 2021

    Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week,…

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    'Are You Afraid Of The Dark?': Watch The First Episode Of The Rebooted Series

    By Ben Pearson October 10th, 2019

    A rebooted version of the fondly-remembered 1990s kids horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark? premieres on Nickelodeon this week, but the first episode has dropped online a couple of days early. Join the new iteration of the Midnight Society and check it out below. Are You Afraid of the Dark? First Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuFk-NHg7kA This…

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    Valiant Gets Funding To Develop Marvel-Style Valiant Comics Movie Universe

    By Russ Fischer March 9th, 2015

    Before Marvel Studios was part of Disney, Marvel established a method of developing and packaging its own films in order to retain some control over the characters. Now Valiant Entertainment seems to be trying to do the same thing, by scoring a huge amount of investment capital from DMG Entertainment to develop a Valiant comics movie universe. DMG…

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    Renny Harlin Directing Jackie Chan In 'Skiptrace'

    By Russ Fischer May 20th, 2014

    Jackie Chan isn't yet ready to become Expendable, because he's busy making his own big action films. One project he's been developing is called Skiptrace, and features Jackie and Seann William Scott in a globe-trotting action buddy comedy. Now Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, The Long Kiss Goodnight) will direct the film, with a shoot planned for…

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    Sonnenfeld And Grabinski Reteam For Swift

    By Peter Sciretta June 1st, 2009

    Last year it was announced that Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty, Pushing Daisies) had signed on to direct The How-To Guide for Saving the World, a much buzzed about sci-fi action comedy screenplay which appeared on the 2008 Black List. I'm not sure the status of the project, but Sonnenfeld has again teamed up…

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  • Barry Sonnenfeld To Direct The How-To Guide For Saving The World

    By Peter Sciretta December 18th, 2008

    Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty, Pushing Daisies) has signed on to direct The How-To Guide for Saving the World for MGM. BenDavid Grabinski's action comedy screenplay appeared on the 2008 Black List, a list which ranks the hottest screenplays making the rounds in Hollywoodland, compiled by a poll of 250 development executives and…

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