David R. Ellis, the man who directed Snakes on a Plane, a film that helped change the relationship between movie studios and the internet in a big way, has died unexpectedly in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was 60 years old. The LA-born filmmaker made his way up through the Hollywood ranks in classic fashion, starting out…
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The latest film from Final Destination 2 and Snakes on a Plane director David R. Ellis is Shark Night 3D, which opens in theaters today. That makes this afternoon a good time to announce his next film, which will likely be a remake of the anime OVA Kite (aka A Kite), which was directed by…
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Here's your first look at Sara Paxton being menaced by a shark in Shark Night 3D, which is directed by David R. Ellis. (He made Snakes on a Plane and the second and fourth Final Destination movies.) We don't know much about the film, but I think we can reliably expect to see people getting…
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Anthony Mackie is in talks to join Man on a Ledge, the cop thriller that already has Sam Worthington on board. The story kicks off with "a female psychologist and a former NYPD officer who threatens to jump to his death," which sounds pretty eh. But the potential suicide is a smokescreen to obscure a…
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Hayden Christensen has signed on to star in Snakes of a Plane/Cellular/The Final Destination director David R. Ellis' big screen adaptation of John Case's thriller novel The Genesis Code. Kevin Bernhardt, who wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Peaceful Warrior, penned the adaptation. The story follows a former national security expert, played by Christensen,…
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David R. Ellis has signed on to direct a film titled Shark Night 3D, which Deadline claims is aiming to be "Jaws for the 3D Generation". You can't help but get flashbacks to Jaws 3D with that statement. It always bothers me when Hollywood execs use Jaws as an example when they are clearly aiming…
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Snakes on a Plane director David R. Ellis still has a career. After all, the internet cult movie idea turned box office flop wasn't his idea. Ellis has been hired by former New Line Cinema executive Mark Ordesky to direct Humpty Dumpty. No, that's not a typo, and no, this is not a new adaptation…
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