• 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Scribe Marti Noxon Writing 'Tomb Raider'

    Briefly: The video game incarnation of Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, was rebooted not long ago, and the film version is following suit. Paramount's hold on the franchise rights lapsed after the middling performance of the second film starring Angelina Jolie, and GK Films nabbed the option to make a new Tomb Raider film. The company…

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  • M. Night Shyamalan Teaming Up With Marti Noxon For Syfy Drama 'Proof'

    M. Night Shyamalan's movie career has been on a steep downward trajectory for the past several years, but as someone who enjoyed his earlier films I'm still rooting for the guy to turn things around. And maybe he still can. It's too soon to say how After Earth will turn out, but from what we've…

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  • 'Fright Night' Remake Screenwriter Marti Noxon Rewriting 'Ouija' And 'Tink'

    Marti Noxon's most recent theatrical release, Fright Night, may not have done massive business, but it certainly hasn't hurt her. In the wake of writing Fright Night the former Buffy writer and showrunner was brought on to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by her Fright Night director Craig Gillespie, before both ended up leading the…

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  • Emma Stone Won't Star In 'Pride And Prejudice And Zombies' [Updated]

    UPDATE: I've added to, retitled and bumped this story from a couple days back, as Deadline reports that Emma Stone has turned down the offer to star in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. A shame, as she would have been great in the role, but hardly a surprise given that it wasn't so long ago…

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  • Screenwriting Bits: Marti Noxon Rewriting 'Pride, Prejudice And Zombies;' Two 'Thor' Writers Developing Project For Peyton Reed

    We probably could have guess that this would happen: not long after taking the gig directing Price and Prejudice and Zombies for LionsGate, Craig Gillespie has brought Marti Noxon on to rewrite the David O. Russell script. In addition to having a resume that includes Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Marti Noxon wrote the Fright Night…

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  • 'Fright Night' Trailer And Poster

    Remaking Fright Night, Todd Holland's still-entertaining 1985 teen vampire horror/comedy, seemed like a dire prospect. But then Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) came on to direct a script by Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) with Colin Farrell starring as the vampire who moves in next door to Charley Brewster, a high school…

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  • Fright Night Adds Imogen Poots, Plus Some More Remake Details

    Update: As a few people have mentioned, Fright Night, which will be in 3D, also now has a release date: October 7, 2011. Amazing it has actually been given an October date. The cast of the Fright Night remake, directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl), has been shaping up quite nicely. The…

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  • Craig Gillespie To Remake Fright Night?

    The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Lars and the Real Girl helmer Craig Gillespie is in final talks to direct DreamWorks' remake of Fright Night. According to the Times source, "a sweepstakes that included at least three directors appears to be coming to a close, with Craig Gillespie the man who will likely sit…

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  • Mad Men And Buffy Writer Assigned To Pen Fright Night Remake

    Back in January of this year, the world outside may have been cold and barren and gripped by the dead of winter, but my heart was warm. Because reports came that the proposed Screen Gems remake of Fright Night had died a quiet death. But everyone knows what happens in stories about monsters and the…

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