According to co-writer Patrick Lussier, the unmade Terminator Genisys sequels would have been "trippier" than other Terminator films.
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We've got a lot of ground to cover today, so let's get right to it. After the jump: Arnie is optimistic about Shane Black's Predator sequel. Terminator 5 scribes talk James Cameron, time travel, and deleted scenes. Samuel L. Jackson is totally up for another Unbreakable movie. Quentin Tarantino wants to make a third Kill Bill someday.…
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He went from Westeros to the Nine Realms and now Game of Thrones and Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor is going past Judgement Day. He's just signed on to direct the new, rebooted fifth Terminator film, which is set for a June 26, 2015 release. He reportedly beat out Ang Lee, Rian Johnson and Denis Villeneuve.…
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Paramount, Skydance and Annapurna Pictures have just announced that Terminator 5, potentially starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, will be released June 26, 2015. It's being framed as the first film in a new trilogy. The press release refers to the film as a "reboot" and says the trilogy will "stand alone" from the first four films. That suggests, unlike…
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Paramount is about to add another massive franchise to its stable. Last week, sources revealed the studio reacquired the full rights to make new Friday the 13th and South Park movies and now, they're in negotiations to acquire distribution rights for the Terminator franchise. Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures and David Ellison's Skydance Productions own the…
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Just as promised, the Terminator will be back. Progress on Terminator 5 has been on-again, off-again for the past couple of years, but now it's picking back up with the hiring of writers Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier. While the pair have yet to complete any projects together, they've collaborated on a couple of things that…
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In today's Sequel Bits, you'll learn about a fourth film maybe in the making, a sequel that'll never be and an animated spin-off that might still be in the works. After the jump read about: Special effects legend Rick Baker possibly revealing details of a fourth Men in Black film. Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier…
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The TV Western is definitely back in style, with several projects in various stages of development at different networks. And it seems audiences are into it as well -- Hell on Wheels just gave AMC it's second-biggest debut ever, just behind last year's premiere of The Walking Dead. For its part, CBS has just hatched…
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It sounds as if the Dimension remake of Hellraiser has stalled out once again. Can't pretend to be sad about that, really. The film has been an on-again, off-again thing for years as the Weinsteins try to figure out a way to bring Clive Barker's unsettling tale of family tension, physical limits and sexual horror…
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Not only are people who are watching the Packers play the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV on Sunday going to see a (hopefully) great game, they're going to see Nicolas Cage return from hell for 3D revenge. Summit purchased a coveted spot for the upcoming action film Drive Angry 3D and one of the quotes…
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Are you sick of all the high-minded ads for films hyping up the awards season praise that has been piling up for some? Then this might be your antidote. A fresh red-band clip for Drive Angry 3D has been shot out of the UK like a magic bullet. It is full of blood, explosions and…
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Drive Angry 3D Director/Co-Writer Patrick Lussier and Co-Writer Todd Farmer have provided us with a list of their favorite movie car chases. It's worth noting that Lussier was just selected as one of Variety's Top 10 Directors to Watch. Drive Angry hits theaters on February 25th 2011. Check out the list after the jump. Crazy…
Read MoreThe story of the Hellraiser remake that has long been in development at Dimension just keeps taking new turns. Quite a few possible directors have been attached to the project in the past few years, and just this week there was a rumor that Christian E. Christiansen, recently in talks to direct, then supposedly off…
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Did someone declare today Drive Angry 3D day and we didn't get the memo? I only ask because not only has the brand new theatrical trailer just come online, but the poster as well. From My Bloody Valentine 3D director Patrick Lussier (no relation) and starring Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, David Morse, Billy…
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After seeing concept art and a couple of still shots from Patrick Lussier's Drive Angry, I started to wonder if the film might be the sort of action film that few filmmakers seem to get right these days -- a dirty, slightly weird, possibly quite violent revenge story. (We see a lot of revenge stories,…
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When I first started to hear about Drive Angry 3D, which Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine 3D) is directing with Nicolas Cage, I expected something that might look rather like Faster, the Dwayne Johnson film that just got a teaser today. But I should have known better -- a bunch of set visit reports have…
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According to Deadline minutes ago, the Weinstein Company has temporarily (permanently?) pulled the plug on pre-production for Halloween 3D. With rumors circulating today throughout the industry that Summit Entertainment, flush with Twilight monies, might pursue an acquisition of TWC, this is not a good look. Sources tell Nikki Finke that TWC simply believed the production…
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With the Weinstein Company skating on financial ice, even with Inglourious Basterds breaking $100m domestic, the Brothers Weinstein are once again placing their bets on horror. As they should: their success has long been tied to the genre in addition to Oscar pics. Now that Rob Zombie is finished retooling the Halloween franchise---his sequel dropped by…
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Nicolas Cage has caught the 3D fever and has signed on to star in a revenge action film titled Drive Angry , to be directed by the helmer of My Bloody Valentine 3D. Patrick Lussier will direct based on a screenplay he co-wrote with his Bloody Valentine writing partner Todd Farmer for Nu Image/Millenium Films.…
Read More"Red and blue make 3D." Who do you cast in a remake of Quentin Tarantino's favorite slasher movie? Judging by the upcoming remakes of lovely '80s knife-wielding shlock like Prom Night (April 11th) and April Fool's Day (straight to DVD/ugh), I'd say, "I dunno, that girl today at Pinkberry?" But, noooo! The lead…
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