Sony Developing Christmas Horror Movie From 'A Quiet Place' Producers
A Quiet Place producers Platinum Dunes have been tapped to develop a Sony Christmas horror movie from scribes Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan.
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Platinum Dunes Is Done With Remakes, Will Focus On Original Horror Movies
Platinum Dunes says the age of Platinum Dunes horror remakes is over. Instead, the production company will focus on more original genre material like A Quiet Place.
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Timur Bekmambetov And F. Scott Frazier Team With Michael Bay For 'Heatseekers'
Timur Bekmambetov is going from vampire-slaying world leaders to pirate-hunting pilots. The Russian filmmaker has just signed on for Heatseekers, an original action project set up at Paramount with Michael Bay producing. Bekmambetov and Bay are also joined by F. Scott Frazier, who's just been tapped to write a script based on George Mahaffey's spec script.…
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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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Platinum Dunes Continues Move Away From Horror With Family Fantasy Film 'The Hauntrepreneur'
Briefly: Platinum Dunes has been slowly moving away from producing only horror remakes -- having proven an ability to assemble a profitable film in that arena, it's time to move on to new grounds, I guess. The latest project the company has set up with Paramount is The Hauntrepeneur, a pretty awkwardly-titled spec pitch by…
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Sony Buys Spec Script Based On Comic 'Zombies Vs Robots'
And one more genre mash-up comic has sold an option to a major producer or studio. The comic Zombies vs Robots, by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood, led to a spec script of the same name by video game scriptwriter turned film writer/director JT Petty (The Burrowers, S&Man). Three companies -- Platinum Dunes, Circle of…
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/Filmcast Ep. 102 - Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time (GUEST: Vincenzo Natali, Director Of Splice And Cube)
In this week’s /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley debate whether or not Michael Bay is the right person to take over Ninja Turtles, discuss the artistic ethics of "fixing" an older film, and remember the passing of Dennis Hopper. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail…
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Platinum Dunes Takes Over New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film
Do you like your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ultra-gritty, 'realistic' and with a lot of violence, but without a lot of particularly interesting violence? Then you're in luck! Paramount became the new home for TMNT last year when Nickelodeon paid $60m for global rights to the characters, and the studio has now handed the development…
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Platinum Dunes Moves Towards Action With 'Heatseekers'
Platinum Dunes has so far been known for horror remakes and one or two original films. But the label is preparing to branch out, thanks in part to a first-look deal with Paramount to make genre films on frugal budgets. The planned Ouija Board movie has an action-adventure bent, for example. Now Dunes has bought…
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Ouija Board Movie Update: Not A Horror Movie, More Action-Adventure
In 2008, we heard that Platinum Dunes had the option to make a film based on the classic slumber party and devil-summoning game Ouija Board, with few details beyond the assertion that it wouldn't be like Jumanji. Now, as the release date approaches for the latest Dunes movie, A Nightmare on Elm Street, producer Brad…
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/Filmcast Ep. 92 - Repo Men (GUEST: Dave3 From Geeks Of Doom)
In this week's episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley get caught up on Breaking Bad, celebrate Chris Evans' selection as Captain America, and respond predictably to news that Platinum Dunes is remaking The Monster Squad. Special guest Dave3 joins us from Geeks of Doom. Congratulations to the winners of our…
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Platinum Dunes Producing Remake Of The Monster Squad
Fred Dekker's 1987 movie The Monster Squad, written by Dekker and Shane Black, is a film that couldn't be made today. Not because it was groundbreaking, but because it has a blend of enthusiastic naivite, fun effects, and young actors that don't look like they were cloned from the same attractive DNA and grown in…
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A Behind The Scenes Look At Platinum Dunes' A Nightmare On Elm Street
Final Destination just hit DVD, and bundled on the disc is a short behind the scenes preview of the upcoming remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, from Platinum Dunes. The clip shows off some new footage, including the creation of Freddy Krueger's knives, and has a few quick interview clips with Jackie Earle Haley,…
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Saw Production Company Takes Over The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
You want the rights to some of the classic horror franchises to escape the clutches of Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes? Be careful what you wish for. A lot of people really don't like the Platinum Dunes horror remakes. Easy enough to understand; hell, as far as I'm concerned there are only two real Texas Chainsaw…
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Platinum Dunes Strikes Deal With Paramount; Wants To Expand Past Horror
Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes has worked with a few different distributors over the years, including Warner Bros. and Rogue Pictures, but the company has just signed a first-look deal with Paramount. The attraction for Paramount is that the label has produced low-budget films that do quite well financially. The attraction for us is that with…
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A Nightmare On Elm Street Teaser Trailer
The teaser trailer for the new version of A Nightmare on Elm Street has finally been released, and it shows off Jackie Earle Haley in all his pre- and post-burn glory as the new Freddy Krueger. Those in Hall H for the Warner Bros. presentation at Comic Con this summer saw a teaser very very…
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The Birds Remake Back-Burnered, Rosemary's Baby Re-Do Still Happening?
The notion of remaking Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was absurd from day one, and now the Platinum Dunes guys are suggesting they've started to see the light. "We lay ourselves out there and get annihilated out there online all day long," said producer Brad Fuller during a chat with journos on the set of A…
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