• 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark' Trailer

    UPDATE: Yahoo now has a very slightly different US version of the trailer, and you can see it below, too. One of my most anticipated films for 2011 is Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, the movie co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Troy Nixey in his feature debut. The movie…

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  • FilmDistrict Will Distribute 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark' In The US

    The orphaned Miramax films are finding new homes. Last week we heard that The Debt, John Madden's film that is (partially) about a group of Mossad agents tracking a Nazi war criminal locked distribution via Focus Features. Now Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, the remake of a '70s TV chiller co-written and produced by…

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  • Early Buzz: 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark' Screens At Virginia Film Festival

    /Film reader Dustin E caught a screening of the Guillermo del Toro-written/produced Troy Nixey-directed horror thriller Don't Be Afraid of the Dark at a special screening presented during the Virginia Film Festival. Dustin says the film is "a great little throwback horror flick that will definitely please fans of the genre." Hit the jump to…

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  • Comic Con: Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark Panel And Footage Description

    I could say a lot of things about the footage shown today at the Miramax panel for Troy Nixey's debut film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. But I'll let co-writer and producer Guillermo del Toro have his say: "the movie is serious as a fucking attack of gonorrhea!" Don't Be Afraid of the Dark…

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  • Troy Nixey To Direct Original Sci-Fi/Fantasy Picture Simple Machines

    Variety reports that former comic book artist Troy Nixey, currently directing the remake of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark for Miramax, has been signed by Phoenix Pictures (the outfit producing Scorsese's Shutter Island) to direct Simple Machines, based on his own script. I'll be up front about this right now: Troy is an exceptionally…

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  • Guillermo Del Toro's Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

    If directing a prequel adaptation to one of the biggest movie franchises in the history of film wasn't enough, Guillermo del Toro has found yet another project to add to his already overfull plate. The Pan's Labyrinth filmmaker will produce a remake of ABC's 1973 television movie Don't Be Afraid of the Dark for Dimension…

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