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Warner Rolls With 50 Cent for Jekyll & Hyde
18 November 2009
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That wacky premise in which Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, respectively, lives on!
Warner Bros. has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to Jekyll and Hyde from renegade director Abel Ferrara ( The Addiction , Body Snatchers ).
Whitaker will play Dr. Jekyll a rich doctor living in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Mr. Hyde, meanwhile, will be essayed by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson" is a sadistic murderer with a reputation that strikes fear in to the hearts of people throughout New York.
Jackson is producing through his Cheetah Vision Films with Glasshouse Pictures.
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Warner Bros. gets Ferrara’s Jekyll And Hyde
18 November 2009 1:16 AM, PST
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Variety reported, in a story on the various movies being prepared by rapper/actor 50 Cent (pictured) and his Cheetah Vision Films, that Warner Bros. will release his upcoming Jekyll And Hyde in the U.S. The movie will be directed by cinematic bad boy Abel Ferrara, who previously helmed another remake, Body Snatchers, for Warners.
As we first revealed here, Forest Whitaker will play Dr. Jekyll in the movie, with 50 Cent portraying Hyde, who terrorizes rich white people. This latest update of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic chiller will roll after 50 Cent wraps the urban drama The Gun, which shoots next month.
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Starman (Blu-Ray Review)
11 September 2009 5:40 AM, PDT
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Starman on Blu-Ray
Main Feature (1H 54M 58S)
I am a huge fan of John Carpenter and Jeff Bridges and while I was pretty sure I had seen this movie many years ago I was also confident I had forgotten almost everything about it. Carpenter fails to hit the highs he achieved with other films; the same can be said of Bridges and Karen Allen. At the end of the day, in spite of these small disappointments, you’re left with something quite pleasant.
Starman appears to adopt many elements from previous movies in the sci-fi genre. At various points in the movie we are treated to short bursts of music which bear more than a little resemblance to the wonderful score from Vangelis in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. Near the beginning of the movie Allen is shown walking around in a top and panties which reminded me of
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Basterds, the Ira and the real Mad Men
17 August 2009 7:01 AM, PDT
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Another monster release slate this week finds, amongst other things, interpretations of the Irish troubles, both real and imagined. Also, we meet the real life Mad Men, Qt's Basterds and the godfather of African-American indie film as a bearded ten-year-old boy.
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"Art & Copy"
Filmmaker Doug Pray ("Surfwise") goes inside the advertising industry to uncover the creative minds behind such iconic slogans as "Got Milk?" and "Just Do It," encountering a multitude of contrasting viewpoints, from those who feel they have whored themselves out in the name of commerce to those hopelessly addicted to the rush of satisfying the constantly changing needs of the modern world. Don Draper, eat your heart out.
Opens in New York.
"The Baader Meinhof Complex"
This year's German nominee for the best foreign-language film Oscar, Uli Edel's adaptation of
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Trap Moves Into Production
8 June 2009 10:18 PM, PDT
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"Trap," a kidnapping thriller, moves into production this week and this darkly themed feature will star Allen Perada (Body Snatchers), Alonzo F. Jones, and Annemarie Pazmino. Involving "a middle aged kidnapper who falls in love with his 16 year old victim" the film will touch on some controversial themes from scriptwriter Jason Horton (Edges of Darkness, Rise of the Undead).
Have a look at the announced cast and crew until more information comes this way.
Director: Jason Horton.
Writer: Jason Horton.
Cast: Allen Perada, Alonzo F. Jones, Ashton Blanchard, and Annemarie Pazmino.
Sources:
Jason Horton. Interview. 7 June 2009.
http://deadharvey.blogspot.com/2009/04/interview-with-jason-horton-co-writerco.html
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Wrong Turn 3 preview, Trick ’R Treat star added to East Coast Fango con!
1 June 2009 8:51 AM, PDT
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Wrong Turn 3 director Declan O’Brien will be previewing his new Fox DVD splatter sequel at the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. O’Brien (pictured below with friend), the director of the Sci Fi Channel original movies Rock Monster, Monster Ark and Cyclops, will debut exclusive clips from Wrong Turn 3 (about another group of lost travelers facing off against inbred hillbilly maniacs) at the convention on Sunday.
In addition to his directing chores, O’Brien has also scripted Harpies, The Snake King and Savage Planet for Sci Fi. Stop by this site again over the next couple of days as we begin posting the full schedules (auditorium panels and film programs) for the Fango show.
In other convention news, Trick ’R Treat
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Smash Cut panel, Glass Eye Pix talent added to East Coast Fango con!
29 May 2009 12:31 PM, PDT
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A panel devoted to the Canadian slasher flick Smash Cut has been added to the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Representing the film will be stars David Hess and Jennilee Murray, plus director Lee Gordon Demarbre (Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter), writer Ian Driscoll and the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis!
In Smash Cut (an ode to the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, who has a cameo in the movie), Hess (pictured below) plays Able Whitman, a troubled filmmaker losing his mind in an extraordinary way. After accidentally killing an exotic dancer, he decides to use her body parts in his newest horror picture. But when her sister (played by porn star Sasha Grey) begins investigating, Able must
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Smash Cut panel, Glass Eye Pix talent added to East Coast Fango con!
29 May 2009 12:31 PM, PDT
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A panel devoted to the Canadian slasher flick Smash Cut has been added to the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Representing the film will be stars David Hess and Jennilee Murray, plus director Lee Gordon Demarbre (Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter), writer Ian Driscoll and the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis!
In Smash Cut (an ode to the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, who has a cameo in the movie), Hess (pictured below) plays Able Whitman, a troubled filmmaker losing his mind in an extraordinary way. After accidentally killing an exotic dancer, he decides to use her body parts in his newest horror picture. But when her sister (played by porn star Sasha Grey) begins investigating, Able must
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Tony Timpone)
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Pandorum’s Ben Foster & more comin’ to East Coast Fango con!
27 May 2009 7:19 AM, PDT
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30 Days Of Night actor Ben Foster (pictured below), star of the upcoming sci-fi thriller Pandorum, has joined the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Foster, who also won raves for his roles in 3:10 To Yuma and X-men: The Last Stand (as Angel), will be joined on Saturday by Pandorum co-star Cung Le, the three-time world champion martial artist.
In other convention news, the Offspring presentation has added castmates Holter Graham, Vic Manetti, Ahna Tessler, Leigh Shannon, Brainscan’s Amy Hargreaves and Headspace’s Pollyanna McIntosh, as well as Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer composer Ryan Shore, to its Saturday preview slot. Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Big Apple blowout include:
• Guillermo del Toro: acclaimed director of Hellboy movies,
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Tony Timpone)
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Gwar, more Friday The 13th guests comin’ to East Coast Fango con!
22 May 2009 1:39 PM, PDT
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Monster metalheads Gwar will be invading the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Bandmates Sleazy P. Martini, Slave, Jizmak Da Gusha and Oderus Urungus will be on hand all three days (at their “human skin” booth), and host a panel on Sunday in their human guises (Don Drakulich, Matt Maguire, Brad Roberts and Dave Brockie).
In another convention update, some new Friday The 13th veterans have joined the roster, namely first Jason Ari Lehman, Part 2’s Warrington Gillette and Part V: A New Beginning director Danny Steinmann, who also helmed The Unseen (under a pseudonym) and Savage Streets. Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Big Apple blowout (more to come!) include:
• Guillermo del Toro: acclaimed director of Hellboy movies, Pan’S Labyrinth,
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Voorhees mother and son doin’ East Coast Fango con!
19 May 2009 7:07 AM, PDT
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Friday The 13th’s Mrs. Voorhees, actress Betsy Palmer, and her “son,” Jason actor Kane Hodder from the series’ seventh through 10th installments, have joined the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. The event will be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Fan favorite Palmer also appeared in The Fear: Resurrection and Bryan Norton’s Penny Dreadful, while Hodder stalked through Hatchet, B.T.K. (pictured), Ed Gein: The Butcher Of Plainfield, Fallen Angels and Prison, to name a few.
Two other additions to the NYC Fango con worth noting:
• Toxic Avenger: The Musical: special guests and song highlights from the Off-Broadway smash! (Saturday)
• Walking Distance panel: with Closet Space writer/director Mel House and sexy actresses Debbie Rochon, Shannon Lark and Natalie Jones
Other exciting guests/programs set for
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Whitaker, 50 Cent Attached to Another Jekyll
15 May 2009 2:26 PM, PDT
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Not to be confused with "Jekyll", Abel Ferrara ("Bad Lieutenant", "Ms 45", "Body Snatchers", "Driller Killer")) is also re-imagining Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde" as a contemporized film titled "Jekyll And Hyde".
Forest Whitaker and Curtis Jackson "50 Cent" are attached to play the lead roles in the classic tale about a doctor who invents a potion that unleashes his violent alter ego.
The project starts filming in late summer.
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Trick ’R Treat filmmaker doin’ East Coast Fango con!
15 May 2009 9:20 AM, PDT
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Trick ’R Treat writer/director Michael Dougherty (pictured below) has joined the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. The event will be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Dougherty, co-scripter of Superman Returns, X2 and Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, made his directorial debut on Trick ’R Treat, an anthology that has garnered raves on the festival circuit and will debut on DVD this fall.
Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Big Apple blowout (more to come!) include:
• Guillermo del Toro: acclaimed director of Hellboy movies, Pan’S Labyrinth, Blade II, Mimic and Cronos, signing copies of his first novel, the vampire epic The Strain, on Friday (5 p.m.-7 p.m.). Also appearing: The Strain co-author Chuck Hogan
• Dario Argento: Italian maestro behind Suspiria,
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50 Cent and Forest Whitaker in second remake of Jekyll and Hyde
14 May 2009 5:35 AM, PDT
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Rap Star 50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson - is to star alongside Forest Whitaker in another modern retelling of the Jekyll and Hyde story.
Director Abel Ferrara (1993's Body Snatchers, King of New York, Bad Lieutenant) is attached to the project for Glasshouse Pictures and Cheetah Vision Films, according to Variety.
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, it will be reimagined in a contemporary setting and entitled Jekyll and Hyde.
Whitaker and Jackson will play the lead roles of Dr Henry Jekyll and the monstrous Edward Hyde in the tale about a doctor who invents a potion that unleashes his violent alter-ego.
Executive producer Luc Roeg said: "The combination of such formidable talent in front of and behind the camera will turn this wonderful gothic story into a modern classic for a whole new generation."
Only recently it was announced
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Abel Ferrara, 50 Cent Do Jekyll and Hyde
14 May 2009
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Abel Ferrara is back to the horror biz with Jekyll and Hyde , a modern take on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. This is the second adaptation to be announced in the last week , except this version is going to star...Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
To be fair, Forest Whitaker - who co-starred in Ferrara's Body Snatchers in the early-'90s - will join 50 Cent. But this is destined to be pretty outrageous. Whitaker will play the good Dr. Jekyll who invents a potion that unleashes his alter ego.
Variety reports Glasshouse Pictures and Cheetah Vision Films are producing.
Ferrara's credits also include Bad Lieutenant and The Addiction .
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Variety confirms our April 28th story: Another Jekyll in the works - with 50 Cent
13 May 2009 8:55 PM, PDT
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Just days after we told you about the Red Wagon/Universal adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde with Keanu Reeves (more details here), Variety has confirmed a story we first broke here: another Jekyll is on the way with Abel Ferrara (The Driller Killer, 1993's Body Snatchers) at the helm.
Glasshouse Pictures and Vision Films will team with UK producers Independent for Jekyll And Hyde, a "contemporized" version of the tale, with Forest Whitaker (2002's The Twilight Zone, Reposession Mambo) and rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (Righteous Kill) set to star.
"The combination of such formidable talent in front of and behind the camera will turn this wonderful gothic story into a modern classic for a whole new generation," Luc Roeg, one of the project's executive producers, tells the trade.
This now makes three major Jekyll projects in-development, if you factor in
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Guillermo del Toro doin’ East Coast Fango con!
13 May 2009 8:21 AM, PDT
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Hellboy movies director Guillermo del Toro has joined the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. The event will be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. One of the most celebrated genre directors of our time, del Toro will be appearing at the convention on Friday (5 to 7 p.m. only) for an exclusive stage appearance and to sign copies of his first novel, the vampire epic The Strain: Book One Of The Strain (coming June 2 from William Morrow), with co-author Chuck Hogan.
Del Toro has also helmed such thrilling horror and fantasy films as Pan’S Labyrinth, Blade II, Mimic and Cronos. He next begins shooting The Hobbit for producer Peter Jackson in 2010. You can find out more about The Strain here. Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango
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Ashley Laurence, Last House reunion, etc. at East Coast Fango con
6 May 2009 11:19 AM, PDT
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Hellraiser actress Ashley Laurence (pictured below) has joined the lineup of the fast approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. The event will be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. The lovely Laurence played Kirsty Cotton in Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II and Hellraiser: Hellseeker, and also appeared in Lightning Bug, Red, Warlock III and Lurking Fear.
In addition, the Big Apple show will welcome a reunion of original Last House On The Left’s villains David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler. Plus, here are some more cool Manhattan additions:
• Dead Air: world-premiere screening of the Corbin Bernsen-directed zombie flick; introduced by cast members Josh Feinman (from Sleeper Cell) and Elle Travis (Saturday)
• Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni: actress from Dario Argento’s Mother Of Tears, Opera and Phantom Of The Opera,
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Dario Argento doin’ East Coast Fango!
10 April 2009 6:48 PM, PDT
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Ok, so you East Coasters are feeling left out from all the La convention madness we’ve been announcing the last few weeks (see recent news here)? Well, we’re ready to spread the love to the New York City area again. First off, Master of Horror Dario Argento (pictured) has joined the lineup of the next East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (655 West 34th Street) in New York City! The Italian maestro behind Suspiria, Deep Red, Tenebrae, Opera and Mother Of Tears will have the first news on his latest bloodbath, Giallo, starring Adrien Brody.
Plus, here are some more cool Manhattan additions:
Tony Darrow (pictured): much loved actor/comic from Street Trash, The Sopranos, Goodfellas and Lynch Mob, a new gangster horror flick (!)
Lesleh Donaldson: Canadian actress from Happy Birthday To Me,
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13 Questions With Fashion Bomb
1 March 2009 8:37 AM, PST
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Fashion Bomb is a unique, new breed of audio mercenary. Containing elements of industrial, metal, rock and goth, they aren’t easily categorized into any one genre of music and instantly arrest the listener with uncompromised style, quality and sonic fluency. Their visual image and presentation is just as striking as their sound, featuring sleek, almost militaristic dark attire, seven inch platform boots and a commanding stage presence that always leaves the crowd screaming for more. Last fall the band signed with Full Effect Records and released their first full-length disc Devils To Some, Angels To Others, and recently they hit the studio to record their sophomore follow-up with Fear Factory’s Ray Herrera. In the following interview with vocalist Val and lead guitarist Acid, we discuss their music, image, plans for world domination and favorite horror flicks…
Fangoria: How would you define your musical style?
Val: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary defines our style as intelligent,
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