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Andrzej Bartkowiak to Direct 'Street Fighter'
Filed under: Action », Deals », Scripts », Remakes and Sequels », Games and Game Movies »
Jean-Claude Van Damme's blue beret-wearing ways did not appeal to the masses, but this doesn't mean that Capcom won't try again. Over the past year, a new foray into the video game world of Street Fighter has been in the works. The last news came in July, when a script review was out. This time around, the focus will be on tough girl fighter Chun Li and her quest for justice -- she seeks revenge for the murder of her father. Now screenwriter Justin Marks is doing "a polish," and Variety is reporting that the production has tapped its director -- Andrzej Bartkowiak.The director has some martial arts under his belt with Romeo Must Die, as well as some experience with video game adaptations -- he's the name behind Doom. Bartkowiak is also an experienced cinematographer -- having a hand in everything from Terms of Endearment and Twins to Dante's Peak and Lethal Weapon 4. So he's got the experience, but considering the fact that Doom actually grossed less than the first Street Fighter, which was about a decade earlier, what's the point? Usually when franchises or flicks are freshened, there's some sort of hope behind it. Christopher Nolan made many giddy with excitement when he took over Batman, and he delivered. What on earth can we expect, or hope for, with this project?
The Keep Gets the Big Screen Treatment
Filed under: Drama », Thrillers », Deals », Mystery & Suspense », Newsstand »
Hollywood has many sources of ideas it can turn into movies. Some movies are original ideas that come from the mind of one or more screenwriters. A more recent trend is to adapt hit television shows of the seventies and eighties into films. Of course, one of the most popular places for Hollywood to get ideas is from books.Adapting books for the screen has a great tradition in Hollywood and has given rise to some of the most popular and successful films of all time. In fact, many of the films that have won the Oscar for Best Picture have been adaptations -- including The Silence of the Lambs, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Gone With the Wind and the recent The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Another book that will attempt to continue this tradition and take its place among these previous adaptations is Jennifer Egan's supernatural novel The Keep. According to a recent article in Variety (via Sci-Fi Wire), rights to the novel were recently optioned by StillKing Films (who's credits include The Illusionist and Doom) and will be adapted for the screen by writer Ehren Kruger (of The Ring and the upcoming John Carter of Mars).
Kruger will also be producing the film, which centers around a woman who is trapped in a haunted castle where she is seduced by a mysterious prisoner, along with Daniel Bobker and StillKing Film's Matthew Stillman. Having Kruger handle the adaptation duties is a good move for StillKing. If they're able to attach a director and cast on the same level as Kruger, the resulting film just might live up to the tradition established by those highly successful prior adaptations. No word yet, however, on who that director or cast might be.
What do you think, does this film have a chance?
Fango Announces Chainsaw Nominees!
Filed under: Foreign Language », Horror », Independent », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Thrillers », Awards », Mystery & Suspense », Remakes and Sequels », Cinematical Indie »
A few days ago, Slither-maker James Gunn mentioned on his MySpace page that his adorably splattery sci-fi horror rom-com was the receipient of four Fangoria Chainsaw Award nominations. My response was "Hey, cool. Where are the rest of the nominations?!?!?" And now, a few days later, here they are. Neat-o.Although Fangoria has been doing their annual Chainsaw awards for over a decade now, 2006 marks the very first time the event will be televised, much to the delight of zombie freaks and slasher geeks all over North America. The event will be held in L.A. on October 15th, although the Fuse Network won't be airing it until the 22nd. (Which means if you want to watch the event "un-spoiled," I wish you luck.) Want to throw your own votes into the tally? Fine. You can vote right here, but only between September 1st and 13th (which is a Friday, mwaahaaa!)
After the jump you'll find a complete list of all the 2006 Chainsaw nominees, plus my own predictions on which flicks would win if the event were called Amazing Geek Weinberg's Horror Awards instead of The Chainsaws.
Beowulf storms in: Tracking the HSX
Filed under: Tracking the HSX »
This morning's big mover and shaker seems to be Beowulf, the Sony-financed adaptation of the 10th century epic poem. Director Robert Zemeckis is helming this one using the same motion-capture technology he used previously on The Polar Express (which I didn't see, so can't comment on how well it worked or not). Shares in the movie, starring Anthony Hopkins, Crispin Glover and Alison Lohman are up six points on trading of about 1.4 million shares. This one's sure to at least draw interest from the English-major crowd and such but will probably be marketed as a straight fantasy/adventure flick.
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