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Dwayne Johnson Is Rebooting 2002’s ‘The Scorpion King’

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is teaming up with Universal and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions for the reboot of the 2002 movie The Scorpion King in which Johnson played the title role. ‘The Scorpion King’ was my very first role ever on the silver screen and I’m honored and excited to reimagine and deliver this cool mythology to a new generation.” Variety quotes Johnson as saying. In the original, a desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy’s key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert, and prepares for a final showdown. The Scorpion King served as somewhat of a prequel explaining the backstory of Johnson’s character that appears briefly in The Mummy Returns, which was plagued with terrible CGI. The new script is being penned by Jonathan Herman, produced by Johnson and Garcia, along with Hiram Garcia, Seven Bucks’ production president. Here’s a look back at the original trailer for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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Saban Films Acquires The Rights To The ‘Wrong Turn’ Reboot

Saban Films has snagged the rights from Constantin Films to the upcoming reboot of the 2003 movie Wrong Turn that went on to spawn six sequels and has plans to take if to AFM this week. Wrong Turn follows a group of friends hiking the Appalachian Trail, who are confronted by ‘The Foundation’, a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years. Mike P. Nelson’s reboot of Wrong Turn stars Charlotte Vega (The Lodgers), Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”, 47 Meters Down), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), and Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”). Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales for Constantin Film productions this week out of the AFM, where it will be screening for buyers. The franchise reboot was written by Alan B. McElroy, the writer of the original film. Robert Kulzer, Constantin Film, in association with James Harris, Tea Shop Productions, produced.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020
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Jordan Peele Remaking ‘The People Under The Stairs’

Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us, “Lovecraft Country”) has signed on to produce a new adaptation (aka remake) of Stephen King’s The People Under the Stairs for Universal. At the moment it unknown if Peele will also be directing and/or co-writing the script along with Win Rosenfeld of Peele’s Monkey Paw Productions. In the original film 1991 from Wes Craven, two adults and a juvenile break into a house occupied by a twisted brother and sister and their stolen children. There, they find more than they bargained for and must fight for their lives.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2020
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Anne Hathaway Casts A Spell In ‘The Witches’ Trailer

Warner Bros. casts a spell with the first trailer for Robert Zemeckis‘ (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her) new retelling of Roald Dahl’s 1973 classic tale The Witches, starring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch. Produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro, the film is described as being “visually innovative,” and “tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy (Jahzir Kadeem Bruno) who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort.” “Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world’s Grand High Witch (Anne Hathaway) has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe—undercover—to carry out her nefarious plans.” The Witches will fly right past theaters and will land on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 2, 2020
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A ‘Twister’ Remake Is Headed Your Way From Universal Pictures

Sound the alarm, director Jan de Bont’s 1996 action-adventure/disaster blockbuster Twister is getting a remake by Universal Pictures. Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) is currently in talks to direct “and the studio is currently meeting with writers to pen the script.” Variety reports. The original film centers on Bill and Jo Harding (Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton), advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes. Frank Marshall will be producing the remake of Twister, which made an incredible $495 million at box offices and went on to earn two Academy Awards nominations.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 24, 2020
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Horror Classic ‘The Changeling’ Getting A Remake

For years there have been rumors of a remake of Peter Medak’s 1980 horror classic The Changeling, Now, Deadline has confirmed that it’s finally on its way. The site reports that Finnish filmmaker Anders Engström (“Taboo,” Hanna) will be directing the upcoming remake, produced by Joel B. Michaels. Tab Murphy penned the script. “The film follows a musician who, after the death of his young daughter, returns to his childhood home. After a series of terrifying events, he begins to unlock the mystery of the dead child that haunts his home along with a terrible family secret.” Take a look at the trailer for the original film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2020
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The Team Behind ‘The Night House’ Are Rebooting ‘Hellraiser’

The filmmaking team behind the Sundance hit The Night House are teaming up again for the “re-imagining” of the 1980s horror classic Hellraiser. David Bruckner will be directing from the script written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, for Spyglass. The 1987 original Hellraiser was written and directed by Clive Barker based on his own novella, The Hellbound Heart. The original introduced us to the puzzle box that opens a gateway to a horrific world as well as unleashes the terrifying beings known as the Cenobites, led by Pinhead.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 11, 2020
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‘The Others’ Getting A Reboot With A Contemporary Twist

Nearly twenty years after its release, Alejandro Amenábar’s haunting film The Others is getting a reboot with a contemporary twist, according to Deadline. Released back in 2001, the original supernatural film centers on Grace (Nicole Kidman), a mother of two struggling to take care of her children while waiting for her husband to return for fighting in WWII. After the arrival of three servants, Grace’s world begins to fall apart as terrible secrets begin to surface. Sentient Entertainment is producing the film and plan to “reinvent and modernize” the terrifying classic.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 9, 2020
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Avengers Actor Chris Evans To Star In The ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Remake

Avengers star Chris Evans is set to star as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in Greg Berlantieg’s upcoming remake of 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors, Geek Tyrant reports. Originally played by Steve Martin, the character is the abusive boyfriend of Audrey who enjoys inflicting pain on his patients. Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to star as Aubrey. Taron Egerton is in talks to play Seymour. Billy Porter has already signed up to voice the killer alien plant that needs blood to survive. Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of Seymour, a meek florist who works at Skid Row Florists, where he is bossed around by the shop’s owner. Secretly in love with Audrey, Seymour becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers the talking alien plant. His life becomes complicated when the plant begins to demand people to eat. Marc Platt and Sarah Schechter and Berlanti are producing the film which will begin filming this summer. Check out the original

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2020
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Directors Announced For Fede Alvarez’s ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reboot

Late last year we told you that Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead) will be producing a new version of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Today, Variety reports that Legendary has found its directors as well as their writer. The Dig directing duo of Ryan and Andy Tohill will be directing the reboot written by Chris Thomas Devlin (Cobweb). The Tohill’s vision is exactly what the fans want,” Alvarez said in a statement. “It’s violent, exciting and so depraved that it will stay with you forever.” Reportedly, Legendary will use the reboot to jump-start a new franchise. The 1974 classic launched a franchise that has seen sequels, reboots, remakes and the 2017 prequel Leatherface. The big question is will it be connected to the original?

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2020

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Dwayne Johnson Is Rebooting 2002’s ‘The Scorpion King’

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is teaming up with Universal and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions for the reboot of the 2002 movie The Scorpion King in which Johnson played the title role. ‘The Scorpion King’ was my very first role ever on the silver screen and I’m honored and excited to reimagine and deliver this cool mythology to a new generation.” Variety quotes Johnson as saying. In the original, a desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy’s key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert, and prepares for a final showdown. The Scorpion King served as somewhat of a prequel explaining the backstory of Johnson’s character that appears briefly in The Mummy Returns, which was plagued with terrible CGI. The new script is being penned by Jonathan Herman, produced by Johnson and Garcia, along with Hiram Garcia, Seven Bucks’ production president. Here’s a look back at the original trailer for

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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Saban Films Acquires The Rights To The ‘Wrong Turn’ Reboot

Saban Films has snagged the rights from Constantin Films to the upcoming reboot of the 2003 movie Wrong Turn that went on to spawn six sequels and has plans to take if to AFM this week. Wrong Turn follows a group of friends hiking the Appalachian Trail, who are confronted by ‘The Foundation’, a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years. Mike P. Nelson’s reboot of Wrong Turn stars Charlotte Vega (The Lodgers), Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”, 47 Meters Down), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), and Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”). Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales for Constantin Film productions this week out of the AFM, where it will be screening for buyers. The franchise reboot was written by Alan B. McElroy, the writer of the original film. Robert Kulzer, Constantin Film, in association with James Harris, Tea Shop Productions, produced.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020
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Jordan Peele Remaking ‘The People Under The Stairs’

Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us, “Lovecraft Country”) has signed on to produce a new adaptation (aka remake) of Stephen King’s The People Under the Stairs for Universal. At the moment it unknown if Peele will also be directing and/or co-writing the script along with Win Rosenfeld of Peele’s Monkey Paw Productions. In the original film 1991 from Wes Craven, two adults and a juvenile break into a house occupied by a twisted brother and sister and their stolen children. There, they find more than they bargained for and must fight for their lives.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2020
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Anne Hathaway Casts A Spell In ‘The Witches’ Trailer

Warner Bros. casts a spell with the first trailer for Robert Zemeckis‘ (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her) new retelling of Roald Dahl’s 1973 classic tale The Witches, starring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch. Produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro, the film is described as being “visually innovative,” and “tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy (Jahzir Kadeem Bruno) who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort.” “Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world’s Grand High Witch (Anne Hathaway) has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe—undercover—to carry out her nefarious plans.” The Witches will fly right past theaters and will land on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 2, 2020
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A ‘Twister’ Remake Is Headed Your Way From Universal Pictures

Sound the alarm, director Jan de Bont’s 1996 action-adventure/disaster blockbuster Twister is getting a remake by Universal Pictures. Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) is currently in talks to direct “and the studio is currently meeting with writers to pen the script.” Variety reports. The original film centers on Bill and Jo Harding (Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton), advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes. Frank Marshall will be producing the remake of Twister, which made an incredible $495 million at box offices and went on to earn two Academy Awards nominations.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 24, 2020
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Horror Classic ‘The Changeling’ Getting A Remake

For years there have been rumors of a remake of Peter Medak’s 1980 horror classic The Changeling, Now, Deadline has confirmed that it’s finally on its way. The site reports that Finnish filmmaker Anders Engström (“Taboo,” Hanna) will be directing the upcoming remake, produced by Joel B. Michaels. Tab Murphy penned the script. “The film follows a musician who, after the death of his young daughter, returns to his childhood home. After a series of terrifying events, he begins to unlock the mystery of the dead child that haunts his home along with a terrible family secret.” Take a look at the trailer for the original film.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2020
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The Team Behind ‘The Night House’ Are Rebooting ‘Hellraiser’

The filmmaking team behind the Sundance hit The Night House are teaming up again for the “re-imagining” of the 1980s horror classic Hellraiser. David Bruckner will be directing from the script written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, for Spyglass. The 1987 original Hellraiser was written and directed by Clive Barker based on his own novella, The Hellbound Heart. The original introduced us to the puzzle box that opens a gateway to a horrific world as well as unleashes the terrifying beings known as the Cenobites, led by Pinhead.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 11, 2020
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‘The Others’ Getting A Reboot With A Contemporary Twist

Nearly twenty years after its release, Alejandro Amenábar’s haunting film The Others is getting a reboot with a contemporary twist, according to Deadline. Released back in 2001, the original supernatural film centers on Grace (Nicole Kidman), a mother of two struggling to take care of her children while waiting for her husband to return for fighting in WWII. After the arrival of three servants, Grace’s world begins to fall apart as terrible secrets begin to surface. Sentient Entertainment is producing the film and plan to “reinvent and modernize” the terrifying classic.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 9, 2020
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Avengers Actor Chris Evans To Star In The ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Remake

Avengers star Chris Evans is set to star as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in Greg Berlantieg’s upcoming remake of 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors, Geek Tyrant reports. Originally played by Steve Martin, the character is the abusive boyfriend of Audrey who enjoys inflicting pain on his patients. Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to star as Aubrey. Taron Egerton is in talks to play Seymour. Billy Porter has already signed up to voice the killer alien plant that needs blood to survive. Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of Seymour, a meek florist who works at Skid Row Florists, where he is bossed around by the shop’s owner. Secretly in love with Audrey, Seymour becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers the talking alien plant. His life becomes complicated when the plant begins to demand people to eat. Marc Platt and Sarah Schechter and Berlanti are producing the film which will begin filming this summer. Check out the original

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2020
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Directors Announced For Fede Alvarez’s ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reboot

Late last year we told you that Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead) will be producing a new version of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Today, Variety reports that Legendary has found its directors as well as their writer. The Dig directing duo of Ryan and Andy Tohill will be directing the reboot written by Chris Thomas Devlin (Cobweb). The Tohill’s vision is exactly what the fans want,” Alvarez said in a statement. “It’s violent, exciting and so depraved that it will stay with you forever.” Reportedly, Legendary will use the reboot to jump-start a new franchise. The 1974 classic launched a franchise that has seen sequels, reboots, remakes and the 2017 prequel Leatherface. The big question is will it be connected to the original?

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2020
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