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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. This is probably the oddest piece of news to hit this week... Apparently next month production begins on a live action/CG animation hybrid adaptation of Yogi Bear directed by JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH helmer Eric Brevig.
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I didn't run the original rumor, apparently taken from a German newspaper because it didn't feel right. Sure enough it is a total misunderstanding as the interview Sly is being quoted from is 3 years old and is him talking about Rocky Balboa.
I was asked in a talkback yesterday why there was no article on Rocky 7 and I responded saying because it's a non-news story. It was from the start.
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. This weekend the handsome bearded bear who calls himself Devin Faraci ran quite a juicy rumor over at CHUD regarding a remake of Carol Reed's brilliant noir THE THIRD MAN starring Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard and Orson Welles.
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Hey folks, Harry here - coming off of a great Fantastic Fest - the first thing I do is start checking out what I've missed while being wrapped up in a cocoon of Fantastic Films!
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Hey, guys. Quint here. Actor Henry Gibson died Monday at the age of 73 after a brief battle with cancer.
Like many of you out there, I’m sure, Mr. Gibson shaped my love of movies. As a child I obsessively watched the animated CHARLOTTE’S WEB. His voicework in that movie tugs at my heartstrings even now. But that’s not the image I have Mr. Gibson. In fact, it wasn’t until I looked up his credits for this obituary that I found out he in fact voiced Wilbur in the film.
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with some really uncool news. John Hughes brought a lot of joy into my life and I'm a little in shock that he's gone. He died of a heart attack this morning while taking a walk in New York.
Let's look at his legacy. The man either wrote or directed (or did both) some of my all time favorite films, including FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, THE BREAKFAST CLUB, SIXTEEN CANDLES, WEIRD SCIENCE, PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, UNCLE BUCK, PRETTY IN PINK, NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION, THE GREAT OUTDOORS, DUTCH and HOME ALONE.
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. There are multiple categories we can select as editors when posting stories to AICN. Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, etc. There's also "Bad Idea." For every single LET ME IN story (the remake of the brilliant LET THE RIGHT ONE IN) I've selected Bad Idea... including this story.
Because it is a horrible idea.
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here again. I had a source give me a few more details on the below information and it might not be as bad as we think. The source says that there might not be any interest in doing a remake because of a rights issue, something about Universal's ownership of DVD, TV and online rights. What this source hears is Dimension is talking about franchising it. My guess is it wouldn't be a direct sequel like AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS, but rather keeping the werewolves and horror/comedy tone, but moving it around the world.
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Hey folks, Harry here... I saw this at the IMAX. If you want to see this - that is how to see it. It makes two action sequences pretty fucking amazing to just stare at. You won't really be emotionally involved because frankly, no character work has been done to make you feel involved. But for pure IMAGERY - there are two sequences that the IMAX experience makes unbelievable.
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Hey folks, Harry here - and unfortunately I wish I could be enthused about this - but I'm just not. I don't want to see Rob Zombie on HALLOWEEN or any pre-existing franchise. Rob has a tremendous imagination and vision - but I honestly feel that so long as he hamstrings himself with remakes - I'm less interested. The trailer looks like a mess. It doesn't really do anything for me, but maybe it does for you. And perhaps - the film will have a life of its own, now that he's free of any direct ties to Carpenter's original.
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Again, the news is dominated by remakes and reboots. This time it's Disney remaking THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET. They've been trying for a while, but this time it's serious as a movie poster would say. They've locked in ENCHANTED's Kevin Lima to direct the movie guaranteed to have 100% less Don Knotts.
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. If I were an evil mastermind trying to frame a movie studio, make them look like the biggest fools with the most money-hungry, lowest common denominator lifeless franchise-killing products I couldn't do anything to top what Rothman and Co have been doing to Fox for the last half-dozen years.
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Hey folks, Harry here and man do I have the scratchiest head scratcher that I've seen in a long goddamn time. I think just about all of us would be interested in a real theatrical launch of a feature version of the BUFFY character as was lovingly developed and handled by Joss Whedon.
But that's not what they're gonna do.
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(Given every paper/site online has broken embargo. Here ya go)
It is a very rare thing for a film to shit squarely on my open and unexpecting eyes to such a degree that absolute hatred and loathing festers out of my every pore… but McG managed to do it with TERMINATOR SALVATION.
This is odd.
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Hey folks, Harry here... In 1983, I did not see VIDEODROME. That was after my parents' divorce, and I'm relatively certain that it didn't play the nearest theaters to me in Wichita Falls, Texas at that time. However, when it hit HBO - I saw it at like 3 in the morning via Satellite on the Ranch I was living and I remember it freaked my shit right out!
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Hey folks. Quint here. I apologize for being half a day late with this post, but in all honesty I was hoping another editor with a broader knowledge of Bea Arthur's career would step in and tribute the woman who died this morning after a long battle with Cancer. She was 86.
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I love Gore Verbinski's flicks and I love BIOSHOCK, so naturally I'm foaming at the mouth to see him tackle the film. Looks like I'm gonna be froth-mouthed for a good while as the film has had the brakes applied as Universal starts to get nervous at the $160m (est) price tag.
Sure, I can understand their worry... but goddamn, it's going to be beautiful and thrilling and scary and awesome! You know it!
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The BBC is reporting that filmmaker and world-renowned cinematographer Jack Cardiff has passed away at the age of 94.
Cardiff might not be a common name, but if you’re part of my generation you grew up seeing his photography on films like RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II, CAT’S EYE, CONAN THE DESTROYER, GHOST STORY and THE DOGS OF WAR.
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Hey folks, Harry here - and what I'm writing here has a bit to do with anger management. I'm friendly with one of the producers on WOLVERINE - but I just saw something that literally pissed me off at a level I wasn't aware this new WOLVERINE film could manage.
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Well, well, well. So, without a strict deadline I can’t be trusted as has been shown by that Sideshow Star Wars contest and my attempt at carrying the torch of A Movie A Day: Quint’s Watching.
As huge and prolific as A Movie A Day was, I still feel like I’ve only scratched the surface of vintage film… In other words, my taste for classic cinema is piqued and I can’t stop now.
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Hey folks, Harry here... with a needless remake trailer. You know - I'm far more excited about the STEP IT UP 3D news, than a remake of FAME - especially when the remake's music is as flat sounding as this. It definitely looks like a handsome production, but there's nothing in the trailer that actually generates any real interest for me to see this film. Now XANADU remake? Put me all over that shit. That's awesome with honey, caramel and THC!
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a little update before I catch the 5 ½ hours I get before tomorrow’s Sony presentation. Before the screening of The Soloist today Paramount gave us what appeared to be an extended trailer for GI JOE.
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