Sentences with phrase «about directing a remake»

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It is directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Mr. Woodcock, and Fright Night remake) and stars Chris Pine (one of many Chrises in Hollywood), Casey Affleck (Batman's younger brother), Ben Foster (That angel mutant called... Angel, in X-Men 3), Eric Bana (Not the second or third Hulk...), Kyle Gallner (The STD - ridden teenager in Veronica Mars), John Magaro (One of the character's husband, Lorna, in that Netflix show about prison women), and Holliday Grainger (Cinderella... but she wasn't Cinderella).

Shawn Levy, who directed such lucrative disasters as the Steve Martin remakes of The Pink Panther and Cheaper by the Dozen, has been brought in by Steven Spielberg to make this conflation of The Champ (the 1931 tearjerker about a drunken boxer redeemed by his long - estranged son, Jackie Cooper) and Rollerball, the futuristic action flick built around a violent popular sport.

For this Jonathon Demme - directed, Denzel Washington, Meryl Street and Liev Schreiber - starring remake of the 1960s film of the same name, is that rare of beasts — a film that not only manages to entertain but which also manages to challenge and provoke its audience into thinking a little deeper about the state of the world and how it is run.

Leather Bar.,» an experimental feature that he directed with Travis Mathews about the making and remaking of «Cruising.»)

Guadagnino is still threatening to produce a remake of Dario Argento's Suspiria to be directed by David Gordon Green, and has three other projects on the go, including an adaptation of James Ellroy's The Big Nowhere and The Reliable Wife (a period romantic - thriller variation on Mississippi Mermaid about a mail - order bride who turns out to be a scheming vixen)...

Last we heard, Starry Eyes writing / directing duo Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer were about to take on another remake of Stephen King's 1983 novel Pet Sematary...

Halloween (Unrated) Rob Zombie directs this remake of the 1978 horror classic which jumpstarted the storied slasher franchise about a maniac (Tyler Mane) who embarks on a murderous rampage after escaping from the mental institution where he'd been held since killing his sister.

This is Demme's second remake of a classic film in row, however, unlike his overcooked update of Charade in The Truth About Charlie, he directs with just the right amount of style here, always staying true to the events of the story as they unfold.

Indiewire recently sat down with Black, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film, to talk about how the experience of making «Nice Guys» compared to directing «Iron Man 3» and what to expect from his upcoming project, the remake of 1987's «Predator» (in which Black had a supporting actor role).

I saw Evil Dead, the Fede Alvarez - directed remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 classic, again last night and it confirmed my feelings about the first screening.

Harry Potter helmer Chris Columbus has signed on to direct Kim Young - tak «s Hello Ghost, while Mean Girls director Mark Waters is set to remake Lee Hae - jun «s off - beat comedy Castaway on the Moon, about a man who attempts to commit suicide but winds up stranded on an island in the Han River instead.

Just this evening at the San Diego Comic - Con I caught up with Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (review) helmer Troy Nixey, who made his feature - length directing debut with the film, a remake of the 1973 made - for - TV movie of the same name about a family that discovers murderous tiny creatures living in the basement of their new home.

There's hardly a single original idea to be found, which is ironic considering it's about counterfeiting, and though Kormakur was presumably given the directing gig because he was familiar with the source material (having played Wahlberg's role in the Icelandic film that it's based on), he fails to demonstrate what made that movie so special that it deserved a remake.

Alexandre Moors («Blue Caprice») will direct a remake of the Korean film «Failan»,» about a young woman who enters into an arranged marriage with a gangster she's never met and connects with him via a series of letters.

Her great dream in life is to direct a remake of ALL ABOUT EVE with an all - dog cast.

At a roundtable interview, DeWitt discussed her research for the role, how playing a real - life person informed her approach to the character, what it was like meeting the real Sue Webb, what she enjoyed most about working with Renner, what she learned about journalists and their determination to get to the truth of their story, her new film «Men, Women & Children» directed by Jason Reitman, and her upcoming projects: Joe Swanberg's «Digging for Fire,» Sam Raimi's remake of «Poltergeist» with Sam Rockwell, and a small part in the TV mini-series «Olive Kitteridge.»

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Blind Date (Unrated) Stanley Tucci directed and co-stars opposite Patricia Clarkson in this remake of the late Dutch director Theo van Gogh's bittersweet drama about an estranged couple's attempt to reconcile by going on a series of blind dates as strangers following the death of their daughter.

Yeah, you read that right: the long - delayed Amityville: The Awakening, directed by Franck Khalfoun (who made the remake of Maniac) is the 18th film in the mostly direct - to - video franchise, 19th if you count Conjuring 2, and maybe 20th if you count My Amityville Horror, the genuinely disturbing documentary about the troubled son of George and Kathy Lutz, the couple whose haunted - house claims were detailed in Jay Anson's best - seller.

Based on a Gustaf Molander - directed Swedish romantic thriller about a horribly scarred lady outlaw, whose personality changes (for the better), when plastic surgery gives her a beautiful new face, this MGM remake has Joan Crawford in the star role originated by the young Ingrid Bergman.

Special Correspondents (Unrated) Ricky Gervais wrote, directed and co-stars in this remake of Envoyes Tres Speciaux, the French farce about a radio journalist (Eric Bana) and assistant (Gervais) who decide to fake their own disappearance and flee to New York during an uprising in a South American Banana Republic.

Sarah wrote about the first still released from the A Star Is Born remake that Bradley Cooper is directing last week.

The original, a three - hour comedy about a man pulling pranks on his overly serious daughter that was occasionally very sad, was directed by Maren Ade and received an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Language category last year, and this remake will star Jack Nicholson and Kristen Wiig.

Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay co-star as a married couple about to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary when news comes that the body of the husband's first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the Swiss Alps... And if you want to see a film directed by Alan Rickman, watch out for A Little Chaos starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts... And this week's most stupid remake is the pointless «reboot» of Point Break to be directed by someone called Ericson Core, who seems to think that Gerard Butler can fill Patrick Swayze's shoes.

Pablo Trapero) Cast: Ricardo Darin, Jeremie Renier, Martina Gusman While we haven't heard much about this film, it's slated for release in Spain on May 25th, and Pablo Trapero certainly made an impression last time he was at Cannes with «Carancho» (for which an American remake is already in the works with Scott Cooper attached to direct).

We knew there was going to be a new Nintendo Direct eventually however I was expecting that we would see one that talks about multiple games including a release date for Super Smash Brothers on the Wii U as well as a Majora's Mask remake.

With this PC re-release, it seems Square will do just about anything with the FFVII universe other than make a direct sequel RPG, or remake the entire game from the ground up with modern technology.

Huyghe has ventured on a science vessel to Antarctica in search of an uncharted island and its albino penguin, directed a shot - by - shot remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954), planted a temporary (and very unusual) garden in Madrid, filmed a documentary about the early New York hip - hop scene, invented holidays, created a weather - generating machine, taken students on vacation, and used bees, dogs, ants, spiders, and an art dealer infected with the flu as living readymades.