They had reason to be fearful, knowing how things often go with sequels, but Boyle, teaming up again
with original screenwriter John Hodge, has pulled a fabulously misshapen rabbit out of his hat, which triggers echoes of the 1996 film yet can stand unaided in its own right.
And finally: An interview
with original screenwriter Jon Spaihts reveals that the original Prometheus was a hell of a lot more creepy than the one we saw.
Not exact matches
Since the three
screenwriters are clearly uncomfortable
with original ideas, Popper is the classic movie dad: a divorced, Manhattan workaholic who barely connects
with his kids (Madeline Carroll, Maxwell Perry Cotton).
Original director Wes Craven and original screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven year
Original director Wes Craven and
original screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven year
original screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so
with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven years prior.
Having assembled a talented cast, and nabbing international star Mads Mikkelsen as his lead, Arcel, whose biggest credit is
screenwriter of the
original 2009 version of The Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo, casts his name as a notable up and comer
with this latest, an impeccable piece in its own right.
Gia isn't hagiography, I'll give it that, but it is reductive to a fault; once known as a
screenwriter with a literary bent, having risen to the challenge of distilling novels by no less than John Updike and Tom Wolfe, Cristofer turned into a sensationalist when he started directing, and virtually anything that's not an exploitation staple is relegated to the margins in Gia — not to mention in Cristofer's sophomore efforts Body Shots and
Original Sin.
It was kinda crazy that it took 90 years for a black
screenwriter to win best
Original Screenplay, but Jordan Peele accomplished that
with Get Out.
The
original screenwriter of «Blade Runner» Hampton Fancher is also in talks to reunite
with Scott to work on the screenplay for the sequel.
Similar to the
original, the terrorism threat scenario cooked up by returning
screenwriters Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt,
with help from new writers Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John, seems plausible.
Following the success of 2015's The Lobster, Greek Weird Wave forefather Yorgos Lanthimos continues
with another English language international co-production, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which promises to be another unique and
original collaboration
with his usual
screenwriter Efthymis Filippou.
In Deadpool 2, which is also technically an X-Men movie, director David Leitch (Atomic Blonde) and returning
screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick decide the sequel should basically mirror the
original, except this time
with a pissed - off kid and a much - anticipated villain thrown into the mix.
The sequel reunites the Scooby gang (including director Raja Gosnell and
screenwriter James Gunn) to do battle
with monsters and the memory of the
original cartoon series, in which — as I recall — the monsters were always revealed to be hoaxes in the end.
Co-writer and director Craig Brewer, working
with the
original's
screenwriter Dean Pitchford and producing team, can't seem to work up a filmmaking rhythm.
The Fault in Our Stars
screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber swap YA romance for OAP romance
with the Netflix
original film Our Souls at Night, which reunites Robert Redford and Jane Fonda fifty years after the played newlyweds in Barefoot in the Park.
That it still manages to be entertaining despite looking, sounding and feeling exactly like the
original film is to the great credit of director Danny Boyle,
with slightly less credit to
screenwriter John Hodge for reasons which will soon become apparent.
Along the way, we touch on the abandoned film project that Lee was working on
with screenwriter Michael Arndt, how The Book Of Life affected this production, the evolution of the idea from the initial spark to the finished film, how Adrian Molina got involved in the project, how Lee Unkrich went from editor to director and how he edits his own films, how Darla got a credit as «Digital Angel» on the
original Toy Story, hiding easter eggs in an international setting, and working
with Michael Giacchino.
The movie plays out much like a standard detective thriller, reportedly rendered more conventional by studio interference
with Welles and
screenwriter Victor Trivas»
original plans.
Lopez tried to remake «Overboard»
with MGM in 2010,
with Will Smith on board to produce and a script polish from
original screenwriter Leslie Dixon.
Original screenwriters Carey Hayes and Chad Hayes are back
with help from James Wan and David Leslie Johnson.
Executive producers include Kaling and Warburton, along
with Jonathan Prince, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Howard Klein and
original film
screenwriter Richard Curtis.
The
original The Girl
With The Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev makes his American debut, and Joel Wyman has certainly proven himself as a screenwriter with the 2
With The Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev makes his American debut, and Joel Wyman has certainly proven himself as a
screenwriter with the 2
with the 2001?
Co-writing
with Michael Arndt and
original Star Wars
screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, Abrams introduces a set of new characters
with legs for the coming sequels while (cheers from the audience!)
Wan and his
screenwriters very purposefully hit many of the same beats as the first film, presenting us
with a set - up that often feels too similar, and disappoints by comparison because O'Connor's character isn't given nearly the depth of Lili Taylor's in the
original.
By the way, I am anti re-makes, being a
screenwriter with an
original idea to sell.
Screenwriter Chris Sparling has been quietly on the beat for sometime, shocking the awards season world in 2010 when he won Best
Original Screenplay (from the National Board of Review) for the underrated «Buried»
with Ryan Reynolds.
One of the year's unlikeliest sequels, «T2 Trainspotting» reunites the cast of the 1996 indie hit «Trainspotting»
with its director Danny Boyle and
screenwriter John Hodge in a story that catches up
with the restless Scottish heroin addicts of Irvine Welsh's
original novel, 20 years later.
As for
screenwriter Koepp, he said almost a year ago that the movie would have a more feminist bent than the
original,
with a highly intelligent Bride character who takes control of her own destiny.
Indiewire spoke
with «Sin City» director Robert Rodriguez, who spoke about hiring «The Departed»
screenwriter William Monahan to help
with two
original stories not found in the
original Frank Miller source material.
Screenwriter Jason Richman (Swing Vote) makes some compromises for the American audience
with slight changes such as Joe falling for a deaf mute (Charlie Yeung) instead of being the mute himself like the
original.
Honestly, I don't know what
screenwriter Joe Stillman (writing off an» «
original» idea» (the secondary quotations are added for emphasis) by a whole list of people, including director Jorge Blanco) is trying to do by setting the world in a kinda - Earth environment
with a kinda - period feeling
with a kinda - but - not - really vibe of paranoid fear about the mass indoctrination or destruction by an unknown threat.
Here, despite the return of director Steve Pink and
screenwriter Josh Heald (who co-wrote the
original and who goes solo here), this installment is a dumb movie that seems hell - bent on becoming dumber and cruder
with each successive scene.
Disc 3 builds off of some of the extras that were featured in the
original 2003 two - disc release (deleted scenes; an interview
with Rowling and
screenwriter Steve Kloves; a look at Lockhart's classroom), but also adds on a bunch of new features:
Twelve Monkeys, written by Blade Runner and Unforgiven
screenwriter David Peoples in collaboration
with his wife Janet and directed by Terry Gilliam, updates and expands Marker's iconic La jetée
with taste, intelligence, and, most surprisingly of all, a sense of the broader political relevance that gave the
original its power.
Previously announced honorees include Jake Gyllenhaal for «Hollywood Actor Award» for the film Stonger; Kate Winslet for «Hollywood Actress Award» for the film Wonder Wheel; The Big Sick for «Hollywood Comedy Ensemble Award»; Jamie Bell for «New Hollywood Actor Award» for his role in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool; Common, Andra Day and Diane Warren for «Hollywood Song Award» for the
original song «Stand Up For Something»
with music by Diane Warren, lyrics by Diane Warren and Commong and performed by Andra Day featuring Common, in the film Marshall; Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin for «Hollywood Producer Award» for the film Blade Runner 2049; Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for «Hollywood
Screenwriter Award» for The Disaster Artist; Coco for «Hollywood Animation Award»; and Mudbound for «Hollywood Breakout Ensemble» Award; Sam Rockwell for «Hollywood Supporting Actor Award» for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Allison Janney for «Hollywood Supporting Actress Award» for her role in I, Tonya, Mary J. Blige for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actress Award» for her work in the film Mudbound; Timothée Chalamet for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actor Award» for his role in the film Call Me By Your Name; and the cast of I, Tonya including Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Paul Walter Hauser, Julianne Nicholson and Caitlin Carver for the «Hollywood Ensemble Award.»
Working closely
with screenwriters Hampton Fancher (who co-wrote Ridley Scott's
original Blade Runner back in 1982) and Michael Green (2017's Logan, already on this very list), and his sensational cinematographer Roger Deakins, visionary Canadian film director Denis Villeneuve did the near impossible task of following up Scott's Blade Runner
with a sequel that retains much of the tactile splendor and future noir poetry of the
original while manufacturing an objet d'art that is perhaps even more emotionally engaging and narratively a more complete experience.
Previously announced honorees include Gary Oldman for «Hollywood Career Achievement Award» highlighting his work in Darkest Hour; Adam Sandler for «Hollywood Comedy Award» for The Meyerowitz Stories; Joe Wright for «Hollywood Director Award» for Darkest Hour; Kate Winslet for «Hollywood Actress Award» for the film Wonder Wheel; Jake Gyllenhaal for «Hollywood Actor Award» for the film Stonger; the cast of The Big Sick including Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter and Ray Romano for «Hollywood Comedy Ensemble Award»; Jamie Bell for «New Hollywood Actor Award» for Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool; musicians Diane Warren, Common and Andra Day for the
original song, «Stand Up For Something»
with music by Diane Warren, lyrics by Diane Warren and Common and performed by Andra Day featuring Common from the film Marshall for «Hollywood Song Award»; Blade Runner 2049 producers Andrew S. Kosove, Broderick Johnson and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin for «Hollywood Producer Award»; The Disaster Artist
screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for «Hollywood
Screenwriter Award»; Coco for «Hollywood Animation Award»; the cast of Mudbound including Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke, Rob Morgan and Jonathan Banks for the «Hollywood Breakout Ensemble Award»; Sam Rockwell for «Hollywood Supporting Actor Award» for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Allison Janney for «Hollywood Supporting Actress Award» for her role in I, Tonya; Mary J. Blige for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actress Award» for her work in the film Mudbound; Timothée Chalamet for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actor Award» for his role in the film Call Me By Your Name; and the cast of I, Tonya, including Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Paul Walter Hauser, Julianne Nicholson and Caitlin Carver for the «Hollywood Ensemble Award.»
2; Gary Oldman for «Hollywood Career Achievement Award» highlighting his work in Darkest Hour; Adam Sandler for «Hollywood Comedy Award» for The Meyerowitz Stories; Joe Wright for «Hollywood Director Award» for Darkest Hour; Kate Winslet for «Hollywood Actress Award» for the film Wonder Wheel; Jake Gyllenhaal for «Hollywood Actor Award» for the film Stonger; the cast of The Big Sick including Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter and Ray Romano for «Hollywood Comedy Ensemble Award»; Jamie Bell for «New Hollywood Actor Award» for Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool; musicians Diane Warren, Common and Andra Day for the
original song, «Stand Up For Something»
with music by Diane Warren, lyrics by Diane Warren and Common and performed by Andra Day featuring Common from the film Marshall for «Hollywood Song Award»; Blade Runner 2049 producers Andrew S. Kosove, Broderick Johnson and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin for «Hollywood Producer Award»; The Disaster Artist
screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for «Hollywood
Screenwriter Award»; Coco for «Hollywood Animation Award»; the cast of Mudbound including Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke, Rob Morgan and Jonathan Banks for the «Hollywood Breakout Ensemble Award»; Sam Rockwell for «Hollywood Supporting Actor Award» for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Allison Janney for «Hollywood Supporting Actress Award» for her role in I, Tonya; Mary J. Blige for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actress Award» for her work in the film Mudbound; Timothée Chalamet for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actor Award» for his role in the film Call Me By Your Name; and the cast of I, Tonya, including Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Paul Walter Hauser, Julianne Nicholson and Caitlin Carver for the «Hollywood Ensemble Award.»
Previously announced honorees include Adam Sandler for «Hollywood Comedy Award» for the film The Meyerowitz Stories; Joe Wright for «Hollywood Director Award» for the film Darkest Hour; Kate Winslet for «Hollywood Actress Award» for the film Wonder Wheel; Jake Gyllenhaal for «Hollywood Actor Award» for the film Stonger; the cast of The Big Sick including Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter and Ray Romano for «Hollywood Comedy Ensemble Award»; Jamie Bell for «New Hollywood Actor Award» for Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool; musicians Diane Warren, Common and Andra Day for the
original song, «Stand Up For Something»
with music by Diane Warren, lyrics by Diane Warren and Common and performed by Andra Day featuring Common from the film Marshall for «Hollywood Song Award»; Blade Runner 2049 producers Andrew S. Kosove, Broderick Johnson and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin for «Hollywood Producer Award»; The Disaster Artist
screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for «Hollywood
Screenwriter Award»; Coco for «Hollywood Animation Award»; the cast of Mudbound including Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke, Rob Morgan and Jonathan Banks for the «Hollywood Breakout Ensemble Award»; Sam Rockwell for «Hollywood Supporting Actor Award» for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Allison Janney for «Hollywood Supporting Actress Award» for her role in I, Tonya; Mary J. Blige for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actress Award» for her work in the film Mudbound; Timothée Chalamet for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actor Award» for his role in the film Call Me By Your Name; and the cast of I, Tonya, including Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Paul Walter Hauser, Julianne Nicholson and Caitlin Carver for the «Hollywood Ensemble Award.»
As a
screenwriter, Anders has a varied comedy resume,
with some strong
original works (She's Out of My League, We're the Millers, Hot Tub Time Machine) and some lackluster sequels or adaptations of other people's work (Dumb and Dumber To, Mr. Poppers Penguins).
It's a gamble that could have paid off
with a sharper script, but let's face it: the three
screenwriters involved haven't changed the
original that much: Clash of the Titans is still pretty dimwitted and incoherent.
Blade Runner helped start this conversation, and this new film — written by 1982
original screenwriter Hampton Fancher
with Michael Green (Alien: Covenant, Logan)-- pretends as if the conversation doesn't even exist.
Now comes «Deadpool 2,» and Reynolds is credited as a
screenwriter, along
with the
original's
screenwriters, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
Despite the palpable electricity between McQueen and Dunaway, the
original's romance felt rushed and therefore somewhat forced; here,
screenwriter Leslie Dixon (who shares screenplay credit
with Kurt Wimmer, who, in a unique arrangement, handled only the action scenes) fleshes out the love story, showing how their basic desire develops into real affection.
Our Twitchy friends posted a news item in which producer Jeffrey Coghlan confirms rumours that Pontypool Changes is in the works which will bring director Bruce McDonald
with screenwriter Tony Burgess (who also wrote the book from which the
original is based) together again.
Both filmmakers were key contributors to the
original saga — Heyman produced all eight of the «Harry Potter» films, while Yates helmed the final four installments — and now they're dedicated to bringing to life a new extension of that beloved mythology, this time set in 1920 America,
with a screenplay by a first - time
screenwriter, «Harry Potter» author J.K. Rowling herself.
The film reunites director Jason Reitman (Up In The Air)
with screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno), whose work was nominated for Best
Original Screenplay by the Writers Guild of America and the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Earlier in the evening, the men were accepting the Best British Film gong,
with screenwriter McDonagh - who took home another award for the movie, this time for Best
Original Screenplay - joking that he's half Irish so he's not allowed to make the speech.
Also includes the hour - long documentary A Dying Breed: The Making of The Leopard, featuring interviews
with Claudia Cardinale,
screenwriter Suso Ceccho D'Amico, cinematographer Guiseppe Rotunno, and Sydney Pollack (who worked
with Burt Lancaster on the American dub version) among others, video interviews
with producer Goffredo Lombardo and Professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania (on the history behind The Leopard), stills gallery,
original trailers and newsreels and a booklet.
While much of the
original script remains the same,
screenwriters Steven Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, as well as long - time Disney composer Alan Menken (who also wrote for the
original, along
with the late Howard Ashman), sprinkle in just enough new material and character development to help it feel fresh.
The game is brought to life
with an updated story penned by the Hollywood
screenwriter from the
original GoldenEye film, Bruce Feirstein; the voices of Daniel Craig as James Bond and Judi Dench as «M»; and combat animations motion - captured by Daniel Craig's film stunt double, Ben Cooke.