Articles Archive for January 2008

2 comments // Jan 5th, 2008 // News
“Doomsday” is Coming … (via Twitch) Twitch is reporting that Neil Marshall’s "Doomsday" is scheduled for Release on March 14th ... Quite a large chunk of our "GallowWalker" crew headed down to Cape Town (yes, it takes place in Scotland and was partially shot in Cape Town, South Africa ... that's a whole other story) at wrap (and some before) to work on this, including the immensely talented Paul Hyett. Simon Bowles was…

 


No comments // Jan 5th, 2008 // News
L.A. Times Declares DVD Format War Over (via L.A. Times) The Los Angleles Times are reporting that with Warner Brothers' announcement yesterday that they would be exclusively going with Blu-Ray for their catalogue, that DVD Wars are done now. HD-DVD still has Paramount ("Raiders of the Lost Ark" anyone?), and Microsoft behind it, but who knows ... The fact that the HD-DVD group canceled a news conference that was scheduled for tomorrow seems to have a…

 


3 comments // Jan 5th, 2008 // News
A “Spider Baby” Remake?  What’s Next? While I'm not one to fly off the handle over things I happen to stumble across on IMDB (okay, well, I am actually), why, oh why would you think it's necessary to remake "Spider Baby"?!?!? Anyway, it's from the director who brought you "Night of the Living Dead 3D" with Sid Haig, who was in the original "Spider Baby", and it looks like they've induced Jack Hill with…

 


No comments // Jan 4th, 2008 // News
Forget “Cloverfield”, “[REC]” is where it’s at! (via AICN) This one snuck up on me, I hadn't heard anything about it until today (which is strange because it is a zombie film after all). I have to admit, I've been looking forward to "Cloverfield", but my viewing experience is now going to be tainted with anticipation for "[REC]" ... Ain’t it Cool is reporting that there’s already an American remake in the works for this…

 


No comments // Jan 1st, 2008 // News
Man blames car wreck on pterodactyl (via Boing Boing) Either this guy has a dementedly wild sense of humor, or the world just got a whole lot more interesting (I'm hoping for the latter); I do really like the cinematic-ness of this one line: "When police asked the man what caused the accident, his one-word answer was 'pterodactyl...'" Link: Man blames car wreck on prehistoric winged reptile.