Looking back on Universal’s Dracula
Why the 1931 vampire classic is still the king
Count Dracula, I presume?
Some of the more recent takes on Vlad.
First look: Despicable Me
A second promo for this animated 3D feature.
Wolfman, Elm Street pushed back again
Big releases change dates as studios reshuffle
Dr Jekyll and Mr Reeves
Keanu Reeves will star in an upcoming adaptation of The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Oi Snotface! I’m being remade!
Universal Pictures has confirmed that it is producing a remake of Drop Dead Fred with Russell Brand in the lead role, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Videodrome to get a reboot
Universal Pictures will be overseeing a remake of the genre classic Videodrome, according to Variety.
Universal sinks Bioshock
Universal Pictures has reportedly stopped production on the Gore Verbinski-helmed adaptation of Bioshock, according to Variety and the director himself.
Universal hires an Army Of Two
Here’s another one to add to the bonfire of videogame adaptations, ladies and gentlemen. Universal Studios has purchased the rights to this year’s Army Of Two, which centres on two mercenaries who uncover, in typical fashion, a vast global conspiracy. Scott Z Burns (Bourne Ultimatum) has been hired to pen the screenplay, while EA will … Continued
Del Toro lines up four new movie projects
After assigning the next five years of his life to bringing The Hobbit to the screen in collaboration with Peter Jackson as a two-movie double header, Guillermo del Toro has booked himself up with a collection of projects that should keep him a busy man for many years to come. Setting up no fewer than … Continued
The Last Call set for the big screen
Hollywood’s fascination (or should that be obsession?) with comic books rolls on unabated with the news that Universal has snapped up the rights to adapt the graphic novel series The Last Call. Written and illustrated by Vasilis Lolos, the series tells the plight of a pair of teenagers who are transported to another dimension and … Continued
