Animation UKFilmNerd • 2d ago • 100%

Evil Dead animated series is in development, but don't expect to see it any time soon

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> Campbell said, “We’re just developing it. So we are, but these are slow-motion, molasses processes, so it could be years away.”

movies UKFilmNerd • 5d ago • 81%

The Man of Steel and his dog Krypto ponder the majesty of planet Earth in a new image from James Gunn's Superman

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> James Gunn shares the first image of the Man of Steel's crime-fighting canine companion, Krypto, for his anticipated Superman movie.

movies UKFilmNerd • 6d ago • 95%

New claims say John Wick's Chad Stahelski re-shot most of Ballerina without the original director, Len Wiseman, present

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> While news of Ballerina's reshoots had been made transparent, it is now said that Stahelski would re-do most of the movie without Wiseman. Two to three months of reshoots aren't reshoots, that's a new film! Lionsgate isn't having the best year.

movies UKFilmNerd • 2w ago • 98%

"Dogma" Re-Release Plans In The Works

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> In a recent interview with That Hashtag Show, Smith was promoting the VOD release of his “The 4:30 Movie” and was asked about the status of “Dogma”. He says plans are afoot for the release: > “The movie has been bought away from the guy that had it for years and whatnot. The company that bought it, we met with them a couple months ago. >They were like, ‘Would you be interested in re-releasing it and touring it like you did with your movies?’ I said ‘100 percent, are you kidding me? Touring a movie that I know people like, and it’s sentimental and nostalgic? We’ll clean up.’ >Right now, 2024 is our 25th anniversary this year. November is when we came out. I think 2025 it looks like is when the movement is going to happen there. Back on home video, then back out in theaters, and I’ll tour it.” >Smith also teased a follow-up could be in the cards: >“Maybe, at this point, sequels, TV versions, in terms of extending the story. Something we could never do before. So exciting man. And all those people who worked in it are still viable.”

Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k) UKFilmNerd • 2w ago • 100%

Put the town on alert! Dante's Peak is coming to 4K Blu-ray

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> Kino Lorber will be bringing the Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton volcano film home in crisp 4K UltraHD sometime next year.

Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k) UKFilmNerd • 2w ago • 94%

2View: The Self-Erasing VHS tape hacked with a paperclip

A video tape that erases itself after two views - fascinating, flawed, failed, and mostly forgotten tech.

movies UKFilmNerd • 2w ago • 97%

All the Disney+ films and TV shows that have been deleted from the service

filmstories.co.uk

> It's a sad reality that streaming services are deleting original films from platforms - here's everything that's disappeared from Disney+ It's too long to abbreviate here. It's quite surprising what they've deleted.

movies UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 95%

Total Film (UK Magazine) to close.

[From their official Twitter account. ](https://x.com/totalfilm/status/1841518740166377503) > Gladiator II is on the cover of Total Film’s upcoming issue 356, which hits print and digital newsstands on October 10. It’s with a heavy heart that we announce that this will be the final issue of the print magazine. > > We like to think that this final print edition is a showcase of everything that Total Film magazine strived for, with a thrilling blockbuster on the cover, A-list interviews, fair and impartial reviews, smaller interesting movies nestled alongside the more mainstream fare, and above all else a passion for cinema radiating out of every page. > > In the cover feature, we’re talking to Ridley Scott, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and more about returning to the Colosseum for Gladiator II. From epic set pieces, to Scott’s unique approach to shooting, to Maximus’ legacy, it’s the perfect primer to this autumn’s most anticipated sequel. > > Print subscribers will receive their issue with an exclusive cover shortly (and our subscriptions team will be in touch shortly to discuss next steps). > > So for now, it only leaves us to say a huge thank you to all the staff, writers, designers and photographers who made Total Film print magazine what it was over the past 27 years. And we’d also like to express our endless gratitude to everyone who has read, subscribed to or otherwise supported the magazine. > > While the magazine itself is going away, our archive content and expert movie and TV writing will continue to live on at http://gamesradar.com/totalfilm. >

Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k) UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 60%

Twisters Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray (October 22nd)

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> This summer, the epic studio disaster movie returns with an adrenaline-pumping, seat-gripping, big-screen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature's most wondrous---and destructive---forces. > > From the producers of the Jurassic, Bourne and Indiana Jones series comes Twisters, a current-day chapter of the 1996 blockbuster, Twister. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar® nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters stars Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing, Normal People) and Glen Powell (Anyone But You, Top Gun: Maverick) as opposing forces who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes. > > Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos, In the Heights) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better. > > As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives. > > Twisters features an exciting new cast, including Nope's Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane (American Honey), Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Nik Dodani (Atypical) and Golden Globe winner Maura Tierney (Beautiful Boy). > > From Amblin Entertainment, Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and is produced by Oscar® nominee Frank Marshall (Jurassic and Indiana Jones franchises) and by Patrick Crowley (Jurassic and Bourne franchises). The screenplay is by Mark L. Smith, writer of the Best Picture nominee The Revenant. Twisters will be distributed by Universal Pictures domestically and by Warner Bros. Pictures internationally. > > Special Features and Technical Specs: > > - **DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM** > - **DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK** > - FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR LEE ISAAC CHUNG > - GAG REEL > - DELETED SCENES > - TRACKING THE FRONTS: THE PATH OF TWISTERS -- Trace the trajectory of TWISTERS from its earliest inception to production and get to know the cast as they lead this look into creating their characters, using science to add authenticity, and working through extreme weather wreaking havoc on set. > - INTO THE EYE OF THE STORM -- Discover how TWISTERS blends practical and visual effects to turn nature's most destructive forces into entertaining thrills. > - GLEN POWELL: ALL ACCESS -- Glen Powell provides a private tour of a day in his life on the TWISTERS > - FRONT SEAT TO A CHASE -- Strap in with the cast and professional storm chasers as they brave the elements to track tornados in Oklahoma. > - VOICE OF A VILLAIN* -- Hear the creation of the film's deafening howls with a seat in the studio where the audio team mixes unexpected sounds to give the storms a new dimension of depth. > - TRICKED-OUT TRUCKS -- Buckle up for a wild ride in the film's custom vehicles fitted with unique features ranging from rocket launchers to advanced radar tech. > - Optional English, French Canadian, Latin American Spanish subtitles for the main feature > > [](https://images.blu-ray.com/news/upload/18180.jpg) I'm assuming those extra features will only run for about ten minutes each. Sadly we don't get massive making of documentaries anymore. However, I am pleasantly surprised to see an audio commentary, want expecting that.

movies UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 93%

A first look at Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt in The Electric State. Directed by the Russo Brothers. Coming 2025.

From the official Netflix twitter account: > Here's a first look at Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt in The Electric State. Directed by the Russo Brothers. Coming 2025. > After a robot uprising in the '90s, an orphaned teen searching for her brother travels the American West with a robot, a smuggler, and his sidekick. And some more information from Dark Horizons; > Millie Bobbie Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Giancarlo Espostito, Anthony Mackie, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox, and Jenny Slate star in the coming-of-age sci-fi western tale set in a retro-futuristic alternate 1990s. > Brown plays an orphaned teenager who traverses the American West with her robot friend and Keats (Pratt), an eccentric drifter and veteran of the robot-human war in search of her younger brother. > > The project is based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Simon Stalenhag. Shot in October 2022 and wrapping in February 2023, further reshoots took place in March and April of this year. > > While Vanity Fair published the photos, not mentioned in the piece accompanying it is all the talk of the film’s budget with the movie reportedly costing around $320 million to produce. > > The budget blowout on this film is rumored to be one of the reasons why Netflix reassessed its film division and brought Dan Lin to replace Scott Stuber as head of film with a mandate of being more frugal. The pictures were released in this one block. 

Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k) UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 97%

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice gets an October digital release, reaches physical media in November

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> Now it’s just about time for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to come home, as Deadline reports that Warner Bros. will giving it a PVOD and digital release on October 8th. It will be available for purchase or rental on Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Fandango at Home, and more on that date. The 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD physical media release will follow on November 19th.

movies UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 92%

Music By John Williams | Official Trailer | Disney+

> Meet the man behind the music that changed our lives. > Watch the trailer for Music By John Williams, an all-new documentary, streaming November 1 on @DisneyPlus.

movies UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 97%

Hellboy: The Crooked Man | How the dwindling of home media has affected a cult comic book franchise

filmstories.co.uk

Hellboy: The Crooked Man | How the dwindling of home media has affected a cult comic book franchise =================================================================================================== by [Ryan Lambie](https://filmstories.co.uk/author/ryan) | October 1, 2024 * * * * *  **Hellboy's back in cinemas with The Crooked Man, but its budget is drastically reduced from its 2000s heyday. A shrinking home video market may be the reason.** * * * * * There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile... presumably so he could share top billing in *Hellboy: The Crooked Man*, which snuck into UK cinemas on the 27th September. For fans of the source comics, seeing the antihero back on the big screen after the disappointment of 2019's *Hellboy* reboot -- a film even its director Neil Marshall, publicly disowned -- will be at least some cause for celebration. But what's noteworthy about *Hellboy: The Crooked Man* (directed by *Crank* co-director Brian Taylor) is just how small-scale it looks compared to the visually sumptuous movies director Guillermo del Toro served up in the 2000s. Where 2004's *Hellboy* served up a bold-looking take on the comic books, *The Crooked Man* is a contained story largely set in run-down chapels and shacks in Appalachia. Where 2008's *Hellboy II: The Golden Army* featured dozens of intricately-designed characters and action set-pieces, this year's movie offers up a smaller cast and a title villain who could have come from one of Blumhouse's low-budget horrors. Although it's far from a bad film -- it's certainly less muddled than its 2019 predecessor -- its relatively low budget of $20m is often plain to see, from its muddy lighting to uneven digital effects. All of which might beg the question: what happened in the preceding 20 years? How did the movies go from budgets of $60-80m in the 2000s to less than a third of that in 2024? The likely answer doesn't necessarily come down to the popularity of Hellboy himself, but rather a changing filmmaking ecosystem. It's worth pointing out that neither *Hellboy* nor its immediate sequel were huge hits. The 2004 original made roughly $100m worldwide on its $60m-ish budget; its sequel did better with worldwide take of about $168m, but then that film's budget also swelled to around $85m. Back in the 2000s, however, profits in cinema only formed a part of a movie's lifecycle, and 2004's *Hellboy* was a big success on DVD. A two-disc special edition, released that July, reportedly sold about 500,000 copies; a three-disc director's cut was also released in the autumn of that year, and likely sold well in the run-up to Christmas. It was that popularity on its home release that convinced Revolution Studios to go ahead with *Hellboy II: The Golden Army,* which followed a similar pattern: it more-or-less made a profit theatrically, but it was on disc that it made the most money. In fact, *The Golden Army,* despite its expanded budget, would have gotten a sequel itself were it not for outside forces acting against it. Guillermo del Toro expressed his interest in making *Hellboy 3,* a film that would have completed the trilogy with title star Ron Perlman, but he spent several years working on an adaptation of *The Hobbit* that, ultimately, would never happen. By 2014, del Toro revealed that he'd tried to pitch *Hellboy 3* to studios, but they'd all turned it down. The reason, he said in a [Reddit AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2agklw/i_am_guillermo_del_toro_director_writer_producer/ciuxkc0), was due to the collapse of the home video market in the years since *The Golden Army* came out. "We have gone through basically every studio and asked for financing, and they are not interested," the filmmaker wrote that July. "I think that the first movie made its budget back, and a little bit of profit, but then it was very very big on video and DVD. The story repeated itself with the second already, it made its money back at the box office, but a small margin of profit in the release of the theatrical print, but was very very big on DVD and video. Sadly now from a business point of view all the studios know is that you don't have that safety net of the DVD and video, so they view the project as dangerous." Del Toro estimated elsewhere that his concept for a third *Hellboy* would require a budget of $120m -- a sum studios were increasingly reluctant to stomach. When a new *Hellboy* finally emerged in 2019, directed by Neil Marshall and with David Harbour replacing Ron Perlman as its demonic antihero, it was made with a budget of $50m. Given how much inflation had risen since 2004, that sum was even tighter than it might initially sound. Although intended as a reboot, the 2019 *Hellboy* wasn't quite the fresh start its studio might have hoped, with a [troubled production](https://filmstories.co.uk/features/the-troubled-production-of-2019s-hellboy/) and an ultimate box office take of about $55m. That the movie made about $12m on its home release in the US likely helped push its profits nearer to the black than the red, but it's still far below the franchise's high point in the 2000s. All of which explain why, when Millennium Media decided to reboot *Hellboy* again with *The Crooked Man,* the budget was slashed again, this time to a reported $20m. Now featuring Jack Kesy as the gun-wielding, crimson lead, its R-rated action and backwoods horror tone will no doubt be familiar to readers of the source comics, but the downside is that it's far less cinematic in its presentation than what emerged from del Toro's baroque imagination some 20 years ago. In the 2020s, movies still have other ways of making profits beyond their initial cinema releases, from premium video-on-demand to fancy 4K Blu-rays. The market for physical media has shrunk dramatically since 2005, however; an industry at its peak worth some $16bn in the US alone is now worth more like $2bn. It was once the case that you could see movies in most major retailers, and buy a DVD or Blu-ray on impulse. By now, many outlets -- including Best Buy in the US -- have stopped selling them entirely. The market for physical media's still there, but its huge reduction has seen studios grow increasingly wary of where they invest their money -- and how much they spend. Just ask *Hellboy.*

UK Politics UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 100%

All of the mental things Liz Truss said at Tory Conference

> She's back! And she's learned NOTHING. Why is anyone listening to this woman? I couldn't watch the whole video, she's mad!

movies UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 92%

John Ashton, Beverly Hills Cop actor, dies aged 76

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> Veteran character actor’s career spanned over 50 years in TV and films, including Little Big League and Midnight Run

Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k) UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 100%

Critters: A Four Course Feast! Limited Edition Blu-ray

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GUESS WHAT'S ON THE MENU? YOU ARE! The Krites have landed! Carnivorous creatures from outer space! Vicious vermin with very sharp teeth! The beloved sci-fi/comedy-horror franchise makes its UK Blu-ray debut in this special edition box set from Arrow Video. A smart homage to 1950's B-movies, Critters sees a group of small but toothy extra terrestrials escape from an alien prison and land in small-town America with two shape-shifting bounty hunters in hot pursuit. Directed by Stephen Herek (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) and starring genre stalwarts Dee Wallace (The Howling) and M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple), the film was a smash-hit on home video, launching a franchise for the ravenous furry fiends. Two years later, Critters 2: The Main Course sees the Krites come back for seconds as leftover eggs hatch and attack the rural town of Grover's Bend. Directed by Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers) with a script co-written by David Twohy (Pitch Black), Critters 2 is one big ball of toothy delight. Celebrated horror author and screenwriter David J. Schow (The Crow) comes aboard for Critters 3, bringing the Krites to the big city. Marking the feature film debut of none other than Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained), it was shot simultaneously with the darker, less comedic Critters 4, in which the ferocious furballs battle series stalwart Charlie (Don Opper, Android) in outer space, featuring a cast that includes Angela Bassett (Strange Days) and Brad Dourif (Child's Play). A four course feast of fun, fur, fear and fangs, served with a platter of new and archive extras to whet your appetite! Go on, get stuck in! 4-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS - High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all four films - Original lossless stereo 2.0 and 5.1 audio options - Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing - 60-page hardbound collectors book featuring new writing on the films by screenwriter Shane Bitterling and film critics Meagan Navarro and Heather Wixson plus select archival material - Double-sided fold out posters for all four films - Limited edition packaging with newly commissioned artwork by Pye Parr - Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Pye Parr DISC 1 - CRITTERS - Brand new audio commentary by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain with screenwriter Shane Bitterling - Archive audio commentary with producer Barry Opper and star Don Opper - Archive audio commentary with Critter designers Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo and Stephen Chiodo - They Bite!: The Making of Critters documentary - For Brian: A Tribute to Screenwriter Brian Domonic Muir featurette - Behind-the-Scenes Footage - Alternate Ending - Theatrical Trailer - TV Spots - Image Gallery DISC 2 - CRITTERS 2: THE MAIN COURSE - Brand new audio commentary by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain - Archive audio commentary with director Mick Garris - Archive audio commentary with Critters designers Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo and Stephen Chiodo - The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 archive documentary - Behind the Scenes Footage - Additional TV Scenes - Theatrical Trailer - TV Spot - Image Gallery DISC 3 - CRITTERS 3 - Brand new audio commentary by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain - Archive audio commentary with producer Barry Opper and star Don Opper - You Are What They Eat: The Making of Critters 3, archive featurette - Trailer - Promo - Image Gallery DISC 4 - CRITTERS 4 - Brand new audio commentary by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain - Archive audio commentary with producer director Rupert Harvey - Space Madness: The Making of Critters 4 archive featurette - Trailer - Image Gallery

Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k) UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 95%

Demolition Man Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD

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>THE FUTURE ISN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF THEM! Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes go head-to-head in this classic sci-fi/action blockbuster from Joel Silver, the producer of Die Hard and The Matrix. In 2032, arch criminal Simon Phoenix (Snipes) awakens from a 35-year deep freeze in CryoPrison to find a world where crime is almost non-existent – a serene utopia ripe for the taking. With the police no longer equipped to deal with his 90s-style brutality, they revive ‘Demolition Man’ Sgt. John Spartan (Stallone), the no-holds-barred police officer unjustly sentenced to CryoPrison who originally took Phoenix down. Old-school cop against old-school criminal, settling their scores on the streets of San Angeles? The future won’t know what’s hit it. With a script co-written by Daniel Waters (Heathers, Batman Returns) and a supporting cast that includes Denis Leary, Benjamin Bratt, and Sandra Bullock in her breakout role, Demolition Man is an awesome mix of action and humor! > **4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS** - Brand new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Marco Brambilla - Includes both the domestic "Taco Bell" and international "Pizza Hut" versions of the film presented via seamless branching - 4K Ultra HD (2160p) presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) - Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 and Dolby Atmos audio options - Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing - Brand new audio commentary by director Marco Brambilla and screenwriter Daniel Waters - Brand new audio commentary by film historian Mike White of the Projection Booth podcast - Archive audio commentary by Marco Brambilla and producer Joel Silver - Demolition Design, a new interview with production designer David L. Snyder - Cryo Action, a new interview with stunt coordinator Charles Percini - Biggs' Body Shoppe, a new interview with special make-up effects artist Chris Biggs - Tacos and Hockey Pucks, a new interview with body effects set coordinator Jeff Farley - Somewhere Over the Rambo, a new visual essay by film scholar Josh Nelson - Theatrical trailer - Image gallery - 60-page perfect bound collector's book featuring new writing by film critics Clem Bastow, William Bibbiani, Priscilla Page and Martyn Pedler - Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley - Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley - 6 postcard sized artcards - 'Three Seashells' and 'Edgar Friendly graffiti' stickers - Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley

Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k) UKFilmNerd • 3w ago • 100%

Alien: Romulus gets an October digital release, reaches physical media in December

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> *Alien: Romulus* will be available to watch in the comfort of your own home, on the likes of Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home, as of **October 15**th. Some retailers will be offering a 2-Movie Collection digital bundle that pairs the film with the original *Alien*. The 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD physical media release will follow on **December 3**rd. An image of the 4K steelbook can be seen at the bottom of this article. > *Alien: Romulus* will be available to watch in the comfort of your own home, on the likes of Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home, as of **October 15**th. Some retailers will be offering a 2-Movie Collection digital bundle that pairs the film with the original *Alien*. The 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD physical media release will follow on **December 3**rd. An image of the 4K steelbook can be seen at the bottom of this article. > The film's home video release will include the following bonus features (which may vary by product and retailer): Return to Horror: Crafting *Alien: Romulus* featurette, which has five chapters: > - The Director's Vision -- Discover how one of today's greatest horror directors, Fede Alvarez, collaborated with master filmmaker Ridley Scott to craft a new, heart-pounding chapter in the *Alien* franchise. > - Creating the Story -- Learn what inspired the story of *Alien: Romulus* and see the many easter eggs from previous *Alien* installments that you may have missed. > - Casting the Faces -- Meet the stars of *Alien: Romulus* as they take us inside the hearts and minds of their characters. Explore the parallels between Rain and the iconic franchise heroine, Ripley, and learn how filmmakers brought back a face from the past. > - Constructing the World -- Explore the massive, practical sets of *Alien: Romulus* that hearken back to the futuristic style established in the '80s and get up close and personal with a hoard of practically built facehuggers, chestbursters, and xenomorphs. > - Inside the Xenomorph Showdown -- Experience the film's climactic zero-gravity sequence from every angle as filmmakers break down what it took to make the moment spectacular. From sets and performances, to wirework, stunts, and VFX, see how it all came together. > - Alien: A Conversation -- A special conversation with Ridley Scott and Fede Alvarez for the Alien 45th Anniversary theatrical re-release. > - Alternate / Extended Scenes -- Check out scenes that didn't make the final cut. 

movies UKFilmNerd • 4w ago • 20%

Gibson Uncertain If "Passion" Or "Lethal" Next - Dark Horizons

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> Filmmaker Mel Gibson has a couple of key sequels on his slate to direct in the coming years – namely a follow-up to “The Passion of the Christ” and a fifth “Lethal Weapon” entry. > > Both projects have been floated as possibilities for many years now, but they have also taken on a new urgency recently and are seemingly much closer to fruition than ever before. > > Gibson is also an industry veteran and is well aware of how film productions are all about various elements aligning just right – a big reason why so many filmmakers have multiple projects in development as you never know which one may suddenly be ready to move forward. > > Speaking with ComicBook.com, Gibson was asked what film he would direct first to which he said it’s not completely clear which of the films might go sooner: > > “I don’t know, and that’s the funny thing, I mean, there’s various obstacles to getting any film up on its feet, and not just budgetary, but there’s like, there’s 1,000,001 reason why something goes and why it doesn’t. So it’s really kind of a crapshoot at this point. You know, what goes first and which came first, whether it’s the chicken or the egg.” > > The comments follow on from Gibson revealing earlier this year that he was still planning on directing “Lethal Weapon 5,” stepping in for the late Richard Donner who passed away in 2021. > > Donner had done a bunch of work on a screenplay for a fifth film with Gibson getting further work done on it and, as of earlier this year, he was “pretty happy” with how it turned out. > > The comments also follow reports a week ago that Gibson has been in Malta with a production team scouting potential filming locations for the “Passion” sequel and production could begin as soon as early next year. Personal opinion, neither? 🤷‍♂️😄

movies UKFilmNerd • 4w ago • 96%

New RoboCop TV series has James Wan as executive producer

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> New RoboCop TV series has James Wan as executive producer > ========================================================= > > James Wan is on board to executive produce a new TV series inspired by the classic 1987 film RoboCop for Amazon MGM > > Back in 2022, Amazon closed an $8.5 billion acquisition of the film studio MGM, giving them ownership of the studio's thousands of films and TV shows. Last year, [we heard](https://www.joblo.com/poltergeist-robocop-amazon-mgm/) that the six MGM properties Amazon was most interested in doing something with were *Poltergeist,* *Stargate, The Thomas Crown Affair, Legally Blonde, Rocky, *and *RoboCop*... and we've recently heard updates on some of those projects, with a [*Poltergeist* TV series](https://www.joblo.com/poltergeist-showrunners/) finding its showrunners and Michael B. Jordan signing on to both direct and star in a new version of *[The Thomas Crown Affair](https://www.joblo.com/thomas-crown-affair-michael-b-jordan/)*. Now [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2024/09/robocop-tv-series-peter-ocko-james-wan-1236099305/) has broken the news that a new *RoboCop* TV series is moving forward and has James Wan, the director of such films as *Saw, The Conjuring,* and *Aquaman*, on board as executive producer. > > Peter Ocko (*Lodge 49*) has been hired to write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner on the potential series. Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett are executive producing through their company Atomic Monster, while Danielle Bozzone is overseeing the project for Atomic Monster. The series is being produced by Amazon MGM Studios. > > Directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner, the 1987 film *RoboCop* has the following synopsis: In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters. The movie was followed by sequels *RoboCop 2* (1990) and *RoboCop 3* (1993), an animated series that ran for one season in 1988, a live-action TV series that ran for one season in 1994, a 2001 mini-series called *RoboCop: Prime Directives*, and a 2014 remake, as well as video games, comic books, toys, clothing, and other merchandise. > > The new TV series has the following official logline: A giant tech conglomerate collaborates with the local police department to introduce a technologically advanced enforcer to combat rising crime --- a police officer who's part man, part machine. Now the last time they did this, it was back in 2000 with a series called _RoboCop: Prime Directives_. It comprised of four 90 minute films. I followed the official website for all the news, it sounded great. It was going to ignore the sequels and follow on from the original. I was quite excited as _RoboCop_ is a scifi classic. When I finally managed to see it here in the UK, I was so disappointed I didn't even finish the first episode. So I'm not holding out any hope here. I didn't think much of the 2014 remake either.