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Sci-fi classics ready for remakes
Tribune NewspapersHollywood has already dipped into its sci-fi vault for 21st Century remakes of "The War of the Worlds," "The Planet of the Apes" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still," so what's next on the revival list? Plenty. Here's a list of projects at various stages...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Monsters, Movies, Superman, Mel Gibson
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Jamie Foxx Arrested by 'Citizen'
Zap2It.comJamie Foxx is taking the law into his own hands for his next project. The Oscar winner is in final negotiations to star opposite Gerard Butler in the thriller "Law Abiding Citizen," according to The Hollywood Reporter. In the movie, a man (Foxx) is...Tags: The Soloist (movie), Movies, Jamie Foxx, Film Festivals, Gerard Butler
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TV ON DVD: Hiro and an antihero
HEROES: Season 2 Series Superpowers saga sent Hiro back to samurai era and amnesiac Peter to Ireland, while introducing new "heroes" in New Orleans, Central America and that evil Company ( Kristen Bell). Strike-shortened season earned mixed reviews....Tags: Stephen Fry, Consumer Electronics Industry, Emma Thompson, Heroes (tv program), NBC
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The brains behind 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
Rumors of a fourth go-round with Indiana Jones were in the air even when "K-19: The Widowmaker," the Russian sub movie starring Harrison Ford, was released in 2002. Ford told interviewers then that not only was the new Indy sequel going to happen, but...Tags: Harrison Ford, Movies, Indiana Jones, George Lucas, Cate Blanchett
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'Crystal Skull' poster artist Drew Struzan's brush with blockbusters
Special to The TimesAt its best, the art of movie poster illustration conveys a tangible sense of adventure. There are few sharper contemporary examples than the imagery crafted by veteran artist Drew Struzan for "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" back in the summer of...Tags: Sean Connery, Movies, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Cinema Industry
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'The Mist' 2-Disc Collector's Edition
Zap2It.comNot to quibble, but given that Frank Darabont's "The Mist" was a box office disappointment and generated mixed reviews, was there a great clamoring for a two-disc "Collector's Edition" DVD? Are there aficionados out there going "You know, my collection is...Tags: Ethan Coen, Marcia Gay Harden, Stephen King, Movies
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Missed opportunities in Stephen King's The Mist
VarietySix years after the lavish critical and commercial failure of The Majestic, writer-director Frank Darabont has returned with a vengeance to the horror genre with The Mist. Darabont's writing credited include such '80s titles as The Fly II and The Blob,...Tags: Steven Spielberg, Marcia Gay Harden, Stephen King, Minority Groups, Movies
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'Mist' From King Story Creeps In and Creeps Us Out
Zap2It.comGood and creepy, "The Mist" comes from a Stephen King novella and is more the shape, size and quality of the recent "1408," likewise taken from a King story, than anything in the persistently fashionable charnel house inhabited by the "Saw" and "Hostel"...Tags: Truman Capote, Marcia Gay Harden, Stephen King, Movies, Maine
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'The Mist'
jan.stuart@newsday.comStephen King is all things to all filmmakers. To Frank Darabont, he's a left-of-Noam-Chomsky nihilist who thinks the military and the religious right are to blame for anything and everything that ails us. That, at least, is the King that emerges from...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Medical Research, Marcia Gay Harden, Minority Groups, Movies
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Review: 'The Mist' gutsy, bold
amNewYork Movie CriticThe last film that Frank Darabont adapted from a Stephen King story was "The Green Mile" and before that "The Shawshank Redeption," both tales of hope in situations of despair. In "The Mist," based on King's novella, Darabont has a new tack on hope, and...Tags: Marcia Gay Harden, Stephen King, Minority Groups, Movies, Maine
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'300' Director Inks 'Illustrated Man'
Zap2It.comFrom zombies and Spartans to superheroes and ... aliens? In demand "300" helmer Zack Snyder has been attached to direct the adaptation based on the science fiction-themed stories in Ray Bradbury's "The Illustrated Man," report the trades. Snyder and his...Tags: Ray Bradbury, Fiction, Billy Crudup
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'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull': A primer
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNow that the veil of secrecy surrounding "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" has been breached – with hard drives and thousands of on-set photos missing and Lucasfilm lawyers swiftly squelching leaks – it's time to map the 13-year odyssey...Tags: Kevin Costner, Paramount, Sandra Bullock, Sean Connery, Movies
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