The proposed remake for “The Bride of Frankenstein” is moving forward according to the Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Business blog. Universal and Imagine are in talks with Neil Burger to write and direct the upcoming remake. Burger would write the script with Dirk Wittenborn. Burger has previously directed and written the Ed Norton “The Illusionist.” The […]
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Night At The Musem: Battle of the Smithsonian — A FilmCritic Review
Director: Shawn Levy Producers: Shawn Levy, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan Screenwriters: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon Actors: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Bill Hader and Christopher Guest MPAA Rating: PG Film Critic Rating = 2 out of 5 Stars “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is […]
Forrest J. Ackerman Remembered
Another great in the world of sci-fi and horror has passed away, the wonderful and genial gentleman encyclopedia of genre entertainment Forrest J Ackerman. Forrest died this week (Thursday) at the ripe old age of 92 of heart failure. Forrest, who was a guest on our show, (Slice of SciFi #78), was one of the […]
Hazel Court Remembered
Hazel Court, an English actress who co-starred with horror legends Boris Karloff and Vincent Price for fright-fest films of the 1950’s and 60’s has died of a heart attack at the age of 82. Court had a very successful career acting in the U.K. and U.S. in film and television, however she is best known […]
Ben Chapman Remembered
Source: The Honolulu Advertiser Ben Chapman, a Honolulu resident best known for playing the title character in the 1954 horror film “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” died yesterday at Tripler Medical Center. He was 79. Chapman was a retired real estate executive. But his role as the Gill Man — the quintessential 1950s monster in […]
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Kevin McKidd, who starred in HBO’s hit series “Rome” and will be featured in the new NBC SF time-travelling show “Journeyman” due to premiere next month, is being rumored to star in a film dealing with “Thor.” This according to IESB.net. Be sure to listen to our next Slice of SciFi show #122 on Saturday, […]
Classic RKO Remakes In the Works
Twisted Pictures, a division of Evolution Entertainment, has plans to resurrect some of the great RKO classic genre films from the 1940’s. At the top of the list will be a re-do of the 1945 Robert Wise thriller “The Body Snatcher,” which originally starred the great Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff and was based on […]