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Zach Galligan, who played Billy Peltzer in the two Gremlins films revealed,

They’ve come up with a script. Warner Bros. is incredibly interested in doing it. Apparently, it’s waiting on Mr. Spielberg to read it and improve it, but, you can thank the success of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

This is interesting because director Joe Dante purposefully made Gremlins 2 really wacky so they they couldn't make a third film.

It includes A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. A 4K of the Friday the 13th crossover film Freddy vs. Jason didn’t make it into this set, and neither did the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

No special features have been announced yet.

Apparently, this was announced at ComicCon. Here's the text from his Instagram post:

Bless me Father - for I have cinema! I announced it at my Hall H panel last night so I can say it here today: the good folks at @lionsgatehome will be releasing @dogmaresurrected! Later this year, they’ll be bringing our beautiful 4K transfer to what we used to call “Home Video” back in the day - which today means streaming and whatnot. But one of the things I love about working with @lionsgate (and if you’re old like me, you might recall they released #dogma theatrically back in 1999) is their commitment to PHYSICAL MEDIA! So like they did with @clerksmovie and #the430movie, the #lionsgate kids are already building an amazing STEEL BOOK for Dogma as well! The abundance of extras we’re including will make it a heavenly addition to your collection, thanks to a helluva company that still believes there’s a little life left in the @jayandsilentbob biz! Thanks, LG! #KevinSmith #comiccon #steelbook

Nine years have gone by since the last theatrically released Star Trek movie made its way out into the world – but that’s not for lack of trying on the part of Paramount Pictures and various writers, directors, and producers. Back in 2018, S. J. Clarkson was hired to direct a fourth film in the rebooted film franchise (following Star Trek 2009, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond) that would have seen Chris Pine’s Captain James T. Kirk teaming up with his time-displaced father George, played by Chris Hemsworth… But that fell apart when contract negotiations with the actors fell apart. In 2019, Noah Hawley was hired to write and direct a Star Trek movie, but executives put that on hold. Quentin Tarantino pitched an idea for an R-rated Star Trek movie and Mark L. Smith wrote the screenplay based on Tarantino’s story, but that got shelved when Tarantino confirmed in 2020 that he wouldn’t be directing it. (Although it’s not clear why he couldn’t hand that off to a different director, like he has passed the Cliff Booth movie over to David Fincher.) In 2021, WandaVision director Matt Shakman was hired to direct Star Trek 4, aiming for a December 22, 2023 release date. During a new interview with Variety, Shakman confirmed that his Star Trek 4 got very close to filming in 2022.

Chris Pine (Captain Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Simon Pegg (Montgomery Scott), Karl Urban (“Bones” McCoy), Zoe Saldaña (Nyota Uhura), and John Cho (Hikaru Sulu) were all expected to be back for Shakman’s film. Josh Friedman and Cameron Squires were writing the screenplay, based off a draft by Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, but plot details were never revealed.

Shakman told Variety that in the spring of 2022, “we had stages, we had crew, we were moving ahead.” Production was supposed to begin by the end of the year – but since Shakman had enjoyed working on WandaVision so much, he started taking meetings with Marvel Studios to discuss the project that would come to be known as The Fantastic Four: First Steps, since it had just lost director Jon Watts (who stepped away because he was burned out on making superhero movies after directing three Spider-Man movies in a row). The producers were convinced that Shakman would be the right director for the job. Meanwhile, Star Trek 4 started to crumble out from under him. By the summer of 2022, executive decisions had caused the Star Trek film to “change dramatically.” It lost its stages, the crew was let go, and “it didn’t have a start date anymore.” So Shakman jumped ship – or, as Variety put it, he “swapped one cosmic story about hope and optimism for another.”

Shakman wouldn’t tell Variety what the story of his Star Trek 4 would have been, as he seems to believe it could still make it to the screen someday. He said, “The core idea, I think, remains the same. I really hope they get a chance to make that movie.” Producer J.J. Abrams has previously said, “It’s the first time [since the original reboot] that we have a story that feels as compelling as the first one.“

Director Guillermo del Toro’s noir thriller / Best Picture nominee Nightmare Alley (watch it HERE) was released into the world in December of 2021, and a black and white version of the film, called Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light, was released soon after. Both the color and b&w versions of the film had a running time of 150 minutes – but seven months ago, del Toro revealed that he was working on an extended cut of the black and white version. Now we know when we’re going to have the chance to see it, as Criterion has announced that they’ll be bringing the new black and white extended director’s cut of Nightmare Alley to 4K on October 28th! It’s available for pre-order at THIS LINK.

Del Toro had this to say about the black and white version of Nightmare Alley when it was first released: “Although we shot Nightmare Alley in color, we lit it as if it were black and white. You can see exactly the same level of design, and we wanted to give viewers this special vantage as a take of the classic noir genre that the film is part of.” Cinematographer Dan Laustsen added: “When we designed and shot, we were always thinking color and black and white. The classic lighting I have used is an homage to all the incredible masters of cinematography who have inspired me.“

Based on a novel by William Lindsay Gresham (which was previously turned into a movie in 1947), Nightmare Alley is set in “a world of carnival hustlers and con men, telling the story of a mentalist who teams with a psychologist in order to swindle the rich.” Here’s the official synopsis: When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena and her has-been mentalist husband Pete at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist who might be his most formidable opponent yet.

The film stars Bradley Cooper as Stanton Carlisle, Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Toni Collette as Zeena, David Strathairn as Pete, Rooney Mara as Molly, and Richard Jenkins as the “dangerous tycoon”. Also in the cast are Willem Dafoe, Mary Steenburgen, Ron Perlman, Holt McCallany, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Beaver, and David Hewlett.

Copies of Gresham’s novel Nightmare Alley can be purchased at THIS LINK. Del Toro wrote the adaptation with Kim Morgan. Our own JimmyO gave del Toro’s film a 9/10 review you can read HERE.

Criterion brings the black and white extended Nightmare Alley to 4K and Blu-ray with the following special features: – 4K digital master of Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light, a new black-and-white extended director’s cut, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack – 4K digital master of the theatrical version of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack – Two 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the films and special features – New audio commentary on the extended director’s cut featuring del Toro – New documentary on the film’s performances, visual language, costume and production design, and score – New conversation between del Toro and actor and producer Bradley Cooper – New conversation between del Toro and coscreenwriter Kim Morgan – Trailers – English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio – PLUS: An essay by crime-fiction and true-crime expert Sarah Weinman – New cover by Thomas Ott

On this day, 20 years ago, The Descent had its world premiere at the Vue Leicester Square courtesy of the amazing @frightfestuk . Hard to believe it’s been so long!! Little did we know at the time, it was the beginning of three days I will never forget, an emotional rollercoaster from the highest highs to the lowest lows. The last thing I want is to sound in a way flippant about fictional horror and real horror colliding, but that’s what happened and this was my personal experience of it.

The morning after our premier and party, when some of us were still winding our way home after a long and celebratory night, was the morning of the 7/7 terror attack on London. The same morning that the bus bearing the poster for our film exploded on the busy London street. And the day after these catastrophic events was the Friday the Descent opened in cinemas across the UK. Even now it’s difficult to fully recall what we were all thinking and feeling on those days. Particularly @shaunamacdonaldofficial whose face adorned the side of the bus, and @jamiegrahammovies whose quote “Outright Terror” was one of the only parts of the poster that remained intact. I felt awful for them. ……And yet, time passed, and while the memories remain, the bus is long gone and the film has endured. It found its feet and its audience.

An audience that seems to have grown and grown over the years, until here we are, still talking about it 20 years on. This year will not only mark the release of a 4k restoration - a premiere of which will once again be hosted by @frightfestuk - but also a coffee-table book about the making of the film, written by @janinepipe28 and published by Telos. There’s also a novelization coming out from Titan adapted by @christianjaimefrancis . So, it seems there’s life in the old dog yet! I just want to say a huge thank you to all the fans who have loved and supported and recommended this movie over the years. None of this would be possible without you. So here’s to the next 20 and long life British independent film!

After a massive solar flare destroys the Earth's eastern hemisphere, an emboldened treasure hunter for hire adventures to Europe to uncover the coveted Mona Lisa, only to learn the world needs a hero more than it needs a painting.