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Day of the Triffids Movie Update: Mike Newell to Direct

By Admin on January 24, 2014 8:56 PM

Image635261900509773616It has been announced that Mike Newell has been selected to direct “The Day of the Triffids”. The movie is an adaptation of the classic sci-fi book by John Wyndham.

The Day of the Triffids is a 1951 post-apocalyptic novel about a plague of blindness which befalls the entire world, allowing the rise of an aggressive species of plant. It was written by the English science fiction author John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, under the pen name John Wyndham. Script is by Neil Cross for Ghost House Pictures

The film’s being produced by Ghost House, Mark Gordon, Don Murphy, and Michael Preger, and Murphy’s Angry Films partner Susan Montford will be executive producer.


The story has been made into the 1962 feature film of the same name, three radio drama series in 1957, 1968 and 2008, and two TV series in 1981 and 2009. In 2003 the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read.

 

 

 

 

Poltergeist Remake Set for 13 February 2015 Release

By Admin on January 15, 2014 3:09 PM

MGM Pictures has announced the release date for the Poltergeist remake. It's set for 13 February 2015 release

The new version of Poltergeist, directed by Gil Kenan, and will center on "a family struggling to make ends meet [that] relocates to an outdated suburban home." Like the original, the youngest daughter is kidnapped by the spirits possessing the house. In July 2013, Rosemarie DeWitt was cast as the matriarch, and that September, Jared Harris was cast as Carrigan, the host of a paranormal-themed TV show.

MGM has announced the remake on 20 July 2013

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 20, 2013) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), a division of MGM Holdings Inc., has partnered with Fox 2000 Pictures, a division of Twentieth Century Fox, to co-finance and distribute the film "Poltergeist," it was announced today by MGM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gary Barber and Twentieth Century Fox Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jim Gianopulos. Gil Kenan ("Monster House") is set to direct from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, David Lindsay-Abaire (whose recent credits include "Oz: The Great and Powerful"). The film is being produced by Sam Raimi ("Evil Dead") and Rob Tapert ("The Posession") via Ghost House Pictures, along with Roy Lee ("The Strangers"). Nathan Kahane ("The Grudge") will serve as executive producer.

"Poltergeist" will be marketed and distributed worldwide by Twentieth Century Fox, with select international territories as well as international television distribution being handled by MGM. Fox will also handle home entertainment and domestic television. MGM and Twentieth Century Fox continue their longtime partnership as Fox also distributes MGM's home entertainment product.

 

 

 

 

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