According to final studio totals, Hugh Jackman and his robo-slugger narrowly sidestepped a defeat from the toe-tapping newcomerFootloose, which was good enough for another top place finish. Meanwhile, continuing a lackluster trend for its genre, even the notable horror name of The Thing was not enough to crack $10 million. Plus, “that bird watching movie” The Big Year let out little more than a peep as it tanked in ninth place.
With just about six months until The Avengers hits the big screen, Marvel Studios still has its eye on the future. President Kevin Feige has announced that 2013 will begin a second series of films that will lead to The Avengers 2.
Unlike its titular character, The Crow continues to have trouble finding new life in the form of a film reboot. Twitch is reporting that director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) has also left the project.
Footloose took America by storm in 1984, giving rise to Kevin Bacon and providing a popular soundtrack that topped the charts for 10 weeks and spawned two number one hits, so a new version of the film was inevitable. Here at Player Affinity, we decided that we’d cut loose and compare the elements of both films for old time’s sake.
Warner Bros. has chosen director Matt Reeves to helm the planned update of The Twilight Zone. Even with only a few theatrical credits to his name, including Cloverfield and last year’s Let Me In, Reeves was chosen from a wish-list of directors that included Christopher Nolan and Alfonso Cuaron. Though the script is reportedly unfinished, plans for filming have been made for summer of next year.
Appian Way Productions, perhaps best known for its founder Leonardo DiCaprio, will be developing the reboot of the beloved 60’s sci-fi anthology series. A film version was made in 1983 which followed the series anthology format by bringing in multiple directors, including John Landis and Steven Spielberg, a partnership that led to an infamous following out between the two following an on-set accident.
Welcome to Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s Movie Box Office Prediction Contest. Just read through this post and tell us your top five box office predicted finishers for this weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
The setting of your fright fest, whether it be a decrepit house or the cold Arctic — like this weekend’s The Thing — needs to set the proper atmosphere if your viewers are to be scared out of their seats and minds. It’s in this spirit that we wax poetic on three of our favorite and most classic settings in horror films.
