Four-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz will perform for Sunday’s emotional “In Memoriam” segment on the Oscars 2023 ceremony. While only 40-50 people are generally remembered for the television ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC, over 200 people will be recognized on the Academy’s webpage starting that evening.
SEEWho is Performing at the Oscars 2023?: Full List of Presenters and Performers
Here is a lengthy list of many contributors to film who died since last year’s Academy Awards ceremony:
Mary Alice (actor)
Gil Alkabetz (animator)
Kirstie Alley (actor)
Burt Bacharach (composer)
Angelo Badalamenti (composer)
Simone Bär (casting director)
Joanna Barnes (actor)
Carl A. Bell (animator)
Jeff Berlin (sound)
David Birney (actor)
Bruce Bisenz (sound)
Robert Blake (actor)
Eliot Bliss (sound)
Nick Bosustow (shorts)
Albert Brenner (production designer)
Tom Bronson (costume designer)
James Caan (actor)
Michael Callan (actor)
Donn Cambern (editor)
Irene Cara (songwriter)
Gary W. Carlson (sound)
Marvin Chomsky...
SEEWho is Performing at the Oscars 2023?: Full List of Presenters and Performers
Here is a lengthy list of many contributors to film who died since last year’s Academy Awards ceremony:
Mary Alice (actor)
Gil Alkabetz (animator)
Kirstie Alley (actor)
Burt Bacharach (composer)
Angelo Badalamenti (composer)
Simone Bär (casting director)
Joanna Barnes (actor)
Carl A. Bell (animator)
Jeff Berlin (sound)
David Birney (actor)
Bruce Bisenz (sound)
Robert Blake (actor)
Eliot Bliss (sound)
Nick Bosustow (shorts)
Albert Brenner (production designer)
Tom Bronson (costume designer)
James Caan (actor)
Michael Callan (actor)
Donn Cambern (editor)
Irene Cara (songwriter)
Gary W. Carlson (sound)
Marvin Chomsky...
- 3/10/2023
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Paul Mason, the screenwriter, producer and studio executive who penned episodes of Ben Casey, Ironside and CHiPs, created The Bold Ones: The New Doctors with Steven Bochco and served as president of Viacom Pictures, has died. He was 92.
Mason died Dec. 26 at his home in West Hills, his son Barry Jacobs announced.
At the start of his six-decade career, Mason co-wrote Angel Baby (1961), a drama that starred George Hamilton, Mercedes McCambridge, Joan Blondell and, in his film debut, Burt Reynolds.
Also for the big screen, Mason’s produced Nickel & Dime (1992) and executive produced The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (1988), Seven Hours to Judgment (1988), I, Madman (1989), Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991), The Amityville Horror (2005), Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009), A Common Man (2013), The House at the End of the Drive (2014) and Amityville: The Awakening (2017).
He, Bochco and Richard Landau created NBC’s The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, which ran from 1969-73 and starred E.G. Marshall,...
Mason died Dec. 26 at his home in West Hills, his son Barry Jacobs announced.
At the start of his six-decade career, Mason co-wrote Angel Baby (1961), a drama that starred George Hamilton, Mercedes McCambridge, Joan Blondell and, in his film debut, Burt Reynolds.
Also for the big screen, Mason’s produced Nickel & Dime (1992) and executive produced The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (1988), Seven Hours to Judgment (1988), I, Madman (1989), Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991), The Amityville Horror (2005), Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009), A Common Man (2013), The House at the End of the Drive (2014) and Amityville: The Awakening (2017).
He, Bochco and Richard Landau created NBC’s The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, which ran from 1969-73 and starred E.G. Marshall,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Neema Barnette was recently honored at the 6th Annual Lady Filmmakers Festival, and rightfully so. She made history as the first African American Woman to direct a major network TV sitcom, and the first African American woman to get a major studio deal. She has won countless awards (including an Emmy, the NAACP Image Award, the Women in Radio & TV Award, the Lilly Award, and the Peabody Award to name a few) and is a shining example of what is possible for women in film.
Neema shares her thoughts on the Lady Filmmakers Festival, her inspiration and the beginnings of her career, and her own advice to women who are just embarking on their own journeys in film:
What was your impression of the Lady Filmmakers Festival?
I’ve been in many festivals with my film “Civil Brand”, which was at Sundance and won five other festivals, including the American Black Film Festival and the Urbanworld Film Festival. This festival was interesting because it focused on women and the men who work with them, which I’ve never seen before. That was really interesting. It also was very intimate and supportive. What I liked the most is how people came up to me after the first seminar and shared how excited and encouraged they were.
As an experienced female filmmaker and director, I truly understand the significance of this festival. There aren’t enough women directing in our business. Even though the statistics are low, we still have to keep moving them up. It is not true that women can’t fulfill their dreams of becoming filmmakers, and share their voices cinematically.
What was it like for you to start your film career, and what was the inspiration that kept you going?
I was very young, and never the kind of person who was told I couldn’t do things. In school, one of our teachers was Vinette Carol, a black director from the West Indies who directed plays on Broadway - I had never seen a black woman director before. When I was in college, Vinette was working with what was called Urban Arts Corps and chose me to act in her plays.
After that experience, I got a job at the Harlem Ymca as a drama and dance instructor for the summer. It was through this that I recreated Vinette Carol's plays with the kids. I really enjoyed it, and felt authentically creative in this process.
I joined a theater group in Harlem called The Frank Silver Writer's Workshop. They had a play and asked, “Who wants to direct it?” I was young and daring enough to raise my hand, and I did it! I really enjoyed directing that play, and knew it was what I wanted to do.
I was a young director when I got accepted to the American Film Institute. I knew how to work with actors, how to develop characters, but I didn’t know too much about filmmaking. My only film experience prior to this was at Third World Cinema in New York, which was made to train people in developing countries about film and television.
When I got to La, I did my film "Sky Captain"' and I was encouraged. I think my motivation came from my love for directing. It was what I loved to do, and I just kept doing it.
When I graduated and started getting hired as a professional director, I was in heaven. I was getting paid for what I love to do. I was also told things like “You’re too young to be a director,” and “directors are old, and you have to have experience,” but I just ignored that and said I’m directing. That’s it!
There were several people who were very encouraging, including Jean Ferstenburg, Gloria Steinem, and Roselyn Heller. Barbara Corday, Head of Columbia Television at the time, hired me and it was her decision that helped me to make history as the first African American woman to direct in television! I also had support from people like Paul Mason at Viacom, David Putnam at Columbia Pictures, Frank Price of Sony Pictures, Tom Werner of Carsey Werner TV, Robert Greenwald, Bill Haber at CAA and Hugh Wilson. I was kind of a novelty, and very appreciative for them to take a shot and give me opportunities to work.
What is your best advice for young women filmmakers?
I’ve been an adjunct professor at USC for seven years, and this is my 18th year at UCLA. I tell my students that they need to understand that nothing is easy, but when you have a passion for something, you just have to do it.
Now is a better time than ever, because you don’t have to be in Hollywood to make a movie. You can be in Kansas and use your iPhone to make a movie. The Internet has provided such a great creative outlet for young people to tell their stories. With things like the web series, it’s a very exciting time to be a filmmaker.
My advice is to find their tribe, their group of people with positivity, like minds and spirit. You need the honesty of what’s coming ahead, but you also need the inspiration to get you through it. That’s very important. You can’t be a filmmaker because you want to party and where all black at festivals. You have to have a voice, because film is one of the most important art forms for social change we have - even if it’s just pure entertainment, it’s still influential.
I think that we as women have to really stick together, and really understand that the images put on the screen will really affect generations to come. Film is in perpetuity, and we have a responsibility to say something real.
Positivity is important. It doesn’t make sense to keep complaining. The time that you spend complaining is the time that you could spend creating something. A lot of success isn’t all based on talent. It’s based on perseverance and building connections.
What projects are you working on?
I have a couple of projects that I’m working on. I’m writing a script about Ida B. Wells Barnett, one of the first black women to ever have a newspaper. She was active in the anti-lynching movement.
I’m also doing a family film called "Soccer Monkey" with Myrl Schreibman. It's exciting because it's something different from my usual. It’s a heart-warming film (being produced by Good Deed Productions) about a kind of lonely young kid who befriends a chimp who can play soccer. After dealing with films of very serious matters, it’s nice to change it up.
I’m also very excited about a web series that my husband and I started called Black History Mini Docs. They’re docs about black history and are about 90 seconds long. We started it a year ago on Facebook and have gotten so many positive responses.
My daughter, a playwright, has a new play that I'll be directing in New York soon. I’m absolutely thrilled about it!
Neema shares her thoughts on the Lady Filmmakers Festival, her inspiration and the beginnings of her career, and her own advice to women who are just embarking on their own journeys in film:
What was your impression of the Lady Filmmakers Festival?
I’ve been in many festivals with my film “Civil Brand”, which was at Sundance and won five other festivals, including the American Black Film Festival and the Urbanworld Film Festival. This festival was interesting because it focused on women and the men who work with them, which I’ve never seen before. That was really interesting. It also was very intimate and supportive. What I liked the most is how people came up to me after the first seminar and shared how excited and encouraged they were.
As an experienced female filmmaker and director, I truly understand the significance of this festival. There aren’t enough women directing in our business. Even though the statistics are low, we still have to keep moving them up. It is not true that women can’t fulfill their dreams of becoming filmmakers, and share their voices cinematically.
What was it like for you to start your film career, and what was the inspiration that kept you going?
I was very young, and never the kind of person who was told I couldn’t do things. In school, one of our teachers was Vinette Carol, a black director from the West Indies who directed plays on Broadway - I had never seen a black woman director before. When I was in college, Vinette was working with what was called Urban Arts Corps and chose me to act in her plays.
After that experience, I got a job at the Harlem Ymca as a drama and dance instructor for the summer. It was through this that I recreated Vinette Carol's plays with the kids. I really enjoyed it, and felt authentically creative in this process.
I joined a theater group in Harlem called The Frank Silver Writer's Workshop. They had a play and asked, “Who wants to direct it?” I was young and daring enough to raise my hand, and I did it! I really enjoyed directing that play, and knew it was what I wanted to do.
I was a young director when I got accepted to the American Film Institute. I knew how to work with actors, how to develop characters, but I didn’t know too much about filmmaking. My only film experience prior to this was at Third World Cinema in New York, which was made to train people in developing countries about film and television.
When I got to La, I did my film "Sky Captain"' and I was encouraged. I think my motivation came from my love for directing. It was what I loved to do, and I just kept doing it.
When I graduated and started getting hired as a professional director, I was in heaven. I was getting paid for what I love to do. I was also told things like “You’re too young to be a director,” and “directors are old, and you have to have experience,” but I just ignored that and said I’m directing. That’s it!
There were several people who were very encouraging, including Jean Ferstenburg, Gloria Steinem, and Roselyn Heller. Barbara Corday, Head of Columbia Television at the time, hired me and it was her decision that helped me to make history as the first African American woman to direct in television! I also had support from people like Paul Mason at Viacom, David Putnam at Columbia Pictures, Frank Price of Sony Pictures, Tom Werner of Carsey Werner TV, Robert Greenwald, Bill Haber at CAA and Hugh Wilson. I was kind of a novelty, and very appreciative for them to take a shot and give me opportunities to work.
What is your best advice for young women filmmakers?
I’ve been an adjunct professor at USC for seven years, and this is my 18th year at UCLA. I tell my students that they need to understand that nothing is easy, but when you have a passion for something, you just have to do it.
Now is a better time than ever, because you don’t have to be in Hollywood to make a movie. You can be in Kansas and use your iPhone to make a movie. The Internet has provided such a great creative outlet for young people to tell their stories. With things like the web series, it’s a very exciting time to be a filmmaker.
My advice is to find their tribe, their group of people with positivity, like minds and spirit. You need the honesty of what’s coming ahead, but you also need the inspiration to get you through it. That’s very important. You can’t be a filmmaker because you want to party and where all black at festivals. You have to have a voice, because film is one of the most important art forms for social change we have - even if it’s just pure entertainment, it’s still influential.
I think that we as women have to really stick together, and really understand that the images put on the screen will really affect generations to come. Film is in perpetuity, and we have a responsibility to say something real.
Positivity is important. It doesn’t make sense to keep complaining. The time that you spend complaining is the time that you could spend creating something. A lot of success isn’t all based on talent. It’s based on perseverance and building connections.
What projects are you working on?
I have a couple of projects that I’m working on. I’m writing a script about Ida B. Wells Barnett, one of the first black women to ever have a newspaper. She was active in the anti-lynching movement.
I’m also doing a family film called "Soccer Monkey" with Myrl Schreibman. It's exciting because it's something different from my usual. It’s a heart-warming film (being produced by Good Deed Productions) about a kind of lonely young kid who befriends a chimp who can play soccer. After dealing with films of very serious matters, it’s nice to change it up.
I’m also very excited about a web series that my husband and I started called Black History Mini Docs. They’re docs about black history and are about 90 seconds long. We started it a year ago on Facebook and have gotten so many positive responses.
My daughter, a playwright, has a new play that I'll be directing in New York soon. I’m absolutely thrilled about it!
- 10/27/2014
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Inspired by true events that shocked the world and to this day still frighten and fascinate, The House at the End of the Drive was shot on location on Cielo Drive… just a knife’s throw away from the site of the Manson/Tate murders.
Produced by the homeowner David Oman, the movie blends fact with fiction as supernatural forces from the past transport he and his dinner guests through time -- back to the night of the original murders.
The movie recently enjoyed a big red carpet gala premiere in Hollywood at Shockfest (where it took home “Best Writer” honors in the closing Awards). We were lucky enough to catch up with Oman for this exclusive interview.
Dread Central: I’ve been hearing about your haunted house for years, but I never did have the, er, pleasure of visiting. I recall, a few years back, you used to host film screenings and tours.
Produced by the homeowner David Oman, the movie blends fact with fiction as supernatural forces from the past transport he and his dinner guests through time -- back to the night of the original murders.
The movie recently enjoyed a big red carpet gala premiere in Hollywood at Shockfest (where it took home “Best Writer” honors in the closing Awards). We were lucky enough to catch up with Oman for this exclusive interview.
Dread Central: I’ve been hearing about your haunted house for years, but I never did have the, er, pleasure of visiting. I recall, a few years back, you used to host film screenings and tours.
- 1/16/2014
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
Melbourne, Nov 6: A man from Suffolk, UK, who used to be the fattest in the world, has finally met his online girlfriend for the first time.
Paul Mason used to eat 20,000 calories a day and weighed 440kg.
But since shedding 304kg the 52-year-old has found love in Boston woman Rebecca Mountain, and the pair has finally been united in real life, New.com.au reported.
Mountain was watching a documentary about Mason's journey seeking an operation to remove 50kg of excess skin, and got in touch over Facebook,
The couple has been talking on Skype and Facebook for three months.
Speaking on UK TV show This Morning,.
Paul Mason used to eat 20,000 calories a day and weighed 440kg.
But since shedding 304kg the 52-year-old has found love in Boston woman Rebecca Mountain, and the pair has finally been united in real life, New.com.au reported.
Mountain was watching a documentary about Mason's journey seeking an operation to remove 50kg of excess skin, and got in touch over Facebook,
The couple has been talking on Skype and Facebook for three months.
Speaking on UK TV show This Morning,.
- 11/6/2013
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
Melbourne, Oct 9: Many men, who were circumcised at an early age or have to undergo the procedure later in life for health reasons, have formed online communities to discuss methods of 'foreskin restoration'.
Many men said they have experienced emotional difficulties and feel angry and resentful about the surgery and are looking to find methods of reversing it, News.com.au reported.
According to the Kernel online magazine, users are gathering together on forums such as foreskin-restoration.net and circumstitions.com.
A former children's commissioner Paul Mason, who has founded a circumcision organisation called the Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy, said there are thousands of men around the world, who.
Many men said they have experienced emotional difficulties and feel angry and resentful about the surgery and are looking to find methods of reversing it, News.com.au reported.
According to the Kernel online magazine, users are gathering together on forums such as foreskin-restoration.net and circumstitions.com.
A former children's commissioner Paul Mason, who has founded a circumcision organisation called the Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy, said there are thousands of men around the world, who.
- 10/9/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
London, Sep 25: Britain's former fattest man has lost 304kg and has found love via Facebook.
Paul Mason, who previously weighed 440kg by eating 20,000 calories a day, revealed that he got a Facebook message from Rebecca Mountain, who later became his girlfriend, after she saw a TV documentary about him and wanted to help him find someone who would operate on him, the Metro reported.
The 52-year old resident of Ipswich from Orange, Massachusetts confessed that his 40-year old girlfriend had brought up the idea of dating after they became close by repeatedly chatting over Skype. (Ani)...
Paul Mason, who previously weighed 440kg by eating 20,000 calories a day, revealed that he got a Facebook message from Rebecca Mountain, who later became his girlfriend, after she saw a TV documentary about him and wanted to help him find someone who would operate on him, the Metro reported.
The 52-year old resident of Ipswich from Orange, Massachusetts confessed that his 40-year old girlfriend had brought up the idea of dating after they became close by repeatedly chatting over Skype. (Ani)...
- 9/25/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Actor/comedian and writer Jb Smoove has partnered with his longtime manager Rick Dorfman, veteran comedy agent and manager Conan Smith and independent producer and financier Adam Benowitz to form Converge Media Group, a full-service management, production and branded entertainment company. The four are partners at the company with offices in New York City and a studio facility in Irvington, NY which features a fully equipped 10,000 sq ft production studio and professional recording studio. Besides Smoove, who co-stars on CBS’ new comedy series The Millers, Converge’s clients also include Rachel Dratch, Lynne Koplitz, Pete Dominic, Chris Distefano, Carly Aquillino, John Moses, Ryan Ling and Pj Morrison. In addition to traditional management services, the company will focus on content for emerging medias. It is already producing a new series for Msg network called Four Courses With Jb Smoove, which premieres tomorrow, and is launching an online branded entertainment piece with The Economist.
- 6/5/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Submit your vote for Reviewer of the Year!
Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!
Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.
Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!
Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.
- 2/26/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Saturday, November 05, 2011…Santa Monica…..Myriad Pictures has signed with Asia Digital Entertainment to distribute the action thriller A Common Man starring Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross, which recently completed production in Sri Lanka. The film was adapted for the screen and directed by Chandran Rutnam (The Road From Elephant Pass). In A Common Man, which is set in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a mysterious man (Kingsley) has planted 5 bombs in the politically-scarred city that are set to explode unless four major terrorists are immediately released from prison. When he calls in his demands to the Deputy Inspector General of the Colombo Police Department (Cross), it sets in motion an ideological and deadly confrontation between the truth and duty. Myriad CEO Kirk D’Amico is selling the title at the American Film Market this week. “Early response to our sales promo has been terrific,” said D’Amico. “Ben Kingsley is a very...
- 11/5/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
A spin-off to 1979's film "The Amityville Horror" is in development. Hannibal Classics has announced that they are currently developing "Amityville: The Legacy 3D", a big screen version of John G. Jones' novel "Amityville: The Evil Escapes".
The horror movie will be produced by Richard Rionda Del Castro and Paul Mason, who co-produced 2005's "The Amityville Horror", a remake to the original film of the same title. Steve B. Harris will join Del Castro and Mason as producer, in addition to serving as the scribe along with Andrew Helm. The production is expected to start this fall to meet the 2012 release schedule.
The plot detail, issued in a press release via Hannibal Classics' official site, says that the story opens with six priests coming into an abandoned house. Unfortunately, Father Kibbler, the youngest priest, is attacked by an unseen demon after he followed a sound into the attic.
The horror movie will be produced by Richard Rionda Del Castro and Paul Mason, who co-produced 2005's "The Amityville Horror", a remake to the original film of the same title. Steve B. Harris will join Del Castro and Mason as producer, in addition to serving as the scribe along with Andrew Helm. The production is expected to start this fall to meet the 2012 release schedule.
The plot detail, issued in a press release via Hannibal Classics' official site, says that the story opens with six priests coming into an abandoned house. Unfortunately, Father Kibbler, the youngest priest, is attacked by an unseen demon after he followed a sound into the attic.
- 5/12/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Source: FilmShaft - Amityville: The Legacy 3D Heading Into Production
Although there has been a Ryan Reynolds starring remake a few years ago, which wasn't half bad to be fair, any further editions have been hampered by rights issues. Isn't that always the case! The so-called "Amityville Horror" has been done to death but now it'll be done to death some more with Hannibal Classics announcing a new movie is going into production.
Amityville: The Legacy 3D will start shooting in September after the legal wrangles were overcome. The film is based on d on Amityville: The Evil Escapes by John G. Jones and there's a full, spoiler-heavy synopsis to read so you'll know all about the movie!
There's no director or cast attached yet but expect news very soon. Richard Rionda Del Castro, Paul Mason
Steve B. Harris are attached to produce.
"Six priests enter an abandoned home in...
Although there has been a Ryan Reynolds starring remake a few years ago, which wasn't half bad to be fair, any further editions have been hampered by rights issues. Isn't that always the case! The so-called "Amityville Horror" has been done to death but now it'll be done to death some more with Hannibal Classics announcing a new movie is going into production.
Amityville: The Legacy 3D will start shooting in September after the legal wrangles were overcome. The film is based on d on Amityville: The Evil Escapes by John G. Jones and there's a full, spoiler-heavy synopsis to read so you'll know all about the movie!
There's no director or cast attached yet but expect news very soon. Richard Rionda Del Castro, Paul Mason
Steve B. Harris are attached to produce.
"Six priests enter an abandoned home in...
- 5/11/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
[1] Hannibal Classics has just announced a spin-off of the 1979 classic The Amityville Horror, to be titled Amityville: The Legacy 3D. The new film will be based on the book Amityville: The Evil Escapes by John G. Jones, which also inspired some of the sequels. Andrew Helm and Steve B. Harris are set to write the script, with Harris, Richard Rionda Del Castro and Paul Mason (who also produced the 2005 remake) producing. No director or cast is attached at this time. Legacy will be the tenth installment in the Amityville series, which includes four previous feature films, four direct-to-video releases, and a made-for-tv movie. It will also be the second one in 3D -- the third film, Amityville 3-D, came out during the '80s 3D craze. Read more after the jump. Legacy will center around the Evans family -- parents Nancy and Michael and daughter Amanda -- who move into...
- 5/11/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Get ready to return to Amityville for The Amityville Legacy 3D. Hannibal Classics announced that a spin-off of the original Amityville Horror is being being developed. The new film will be based on the book "Amityville: The Evil Escapes" by John G. Jones. This same book has served as an inspiration for some of the sequels). Richard Rionda Del Castro, Paul Mason (co-producer of the 2005 remake) and Steve B. Harris are set to produce the film. Andrew Helm and Harris are scripting with filmin to begin this fall for a 2012 release.
The original film freaked me out. I have never seen the 2005 Ryan Reynolds-starring remake, but have heard good things. I have a feeling that every classic horror film will get the remake/reboot treatment in 3D. I personally wish they would come up with new films, but this may turn out to be interesting.
What are your thoughts on this news?...
The original film freaked me out. I have never seen the 2005 Ryan Reynolds-starring remake, but have heard good things. I have a feeling that every classic horror film will get the remake/reboot treatment in 3D. I personally wish they would come up with new films, but this may turn out to be interesting.
What are your thoughts on this news?...
- 5/11/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Hannibal Classics has announced its plans to develop a film spin-off of the original The Amityville Horror to be titled The Amityville Legacy 3D . The film will be based on the book "Amityville: The Evil Escapes" by John G. Jones (which has served as an inspiration for some of the sequels) and will be produced by Richard Rionda Del Castro, Paul Mason (co-producer of the 2005 remake) and Steve B. Harris. Castro previously produced Give 'Em Hell, Malone and The Big Bang . Andrew Helm and Harris are scripting. Shooting is expected to begin this fall with a release in 2012. Full details from the press release are listed below. Six priests enter an abandoned home in the middle of an intense thunderstorm. The leader of the group, Father Manfred, quiets the doubting...
- 5/10/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Given that the rights to "The Amityville Horror" are a labyrinthine mess, it looks like Hannibal Classics has found an opportunity to move forward with a project all of its own based on the famous abode at 112 Ocean Avenue. The Amityville Legacy 3D is going to be based on the book "Amityville: The Evil Escapes" by John G. Jones (which has served as an inspiration for some of the sequels) and will be produced by Richard Rionda Del Castro, Paul Mason (co-producer of the 2005 remake) and Steve B. Harris. Castro previously produced Give 'Em Hell, Malone and The Big Bang . Andrew Helm and Harris are scripting. Here's a full breakdown of what's to come. Shooting is expected to begin this fall with a release in 2012. Six priests enter an abandoned home...
- 5/10/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Chalk this up to a titular coincidence with the upcoming "Transformers" sequel to which it bears no connection.
Entpro, ArtReach and Paul Mason have teamed to pick up the film and stage musical rights to Howard Richardson and William Berney's 1945 Appalachian Mountain-set play "Dark of the Moon" reports Variety.
Based on the folksong "The Ballad of Barbara Allen", the story centres on an Appalachian witch boy who attempts to become human after he falls in love with a human girl.
Scribe Richard Alfieri will pen both the stage musical and the film adaptation, while Arthur Allan Seidelman will direct both incarnations. The musical hopes to hit Broadway in early 2012. No word on the film's schedule yet.
Entpro, ArtReach and Paul Mason have teamed to pick up the film and stage musical rights to Howard Richardson and William Berney's 1945 Appalachian Mountain-set play "Dark of the Moon" reports Variety.
Based on the folksong "The Ballad of Barbara Allen", the story centres on an Appalachian witch boy who attempts to become human after he falls in love with a human girl.
Scribe Richard Alfieri will pen both the stage musical and the film adaptation, while Arthur Allan Seidelman will direct both incarnations. The musical hopes to hit Broadway in early 2012. No word on the film's schedule yet.
- 1/28/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A Channel 4 documentary on the fattest man in the UK was watched by more than 2.6 million on Wednesday evening, the latest audience data has revealed. Britain's Fattest Man, about 49-year-old Paul Mason who at one stage weighed around 70 stone, averaged 2.63m (11.3%) for Channel 4 between 9.30pm and 10.30pm. A further 334k (2.2%) watched the programme on +1. Earlier, Famous And Fearless continued on Channel 4 with 1.59m (6.4%) from 8pm and 171k (0.7%) on timeshift. Barbara Windsor: A Comedy Roast rounded out the evening with 980k (6.6%) from 10.30pm and 75k (0.9%) on +1. On BBC One, Celebrity Mastermind pulled in 4.99m (21.4%) from 7pm, before Rip Off Britain returned with a healthy 5.55m (24.6%). A screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark entertained 4.62m (18.5%) between 8pm and 10pm. Later, a mid-week edition of Match of the Day grabbed (more)...
- 1/6/2011
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
The world's fattest man lives in England. He is close to 1000 pounds, and he cannot control his eating despite his issues. This Sunday at 9/8c on Tlc you will meet Paul Mason. The world's heaviest man has been warned that he has just months to live unless he loses weight, it was revealed in 2009 that Paul Mason, 48, is unable to move from his bed as he awaits life-saving surgery. The former engineer and Royal mail worker suffers from a compulsive eating disorder and has repeatedly tried to diet over the last 23 years The Daily_Mail of the UK interviewed Bob Singh Phagura, the manager of the Nacton Road Fish Bar in Ipswich (Mason's home town), who said...
- 5/21/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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