Tag: Christine
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‘Maximum Overdrive’ Blu-Ray Steelbook Coming From Vestron Video
Being a horror fan in the 80s meant you were eating well with the height of the slasher genre bringing sequels for icons like Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Kruger. However, another major component of 80s horror were Stephen King adaptations. The iconic horror author hit the ground running in this decade with a…
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Antonio Campos to Lead HBO Max’s ‘Arkham Asylum’ as Showrunner, Director
“The Batman” meets “The Staircase,” thanks to the latest HBO Max series centered on Arkham Asylum.“The Staircase” helmer Antonio Campos is set to direct the upcoming spinoff show of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” about Gotham City mental institute Arkham Asylum. Campos will also serve as showrunner and executive producer. Variety reported the news. IndieWire has…
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James Norton: ‘My greatest fear? Rats. We had one swim up our loo recently. It was horrific’
The actor on the hell of his teenage years, having a nose like a dodo and being terrified of these questionsBorn in London, James Norton, 37, studied theology at Cambridge University. In 2015, he was Bafta-nominated for his performance in Happy Valley, the BBC drama that is returning for a third series. His other television…
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Jordan Peele Shuts Down Fan Who Called Him the Best Horror Director of All Time: I Won’t ‘Tolerate John Carpenter Slander’
“Nope” director Jordan Peele thought it might be taking things a little too far when a fan proposed he could be the best horror director of all time.“I know this is a hot take but at what point do we declare Jordan Peele the best horror director of all time?” wrote comic book creator Adam…
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‘The Staircase’ Trailer: Colin Firth and Toni Collette Star in Antonio Campos’ Brooding True-Crime Mystery
Indie filmmaker Antonio Campos, the director behind chilly thrillers “Simon Killer” and “Christine,” returns to the small screen with “The Staircase” on HBO Max The eight-episode narrative limited series is an adaptation of Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s true-crime docuseries of the same name that spanned from 2004 to 2018. The crime series starring Colin Firth and…
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The Daily Stream: Firestarter Is A Movie In Need Of A Reboot
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Firestarter” (1984)Where You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: Mark L. Lester’s “Firestarter” arrived amid a tempest of King-to-screen adaptations. The previous year brought the releases…
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Bryan Fuller’s Christine ‘Will Be Horny As Hell’
It was announced last June that “Hannibal” and “Pushing Daisies” mastermind Bryan Fuller was attempting a new adaptation of John Carpenter’s “Christine” and Stephen King fans have been waiting for an update ever since. Well, now we’ve got a little morsel or two.Apologies in advance for the blatant self-promotion, but when I’m not writing up…
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Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: Red Notice, Encanto, Christine, And More
On the November 4, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by news editor Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.Opening Banter:At The Water Cooler:What we’ve been Doing:Ben trick-or-treated with his family members.Hoai-Tran toured a spooky Victorian house for Halloween.What we’ve been…
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Mark Tarlov, Producer of ‘Copycat’ and ‘Serial Mom,’ Dies at 69
Mark Tarlov, who produced the John Waters-directed films “Pecker,” “Serial Mom” and “Cecil B. Demented,” died on July 31 at his home in Manhattan due to cancer, his family announced. He was 69.Starting his career in entertainment in 1979, Tarlov worked in business affairs at Warner Bros. before executive producing his first feature, “Christine,” based…
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Daily Podcast: A New Adaptation of Ol’ Christine, Loki, John Wick 4, and More
On the June 8, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including John Wick 4, a new adaptation of Stephen King’s Christine, The Pentaverate, and a Loki short film that almost was. Opening Banter: In The News:…