Tag: The Island of Dr. Moreau
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Marlon Brando Made Filming Christopher Reeve’s ‘Superman’ a Nightmare
It goes without saying that Marlon Brando is one of the greatest actors ever. Brando helped to introduce a new level of authenticity to screen acting thanks to his experiences working with Elia Kazan on A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, and you would have a hard time finding a film professor who…
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Oscars 2022: Best Makeup and Hairstyling Predictions
This season, the makeup and hair race is led by “Dune’s” complex prosthetic work on the nightmarish Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård), which is up against Jared Leto’s unrecognizable transformation as the disrespected Paolo in “House of Gucci.” The shortlist also includes transformations of Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,”…
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‘Island of Dr. Moreau’ TV Series Will Update the Sci-Fi Story For the 21st Century
H.G. Wells’ classic The Island of Dr. Moreau is being turned into a TV series by Gunpowder & Sky and their sci-fi label Dust. The series, called Moreau, reimagines Wells’ tale of man tampering in god’s domain for the 21st century, with X-Men: First Class writer Zack Stentz attached to write the series. That’s all…
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‘Island of Dr. Moreau’ TV Series in the Works from ‘X-Men: First Class’ Writer
The 1996 film adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau is such a legendarily hot sloppy mess that it’s easy to forget its source material is a fascinating H.G. Wells novel that’s still ripe for the picking. Whelp, that picking has begun! Dust, the sci-fi label of Gunpowder & Sky, announced today that writer Zack…
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Nicolas Cage, Richard Stanley, and Joely Richardson on the Cosmic Horrors of ‘Color Out of Space’
(This interview originally ran last September following the Toronto International Film Festival. Color Out of Space opens this weekend.) After crafting cult genre curiosities like Hardware and Dust Devil, South African filmmaker Richard Stanley was presented with the opportunity to break into Hollywood productions with a big adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau starring…