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A few days ago came word from producer Brad Fuller that the upcoming second reboot of the "Friday the 13th" franchise will incorporate a new origin story for the iconic hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees. Screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski penned the last draft of the script and now sources for Birth Movies Death claim that Jason's abusive father Elias Voorhees will be featured in the story.
In a secluded laboratory in Central Copenhagen, the brewmasters behind Carlsberg beer have spent the better part of a year tinkering with 130-year-old yeast, digging through archived recipes, and playing beer-gods in ways that would make Jurassic Park -era Jeff Goldblum furious and probably lead him to say "uhhh" a lot. These tall, inexplicably beautiful Scandinavian scientists essentially pulled a full-blown Michael Crichton move and cloned a lager from 1883 -- taking a sample from one of the first "pure yeast" beers in the world , and then following recipes and specifications from the era to recreate the brew as faithfully as possible.
The Johnny Depp-led sequel to "Alice in Wonderland" marks the first time one of Disney's recent live-action adaptations has bombed at the box office. Here's a quick look at why - and why it's a good thing for the studio's upcoming movies.
Alexandre Aja will direct the 17th century-set romance drama "The Marquis" for Gaumont and LGM Cinema. Based on the true story of the Marquis de Montespan and inspired by Jean Teule's bestselling novel about him, the film follows the doomed and passionate relationship between the Marquis Louis Henri de Montespan and his wife Athenais - the ambitious woman who became the mistress of Louis XIV.
Michael Bay is firing back at claims that he body shamed Kate Beckinsale when he cast her in "Pearl Harbor." "Kate and I are friendly.
The first time you discover a so-called "cult" movie is always a memorable experience. The best way to discover one of these films is through a friend, someone who knows you and your tastes, and there's really nothing like that moment when they turn to you with an excited and mischievous twinkle in their eye and say the magic words: "You have to watch this."
Claire Hentschker's virtual reality trip through The Shining is even more unsettling than it sounds: thirty minutes of scenes from the movie extruded into 3D, so you can look around in all directions as the camera slowly takes you along. Yet the models are all incomplete, taken as they are from Kubrick's footage, leaving the impression of looking into the Overlook and its surrounds from a timeless, warped, supernatural viewpoint.
As Paramount prepares to relaunch their famous Friday The 13th franchise, there are some key decisions that have to be made. Found footage is no longer a concern, the writers want to cover why Jason Voorhees can get back up after he's been dealt a killing blow, and in a new twist of the tale, his origin will be changing to a certain degree.