Composer JohnDebney has spent several years scoring comedies and family films like SPY KIDS, INSPECTOR GADGET, JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS, CATS & DOGS and PRINCESS DIARIES, but recently he received a much more meaty assignment: composing chores on the...
Music from the Movies (www.musicfromthemovies.com) reports the upcoming film version of children's author Chris Van Allsburg's book Zathura will get an original score by JohnDebney. The composer has been hired by Columbia Pictures to write the music for ...
After several years of scoring comedies and family films like SPY KIDS, INSPECTOR GADGET, JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS, CATS & DOGS and PRINCESS DIARIES, a meaty assignment like THE SCORPION KING came as a welcome adventure for composer JohnDebney.Debne...
In this video interview composer JohnDebney says Robert Rodriguez has mentioned that he expects him to also come back and work on the 'Sin City' sequel.
Debney's also in talks to work on 'X-Men 3' (although nothing solid there) and would love to wor...
...kindness. JohnDebney, well-known as much for scoring comedies like PRINCESS DIARIES and PACIFIER as and his epic, dramatic scores for THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and CUTTHROAT ISLAND, shows his outstanding versatility on "The Big Fat Kill," in which Cli...
...mography. JohnDebney is as passionate an artist as is Mel Gibson – that much was evident from our prior meetings when we discussed such previous projects as THE RELIC, his absolute powerhouse of a horror score, as adventuresome as THE SCORPION KING, a...
There’s a man named Martin and there’s a man named John. And there’s another man named Martin and another named John. And then… there’s another man named Martin and another named John. Creative TalentWriter...
...(MISERY), JohnDebney (THE RELIC), John Frizzel (ALIEN RESURRECTION), John Ottman (HALLOWEEN H20, SNOW WHITE – A TALE OF TERROR), Edward Shearmur (SPECIES II), and Don Davis (THE MATRIX).Matching ALIEN’s unearthly sonorities was John Corigliano’s musi...
...odriguez, JohnDebney, Graeme Revell) www.pressacademy.com The nominations for the latest Grammy Awards have been announced, including the following film music related categories: Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television ...
...nt Bully (JohnDebney) * Happy Feet (John Powell) * Ice Age: The Meltdown (John Powell) G - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/THRILLER FILM * Casino Royale (David Arnold) * The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer) * Fi...
...l release JohnDebney's latest score this Fall. DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY tells of a horse trainer (Kurt Russell) and his daughter (Dakota Fanning) who nurse an injured horse back to health so he can race in the Breeder's Cup. Debney collaborat...
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...kful that JohnDebney’s wild and frenetic score for INSPECTOR GADGET was preserved on a promo CD, if you can find it. Taking on an Elfmanlike frenzy, Debney coated this near wall-to-wall score with an amazing variety of themes, motifs, and quotations t...
...]composer JohnDebney performed five stunning cues from THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST using a small combo of about 25 players, including a small choir, a terrific array of large percussion instruments, exotic woodwind player, erhu virtuoso Karen Han, and v...
...scored by JohnDebney (END OF DAYS), who just finished scoring the new fantasy comedy, CATS & DOGS. Don Davis (THE MATRIX) has just finished recording a lavish new score for JURASSIC PARK III. Davis was recommended for the assignment by fellow composer...
...d include JohnDebney, Elmer Bernstein, Hans Zimmer, David Raksin, James Newton Howard, and Hans Zimmer. The 21st Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills on April 11th. The International Film ...
...eased the JohnDebney/Christophe Beck score for Jackie Chan's THE TUXEDO and the Don Davis/electronica score to BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER. Coming up is Graeme Revell's score for the thriller BELOW, reuniting the composer with his director from PITCH BL...
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... composer JohnDebney. After the concert ended, the applause continued with a 15 minute standing ovation. "It is my honor to be premiering the work in Rome with one of the world's pre-eminent orchestras and...choir," said Debney. "The Passion of the Ch...
...theremins!JohnDebney [IMG2R]rejoined Carmen and Juni to score SPY KIDS 2: ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS and this time he’s brought back a full-sized score soundtrack. Composed in collaboration with the film’s director, Robert Rodriguez, the score emerges on C...
...tead find JohnDebney’s score CD (Varese Sarabande 302 066 099). Even moreso than in THE RELIC a few years back, Debney pulled out all the stops for a massive, frightening, and cacaphonic excursion into terror. Mingling solo voice and massed choir wi...
...ated with JohnDebney, performing the ethnic percussion parts of Debney's acclaimed score for Mel Gibson's THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. He also co-produced, co-wrote, and co-arranged the music for RHYTHM OF THE PRIDE LANDS, the first follow-up to Disney'...
...odriguez, JohnDebney, Graeme Revell, Varese Sarabande 302 066 644 2) The music for Robert Rodriguez's brilliantly conceived and designed visualization of Frank Miller's SIN CITY contains a breathtakingly inventive and absorbing musical score combining...
...T ISLAND (JohnDebney, Prometheus XPCD 157) JohnDebney's passionately symphonic score for Renny Harlin's 1995 swashbuckling adventure film, CUTTHROAT ISLAND, is one of the most invigorating and dynamically exciting film scores of the last ten years, a...
...ast week, JohnDebney was selected to score fordirector, producer and co-writer Mel Gibson, Newmarket Films' THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, which opens Ash Wednesday - February 25, 2004. The highly
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...omposers, JohnDebney (SPY KIDS, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THE RELIC) and Graeme Revell (PITCH BLACK, THE CROW) to create an exciting, all-new score for his latest film adventure. Careful the first soundtrack album for THE FANTASTIC FOUR movie won't ...
...ard news, JohnDebney will receive ASCAP's coveted Henry Mancini Award this month. The award recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music. Only in his 40s, Debney is the youngest recipient ever to have...
... style by JohnDebney, will be issued by Varese on CD on August 12th.THE CONVERSATION, Francis Ford Coppola’s moody 1974 paranoia thriller, contained a fascinating and hypnotic score by David Shire (2010, RETURN TO OZ, SHORT CIRCUIT; he’s also the son-...
...formed on JohnDebney's score for his controversial new film, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, Gibson is heard on the soundtrack - when Judas Iscariot hangs himself for betraying Christ, that's Gibson scream-singing on the soundtrack. "He almost lost his voi...
...years ago JohnDebney (DRAGONFLY, THE SCORPION KING, CATS & DOGS, JIMMY NEUTRON, THE RELIC) scored a 60-minute musical "walking sound and light show" about the American Revolution which plays throughout the streets of Independence National Historic...
...music, by JohnDebney. HOLLYWOODLAND is a fictional drama about a private eye (Adrien Brody) investigating the death of SUPERMAN TV star George Reeves (Ben Affleck). The score is by Marcelo Zarvos, who is best known for THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR but also w...
...ored with JohnDebney) and the animated HAPPILY N'EVER AFTER. - via www.filmmusicradio.com Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble, conducted by Michael Riesman, will perform live concert screenings of Godfrey Reggio's cult classic films of t...
... composer JohnDebney is going to write the music for Jon Favreau’s upcoming sci-fi adventure Iron Man, according to the agency’s new roster for the composer. Not a big surprise, since Debney has scored Favreau’s previous films, Z...
...nite with JohnDebney and Robert Rodriguez on the director's new action adventure THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK BOY & LAVA GIRL IN 3-D. As reported previously by Scoremagacine, Revell will also score GOAL, the football movie directed by Danny Cannon, and...
...OMINATION.JohnDebney (THE RELIC, THE SCORPION KING, SPY KIDS) will score Disney's CHICKEN LITTLE.Robert Folk (KUNG POW, ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS, TOY SOLDIERS) will score the adventure thriller, IN THE SHADOW OF THE COBRA, and also KUNG POW 2: T...
...ore since JohnDebney's magnificent CUTTHROAT ISLAND.John Harrison's brooding [IMG3R]and scary electronic score for 1982's CREEPSHOW, George Romero's funfilled horrorshow tribute to EC Comics, has finally come to CD in a lavish version from La-La...
... score by JohnDebney (DRAGONFLY, SPY KIDS, CATS & DOGS, END OF DAYS, THE RELIC). While we’re all awaiting word of a score soundtrack CD, a few excerpts of John’s music can be sampled on his web site, at http://www.johndebney.com/projects.html.Soun...
...be exact) JohnDebney took time out from scoring manic fantasy comedies like MY FAVORITE MARTIAN and INSPECTOR GADGET to compose, assisted by Louis Febre, a Japanese anime film called G-SAVIOUR, lending it a dynamic and fully orchestral composition. Th...
... composer JohnDebney on the scores for Rodriguez's SIN CITY (see my interview with Revell and Debney in the April 14, 2005 Soundtrax) and THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL. Revell has furthermore proven an aptitude at scoring big budget blockbus...
... composer JohnDebney will conduct the Biola University Chorale along with a musical ensemble and special guest vocalist Lisbeth Scott on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO (airing 11:35pm PST/EST). The 30-voice choir with soloist Lisbeth Scott (who co-wro...
...composers JohnDebney, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Dave Stewart scheduled to attend. La-La Land Records has announced they will reissue the 1987 Jerry Goldsmith action score, EXTREME PREJUDICE (originally released on Intrada MAF 7001 D). The LLL reissue wil...
... AZKABAN, JohnDebney's THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, James Newton Howard's THE VILLAGE, and Thomas Newman's LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. The Best Song Oscar went to "Al Otro Lado Del Río" from MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, by Jorge Drexler. Oth...
... Composer JohnDebney's publicist corrected an error sent out last week in promotion of Debney's score for Mel Gibson's THE PASSION OF CHRIST: Although, Mel Gibson did work very closely with JohnDebney, Gibson did not sing on the score or score album....
... music of JohnDebney (THE SCORPION KING, SPY KIDS 2, DRAGONFLY) as well. Debney recently stepped in to re-score portions of the film, for undetermined reasons. Reportedly both Beck and Debney will receive screen credit. We are told that Varese Saraban...
... buddies, JohnDebney and Graeme Revell, and will be released on Varese Sarabande on June 28th. John Ottman's score for THE FANTASTIC FOUR will follow on July 12th. Cliff Eidelman's score for the teen drama, SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (song albu...
...omposers, JohnDebney (SPY KIDS, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THE RELIC) and Graeme Revell (PITCH BLACK, THE CROW) to create an exciting, all-new score for his latest film adventure.THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK BOY AND LAVA GIRL IN 3D opens nationwide on June...
...a 3D) and JohnDebney (who, like Young, provided additional music for Spider-Man 2), while there is also a credit for the reuse of Elfman's cues from the first two Spider-Men.
Even more frustrating, there has been no news of any CD release of...
... composer JohnDebney assumed the assignment. It is likely that some of what the two of them started in that project reached fruition in her third album, Immortal Memory, an exoctically ambient and highly textural recording that resonates with mystical...
... composer JohnDebney and director's Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller.Joining the stars were guests: Kevin Williamson, Gabriel Mann, John Enos, Kristin Davis, Alexa Vega, Rob Zombie, David Gallagher, Melissa George, Kanye West and many others.SIN CITY...
Varese Sarabande Records has announced a March 29th release date for the soundtrack CD to 'Sin City' The film was scored by Rodriguez in concert with JohnDebney and Graeme Revell. More...
John Ottman has risen to an impressive prominence over the last several years, while also avoiding that traditional Hollywood pitfall typecasting. He's managed to score a continual variety of films from scary horror films like URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT a...
JohnDebney and Graeme Revell speak out on their musical contributions to Robert Rodriguez's unique cinematic incarnation of Frank Miller's graphic noir.
According to the Danny Elfman web site, Music for a Darkened People, Elfman may in fact write the music for Spider-Man 3, despite the stunning controversy behind-the-scenes on Spider-Man 2 that forced Elfman to leave the picture, with JohnDebney and Chri...
... composer JohnDebney, Bob Goen (newscaster) and son, and Megan Cavangh (Mom/Vox) and family. Also seen entering the theater were Gena Lee Nolin with her son Spencer, Sid and Marty Kroft (H.R. PUFNSTUF) with daughter (of one of 'em) Christine, Lou Diam...
...d include JohnDebney, Elmer Bernstein, Hans Zimmer, David Raksin, James Newton Howard, and Hans Zimmer. The 21st Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills on April 11th. For more information on...
...or ELF by JohnDebney is a glorious celebration of Christmas spirit.Lalo Schifrin's Aleph Records label announces that their next release will be the first-ever complete original score to the first DIRTY HARRY movie. The pulsating urban jazz score was ...
...sic (with JohnDebney), visual effects supervisor (with Daniel Leduc), re-recording mixer (with Michael Semanick and Sergio Reyes), sound effects editor (with William Jacobs and Peter O'Brien), executive producer of digital visual effects by Troublemak...
SoundtrackNet peels back the curtain and takes a look into the harsh, gritty underworld known as Sin City. Join us as we talk with director/composer Robert Rodriguez, and co-composers JohnDebney and Graeme Revell and see how this project came together. W...
...cert with JohnDebney and Graeme Revell, and should promise to be a most interesting collaboration. SIN CITY is infested with criminals, crooked cops and sexy dames, some searching for vengeance, some for redemption and others, both. The film incorpora...
... composer JohnDebney. The Varese recording includes 20 cues, including many that were not part of Warner`s original soundtrack release. But with 35 tracks on its two discs, the Warner/Rhino release is by far the most pervasive representation of the SU...
...NOUGH.The JohnDebney score CD for JIMMY NEUTRON has been delayed by Varese Sarabande Records until the DVD release of the film sometime in the first quarter of 2002.Trevor Rabin's music for THE ONE, that intriguing multi-dimensional Jet Li thriller, w...
JohnDebney might not be a barbarian, but he certainly has the stamina of one when it comes to scoring films. With over 60 pictures to his credit (including nine from last year), Debney is the first composer Hollywood turns to for "popcorn" pictures. Some...
...r. Music: JohnDebney. Production Design: Richard Holland. Creature effects supervisor: Stan Winston. Special makeup effects: Kurtzman, Nicotero & Berger EFX Group. Visual effects supervisor: John Desjardin. Rated R. 120 minutes. Starring: Arnold Schwa...
... include: JohnDebney, Mark Isham, Quincy Jones, Michel Legrand, Randy Newman, James Newton Howard, Johnny Mandel, Alan Silvestri, Howard Shore and Hans Zimmer.
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... CHRIST - JohnDebney, Jack LenzTHE VILLAGE - James Newton HowardBEST ORIGINAL SONG:"Accidentally in Love" from SHREK 2"Al Otro Lado Del Rio" from THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES"Believe" from THE POLAR EXPRESS"Learn to be Lonely" from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"...
...mposed by JohnDebney (THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THE RELIC, HOCUS POCUS,THE SCORPION KING) and is considered to be one of the great scores of the 1990's, in the grand heroic tradition of such composers as John Williams, James Horner and Erich Wolfgang...
...mposed by JohnDebney. Featuring broad, sweeping themes, the film allowed Debney the opportunity of writing one of his grandest symphonic scores. Varese Sarabande will release the soundtrack album on November 22nd. www.varesesarabande.com
...about the JohnDebney score, which was just released on Disney records. Debney has gone on to score another project for Disney, THE PRINCESS DIARIES. See http://www.johndebney.com
... BILL 2), JohnDebney (PASSION OF THE CHRIST, SPY KIDS 2, THE REPLACEMENTS), and Graeme Revell (CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, THE CROW). On the same date the label will release Raymond Wong's score to KUNG FU HUSTLE, a 2004 Cantonese film being released in Am...
...edited to JohnDebney, while "The Demonstration" and "Runaway Train" are credited to Christopher Young and Danny Elfman. The "Demonstration" cue and most likely the other two were probably used in the temp track and the filmmakers became married to it,...
... (MULAN), JohnDebney (EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE), and Hans Zimmer (LION KING) continues to pay off with large-scale and dynamic musical scores. Howard, noted for his contributions to SIXTH SENSE, VERTICAL LIMIT, DEVIL’S ADVOCATE, FLATLINERS, and others, h...
John Carpenter`s résumé is top-heavy with such genre classics as Halloween, The Thing and Escape from New York, and yet lately the director`s name conjures more groans than cheers. Who didn`t walk away from Village of the Damned or Vampires with a sour ta...
Here we are the season finale, more ex-Deadwood actors and more weirdness. Do we know anymore about the story? Well, no not so much. Do we really know anything about what we’ve spent the last ten weeks watching? Again, no, not so...
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I have to ask it again here; when does the ambiguity go too far? This series has asked tons of questions and set up plenty of vague and surreal situations but so far very little has been explained....
John from Cincinnati continues to easily be the strangest show on TV. Sometimes it is legitimately bizarre and other times it feels a little like it’s trying really hard to be strange. This week many of the characters finally start to catc...
In our DVD Shopping List Prize Closet this week we have some terrific classic Hong Kong action titles, courtesy of Dragon Dynasty. Two winners will get both Shanghai Express and Above the Law, and all you have to do to win is send an email which includes ...
I'll say this first: for next week, send in your responses to this column and your rants about other comic-to-film changes. If you still hate Spider-Man's organic web-shooters or find yourself incensed that Mystique wasn't Rogue's mom, e-mail me here or ...
Get an early listen to JohnDebney’s latest score for SIN CITY, which opens this Friday. Two excerpts from the score have been posted on Debney’s web site (as are two clips from Debney’s score to Vin Diesel’s THE PACIFIER). The soundtrack album was just r...
Sometimes one element is enough to keep a film alive when all of its vital signs seem to be failing, and such is the case with Denzel Washington's heartfelt performance in the otherwise creaky melodrama JOHN Q. This health care-themed riff on DOG DAY AFTE...
It`s been 22 years since Michael Myers broke out of the loony bin, commandeered a government vehicle and then terrorized his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, but the trail of dead bodies left in his wake is pretty easy to follow. Without John Carpenter`...
Is it possible for a film to be both good and overrated? If we ever had any doubts, they were answered with a resounding `yes` with the release of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT - a film that deserved praise but not the universal accolades it received. Not to be...
In Part 1 of CINESCAPE's exclusive John Carpenter interview, the famed director discussed getting his latest jaunt into the sci-fi/horror genre, GHOSTS OF MARS, off the ground and out of the hands of intrusive studio executives. In our continuing coverage...
For many years now, William Stromberg and John Morgan have been highly respected names in restored film scores from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Through an outstanding series of Classic Film Scores on the Marco Polo label, restored musically by Morgan and perf...
Here is a list of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Oscar Winners. Included are both obvious genre films and borderline efforts perhaps more commonly thought of as dramas (e.g., HAMLET, SONG OF BERNADETTE). Inevitably, this kind of judgment call leaves...
...abande is JohnDebney's score for Jim Carrey's manic fantasy, BRUCE ALMIGHTY, and Elia Cmiral's chiller score for WRONG TURN. On June 24th they'll issue John Powell's high-voltage actioner, THE ITALIAN JOB, and [IMG9L]Marco Beltrami's TERMINATOR 3: RIS...
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...om JohnDebney's thunderous score for ZATHURA, released by Varese Sarabande (302 066 705 2) obliterates even James Horner's score for its predecessor, JUMANJI, through the enthusiastic bombast of its large orchestral form. Where JUMANJI brought ...
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Genre: Horror/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio: Warner Brothers.Production Company: Shuler Donner/Donner Productions.Project Phase: Released.Who's In It: Keanu Reeves (John Constantine); Rachel Weisz (Angela); Tilda Swinton (Gabriel); Djimon Hounsou (Papa Mid...
...cords.com.JohnDebney [IMG5L](SCORPION KING, SPY KIDS 2, BRUCE ALMIGHTY) will next be scoring the music for New Line Cinema's ELF, currently in production. The film stars Will Ferrell, James Caan, and Edward Asner in a story about a man raised as an el...
During an interview for his latest Disney animated project, TREASURE PLANET, producer Roy Conli (HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME) discussed how Goo-Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik became involved with the project. Rzeznik composed and performed two songs for the ...
The magical, adventurous world of Harry Potter was well defined by composer John Williams in HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE. With his characteristic flair for melody, effervescent action scoring, and musical depictions of fantasy and suspense, John...
...score was JohnDebney’s THE RELIC (1997), one of the scariest and most incredibly dynamic horror scores to come our way in a long time. Debney scored this film with a series of orchestral onslaughts, each growing in power and force and fury, built arou...
In Part 2 of CINESCAPE's exclusive John Carpenter interview, the famed director discussed the process behind his unique brand of movie making. In the final installment of our coverage, the filmmaker looks into the future: what projects lie ahead, what pro...
John Carter of Mars (Sci-fi)Current stage: DevelopmentDescription: A Civil War veteran retreats into a cave to avoid capture by Apache Indians takes an otherworldly turn as he's transported via time portal to the planet of Barsoom and taken prisoner by 1...
Salden comes from a world with higher gravity and a thicker atmosphere, a world where the terrorist Gundor Gorrok wreaks havoc. Gorrok has killed Salden's wife and plans to steal the prototype Time/Space Bender to escape. Salden fights his way aboard the ...
A second Rated-R trailer of JOHN RAMBO has appeared online. A few months ago, a redband look at the upcoming installment of the returning Vietnam vet hit the web featuring some dialogue in the film and culminating in some gruesome kills from Rambo himself...
Danish/American progressive metal band Royal Hunt has issued the following statement: "Royal Hunt and John West [vocals] have decided that at this time (after numerous albums and concert tours) they are no longer able to contribute cr...
Genre:Action/Science Fiction/Animation/Sequel.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Production IG.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Kurt Russell (Snake Plissken).Who's Making It:Mamoru Oshii (Director); Corey Mitchel, William Wilson (Screenwriters); Jo...
"Retirement" is a common threat director John Carpenter issues at the end of his films, but the man who made a name for himself with the independent chiller HALLOWEEN and garnered Jeff Bridges an Academy Award nomination for his performance in STARMAN say...
If you have ever seen a John Woo film and read most of what`s written about them, you`d think that they`re about guns. Hands lovingly caressing revolvers or stroking pump-action shotgun barrels, Woo`s heroes tap dance upon the fence between psychotic rel...
This week, I’m going to talk about something near and dear to my own inner child. It’s going to be about someone in our Hollywood scene who has been a personal favorite of mine since I was a kid and it’s someone who made an impact in ...
The 2007 incarnation of Joe Satriani's popular G3 tour will kick off on March 14 in Phoenix starring Satriani, John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert. The tour will play selected dates in North America throughout March and April. The 2007 tour mar...
"I want reality. I never want the audience to say, I don't believe that."When director John Frankenheimer unexpectedly passed away June 6th, even the hype-ridden world of Hollywood had to stop and offer a moment of recognition to a master. Frankenheimer's...
For those of us who just saw John Buscema one of Marvel's greatest living illustrators at the San Diego Comic-Con this past July, there was no real indication that anything was amiss. Unfortunately, CINESCAPE has learned that Buscema is facing a very di...
While the uproar over last week's shameful awarding of the Oscar for best Musical Score (ignoring two fantastically progressive John Williams scores, MUNICH and MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA in favor of Gustavo Santaolalla's simplistic guitar interludes for BROKEBA...
Ben Browder, on his way to his last, official second-season shooting day for the series Farscape is feeling, well, sad. Fans in the United States have only seen eight episodes of the second season so far, and the show has been picked up for a third. Still...
OK, we’re officially at the halfway point for this season and things are finally starting to happen. The things that are wrong with the show are still wrong this week (Rebecca De Mornay’s character) but the things that are right, are at t...
The Walt Disney Studios unveiled a diverse and ambitious slate of 10 new animated feature films from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios to be released through the year 2012 at a New York press conference held today by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt ...
Lionsgate has given a new title to the upcoming John Rambo flick featuring the return of Sylvester Stallone in his iconic role. The new title seems to have been given in accordance with the violence/gore of the trailers & footage we hav...
You most likely had a glimpse at the two Rated-R trailers for Lionsgate's upcoming installment of JOHN RAMBO which we published last Saturday. Now, we have an official release date thanks to Lionsgate. Rambo will be declaring war on January 25, 2008 in th...
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GRIMES, IA, June 20, 2008 - Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome John Thomas - the translator of Dark Horse's Blood+ novels a...
Director John Moore's (The Omen) schedule continues to fill up recently. Last week, he was tapped to direct the adaptation of the VIRULENTS comic, a story based around vampire zombies fighting soldiers in Afghanistan. Now, Variety is reporting the directo...
Ryan Rotten has alerted us to a myspace blog from actress Jordan Bayne, which revealed an interesting little project on the horizon. It seems that John Woo may be executive producing (and possibly directing) a new western horror called High Moon. If...
According to The Hollywood News, Sam Elliot has signed on to play a role in the upcoming Rambo sequel, John Rambo.The film, which stars Matt Marsden, Sylvester Stallone, Kim Dickens and James Brolin, will see Rambo fighting to save Christian missionaries ...
One thing seems certain about John Woo. The man knows all about certain caliber bullets and guns from such movie experiences as Hard Boiled and The Killer. Well, Variety's reporting that the director will be taking that and incorporating it into the 19th ...
Disney and Pixar are in final negotiations to acquire the film rights to the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel series John Carter of Mars. The series tells of a Civil War officer named John Carter who is transported to Mars and finds himself a captive of the ...
This week, composer John Ottman was at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Brothers, recording his score to the new sci-fi thriller, The Invasion. Directed by award-winning German director Oliver Hirschbiegel (The Experiment, Downfall), the film stars Ni...
Is there a series on television right now that has as many offbeat characters as this one? I don’t think so, and in the end, that’s why I came back for week two of the series. The series opener didn’t do much story-wise. I...
John Schneider and Margot Kidder spoke about their respective 'Smallville' characters at the 2005 Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL this weekend. Among the topics: Schneider's expectations for the show's future as well as his own character's fate; Ki...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, John Stockwell is in negotiations to direct the upcoming thriller Villain.The script, written by Joshua Zetumer, follows a forest-fire spotter with a secret who is visited by his crazy brother in the remote, frozen wil...
In an interview with screenwriter John Rogers, the writer talks about his involvement with the ill-fated 'Catwoman' movie as well as the 'Global Frequency' TV project.
Popcorn Taxi is proud to present this special evening with the Composer/Editor of Superman Returns, and the forthcoming remake of Logan's Run, John Ottman on Wednesday, August 17th, 2005 - 7:30pm. The program - featuring clips and an extended interview an...
John Ottman's detailed thoughts to his Fantastic Four soundtrack are now up online.
"I distinctly remember the moment I stumbled across the basic thematic chords for Fantastic Four. It was one of those spontaneous doodles on the keyboard that actually ...
John Ottman returned to the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox a few days ago. His mission: record the score to the Marvel superhero flick 'Fantastic Four' in five days. With over 90-minutes of score to record, Ottman used a 94-piece orchestra, and ...
Smallville's John Glover was recently interviewed on "The Hot Morning Show." In the interview he discusses his role of Lionel Luthor (some spoilers within) and his connection to some other DC Comics-related projects. He also talks a little about the new S...
In an interview with Ain't It Cool News, screenwriter John August discussed the long-in-development "Barbarella":
"I need to go back and do another draft. The one thing we do know is that we're very happy with the story, and what it's going to be. It's ...
John Glover spoke to SCI FI regarding his scene with Christopher Reeve in the April 14 episode. Glover also mentioned a previous encounter on stage with Reeve.
There is no cooler feeling than picking up your phone and hearing "Hi, it's John Schneider." Man, he's Bo Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard! But of course, Mr. Schneider has no desire to rest on the laurels of his famous southern good ol' boy. Now, he is pla...
John Dykstra, who is returning as visual effects supervisor, said the tentacles are a combination of presentations.
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It's a sad time in horror movie history when the gaming industry has a better idea how to scare the crap out of its target audience, while big studio horror flounders with incomprehensible dreck like BOOGEYMAN, VENOM and HIDE AND SEEK. And with the releas...
The Internet has become an amazing source of information on past, current and upcoming films, but, the net’s very nature has also made it a breeding ground for gossip and misinformation, particularly for actors and filmmakers with strong cult followings. ...
Though GHOSTS OF MARS hasn't hit theater screens yet, director John Carpenter is at work on his next movie project. But he's choosing to stay quiet about what it is.While talking to syndicated columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, Carpenter revea...
Welcome to the first in a series of exclusive columns written for CINESCAPE by some of the best and brightest in the comic book industry. SEQUENTIAL THOUGHTS gives these talented creators a chance to write about anything they wish and bring their thoughts...
John Logan, screenwriter for GLADIATOR and the upcoming STAR TREK: NEMESIS, had to think for about five seconds when offered the chance to adapt the classic H.G. Wells' SF novel, THE TIME MACHINE, for Dreamworks. Offering a new take on the original novel ...
Over the course of his nearly 30-year career, John Travolta has played a wide-ranging series of characters, from a moronic student (TV`s WELCOME BACK, KOTTER) to a disco king (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER), criminal with dreams of stardom (GET SHORTY), and a coup...
The wheels are beginning to turn at Storm King Productions, home of director John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN) and his producer-wife Sandy King (VAMPIRES). An official announcement is expected soon for a now tentative spring 2000 production start on Carpenter`s ...
"There was no point in reinventing it," composer John Powell says of his work on 'X-Men: The Last Stand'. "The series did not need it at all. But at the same time, obviously with Brett, there was a different vibe around the film. I tried to honor both sid...
"I can pretty much assure you he's never heard of the project. And we've never discussed him. We've never seriously discussed anyone," says screenwriter John August of rumors that Jake Gyllenhaal is a contender for the lead in 'Shazam!'
"After several ...
While promoting his new movie, 1408, John Cusack told MTV News he'd like to be part of the 'Watchmen' movie.
MTV: You can't Google your name without getting a hit for 'Watchmen.' Everyone wants you to be in this movie.
Cusack: I'm in. Talk to Zack [...
Jon Voight and John Turturro are two incredibly gifted actors with long track records of impressive work in film. Now, they are both starring in Transformers. It sounds odd I know, but these guys were absolutely fantastic in it.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has announced that John Travolta (SWORDFISH, DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE) is in negotiations to star in Intermedia Films' JOE'S LAST CHANCE. Andrew Bergman (STRIPTEASE, HONEYMOON IN VEGAS) will direct. Following in the ANALYZE THIS vein, L...
Paramount is hoping that John Woo (WINDTALKERS, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II) will bring his thrilling directorial style to their adaptation of PAYCHECK, based on sci-fi author Philip K. Dick's short story. VARIETY reports that Woo is currently in negotiations ...
Award-winning composer John Williams has had a rather fruitful year. He wrote his final STAR WARS score. He scored a Steven Spielberg summer action movie (WAR OF THE WORLDS). He scored a period drama (MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA). To finish off the year, he score...
Composer John Frizzell scores STAY ALIVE. Written and directed by William Brent Bell and starring Frankie Muniz (MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE), the film tells the story of a group of teens who stumble upon a new video game called Stay Alive. The game details the...
In one of the most prestigious composer assignments this year, Sir John Tavener has been engaged by Universal Pictures to compose original music for Alfonso Cuarón's upcoming film THE CHILDREN OF MEN. Tavener, one of the most respected composers of contem...
JK Rowling, Stephen King, and John Irving were at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for a charity reading. While answering questions, it became clear that Irving and King wanted Harry Potter to survive the final book of the HARRY POTTER series. Row...
"[Lionel Luthor has] been in love with [Annette O'Toole's Martha Kent] for a long time," says 'Smallville' actor John Glover. "This has been coming for a while. They teased with us last year, then it never came to fruition. Annette and I are tickled pink,...
Snake Plissken, one of the '80s greatest cinematic outlaw heroes - as played by Kurt Russell in the cult classic, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - is back in an all-new comic book incarnation. Seems that his creators, producers John Carpenter and Debra Hill, have d...
VARIETY reports that writer, director, and producer John Meredyth Lucas passed away of leukemia on October 19 in Los Angeles at age 83. Lucas' career stretched back to the infancy of television, and was marked by long involvement with genre projects, incl...
ANANOVA points out that funny, funny man John Cleese will be scripting a SUPERMAN tale for DC to be titled "True Brit", concerning the interesting hijinks that would follow on should Supes have happened to land in England.DC Comics editor Mike Carlin, spe...
VARIETY notes the passing of Glenn John McQueen, a veteran animator for Pixar. Mr. McQueen passed away on October 29 at 41 in Berkeley of melanoma. McQueen worked on TOY STORY, his first film at Pixar, and went on to contribute work to TOY STORY 2, A BUG'...
According to Variety, John Moore is in negotiations to direct the Regency Enterprises film PILGRIM, formerly titled 'Splinter Cell'.The script, written by William Wisher, follows the story of a former CIA agent who, haunted by the murder of his mentor, ac...
According to reports John Leguizamo will star as the lead character, Bruce Lombardo, in an adaptation of the illustrated screenplay 'Crisis', created, written and illustrated by Star Wars artist Matt Busch. The project is currently in development at Rebel...
John Ottman talks about how he would like to get the chance to expand on his themes from X2. Also, it looks like the X3 people are keen on getting Ottman back.
John Glover talks about some of the acting challenges of the last season, including being Clark Kent. "What I found, because I play so many kind of neurotic, psychotic characters that the problem I had right at the beginning was I kept doing too much ... ...
IGN FilmForce got to have an exclusive chat with 'Transformers' screenwriter John Rogers about the big-screen version of the populartoy, comic book and cartoon franchise.
"I have two other movies in development at DreamWorks. After reading my stuff, Mr...
To help raise money to battle Alzheimer's disease, 'Smallville's Lionel Luthor, John Glover, is selling many autographed items from the cast of the show and several unique items. A few items are posted now, but check back frequently - among the upcoming i...
"I'm frikkin' ecstatic," screenwriter John Rogers said of the pilot commitment for 'Global Frequency'. "This is the 'Global Frequency' I'd want to watch as a fan of the book."
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Writer/Executive Producer John Rogers and DC Comics' Senior VP Gregory Noveck talk at length about taking Warren Ellis' "Global Frequency" from the comic stands to television.
"There was a huge advantage in already having digital material on hand from the first Spider-Man movie. For us, though [the two Spider-Man] movies were separated by a couple of years, there was a real harvest of ideas and techniques that we got to use fro...
Sony's hugely successful Spider-Man franchise is the latest hit on the résumé of John Dykstra, but it isn't the first time this visual effects supervisor has been in a position to push filmmaking technology into new terrain. More...