As part of the Licensing International Expo 2008 conference, director M. Night Shyamalan, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies were on hand to preview their next high profile team effort, an adaptation of The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon sent media ou...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, M. Night Shyamalan will write, direct and produce the live-action big-screen adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.Avatar is set in a world balanced on four nations -- Water, Earth, Fire and Air. In each society, th...
Director/writer M. Night Shyamalan (whose next film has now offically changed titles from THE WOODS to THE VILLAGE) is thinking about making a film based on Yann Martel's LIFE OF PI novel. The project is set up with Fox 2000, and if Shyamalan does make PI...
According to MNightFans.com, M. Night Shyamalan recently finished his latest script, Green Planet, and went shopping it to studios. Universal, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Sony have all passed.The story is rumored to center on an alien invasion o...
M. Night Shyamalan's next movie, "Lady in the Water," will be for Warner Bros. Pictures. The script written by Shyamalan centers on a building super who finds a sea nymph in his apartment building's pool. Filming is scheduled to begin in August 2005 in P...
Director M. Night Shyamalan, who's putting the final touches on his R-rated The Happening thriller, has sat down with Empire Online and talked a bit about his upcoming adaptation of The Last Airbender. They took off the "Avatar" name because Par...
While talking to CINESCAPE's own Scott Collura about his upcoming alien film SIGNS, M. Night Shyamalan let us in on what exactly happened with his involvement with writing, or not writing, INDIANA JONES 4. If you remember back, last year he was announced ...
Now that his SIGNS has made the American box office its own for most of the last month, M. Night Shyamalan is talking about the film's original ending. It would have been, shall we say, a little harsh. While talking to the CHICAGO SUN TIMES, Shyamalan rev...
According to Variety, M. Night Shyamalan has broken from past traditions and will head back for rewrites on his latest script, The Green Effect.Shyamalan, who previously had the clout to refuse to do rewrites on scripts, has accepted notes from the major ...
With direct M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming supernatural thriller The Happening hitting theaters this Friday, the media has a chance to approach him a couple of subjects in his field of vision. One such project is the upcoming adaptation of The Last Airbend...
Village, The by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-09-2004)
Genre:Thriller/Supernatural.Studio:Walt Disney Pictures.Production Company:Blinding Edge Pictures.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Joaquin Phoenix (Lucius Hunt); Bryce Dallas Howard (Ivy Walker); William Hurt; Sigourney Weaver (Alice Hunt); Adrien Bro...
...ed 61.1%, M.NightShyamalan’s The Happening found itself dropping 67.2% on its 2,986 theaters across the nation. Still, that doesn’t mean this film will be a bomb like Lady in the Water was. For one thing, the budget for The Happening is se...
It’s getting to the point where a DVD release that contains only a movie is unthinkable. At the very least there has to be a trailer or two, maybe some excised footage, and preferably an audio commentary. In effect, DVD has become the choice of collectors...
The FilmJerk website has landed a major exclusive, publishing the first detailed look at M. Night Shyamalan's screenplay for THE WOODS. Compared to the scraps of solid information we've seen published in the trades before today, FilmJerk's review is a fea...
At one point in LADY IN THE WATER, one character asks in an appalled tone what sort of person professes to know the intentions of another. Well, one example would be somebody who thinks they understand the movie they're watching, but to be extra-cautious ...
Well, not to keep you in suspense, I’ll begin by answering the obvious question: No, Unbreakable is not as good as last year’s sleeper success The Sixth Sense. This year’s follow-up reteaming of star Bruce Willis and writer-director M. Night Shyamalan spo...
Hollywood is a slaughterhouse where cool movie ideas go to die. Here are ten films that were tragically cut down before their time, simply because they were just too friggin' awesome. #10. Peter Jackson's Halo Fans of the popular video game wept tears of ...
Mel Gibson has been a Hollywood superstar for two decades now, with films like the MAD MAX series, the LETHAL WEAPON picture, and his Academy Award winning BRAVEHEART assuming a special place in the film-going audience's consciousness. His newest picture,...
Once again, the DVD proves the perfect tool with which a director can defend his/her rather lackluster film. When a movie hits theaters, the filmmaker has no choice but to succumb to audience and media response after all, in the dog-eat-dog world of Holl...
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan seems to be making a career out of taking standard genre items and making them distinctive by approaching them from new angles. In THE SIXTH SENSE, it's a ghost story and the making of a medium; in UNBREAKABLE, ...
The first views of James Newton Howard's latest soundtrack for M. Night Shyamalan, LADY IN THE WATER, have been very positive. Here is a roundup of some of the latest online perspectives. For his fifth collaboration and following the Oscar-nominated sco...
This Week’s RecommendationSIn one of their most significant releases to date, FSM has released a splendid two-CD set containing more than two and a half hours of never-before-released original soundtrack music from THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (FSM Vol 5 No 18...
Yeah, so, I hear that Signs is coming to DVD in January. Well, I saw it this summer and I have one thing to say about it: I don't believe it.No, sir, I don't buy it not for one second. It's completely implausible. Honestly, did M. Night Shyamalan really ...
We begin our two-part subjective overview of last year's science fiction, fantasy, and horror soundtracks with my choices for 2002's best new soundtracks my top 16 favorites, anyhow. These are the ones I felt made the most rewarding soundtrack albums and...
According to a story appearing in The Philadelphia Daily News (and reported by Coming Soon), M. Night Shyamalan has reassembled the cast and crew of his upcoming thriller THE VILLAGE in order to film a new ending for the movie. Disney did not confirm rep...
THE BOURNE SUPREMACY opened huge this weekend, taking in an estimated $53.5 million dollars, making it one of the best opening weekends for a summer movie so far. Compare SUPREMACY's earnings to that for Warner Bros. CATWOMAN, which placed third but only ...
This Week’s RecommendationSJames Newton Howard’s third collaboration with M. Night Shyamalan, like the previous two, SIXTH SENSE and UNBREAKABLE, is an evocative and intimate suspense score. SIGNS (Hollywood Records 2061-62368-2) is also Howard’s most ove...
In this month's Cinescape (on newsstands now), we offer up the (Super) Power 100. You got the full skinny on Numbers 1-50, but only a casual listing of who made the remaining 100. Now, only available through Cinescape.com, we proudly present the guts, the...
If 1999 was the year that the horror genre came roaring back from the grave, then THE SIXTH SENSE is the proof that the revival was more than a mere box office phenomenon. This is the film that made horror palatable to a wide, mainstream audience, without...
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror were once considered cult genres of interest only to a select few, but that changed in 1977 with STAR WARS. The blockbuster mentality engendered by that film continued throughout the ‘80s and reached even larger propor...
The producing team of Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, whose previous genre credits are too numerous to name here (so let’s mention just a few: JURASSIC, PARK, POLTERGEIST, E.T BACK TO THE FUTURE, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, and let’s not forget CONGO),...
The Writers Guild of America has announced its nominations for the Best Screenplays of 1999. Among the eligible list are two outright fantasy efforts (THE SIXTH SENSE, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH) and two dramatic efforts with fantasy elements (AMERICAN BEAUTY a...
I’ve never been much of an Oscar prognosticator; I don’t see the point. Well, I do see the point: You pretend that you have some kind of insight into the voting, make a lot of predictions, and then after the fact tout your few hits while ignoring your far...
Another January has barged in upon our complacent consciousness, and that means it's time to take stock of the previous year's harvest of film scores. After a healthy twelve month's worth of listening and watching and reviewing here are my selections fo...
The weekend’s big fantasy debut, New Line’s Dungeons & Dragons, was helped out by legions of longtime fans who bought tickets, but that wasn’t enough to make an impressive dent at the box office. The film landed in 5th place with $7-million. With the film...
Producer-director Frank Marshall is one hot Hollywood commodity. With such notable genre projects as RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, BACK TO THE FUTURE and THE SIXTH SENSE (to name only a few) under his belt as well as his work on the upcoming M. Night Shyamala...
SPIRAL by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Sat 02-16-2008)
The director and star of ‘Hatchet: Old School America Horror’ (Adam Green and Joel David Moore) have brought another thriller, albeit different, to the screen. Mason, (Joel David Moore) is your everyday insurance salesman drone living in ...
A new extended clip for M.NightShyamalan's upcoming thriller The Happening has popped up online, complete with an intro with the director. The film--- which hits theaters on Friday, June 13---stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Bu...
Who is this mystery writer/director that could be coming onto Warner Bros' new-look, Peters lacking Superman? Who is
Mark Millar talking about? We can't say for sure who he meant, but after consulting various sources, only one name came up that wasn't M...
...s joining M.NightShyamalan's first rated R film, THE HAPPENING, alongside newly casted John Leguizamo. He says his character is "a typical teenage boy, a bit of a smartass." Shooting for this film begins in Philly in August.
Next, he...
DreamWorks Animation and Paramount joined together to bring a smash hit Shrek the Third to theaters last summer, being one of the top 10 films of 2008 at the box office. It looks like they’re looking to repeat the feat this summer with their latest ...
The Review!We are now into the third volume of the Kyoto arc of Rurouni Kenshin. After a promising start and a backsliding second entry, I'm pleased to announce that this volume surpasses every prior disc. Looks like the fans were right; this is some good...
A source at Touchstone has informed Comics2Film that the movie version of Howard Chaykin's Power and Glory has been placed in turnaround by Touchstone. The project ran into trouble last year when the studio decided it was too simil...
A source with connections at Disney tells Comics2Film that plans for a movie version of Howard Chaykin's satirical Power & Glory may be set aside in favor of another superhero project. The latest draft of the P&G scri...
THE HAPPENING will be the first Rated-R flick of M. Night Shyamalan. Whatever the case, John Leguizamo has joined the cast as the lead star's best friend of the film for 20th Century Fox according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Shooting for t...
20th Century Fox and M. Night Shyamalan have set actress Zooey Deschanel to star in THE HAPPENING. She joins a cast which already includes Mark Wahlberg.
The thriller centers on a man who takes his family on the run when an apocalyptic natural crisi...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONHans Zimmer, who produced Klaus Badelt's masterful score for the original PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (but who, as Badelt's immediate protégé, was also believed to have had more than a slight hand in its co...
Ladies and gents, it's lovely to be back. It is I, your faithful Cinescape TV reviewer once again holding down the fort for my phosphor dot brother Dave whilst he settles into a lovely new house...funny that he hasn't told me his new address yet... Anyhow...
Baseball is killing a lot of stuff this week but PRISON BREAK is back and LOST, JERICHO, and HEROES are all new as well. These series are actually my recommendations for the week along with, of course BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. There are also a lot of oppor...
The latest M. Night. Shyamalan fantasy film, Lady in the Water, has been nominated for the dubious award of the worst film of the year. The film will join Basic Instinct 2, Bloodrayne, Little Man and Wicker Man for the title of Worst Film of 2006.No...
According to JoBlo, Mark Wahlberg is in talks to start in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film, The Happening.The film, previously known as The Green Effect, is a paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scal...
The members of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) have announced the winners of the 3rd Annual IFMCA Awards, honoring achievements in film and television music in 2006.
Leading the pack with the most wins is James Newton ...
If you've been following the column since I took over, you'll recall that I didn't think much of MEDIUM at first. The characters didn't engage me; the plots didn't thrill me; the dialogue didn't delight me. I never thought it was a particularly bad show, ...
M. Night Shyamalan is working on his next project. The director of SIGNS, THE SIXTH SENSE and UNBREAKABLE will begin filming THE WOODS this coming October. In talks to star in Shyamalan's fifth film are Ashton Kutcher (THAT 70s SHOW), Kirsten Dunst (SPI...
Stuart Little, the diminutive, eponymous mouse, sure is cute--endearing, even--and the talent involved in making this film would lead one to hope for something more than a standard-issue kiddy movie. Alas, that hope is in vain. Director Rob Minkoff (THE L...
The latest trailer for M.NightShyamalan's The Happening, which is already attached to films in theaters today, has appeared online. The first R-rated thriller for the director stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley, Spencer B...
The end of the HD format Wars?? Could be. Two news releases this past week make it look like the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray may be drawing to a close sooner than expected. And the winner? Both formats.
Warner...
As either producer or director, Frank Marshall has been responsible over the years for such notable genre projects as RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, BACK TO THE FUTURE, THE SIXTH SENSE, CONGO and more. Today, in part two of our exclusive chat with Marshall, he ...
Touchstone Home Video has released M. Night Shyamalan’s third studio feature on DVD in a spotless THX transfer. Here, Shyamalan again takes a genre icon – the alien invasion movie – and gives it a fresh approach, making this one of the best science fictio...
It should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that Columbia Pictures has green lighted a sequel to their mighty mouse hit, STUART LITTLE. Set for a Christmas, 2001 release, STUART II could start filming as soon as this summer with a budget pretty clos...
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror are big business. If there were any doubt, the box office grosses of last year`s genre films put it to rest. So the major Hollywood studios, along with the mini-majors and the independents, will be offering up a slew o...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS James Newton Howard has provided intrinsically atmospheric and moody underscores to all of M. Night Shyamalan's films, from THE SIXTH SENSE in 1999 through 2004's THE VILLAGE. His latest collaboration with the noted directed i...
There probably is no such thing as a premise that's truly unworkable, but it's hard to imagine how M. Night Shyamalan could have possibly gotten away with anything like his approach to the material of THE VILLAGE. Anybody watching the first two-thirds of ...
The Fans have spoken, and they think THE MATRIX should have been the big winner at the Academy Awards. Of the seven polls we ran on our site, THE MATRIX won in the six categories for which it was eligible; the single exception was for Best Song, which wen...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was uncharacteristically generous to genre films this morning, when announcing the Year 2000 Academy Award Nominees. Among those eligible to win an Oscar on March 26, there are at least thirty-one nomination...
Universal pictures recently announced three upcoming titles that will soon be appearing on DVD with loads of extras, while looming on the horizon is a special edition release of one of the most important anime features ever made.THE MUMMY RETURNS release ...
While talking to Cindy Pearlman, Mel Gibson let a little out about his upcoming M. Night Shyamalan thriller, SIGNS, and took a shot at MULHOULLAND DRIVE director, David Lynch."Look, I don't see dead people. That's all I'm saying," Gibson said. "I am an Ep...
In the ravaged plains of the Sudan, a young child is offered to a being the tribesmen call the Shining One. In New Orleans, Denise Waters' autistic daughter Ellie is abducted by a mysterious silvery figure, a creature that closely resembles the alien face...
It looks like some light is being shed on the tortured development of INDIANA JONES 4, which has finally got a bona-fied writer in Frank Darabont, and a bona-fied release date, July 4, 2005. It seems the rumors of playwright Tom Stoppard, filmmaker M. Nig...
James Newton Howard’s second collaboration with M. Night Shyamalan arrived on the CD racks the day before the movie’s November 22nd opening. UNBREAKABLE (Hollywood Records HR-62290-2) is a much more understated and introspective score than THE SIXTH SENSE...
Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer are all reteaming with director M. Night Shyamalan for the helmer's next project, SIGNS.Marshall and Mercer will handle producer duties on the film, with Kennedy set to take executive producer cred.The film,...
Wasting no time M. Night Shyamalan is working quickly to hire Paul Giamatti and Bryce Dallas Howard to star in his upcoming project, LADY IN THE WATER.Shyamalan is looking for Giamatti to play a building super who finds a sea nymph in his apartment buildi...
SIGNIFICANT NEW RELEASESDanny Elfman’s score for SPIDER-MAN 2 finally came out from Sony (92842), a couple weeks after the obligatory let’s-try-for-some-more-hit-singles song [IMG2R]oriented soundtrack. Sequel scores are always difficult, unless they comp...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION A new soundtrack record label named Nicabella had made its debut with John Frizzell's excellent score for STAY ALIVE, William Brent Ball's eerie thriller about a group of teens who stumble upon a new video game called Sta...
Variety has confirmed earlier reports that Mark Wahlberg has signed on to star in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film, The Happening.Wahlberg will play a man who takes his family on the run when a cataclysmic natural crisis threatens to end the world.&qu...
A new international poster and redband trailer for The Happening has popped up online. Click on the photo to the left to check it out and down below for the redband trailer. The upcoming thriller is the first R-rated feature film from director M. Night Sh...
The first official trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's The Happpening has appeared online courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The upcoming thriller is starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley, Spencer Breslin, Ashlyn Sanchez. It...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! Last week we asked who would win in a fight, Mick Jagger or Davy Jones of the Monkees. Well the responses are in and in no way a surprise you have chosen Mick Jagger. Go Mick!Now to continue on with t...
The new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's THE VILLAGE is now online and available in a variety of download formats and sizes. Opening in theaters on July 30, Shyamalan's sixth film is set in a rural Pennsylvania township where the citizens enjoy a understa...
Mel Gibson has been talking about his work in the currently filming SIGNS project.While talking to USA Today, Gibson careful not to give any details, gave his take on the film's main character arc, saying, "What it boils down to is a story of a man who lo...
THE SIXTH SENSE was perhaps the last truly effective scary film. Despite its occasional lapses into self-indulgence by its over-confident director M. Night Shyamalan, it still supplied ample jolts and a great twist ending. Funny how no one has tried to le...
Last time, we saw Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy bring their kung-fu fighting friend back into the limelight. So what does entice Shang Chi to play those 'games of deceit and death' once again?"[The] threat to the outside world is so great that it could affe...
The Newsarama website scored the first look at Marvel's forthcoming SILVER SURFER comic series, due out in July. The book will be written by Stacy Weiss and Dan Chariton, with artist provided by Milx. Tom Brevoort is the book's editor.Unlike earlier for...
OPINION: Before I begin this week's discussion of the comic books you most wanted to see made into movies, I'd like to share one e-mail in particular that made a very deep impression on me, sent by no less than the producer of LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENT...
Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody (THE PIANIST) is in talks to join the ever-growing cast of M. Night Shyamalan's THE WOODS. If a deal can be reached Brody would join Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver in this 19th cent...
...d against M.NightShyamalan's The Happening. Both films will be getting 3,000+ prints to compete against each other and while everyone is expecting The Hulk to win overall, there is some question as to how much each movie will cut into each other in te...