On Nov. 17, 2000, Universal released the Jim Carrey-starring live-action adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas in theaters, where it would go on to gross $345 million globally. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:
While doing a big-screen live action remake of a beloved animated TV chestnut can no doubt be a daunting task, Ron Howard will never have to worry about his take on Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas being mistaken for anything resembling an instant holiday classic.
It’s not so much that the reported $120 million-plus production goes wrong somewhere along the way, but rather, it never goes right. The tone, which seemingly changes by the minute, is off from the start and leaves an utterly charmless trail of half-baked ideas and misguided attempts at subversive edginess in its wake.
Given Universal’s determination to set some kind of marketing record for Grinch tie-ins,...
While doing a big-screen live action remake of a beloved animated TV chestnut can no doubt be a daunting task, Ron Howard will never have to worry about his take on Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas being mistaken for anything resembling an instant holiday classic.
It’s not so much that the reported $120 million-plus production goes wrong somewhere along the way, but rather, it never goes right. The tone, which seemingly changes by the minute, is off from the start and leaves an utterly charmless trail of half-baked ideas and misguided attempts at subversive edginess in its wake.
Given Universal’s determination to set some kind of marketing record for Grinch tie-ins,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Michael Rechtshaffen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
J.J. Abrams' name has come to be associated with top-tier science fiction, yet that likely wasn't something anyone would have predicted from his early projects as a Hollywood writer/producer, beginning with the big-screen Harrison Ford drama "Regarding Henry." For his entry into television, Abrams created and produced "Felicity," the beloved drama following a recent high-school grad (Keri Russell) through her college years. He followed that up with the Jennifer Garner-starring spy thriller series "Alias," and then dragged viewers down a rabbit hole into television's most mysterious island in ABC's hit "Lost," all through his Bad Robot production company.
That led Abrams to expand his skillset into directing feature films, starting with 2006's "Mission: Impossible III," in addition to 2009's "Star Trek" and its 2013 sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness," and then two of the last three "Star Wars" chapters, "The Force Awakens" and "The Rise of Skywalker." While...
That led Abrams to expand his skillset into directing feature films, starting with 2006's "Mission: Impossible III," in addition to 2009's "Star Trek" and its 2013 sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness," and then two of the last three "Star Wars" chapters, "The Force Awakens" and "The Rise of Skywalker." While...
- 8/18/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- Slash Film
Illumination and Benedict Cumberbatch deliver a surprisingly complex (and timely) new take on Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch.
If it’s true that the Christmas holiday season is continuing its march toward calendar domination, then it’s also true that the number of Christmas movies made each year is also increasing. The cable network Lifetime is especially guilty of the latter, as this year’s slate of Lifetime Original television films currently rests at a whopping 23 titles, never mind Netflix dipping its toes into the Yuletide weather. But then there’s, always, The Grinch.
Thus enters the third adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! since its publication in 1957. The first was the 1966 animated television special narrated by Boris Karloff while the second was the 2000 live-action film directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey in the title role. Now, these two forms have merged into a...
If it’s true that the Christmas holiday season is continuing its march toward calendar domination, then it’s also true that the number of Christmas movies made each year is also increasing. The cable network Lifetime is especially guilty of the latter, as this year’s slate of Lifetime Original television films currently rests at a whopping 23 titles, never mind Netflix dipping its toes into the Yuletide weather. But then there’s, always, The Grinch.
Thus enters the third adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! since its publication in 1957. The first was the 1966 animated television special narrated by Boris Karloff while the second was the 2000 live-action film directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey in the title role. Now, these two forms have merged into a...
- 11/7/2018
- Den of Geek
Red Sonja Cosplayer: Claire Anastasia * Photographer: Jeff Zoet Visuals ........................................................................ DC Comics - Poison Ivy Cosplayer: Claire Anastasia * Photographer: Jeff Zoet Visuals ........................................................................ Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Jessica Rabbit Cosplayer: Claire Anastasia * Photographer: Jeff Zoet Visuals It's 1947 Hollywood and Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), a down-on-his-luck detective is hired to find proof that Marvin Acme, gag factory mogul and owner of Toontown, is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit, wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar, Roger Rabbit. When Acme is found murdered, all fingers point to Roger, who begs the Toon-hating Valiant to find the real evildoer. Actors: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer & Joanna Cassidy Director: Robert Zemeckis * Screenwriters: Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman...
- 1/18/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
Every now and then an anniversary comes along and it makes you pause and realize just how much time has passed and how much the world has changed. Twenty-five years ago, the idea of mixing animation and live-action was nothing new, but using computer-enhanced animation was a fresh approach. Then there was the mind-blowing idea of mashing up every animated icon from the golden age of animation. Yes, Disney and Looney Tunes side by side. The Fleischer Studios creations hobnobbing with the others. It had never been attempted before and was cause for celebration.
In the two and a half decades that have passed, Disney’s attempt to turn Gary K. Wolf’s protagonist into a cartoon perennial has petered out. Roger Rabbit was first born in Wolf’s 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? and was turned into a major player thanks to Robert Zemeckis’ ambitious adaptation followed by a...
In the two and a half decades that have passed, Disney’s attempt to turn Gary K. Wolf’s protagonist into a cartoon perennial has petered out. Roger Rabbit was first born in Wolf’s 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? and was turned into a major player thanks to Robert Zemeckis’ ambitious adaptation followed by a...
- 4/25/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Sequels are awesome, plain and simple. Returning to familiar characters and worlds we love is like covering yourself with a warm blanket, although when a sequel is bad it can be like a blanket covered in potato bugs and lice. Studios love sequels because seven times out of ten they open huge, no matter how good they are.
With that in mind, here's 50 of your favorite titles all preparing to get new installments. Some of them are deep into pre-production while others have barely gotten out of the pitch stages, but you'll be salivating at the thought of some of these sweet babies finally making their way to the screen.
'Paranormal Activity 5'
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Status: The law of diminishing returns seems to have caught up to Paramount's annual license to print money, and even though the last "Paranormal" grossed half its predecessor, producer Jason Blum is gonna...
With that in mind, here's 50 of your favorite titles all preparing to get new installments. Some of them are deep into pre-production while others have barely gotten out of the pitch stages, but you'll be salivating at the thought of some of these sweet babies finally making their way to the screen.
'Paranormal Activity 5'
Attached: Unknown
Status: The law of diminishing returns seems to have caught up to Paramount's annual license to print money, and even though the last "Paranormal" grossed half its predecessor, producer Jason Blum is gonna...
- 3/25/2013
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
Robert Zemeckis and Roger Rabbit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1988. © Walt Disney Studios
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a new digital restoration of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will feature a post-screening onstage discussion with director Robert Zemeckis and members of the cast and crew, including actress Joanna Cassidy, voice actor Charles Fleischer, supervising animator Andreas Deja, screenwriter Peter S. Seaman and associate producers Don Hahn and Steve Starkey. The panel will be moderated by director Rich Moore, who received an Oscar® nomination for Animated Feature Film for “Wreck-It Ralph” this past year.
A masterful blend of live-action filmmaking and classic animation, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” boldly announced the rebirth of the Disney animation studio. The film endures as an inventive tribute...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a new digital restoration of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will feature a post-screening onstage discussion with director Robert Zemeckis and members of the cast and crew, including actress Joanna Cassidy, voice actor Charles Fleischer, supervising animator Andreas Deja, screenwriter Peter S. Seaman and associate producers Don Hahn and Steve Starkey. The panel will be moderated by director Rich Moore, who received an Oscar® nomination for Animated Feature Film for “Wreck-It Ralph” this past year.
A masterful blend of live-action filmmaking and classic animation, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” boldly announced the rebirth of the Disney animation studio. The film endures as an inventive tribute...
- 3/5/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Roger Rabbit: Zemeckis' classic blend of animation and live action will have a 25th anniversary screening at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in April Upon its release in 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit was called a landmark mix of animation and live action; the Robert Zemeckis-directed movie also marked the beginning of the renaissance of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, which had hit rock bottom in the '80s after decades of steady decline. In celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary, the Academy will present a new digital restoration at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at its Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. (Pictured above: a youthful-looking Zemeckis and pal Roger Rabbit.) Zemeckis, who has since made his mark in performance capture animation features (for instance, 2004's The Polar Express, with Tom Hanks and 2007's Beowulf, with Angelina Jolie), will be present for a post-screening onstage chat about his movie.
- 3/4/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a new digital restoration of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will feature a post-screening onstage discussion with director Robert Zemeckis and members of the cast and crew, including actress Joanna Cassidy, voice actor Charles Fleischer, supervising animator Andreas Deja, screenwriter Peter S. Seaman and associate producers Don Hahn and Steve Starkey. The panel will be moderated by director Rich Moore, who received an Oscar® nomination for Animated Feature Film for “Wreck-It Ralph” this past year. A masterful blend of live-action filmmaking and classic animation, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” boldly announced the rebirth of the Disney animation studio. The film endures as an inventive tribute to animation’s golden age that also set a new standard for what the medium could achieve.
- 3/4/2013
- by hnblog@hollywoodnews.com (Hollywood News Team)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Before there was Jack Skellington preceding Christmas with nightmares, Billy Bob Thornton giving Santa Claus a bad name, or rare exports maiming innocent reindeer, it was the Grinch who first turned the tables on the festive season, daring to be indifferent (after Scrooge, of course).
The first of Dr. Seuss’ acclaimed children’s stories to be adapted to feature length – beating The Cat In The Hat and Horton Hears A Who to cinemas – How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a staple of the holiday period and a triumph in passive-aggressive seasonal comedy.
The story revolves around the titular Grinch, a cynical misanthrope who has spent the majority of his life living in exile on the outskirts of Whoville. Bullied out of town as a child due to his green visage and general disregard for Christmas convention, the Grinch has turned his back on the occasion and declared war on merriment and cheer.
The first of Dr. Seuss’ acclaimed children’s stories to be adapted to feature length – beating The Cat In The Hat and Horton Hears A Who to cinemas – How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a staple of the holiday period and a triumph in passive-aggressive seasonal comedy.
The story revolves around the titular Grinch, a cynical misanthrope who has spent the majority of his life living in exile on the outskirts of Whoville. Bullied out of town as a child due to his green visage and general disregard for Christmas convention, the Grinch has turned his back on the occasion and declared war on merriment and cheer.
- 12/16/2011
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In an interview with MTV while promoting the newly-released Back to the Future Blu-ray collection, Robert Zemeckis was quizzed about the status of the much-anticipated Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel.
On the parts of Peter S. Seaman and Jeffrey Price’s script he had read, Zemeckis said:
“It’s great… I think it’s gonna be great.”
A sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit has been rumoured since the first film, which was released back in 1988, became a critical and commercial success worldwide.
Don Hahn revealed in an interview with Empire magazine earlier this year that a sequel was definitely in development:
“Yeah, I couldn’t possibly comment. I deny completely, but yeah… if you’re a fan, pretty soon you’re going to be very, very, very happy.”
So there, it seems after 12 years of waiting, we could have our long-awaited sequel after all.
On the parts of Peter S. Seaman and Jeffrey Price’s script he had read, Zemeckis said:
“It’s great… I think it’s gonna be great.”
A sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit has been rumoured since the first film, which was released back in 1988, became a critical and commercial success worldwide.
Don Hahn revealed in an interview with Empire magazine earlier this year that a sequel was definitely in development:
“Yeah, I couldn’t possibly comment. I deny completely, but yeah… if you’re a fan, pretty soon you’re going to be very, very, very happy.”
So there, it seems after 12 years of waiting, we could have our long-awaited sequel after all.
- 11/1/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It was a classic late ’80s picture. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is a much loved flick that mixed live action with animation centred on a film noir-like murder mystery.
It’s been twenty-two years since its release but Robert Zemeckis announced late last year he was using the latest performance capture technology to bring a sequel to our screens.
The original star, Bob Hoskins, will be returning and he’s been chatting to Daily Telegraph about how baffling he finds all this mo-cap madness that Zemeckis has made his own in the past few years:
“The format they want to do is the same as we did for A Christmas Carol. The thing is, it looks like a cartoon, so how do you put a cartoon in the middle of a cartoon? I can’t figure out how they are going to do it.”
Zemeckis is remaining tight-lipped on the...
It’s been twenty-two years since its release but Robert Zemeckis announced late last year he was using the latest performance capture technology to bring a sequel to our screens.
The original star, Bob Hoskins, will be returning and he’s been chatting to Daily Telegraph about how baffling he finds all this mo-cap madness that Zemeckis has made his own in the past few years:
“The format they want to do is the same as we did for A Christmas Carol. The thing is, it looks like a cartoon, so how do you put a cartoon in the middle of a cartoon? I can’t figure out how they are going to do it.”
Zemeckis is remaining tight-lipped on the...
- 9/22/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Talking with Empire Online, Oscar-nominated producer Don Hahn gave some updates on quite a few animated-related projects:
The Lion King 3D
Along with "Beauty and the Beast", Disney mega-hit "The Lion King" will also be getting a 3D conversion and re-release. “I’m actually trying to work out a 3D conversion of 'The Lion King.' I’ll be doing that when I go back to the States in a couple of weeks. It’s going to be spectacular – we will do a good job for ya!" says Hahn.
Roger Rabbit 2
Last year it was reported that Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman were penning a sequel to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". So is it still going to happen? "Yeah, I couldn’t possibly comment. I deny completely, but yeah… if you’re a fan, pretty soon you’re going to be very, very, very happy" says Hahn.
The Snow Queen...
The Lion King 3D
Along with "Beauty and the Beast", Disney mega-hit "The Lion King" will also be getting a 3D conversion and re-release. “I’m actually trying to work out a 3D conversion of 'The Lion King.' I’ll be doing that when I go back to the States in a couple of weeks. It’s going to be spectacular – we will do a good job for ya!" says Hahn.
Roger Rabbit 2
Last year it was reported that Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman were penning a sequel to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". So is it still going to happen? "Yeah, I couldn’t possibly comment. I deny completely, but yeah… if you’re a fan, pretty soon you’re going to be very, very, very happy" says Hahn.
The Snow Queen...
- 6/23/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Though he's been teasing it for months, Robert Zemeckis has finally admitted that writers are currently working on the script for a Roger Rabbit sequel. According to an interview over at MTV, Zemeckis said that the script is being written right now by the original Roger Rabbit writers, Peter S. Seaman and Jeffrey Price. Unfortunately that's all we've got right now, though it's probably enough to have fans of the 1988 movie (myself included) salivating at the mouth in anticipation of what could be the most buzzed-about animated sequel of all time. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? dazzled audiences when it first came out because it featured animated characters interacting with live-action characters in a way that had never really been done before on the big screen. Of course, since then, we've...
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- 11/3/2009
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Robert Zemeckis has just revealed that writing for the sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? has begun. Original scripters, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman are in the process of writing the new screenplay.
For the past few months, Robert Zemeckis has been slipping weighted suggestions about the possibility of returning to the Roger Rabbit story for a second installment. In April of this year, the Back To The Future director said he had a good idea for a sequel. In July, he said he had been talking with Roger Rabbit star Bob Hoskins about the possibility and the following day he told Comic Con audiences that he could neither confirm nor deny plans for a sequel.
It is unknown at this time what the finished product aims to achieve aesthetically, but Zemeckis has recently been heavily involved in utilizing motion capture technology, with films like Beowulf and the upcoming A Christmas Carol.
For the past few months, Robert Zemeckis has been slipping weighted suggestions about the possibility of returning to the Roger Rabbit story for a second installment. In April of this year, the Back To The Future director said he had a good idea for a sequel. In July, he said he had been talking with Roger Rabbit star Bob Hoskins about the possibility and the following day he told Comic Con audiences that he could neither confirm nor deny plans for a sequel.
It is unknown at this time what the finished product aims to achieve aesthetically, but Zemeckis has recently been heavily involved in utilizing motion capture technology, with films like Beowulf and the upcoming A Christmas Carol.
- 11/2/2009
- Screenrush
To misquote Jessica Rabbit: "Sequels to beloved animated / live-action classics aren't all bad. They're just motion-captured that way." As our own Elisabeth Rabbit Rappe reported earlier this year, Robert Zemeckis has been thinking about a sequel to 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And now the sequel is moving forward toward reality. Zemeckis told MTV News that "a script is in development" for a sequel, and original writers Peter S. Seaman and Jeffrey Price are involved.
Way back when, Seaman and Price adapted Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, a novel by Gary K. Wolff. The hard-boiled mystery drew upon the history of the Los Angeles transit system and provided a strong framework for a dazzling mixture of traditional cell animation and live-action period footage. Wolff wrote a sequel, Who P-p-p-Plugged Roger Rabbit?, and other follow-up ideas have been discussed over the years, but Zemeckis says he wasn't involved in any of them.
Way back when, Seaman and Price adapted Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, a novel by Gary K. Wolff. The hard-boiled mystery drew upon the history of the Los Angeles transit system and provided a strong framework for a dazzling mixture of traditional cell animation and live-action period footage. Wolff wrote a sequel, Who P-p-p-Plugged Roger Rabbit?, and other follow-up ideas have been discussed over the years, but Zemeckis says he wasn't involved in any of them.
- 11/1/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
Twenty one years ago Robert Zemeckis did the impossible. He created a world where all cartoon characters lived together regardless of which studios they ‘worked’ for, and set the riotous chaos of ToonTown alongside the human Hollywood and in treating these characters as actors in their own cartoon films and having them interact seamlessly with the live action smashed the fourth wall with a charm and expertise that should have heralded a new phase in animation features.
It was a truly wonderful film, with Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant and Christopher Lloyd as the epically spooky Judge Doom acting up a storm with their cartoon compatriots the arrogant Baby Herman, Benny the fearless cab and, of course, ToonTown’s own odd couple, Jessica and Roger Rabbit.
The writing was witty and self referential without ever becoming parodic, the Toons themselves were so well rounded they fitted in perfectly with the established characters,...
It was a truly wonderful film, with Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant and Christopher Lloyd as the epically spooky Judge Doom acting up a storm with their cartoon compatriots the arrogant Baby Herman, Benny the fearless cab and, of course, ToonTown’s own odd couple, Jessica and Roger Rabbit.
The writing was witty and self referential without ever becoming parodic, the Toons themselves were so well rounded they fitted in perfectly with the established characters,...
- 11/1/2009
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Did you know that Roger Rabbit was partially based on a conspiracy theory that claims that General Motors, Firestone Tires, and Standard Oil (among others) teamed together to take down the Los Angeles streetcar transit system and replace it with a bus system? You.ll remember that part of Judge Doom.s evil plan was to buy the Red Car Company in a plot to force people to drive on his freeway. Apparently this is widely accepted as a reference to what is now called the Great American streetcar scandal. So which conspiracy theory do you think Roger Rabbit 2.s just announced writers will take on? That.s right! Roger Rabbit 2 has writers, and they know the material pretty well! According to MTV, Robert Zemeckis was able to convince the writers of the original Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, to return to their scripting duties...
- 10/31/2009
- cinemablend.com
Producer/director Robert "Back To The Future" Zemeckis is looking for a follow-up sequel to his Who Framed Roger Rabbit feature-length live-action/toon hybird, developing a new screenplay with original Rabbit writers Peter S. Seaman and Jeffrey Price, for a 3D update. "I.ll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability," said Zemeckis. "The digital tools, performance capture... I.m starting to think about Roger Rabbit." Released in 1988, from co-producer Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, distributed by Disney's Touchstone Pictures, the $70 million, live-action/animation feature grossed $329,803,958 worldwide. Based on the novel "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" from author Gary K. Wolf, the film starred actors Bob Hoskins, Charles Fleischer, Christopher Lloyd, Kathleen Turner and Joanna Cassidy, set in 1947 Hollywood, where cartoon characters, aka 'toons' interact with the studio system of Classical Hollywood cinema. Premise follows private investigator 'Eddie Valiant' caught up in a mystery that involves 'Roger Rabbit',...
- 10/31/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Chicago – Just weeks before the opening weekend of Jim Carrey’s new “A Christmas Carol,” Universal has released a Blu-Ray + DVD combo pack of the nearly decade-old “Grinch” remake, featuring Carrey as the infamous Seussian Scrooge. The combination of Carrey’s star power and Theodor Geisel’s beloved source material assured the film’s massive box office success. But no matter how much dough it raked in, few family audiences actually seemed to like it. That’s because no one behind the camera had a clue about how to stretch this simple tale into a feature-length blockbuster.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0
The original “Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas” was a half-hour cartoon first broadcast in 1966, featuring masterful narration from Boris Karloff, exuberantly funny animation from Chuck Jones, and classic songs written by Seuss and unforgettably performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. It remains one of the finest holiday films of all time,...
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0
The original “Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas” was a half-hour cartoon first broadcast in 1966, featuring masterful narration from Boris Karloff, exuberantly funny animation from Chuck Jones, and classic songs written by Seuss and unforgettably performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. It remains one of the finest holiday films of all time,...
- 10/20/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – The second wave of catalog titles from Paramount Home Video hits this week, just in time for buyers to put their gift cards to use. HollywoodChicago.com covered the first wave, including “Into the Wild” and “Old School,” a few weeks ago.
Check out the details about those releases here. This wave includes “Days of Thunder,” “Ghost,” “Last Holiday,” “Event Horizon,” and “The Truman Show”.
What do these five titles have in common? Nothing but the studio that produced them and the release date that they land on Blu-Ray, December 30th, 2008. Action, romance, comedy, horror/sci-fi, and drama - it’s a variety of genres with at least one of the titles likely to be of interest to someone with a holiday return or an unused gift card. All films are presented in 1080p High-Definition Widescreen and feature English 5.1 Dolby True HD audio tracks.
“Days of Thunder”
It doesn...
Check out the details about those releases here. This wave includes “Days of Thunder,” “Ghost,” “Last Holiday,” “Event Horizon,” and “The Truman Show”.
What do these five titles have in common? Nothing but the studio that produced them and the release date that they land on Blu-Ray, December 30th, 2008. Action, romance, comedy, horror/sci-fi, and drama - it’s a variety of genres with at least one of the titles likely to be of interest to someone with a holiday return or an unused gift card. All films are presented in 1080p High-Definition Widescreen and feature English 5.1 Dolby True HD audio tracks.
“Days of Thunder”
It doesn...
- 12/30/2008
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Variety reports that Queen Latifah is continuing her gender-bending ways with a remake of Last Holiday, which will be rewritten for a female protagonist, not unlike the Queen's recent Taxi. Scheduled to go into production for Paramount, the 1950 Last Holiday originally starred Alec Guinness as a meek man diagnosed with a terminal disease who heads to a posh resort to spend his last days, throwing caution to the wind and acting outrageously. Put off by his odd manners, the rich resort folk decide he must be super-important and super-rich to act so unusually. Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price have been picked for rewrite duty on the project, which will showcase Latifah as a shy sales clerk who heads for a European resort to let loose. Laurence Mark and Jack Rapke are slated to produce.
- 11/4/2003
- IMDbPro News
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