'77 Sunset Strip' Coming to the Big Screen

Part of me wants to smile when reading this news but the other part of me wants to scratch my head. Nikki Finke says that Warner Brothers is doing a big-screen remake of the late '50s/early '60s hit show '77 Sunset Strip.' *crickets* How many people

Platinum Dunes Producing Remake of The Monster Squad

Fred Dekker's 1987 movie The Monster Squad, written by Dekker and Shane Black, is a film that couldn't be made today. Not because it was groundbreaking, but because it has a blend of enthusiastic naivite, fun effects, and young actors that don't look

Jennifer Lopez to Star in Overboard Remake

The bad news is that Columbia Pictures is remaking the 1987 Gary Marshall film Overboard, produced by Will Smith. The even worse news is that Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in said remake. I wouldn't be surprised if Smith has a new take on the st

ABC Family Gets 'The Blind Side' Rights

A happy story that took home Oscar gold just got a little happier. Fresh on the heels of Sandra Bullock's Best Actress win, ABC Family has announced that they have purchased the TV rights to 'The Blind Side.' They will air the film starring Bullock,

MMA Fighter Bob Sapp Cast in Conan

Earlier this week it was reported that pro wrestler Shad Gaspard (part of the WWE tag-team Cryme Tyme) had auditioned for the role of Ukafa, the main villain in Marcus Nispel's upcoming remake of Conan the Barbarian. Well it looks like he didn't get

A Nightmare on Elm Street Movie Trailer #2

Warner Bros/New Line Cinema has released a new movie trailer for Samuel Bayer's remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The new trailer gives us a much better sense of the film than the teaser trailer. We finally get a better look at the look and style

Screenwriter John August on NOT Writing Alice in Wonderland Three Times

John August is a screenwriter I've been following for over a decade. He broke onto the scene with a spec script titled Go, which was directed for the screen by Doug Liman (a film I highly recommend). Since then August has written a bunch of adaptatio

NBC's 'Prime Suspect' Put on Hold

Remember that proposed remake of the British crime series 'Prime Suspect' for NBC? You can forget about it... for a while anyway. NBC has shelved 'Prime Suspect' till June and the reason why is all about casting. This, my friends, is exactly what we

Set Visit Interview: A Nightmare on Elm Street Special Effects Make-Up Artist Andrew Clement

Back in June, I had a chance to visit the set of Platinum Dunes remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street with a group of online journalists. This week we will be publishing the interviews we conducted on the set of the movie. After the jump you can read o

Is 'Top Gear U.S.A.' Back On Track?

When NBC killed Adam Carolla's 'Top Gear' project, it seemed like a cursed project. It had a huge project that only an Iranian oil tycoon could cover and everyone loves the original BBC show so much that doing a remake of it almost feels like a sacri

Conan's Contract Really Did Promise Him 11:35

There have been arguments for and against, but a revelation from The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Conan O'Brien's contract for 'The Tonight Show'did specify the 11:35 time slot. It's good to know that Conan did, in fact, learn from David Letterman

'We Are the World' Remade for Haitian Relief

Over 80 stars from the music and entertainment world gathered in Los Angeles on Monday to remake the classic benefit recording 'We Are the World,' and this time the victims of the Haitian earthquake will receive aid as a result of this song's sale an

Is CBS about to give Alex O'Loughlin another show?

We told you a while back about a new version of Hawaii Five-0 that CBS had in the works. Now it looks like they might have their leading man: a vampire doctor! Alex O'Loughlin, to be exact, who starred in two flops on CBS recently, the vampire drama

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MTV resurrecting Dawn of the Dead for TV

Just like we reported earlier, television is nowhere near done recycling every great entertainment memory you ever had into a TV series. At least now they are stealing from better source material. MTV is reportedly looking to turn George Romero's im