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Hey Hollywood, What About the Rest of My Childhood?

1 July 2009 12:08 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news

Right now, as I type this Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is nearing one kagillion dollars at the worldwide box office, a total so large it has gone into made up numbers.  At this point it’s fairly well documented that I wasn’t a fan of the sequel, so I won’t reiterate how there was no story and most of the critics got it right.

But Transformers got me thinking about how I used to take Soundwave in the tub with me and, while surrounded by bubbles, dive bomb the rubber ducky.  Then, after I finished reminiscing about last weekend, I reflected further back to my childhood.  Those were the good times before I had responsibilities and other things I procrastinate.  However, now that 80’s adaptations are successful in theaters, Hollywood will milk that cash cow dry until we’re all sick of hearing about the toys we

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Amazing 'Trash Film Orgy' Gets Down in Sacramento

29 June 2009 9:08 AM, PDT | From ESplatter.com | See recent ESplatter news

If you haven't checked out Sacramento's annual "Trash Film Orgy," you owe it to yourself to. If you're within a 100-mile radius, do check it out. This year's lineup has just been announced, and although it is a bit a light on horror movies it does include "Chopping Mall" in the lineup. Here's the scoop: Northern California's most infamous Midnight Movie Show returns for its 9th incredible season! Bringing you the best in 35mm Exploitation and Cult Cinema, Tfo promises the ultimate theatre experience! With Live Bloody Stage Shows, Original Shorts, Audience Participation, Games, Costume Contests, Prizes and much, much More-you won’t believe your eyes! This year’s festival features many exciting surprises…including the return of special guest stars and the Tfo’s original host Francois Fly!!! July 11th- Flash Gordon See the 1980 Sci-Fi camp classic on the big screen! With Max Von Sydow, Sam Jones, Timothy Dalton,

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Alice in Teaserland

22 June 2009 6:50 PM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

Maybe "Tweedle Dee!" should be the new "Squeeeee!" for excited exclamations. You've probably seen the new images via USA Today and the info on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland? But I'd like to talk about the cast and the polish. One of the only pluses of mainstays like 'Wonderland' being retold each decade over original work is to see how the different eras and visual artists interpret them.

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

Wonderland. If you click over to USA Today you can move

around in the gardens with your mouse. For what it's worth it looks like

Edward Scissorhands has been hired as Wonderland's landscape artist.

Mia Wasikowska as Alice (the oldest Alice since Meryl Streep?) and

Matt Lucas as Tweedledee and Tweedleydum

Helena & Anne Hathaway as Red & White Queens. Depp as Mad Hatter.

I love what My New Plaid Pants says about the latter: "if Elijah Wood

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Paul Reubens As Bat-Mite? This Week’s ‘Batman: The Brave And The Bold’ Just Blew My Mind

28 May 2009 9:21 AM, PDT | From MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news

Earlier this month, I told you about the debut of one of my favorite ridiculous Batman villains, Crazy Quilt, on Cartoon Network’s “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” animated series. Well, the creators of the series have managed to venture even further into the bizarre reaches of the Dark Knight’s cast of supporting characters with this week’s episode.

In a story titled “Legends of the Dark Mite,” Batman will face one of the greatest (in my humble opinion) Bat-characters in the history of the Bat-universe: Bat-Mite.

An imp from the 5th Dimension (much like Superman villain Mister Mxyzptlk), Bat-Mite kidnaps his caped hero during the upcoming episode, bringing Batman back to the imp’s uber-trippy home dimension for a series of surreal adventures through the wackier side of the hero’s history. And as if that wasn’t enough to pique your interest, the episode was scripted by “Lost” writer Paul Dini,

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They're Remaking 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Without Joss Whedon!

26 May 2009 5:21 PM, PDT | From Fandango | See recent Fandango news

Those of you hardcore Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will know that the character was not born on television as Sarah Michelle Gellar, but instead was a 1992 movie starring Kristy Swanson as a Clueless-type high school gal who learns how to slay vampires from Donald Sutherland, while wooing Luke Perry and running from the lead villain, as played by Pee-Wee Herman, er, Paul Reubens. Unfortunately I'm not kidding; the film also starred a young Hilary Swank, Ben Affleck and David Arquette. (Don't tell anyone, but I totally consider this flick to be a fantastic guilty pleasure.) The film itself, though, was written by Joss Whedon, who would later revive it as a pretty kickass television series that slowly built its own massive fanbase and spin-off show (Angel). Now, 17 years after the...

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They're Remaking 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Without Joss Whedon!

26 May 2009 5:21 PM, PDT | From Fandango | See recent Fandango news

Those of you hardcore Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will know that the character was not born on television as Sarah Michelle Gellar, but instead was a 1992 movie starring Kristy Swanson as a Clueless-type high school gal who learns how to slay vampires from Donald Sutherland, while wooing Luke Perry and running from the lead villain, as played by Pee-Wee Herman, er, Paul Reubens. Unfortunately I'm not kidding; the film also starred a young Hilary Swank, Ben Affleck and David Arquette. (Don't tell anyone, but I totally consider this flick to be a fantastic guilty pleasure.) The film itself, though, was written by Joss Whedon, who would later revive it as a pretty kickass television series that slowly built its own massive fanbase and spin-off show (Angel). Now, 17 years after the...

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They're Remaking 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Without Joss Whedon!

26 May 2009 5:21 PM, PDT | From Fandango | See recent Fandango news

Those of you hardcore Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will know that the character was not born on television as Sarah Michelle Gellar, but instead was a 1992 movie starring Kristy Swanson as a Clueless-type high school gal who learns how to slay vampires from Donald Sutherland, while wooing Luke Perry and running from the lead villain, as played by Pee-Wee Herman, er, Paul Reubens. Unfortunately I'm not kidding; the film also starred a young Hilary Swank, Ben Affleck and David Arquette. (Don't tell anyone, but I totally consider this flick to be a fantastic guilty pleasure.) The film itself, though, was written by Joss Whedon, who would later revive it as a pretty kickass television series that slowly built its own massive fanbase and spin-off show (Angel). Now, 17 years after the...

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‘Buffy’ Reboot Without Whedon, Plus His Response

26 May 2009 5:20 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news

Maybe I should just change the name of this site to NewsinRemakes because that’s where things seem to be headed.  Another high profile reboot was announced today.

Vertigo Entertainment is planning a reboot of the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  The director of the original, Fran Rubel Kuzui, is developing an updated version along with her husband.  The reboot (not a sequel or prequel) isn’t set up at a studio yet, but producers are shopping the idea around town.  Curiously absent is writer and fan favorite Joss Whedon.

Buffy was Whedon’s first feature film script, which was sort of a campy, middling movie featuring Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, and Luke Perry.  It’s also the first movie for Oscar winner Hilary Swank.  Whedon later used the characters to create a cult following with a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” TV series (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar) that

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Disney’s Flight of the Navigator to get a new set of wings

26 May 2009 11:50 AM, PDT | From The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news

When Disney wants to bring back an animated classic they head back to the Disney Vault and re-release the film on DVD for a limited time before it gets locked away for another 10 or 20 years. With live action, they usually do things differently and just remake the film.

This time around Disney is bringing back Flight of the Navigator, the 1986 sci-fi adventure. The original release met limited success at the box office but became a cult hit on VHS. For those that don’t remember, the story revolves around a boy who is abducted by an alien ship in 1978 and shows up eight years later, not having aged one bit.

The Hollywood Reporter says that the executive producer of the first film, John Hyde, will step into the same role for the new version. The remake will be written by Brad Copeland who wrote Wild Hogs for Disney and has

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Disney Prepping Launch for New ‘Flight of the Navigator’

26 May 2009 11:28 AM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news

Disney is preparing a remake of 1986 science fiction adventure Flight of the Navigator.  Brad Copeland (Wild Hogs) is writing the updated script.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, executive producer John Hyde filled the same role for the first version.

The original movie centered on a 12-year-old boy (Joey Cramer) who is abducted by an alien spacecraft.  The ship only removed him from Earth for a few hours, but when he returns to his home 8 years has passed and he’s still only 12.  When Nasa discovers the connection between the boy’s strange situation and a captured UFO, they try to exploit him for the data stored in his brain.  The boy escapes with the ship and tries to reunite with his family.

Cramer retired from acting shortly after Navigator.  The movie also featured Sarah Jessica Parker and the voice of Paul Ruebens (a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman).

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'Buffy' Flick Gets Revived (Sans Whedon!)

26 May 2009 9:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

The original Buffy was a silly early '90s flick featuring Kristy Swanson, dreamy Luke Perry as her Bf Pike, Rutger Hauer as the bad vamp about town Lothos, a post-Pee Wee Paul Reubens as one of his henchmen, and Donald Sutherland as a told-ya-so! dude named Merrick who warned her she was a predestined kicker of vampire ass. Blink-and-miss-it cameos include Hilary Swank, Ben Affleck, gossip columnist Liz Smith, David Arquette, and Ricki Lake. Really.

Now Buffy is getting a 21st century transfusion with help from the original director Fran Rubel Kuzui and producer Kaz Kuzui to create "what is being labeled a remake or relaunch, but not a sequel or prequel," according to Hollywood Reporter. So with that very oblique description in mind, it looks like this will be a sort of different incarnation of Buffy -- a different vampire "warrior" for a different generation. One with "franchise potential,

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Flight of the Navigator Remake on the Way

26 May 2009 7:29 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

When I was a kid, Flight of the Navigator was easily one of my favourite movies. At the time, it was right up there with Explorers in terms of family-friendly sci-fi adventure flicks, although I haven't rewatched it recently to see if it holds up. Looks like I won't need to though since Disney is apparently in the process of remaking it. The weird thing is, my first thought at seeing this headline was that this remake had been previously announced... I guess it just goes to show how out of control the remake train is right now. Brad Copeland (Wild Hogs, Arrested Development) has been hired to write the script for the new version, which will still be about a kid who gets abducted by aliens and then returns 8 years later with no memory of what happened. All I know is that Paul Reubens better reprise his role as

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The '80s Keep Coming, 'Flight of the Navigator' Being Remade

26 May 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

This must be kind of what Bill Murray felt like in Groundhog Day -- only we're not talking a single day being relived again and again, but an entire decade. Joke not about this '80s property or that, because tomorrow they're made official via the trades.

The latest to stop being a joke and become reality is The Flight of the Navigator which is being prepped by Disney. According to The Hollywood Reporter, they've set Brad Copeland to pen the remake, and it's being produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. There's not much more information than that, but I imagine they'll keep the same story, and just beef it up a bit.

You remember the story, right? A young boy is abducted by aliens in 1978 and experiences a serious case of missing time, as he returns eight years later. His family has moved, his kid brother has grown up,

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Disney Taps ‘Flight Of The Navigator’ For A Remake

26 May 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

Are any of you readers actually old enough to remember seeing Disney’s “Flight of the Navigator” (1985) in theaters? I am, and I did. It was one of those childhood sci-fi classics for me, like “SpaceCamp” or “Explorers.” I can’t really imagine a remake, but AI ‘navigator’ Max (voiced by Paul Reubens in the original) certainly gives the warbling Wall-e a run for his money in the lovable robot department.

The Hollywood Reporter revealed this morning that Disney is returning once again to the story of a boy and his pet alien spacecraft. In the original, young David Freeman (Joey Cramer) disappears for eight years. He is found near the site of a crashed alien spaceship, having not aged a day and with no memory of the intervening years. A series of events subsequently leads David to board the ship, where he learns from the robot navigator Max that

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Disneys Flight Of The Navigator Returns

26 May 2009 3:56 AM, PDT | From SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news

It seems like eventually every movie will be rebooted. Once an original films audience reaches a certain state of advanced decrepitude, the time comes to polish up the original with nice shiny effects and drop it on a new generation of moviegoers who are blissfully unaware of how much the original may have sucked. Because of the recent success of Race to Witch Mountain, Disney is digging through the dark depths of their catalogue for the next film to get the new car finish. “Flight of the Navigator” starred Sarah Jessica Parker, Howard Hesseman and even Paul Reubens. Navigator told the pretty interesting Sci-Fi story of a kid that disappears one day only to reappear 8 years later not having aged a single day. A spaceship is found tangled in some power lines near him. What a coincidence! Arrested Developments writer Brad Copeland will pen the script and David Hoberman and

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Disney to Remake Flight of the Navigator

25 May 2009 11:57 PM, PDT | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news

When will the remake bug die?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney will rehash (and most likely butcher) the 1986 children's sci-fi cult hit Flight of the Navigator. The movie, which was a cornerstone viewing experience of many an '80s child, tells the story of David, a 12-year-old boy who in 1978 falls into a ravine, goes unconscious, and has a close encounter with an unseen alien intelligence. When he comes to, it's 1986, and he's the exact same age.

Later, this is all explained in a great scene that doesn't insult the intelligence of its child audience and outlines the basics of Einstein's Theory of Relativity, which shows that time slows down for an object when it approaches the speed of light (more than 186,000 miles per second, if you're curious!).

David tries to adjust to his friends and family aging eight years, and he is also pursued by agents at Nasa,

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Another Flight Of The Navigator

25 May 2009 11:41 PM, PDT | From TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news

The development bods at the Mouse House have been digging through the kid pic files again – and have seized on Flight Of The Navigator for its latest remake. The 1986 film saw Joey Cramer as David Freeman, a 12-year-old kid snatched by an alien spaceship in 1978, only to crop up eight years later with zero memory of his time aboard. Naughty Nasa types try to use his link with the ship to get access, but he escapes with the vessel and, helped by its alien pilot Max (voiced by Pee Wee Herman), tries to locate his family. While...

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Disney to Remake Flight of the Navigator

25 May 2009 9:02 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

Disney is developing a remake of the 1986 sci-fi adventure movie Flight of the Navigator. Brad Copeland has signed on to write the screenplay and John Hyde, who executive produced the first one, will be back to produce. The original told the story of a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by an alien spacecraft in 1978 and reappears eight years later, still the same age and with no memory of what happened. Nasa scientists discover a connection between the boy and a downed spacecraft and try to exploit the boy, who ultimately escapes with the ship and attempts to reunite with his family. The movie grossed only $17 million when it was released but was later rediscovered on VHS, becoming a cult hit. It was directed by Randal Kleiser (Grease) and starred Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young and Sarah Jessica Parker. Copeland previously wrote Wild Hogs for Disney and is writing Nightcrawlers at Warners.

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Four Inevitable Disney Live-Action Remakes

12 March 2009 6:28 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

This week's "Race to Witch Mountain," starring Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino, is the latest remake-- ahem, modern reimagining from Walt Disney Studios. Though the Mouse House's animated classics remain sacrosanct (if the jumping-off point of direct-to-dvd sequels), the live-action library has been pillaged for endless redos intended for theaters or the Disney Channel, which is where a previous remake of "Escape to Witch Mountain" starring Robert Vaughn and Brad Dourif premiered in 1995. Nothing is safe from the remake button over at Disney, so here are four more properties we fully expect to receive the same treatment in the near future, and proposals on how best to bring the projects into the 21st century. The only reason the immortally cheesy "Tron" didn't make the list is because they're already shooting a sequel.

"The Black Hole" (1979)

Directed by Gary Nelson

One of the least kid-friendly casts in Disney history (including hep cats Robert Forster,

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Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (February 27, 2009)

27 February 2009 7:22 AM, PST | From AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news

It's The Best.Gay.Week.Ever! But In Designer Clothes!

Oh, the irony of having me write a fashion-themed Bgwe! Why so ironic? How about because it's 5 Pm and I'm currently wearing Target slippers, Target lounge pants and a ratty sweathshirt. Did I mention these are my good clothes?

Not fair! I actually shower every single day! Mostly...

Why the sudden interest in fashion? Well, there was Fashion Week having taken place last week in New York and the Oscars in L.A. on Sunday, but I was really inspired by last week's episode of Ugly Betty which ended with Betty finally "getting" that fashion isn't just about expensive clothes but is actually "art" and about taking what's on the inside emotionally, spiritually, etc. and putting it on the outside. 

 I guess she's feeling wing-y on the inside?

I found that an interesting way to look at fashion and thusly

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