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7 items from 2013
The Shining prequel, The Overlook Hotel, gets a writer
13 April 2013 7:32 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
We’ve known for some time now that Warner Bros. has been planning a sort-of-but-not-quite prequel to the 1980 classic The Shining named The Overlook Hotel. And now Deadline are reporting that former The Walking Dead showrunner Glen Mazzara has been hired to write the script.
Little is known about the project, but we do know that The Overlook Hotel is not connected to Stephen King’s own Shining sequel novel Doctor Sleep, which is set for release in September.
Mazzara was the showrunner on The Walking Dead until the end of last year where he met the same fate as Frank Darabont and left the project after clashes with creator Robert Kirkman.
The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 starring Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance, a father who is influenced by the spirits of The Overlook Hotel into violence against his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and his son Danny »
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The Walking Dead Ex-Showrunner Glen Mazzara to Write The Shining Prequel The Overbrook Hotel
11 April 2013 12:46 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Glen Mazzara, who served as showrunner on the last two seasons of The Walking Dead, has been hired to write The Shining prequel The Overbrook Hotel.
We first reported on this project back in July, when Warner Bros. was in the very early stages of developing a prequel, set before Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) and his family moved into the forboding hotel. No story details have been given at this point, but there are elements of Stephen King's original novel that delved into the history of The Overbrook, which weren't used in director Stanley Kubrick's 1980 classic.
Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island), James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), and Brad Fischer (Black Swan) are producing through their Mythology Entertainment company. No production schedule has been given at this time.
Coincidentally, Stephen King is also revisiting The Shining with a sequel novel entitled Doctor Sleep, which focuses on an adult Danny Torrance, »
- MovieWeb
Film Review: Mystery of Stanley Kubrick Explored in ‘Room 237’
6 April 2013 6:01 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Every film buff remembers the first time they laid eyes on director Stanley Kubrick’s memorable horror classic, “The Shining.” In the film, Scatman Crothers’ character warns young Danny, “There ain’t nothing in Room 237…so stay out.” Filmmaker Rodney Ascher has ignored that warning in his documentary, “Room 237,” and takes us inside one of the most analyzed films in cinema history.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Room 237” in the film “The Shining” is that room in the Overlook Hotel where everything seemed to happen, and the documentary takes the same approach in revisiting the film. Director Ascher has gathered some of most interesting theories regarding the messages that director Stanley Kubrick hid behind the strange narrative of a scary hotel, the breakdown of a writer and a little boy who can see the evil there. With the digital age – including the ability to stop a film frame-by-frame on a »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Interview: Director Rodney Ascher Opens the Door to ‘Room 237’
4 April 2013 10:53 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The mystery of Stanley Kubrick is one of his great attributes. He directed a scant 12 major films in a forty year career, each with its own genre-busting stamp. His work has inspired an overall passion for films, numerous analytical studies and a new documentary about the theories behind his 1980 masterpiece, “The Shining.” Rodney Ascher directs this strange and compelling film, “Room 237.”
“Room 237” highlights both the theories of interpretation regarding “The Shining,” and the obsessive nature of film buffs and human beings in general. We are all blessed with a perspective based on our experiences, and “Room 237” (which is the room number in the film’s Overlook Hotel that no one should go into) celebrates those perspectives, by indicating how far we can crawl inside a work of art – to dissect the meaning and what that meaning can tell us. “The Shining,” besides being a spectacularly crafted 1980 “horror” film, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
'Room 237': Check out the poster for the awesome new documentary about Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining' -- Exclusive
12 March 2013 9:52 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
In Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic The Shining, Scatman Crothers’ chef Hallorann warns Danny Lloyd’s Danny to stay the hell away from room 237 of the Overlook Hotel — which turns out to excellent, if ignored, advice. But while room 237 is to be avoided, the new documentary Room 237 is a must-see, one which EW’s Owen Gleiberman has described as a “mesmerizing pop-art document.” The work of first-time director Rodney Ascher, the film showcases the theories of five obsessive Shining fans as to what Kubrick really intended with his Stephen King adaptation and features footage from both that snowy chiller and many others. »
- Clark Collis
In Memoriam: A Tribute To Red Shirts in Cinema
27 February 2013 11:00 AM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
We're not into giving out spoilers, but in the upcoming new psychological horror film "Stoker" by "Oldboy" director Chan-wook Park, a certain character not only doesn't make it out alive, their only purpose in the film seemed to be ... to die.
Looks like someone just had a red shirt moment.
"Red shirt," of course, refers the the classic "Star Trek" habit of having random Enterprise crew members — inevitably wearing a blood red uniform — accompany Spock and Kirk on a dangerous mission, only to die terribly while the main characters get away without a scratch.
So in honor of "Stoker," here's a look at some of our favorite red shirts in film history. Because if someone has to die, it might as well be someone we don't care at all about. Caution: Non-"Stoker" spoilers ahead!
Marvin in "Pulp Fiction"
As someone once famously said, "Aw, man, I shot Marvin in the face! »
- Scott Harris
Mama Review
19 February 2013 8:30 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Director: Andres Muschietti.
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nelisse, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Running Time: 100 minutes.
Certificate: 15.
Synopsis: Annabel (Jessica Chastain) and her boyfriend Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) suddenly find themselves caring for his two nieces, who were found living in a cabin in the woods after a five-year disappearance. Practically feral, the girls rely on an imaginary carer they call Mama.
‘Mama, I love you. Mama, I care,’ crooned the Spice Girls. If only we could say the same about the latest horror from the house of Del Toro (mainly so we could get on the posters). Alas, the best we can sing is ‘Mama, I thought you were alright. Mama, I wish you hadn’t gone all CG at the end.’ The rhyming scheme is awkward.
The feature debut of writer/director Andres Muschietti is something of a mixed bag, which is at points inventive, clichéd, truly frightening, unintentionally funny, »
- John Sharp
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