Steven Spielberg has had a lifelong fascination with alien beings from beyond the stars. When the legendary director was just 17, he made a nearly two-and-a-half-hour epic on his 8mm camera called Firelight, a film that he more or less remade 14 years later as Close Encounters of the Third Kind. That 1977 classic would be the first of three professional movies Spielberg would make about aliens arriving on our planet, the other two being E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and War of the Worlds (2005). And each trip into the extraterrestrial has led to one of the director’s most successful and acclaimed films (we’re not counting 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull since Spielberg didn’t actually want aliens in the movie).
It’s also a subject that continues to fascinate the filmmaker, with Variety recently reporting that Spielberg’s next film is going to be another...
It’s also a subject that continues to fascinate the filmmaker, with Variety recently reporting that Spielberg’s next film is going to be another...
- 4/24/2024
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Stars: Joseph Sikora, Annie Ilonzeh, Iddo Goldberg, Ruby Modine, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Andrew Bachelor, Tyler Abron, Terrence Jenkins, Jessica Allain, Michele McCormick | Written by John Ferry, Deon Taylor | Directed by Deon Taylor
Fear begins with the sound of a tape being placed in a Vcr followed by extremely glitchy footage of author Rom Jennings being interviewed about his upcoming book, a non-fiction work on the mythology surrounding fear. Among other things, he mentions needing to take a research trip to a particular area in Northern California.
That location is the Strawberry Lodge and Rom is bringing his girlfriend Bianca on the trip with plans to propose to her. He’s also invited his agent, Michael and some friends including Serena, Lou, Benny, Kim and married couple Russ and Meg to join them.
Director Deon Taylor and co-writer John Ferry set this reunion against the backdrop of an unnamed pandemic. While...
Fear begins with the sound of a tape being placed in a Vcr followed by extremely glitchy footage of author Rom Jennings being interviewed about his upcoming book, a non-fiction work on the mythology surrounding fear. Among other things, he mentions needing to take a research trip to a particular area in Northern California.
That location is the Strawberry Lodge and Rom is bringing his girlfriend Bianca on the trip with plans to propose to her. He’s also invited his agent, Michael and some friends including Serena, Lou, Benny, Kim and married couple Russ and Meg to join them.
Director Deon Taylor and co-writer John Ferry set this reunion against the backdrop of an unnamed pandemic. While...
- 1/16/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
If you’re looking for something creepy to binge…
Fans of all things strange and paranormal are surely familiar with the so-called “Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter,” the moniker given to a truly bizarre story from 1955. Story goes that twelve people living in a farmhouse in Christian County, Kentucky had reported to police one night that tiny goblin creatures had besieged the property, and a gun battle ensued. When police arrived on the scene, they found no evidence of the alien-like creatures, but the story nevertheless rose to prominence and even inspired Steven Spielberg to write Night Skies, an unmade film that laid the groundwork for classics like Poltergeist, E.T. and Gremlins.
All these years later, have the Kentucky Goblins returned?
With the recent release of The Unbinding, it’s time to revisit the Planet Weird Original “Hellier,” a 15-part documentary series that sets out to uncover the true story behind the “Kentucky...
Fans of all things strange and paranormal are surely familiar with the so-called “Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter,” the moniker given to a truly bizarre story from 1955. Story goes that twelve people living in a farmhouse in Christian County, Kentucky had reported to police one night that tiny goblin creatures had besieged the property, and a gun battle ensued. When police arrived on the scene, they found no evidence of the alien-like creatures, but the story nevertheless rose to prominence and even inspired Steven Spielberg to write Night Skies, an unmade film that laid the groundwork for classics like Poltergeist, E.T. and Gremlins.
All these years later, have the Kentucky Goblins returned?
With the recent release of The Unbinding, it’s time to revisit the Planet Weird Original “Hellier,” a 15-part documentary series that sets out to uncover the true story behind the “Kentucky...
- 9/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In hindsight, it’s a story so simple a child could’ve come up with it. A story about a boy feeling lost and alone in the world. He befriends a small alien, similarly lost and alone in the world. Their bond is almost immediate, and in a few short days, they become the best of friends. But the alien doesn’t belong here, and the boy knows it. One day soon, that loveable creature will have to return home, and when he does, he won’t be coming back… The end.
It might not sound spectacular on paper, but with the right storyteller in charge, the result broke millions of hearts and earned hundreds of millions of dollars. When Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came out in June of 1982, the world was not quite prepared for just how much of a phenomenon the movie – and its title character – would become.
It might not sound spectacular on paper, but with the right storyteller in charge, the result broke millions of hearts and earned hundreds of millions of dollars. When Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came out in June of 1982, the world was not quite prepared for just how much of a phenomenon the movie – and its title character – would become.
- 6/21/2023
- by Eric Walkuski
- JoBlo.com
Mark Harrison Aug 9, 2019
From E.T. II to Robopocalypse, here are some of the most interesting movies Steven Spielberg never made…
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Having excelled in both the artistic and commercial side of American cinema for almost 50 years, Steven Spielberg knows how to get a movie made. Showing no signs of slowing down, the director has 33 feature films under his belt to date and many other films where he’s credited as a producer, including those made by his companies Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures.
Some of those films include projects he was originally intended to direct but were eventually set up for other filmmakers to helm, including Rain Man, Big Fish, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, American Sniper, and Interstellar, to name a few. Inevitably, we’re more tantalized by the projects that never came to fruition and the stories behind their...
From E.T. II to Robopocalypse, here are some of the most interesting movies Steven Spielberg never made…
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Having excelled in both the artistic and commercial side of American cinema for almost 50 years, Steven Spielberg knows how to get a movie made. Showing no signs of slowing down, the director has 33 feature films under his belt to date and many other films where he’s credited as a producer, including those made by his companies Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures.
Some of those films include projects he was originally intended to direct but were eventually set up for other filmmakers to helm, including Rain Man, Big Fish, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, American Sniper, and Interstellar, to name a few. Inevitably, we’re more tantalized by the projects that never came to fruition and the stories behind their...
- 8/9/2019
- Den of Geek
Mark Harrison Feb 12, 2019
Looking for something to watch this Valentine’s Day? Here’s why John Carpenter’s sci-fi romance Starman is worth another look…
This feature contains minor spoilers for Starman. If you haven’t seen the film, please read on with caution.
John Carpenter hasn’t made too many conventional date movies. Films like Halloween, Escape From New York, and his thematic Apocalypse trilogy don’t typically get couples in the mood for love. Nevertheless, he made a doozy of a romance in the form of 1984’s Starman, which stars an Oscar-nominated Jeff Bridges and an equally great Karen Allen as an unlikely couple who take a road trip across America.
Starting with the 1977 launch of the Voyager 2 space probe, which carries a golden record full of samples of Earth culture and greetings in 57 different languages, the film is about an alien who answers mankind’s invitation to extra-terrestrial life.
Looking for something to watch this Valentine’s Day? Here’s why John Carpenter’s sci-fi romance Starman is worth another look…
This feature contains minor spoilers for Starman. If you haven’t seen the film, please read on with caution.
John Carpenter hasn’t made too many conventional date movies. Films like Halloween, Escape From New York, and his thematic Apocalypse trilogy don’t typically get couples in the mood for love. Nevertheless, he made a doozy of a romance in the form of 1984’s Starman, which stars an Oscar-nominated Jeff Bridges and an equally great Karen Allen as an unlikely couple who take a road trip across America.
Starting with the 1977 launch of the Voyager 2 space probe, which carries a golden record full of samples of Earth culture and greetings in 57 different languages, the film is about an alien who answers mankind’s invitation to extra-terrestrial life.
- 2/12/2019
- Den of Geek
With Spielberg’s E.T. turning 35 this year, we revisit the film that started it all. When it comes to unmade movies, Steven Spielberg’s Night Skies is undoubtedly the most important one *never* made. Story goes that in the wake of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, released in 1977, Columbia Pictures wanted Spielberg to make a […]...
- 9/5/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Ryan Lambie Jun 30, 2016
Jessica Rabbit kidnapped by Nazis. Costner rescuing Princess Diana. We look back at a few strange movie sequels that were never made…
The multi-million dollar success of any movie will inevitably leave Hollywood executives clamouring for a sequel. And while there are plenty of movies whose stories are open-ended enough to warrant a return to the creative well, there are many times when coming up with a follow-up idea requires all sorts of imaginative leaps. Just look at something like Alien: Resurrection, which had to come up an elaborate reason why Ripley had (spoiler alert) managed to survive a swan-dive into a lead foundry in Alien 3.
Which brings us to this list, which is devoted to a few of the weirder sequel ideas that never made it to the big screen. An E.T. sequel in which little Elliott gets tortured by aliens? Forrest Gump dancing with Princess Diana?...
Jessica Rabbit kidnapped by Nazis. Costner rescuing Princess Diana. We look back at a few strange movie sequels that were never made…
The multi-million dollar success of any movie will inevitably leave Hollywood executives clamouring for a sequel. And while there are plenty of movies whose stories are open-ended enough to warrant a return to the creative well, there are many times when coming up with a follow-up idea requires all sorts of imaginative leaps. Just look at something like Alien: Resurrection, which had to come up an elaborate reason why Ripley had (spoiler alert) managed to survive a swan-dive into a lead foundry in Alien 3.
Which brings us to this list, which is devoted to a few of the weirder sequel ideas that never made it to the big screen. An E.T. sequel in which little Elliott gets tortured by aliens? Forrest Gump dancing with Princess Diana?...
- 6/27/2016
- Den of Geek
Still doing it his way: Sayles today.
By Mark Cerulli
The interview was set for 10:30 Am. Usually they run a few minutes late as the celebrity works his way through a call list. When the moment arrives an assistant handles the intros. Not this time. At precisely 10:30:00, the phone rang and iconic Indie filmmaker John Sayles introduced himself. And why not? A no-nonsense, get- it -done type of auteur, Sayles handles his own publicity calls and was keen to discuss his remarkable and varied career in advance of a weekend retrospective at La’s Cinefamily February 18 - 20.
Sayles broke into the business, like so many before him, by working with genre legend Roger Corman who figuratively and literally wrote the book on low budget filmmaking. “I got very lucky, didn’t realize it at the time, “Sayles recalls. “I wrote three screenplays (Piranha, The Lady in Red...
By Mark Cerulli
The interview was set for 10:30 Am. Usually they run a few minutes late as the celebrity works his way through a call list. When the moment arrives an assistant handles the intros. Not this time. At precisely 10:30:00, the phone rang and iconic Indie filmmaker John Sayles introduced himself. And why not? A no-nonsense, get- it -done type of auteur, Sayles handles his own publicity calls and was keen to discuss his remarkable and varied career in advance of a weekend retrospective at La’s Cinefamily February 18 - 20.
Sayles broke into the business, like so many before him, by working with genre legend Roger Corman who figuratively and literally wrote the book on low budget filmmaking. “I got very lucky, didn’t realize it at the time, “Sayles recalls. “I wrote three screenplays (Piranha, The Lady in Red...
- 2/18/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
As Jurassic World bites a hole in our multiplexes, we compares its events to John Sayles' Jurassic Park IV script from a decade ago...
Nb: the following contains spoilers for Jurassic World.
For Universal, the success of Jurassic World is the $500m pay-off to a story which began well over a decade ago. Work on a third Jurassic Park sequel originally began after the release of Joe Johnston’s coolly-received Jurassic Park III way back in 2001, yet the film languished in a pre-production quagmire as writer after writer seemingly struggled to crack the story.
William Monahan (The Departed, Kingdom Of Heaven) was the first screenwriter to step up to the plate, announced at a time when Keira Knightley was reportedly in the running for a major role. Around that time, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough were also thought to be returning to their respective roles of Ian Malcom and John Hammond.
Nb: the following contains spoilers for Jurassic World.
For Universal, the success of Jurassic World is the $500m pay-off to a story which began well over a decade ago. Work on a third Jurassic Park sequel originally began after the release of Joe Johnston’s coolly-received Jurassic Park III way back in 2001, yet the film languished in a pre-production quagmire as writer after writer seemingly struggled to crack the story.
William Monahan (The Departed, Kingdom Of Heaven) was the first screenwriter to step up to the plate, announced at a time when Keira Knightley was reportedly in the running for a major role. Around that time, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough were also thought to be returning to their respective roles of Ian Malcom and John Hammond.
- 6/15/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
We look at the films that slipped through Hollywood's net, from biblical epics to a time travelling Gladiator sequel...
This article contains a spoiler for Gladiator.
If you're one of those frustrated over the quality of many of the blockbusters that make it to the inside of a multiplex, then ponder the following. For each of these were supposed to be major projects, that for one reason or another, stalled on their way to the big screen. Some still may make it. But for many others, the journey is over. Here are the big blockbusters that never were...
1. Airframe
The late Michael Crichton scored another residential on the bestseller list with his impressive thriller, Airframe. It was published in 1996, just after films of Crichton works such as Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure and the immortal Congo had proven to be hits of various sizes.
So: a hit book, another techno thriller,...
This article contains a spoiler for Gladiator.
If you're one of those frustrated over the quality of many of the blockbusters that make it to the inside of a multiplex, then ponder the following. For each of these were supposed to be major projects, that for one reason or another, stalled on their way to the big screen. Some still may make it. But for many others, the journey is over. Here are the big blockbusters that never were...
1. Airframe
The late Michael Crichton scored another residential on the bestseller list with his impressive thriller, Airframe. It was published in 1996, just after films of Crichton works such as Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure and the immortal Congo had proven to be hits of various sizes.
So: a hit book, another techno thriller,...
- 6/11/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
After teasing his ideal Alien sequel on Instagram earlier this year, director Neill Blomkamp was finally given the opportunity to direct a brand new installment in the Alien franchise, and it looks like Sigourney Weaver has signed on to reprise her iconic role.
Weaver and Blomkamp, who both walked the red carpet at the New York premiere of their new sci-fi collaboration, Chappie, talked to Et's Jason Dundas about the long-awaited project.
Videos: The Movies We're Most Excited To See In 2015
When asked about whether or not she was coming back to reprise her role as alien-fighting badass Ellen Ripley, Weaver said she would be retuning.
"There are two factors [Neill Blomkamp] needs: Ripley and the Aliens," Weaver said.
Blomkamp, who directed Chappie and is best known for helming the Oscar-nominated sci-fi epic District 9, confirmed her participation as well.
"She'll be in the cast," Blomkamp said. "She is the Alien franchise, to me, so...
Weaver and Blomkamp, who both walked the red carpet at the New York premiere of their new sci-fi collaboration, Chappie, talked to Et's Jason Dundas about the long-awaited project.
Videos: The Movies We're Most Excited To See In 2015
When asked about whether or not she was coming back to reprise her role as alien-fighting badass Ellen Ripley, Weaver said she would be retuning.
"There are two factors [Neill Blomkamp] needs: Ripley and the Aliens," Weaver said.
Blomkamp, who directed Chappie and is best known for helming the Oscar-nominated sci-fi epic District 9, confirmed her participation as well.
"She'll be in the cast," Blomkamp said. "She is the Alien franchise, to me, so...
- 3/5/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
In May, visual effects guru Rick Baker (click here) finally released images of the aliens he designed for Night Skies, which was an unmade Steven Spielberg ("Jurassic Park") film. Though, it wasn't made it still had a heavy influence on the story and creature designs of Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982). If you're not familiar with the fascinating story behind Night Skies I suggest you click on the link by Rick Baker's name. Below, is concept art that Empire recently published. These images were illustrated by Ed Verreaux with the intention of showing different versions of E.T.: The Extra - Terrestrial and the wide range of emotions the alien creature would have to perform. Ed also worked on: Empire of the Sun, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Poltergeist. Re-live the adventure and magic in one of the most beloved motion pictures of all-time,...
- 10/19/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
We know the history of Steven Spielberg‘s film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and we even know some of the fine details. For example, we’ve seen the early alien designs created by Rick Baker for the aborted project Night Skies. It’s obvious that some of those designs made their way to the stream of concepts that influenced Et […]
The post Unseen Concept Art Reveals Early Alternate Designs for E.T. appeared first on /Film.
The post Unseen Concept Art Reveals Early Alternate Designs for E.T. appeared first on /Film.
- 10/14/2014
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Frank Pavich's documentary takes a tour of a classic sci-fi film that never was. Jules-Pierre takes a look at Jodorowsky's Dune...
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"There are more unmade movies than there are made movies," says Frank Pavich, director of Jodorowsky's Dune, the documentary chronicling director Alejandro Jodorowsky's efforts to adapt Frank Herbert's seminal science fiction novel for the big screen. His effort began almost a decade before the generally unsatisfying David Lynch version hit theatres in 1984.
Back in the mid 70s, widely credited as the creator of the Midnight Film genre with the release of El Topo (which caused a riot during its viewing at a film festival in Mexico), and fresh from the success of The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky was given his choice of subject for his next movie. He elected to adapt Dune, even though he had never even read the book.
"Dune will be the coming of a god,...
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"There are more unmade movies than there are made movies," says Frank Pavich, director of Jodorowsky's Dune, the documentary chronicling director Alejandro Jodorowsky's efforts to adapt Frank Herbert's seminal science fiction novel for the big screen. His effort began almost a decade before the generally unsatisfying David Lynch version hit theatres in 1984.
Back in the mid 70s, widely credited as the creator of the Midnight Film genre with the release of El Topo (which caused a riot during its viewing at a film festival in Mexico), and fresh from the success of The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky was given his choice of subject for his next movie. He elected to adapt Dune, even though he had never even read the book.
"Dune will be the coming of a god,...
- 7/25/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
It all started with a tweet. On May 22nd, Rick Baker, the make-up wizard and self-proclaimed "monster maker" behind everything from "American Werewolf in London" to "Maleficent," posted an old, black-and-white photo to his Twitter account. The caption read: "As requested, the Night Skies alien. Not finished, no eyes. Cover the top of his head and tell me who he looks like." The photo was in reference to the infamously canceled "Night Skies," a project that he worked on with Steven Spielberg. The next day, Baker blocked out the top of his head, added eyes, and proclaimed the creature "Et's dad." This lead to a flurry of internet speculation, mislabeling "Night Skies" an "E.T. The Extra-terrestrial" prequel or a follow-up to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." It was neither. And here's the story.In 1980, Steven Spielberg found himself at something of a crossroads. After ushering in an era...
- 6/5/2014
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Night Skies is something of a Hollywood urban legend except that it actually isnt. It was a project specifically Steven Spielbergs project and it was about malicious aliens and their nasty intentions for mankind. In fact not only was it a legit concept heading in the right direction but production for the film actually saw liftoff to a small degree. And one amazingly talented effects practitioner by the name of Rick Baker (you should most certainly know the mans work but if youre not with the loop hes worked on iconic pics like Videodrome The Howling Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope and Hellboy to name just a few) was assigned the task of bringing some eerie aliens to life.
- 5/30/2014
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
For those who don't know, Steven Spielberg once flirted with the idea of a darker sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, focusing on one man's encounter with a UFO. The film was called Night Skies, but was eventually abandoned and somewhat blossomed into E.T. The Extra Terrestrial following Spielberg's meeting with Melissa Mathison. But when Night Skies was still in development, make-up and special effects wizard Rick Baker (Star Wars, Harry and the Hendersons, Men in Black) was working on aliens for the film. Though we never saw the film, he's posted some of the alien designs online. Here's a series of photos Rick Baker posted on Twitter (via The Verge), complete with his own context: .twitter-tweet { margin: 12px auto !important; }I was so excited to be working on this project,to be able to design different alien characters of the same race. pic.twitter.com/3uxwikTHRB— Rick Baker...
- 5/29/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Ryan Lambie Jun 12, 2019
Intended as a sequel to Close Encounters, Night Skies began in the 1970s and eventually became E.T.
Having scored a phenomenal hit with Jaws in 1975, director Steven Spielberg used his considerable industry clout to make Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - a science fiction fairytale for the UFO age. It was a personal project for Spielberg, conceived and partly written by the director himself (several other writers made uncredited passes on the script), and based on Firelight, the UFO film he'd shot for $500 while he was a teenager.
“I had a real, deep-rooted belief that we had been visited in this century,” the director once said of his fascination with the UFO phenomenon. “I was a real UFO devotee in the 1970s, and really into the UFO phenomenon from reading. For me, it was science.”
Like Jaws, the production on Close Encounters was difficult; as...
Intended as a sequel to Close Encounters, Night Skies began in the 1970s and eventually became E.T.
Having scored a phenomenal hit with Jaws in 1975, director Steven Spielberg used his considerable industry clout to make Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - a science fiction fairytale for the UFO age. It was a personal project for Spielberg, conceived and partly written by the director himself (several other writers made uncredited passes on the script), and based on Firelight, the UFO film he'd shot for $500 while he was a teenager.
“I had a real, deep-rooted belief that we had been visited in this century,” the director once said of his fascination with the UFO phenomenon. “I was a real UFO devotee in the 1970s, and really into the UFO phenomenon from reading. For me, it was science.”
Like Jaws, the production on Close Encounters was difficult; as...
- 5/29/2014
- Den of Geek
Intended as a sequel to Close Encounters, Night Skies began in the 1970s but later stalled. We look at how its ideas evolved into E.T...
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Having scored a phenomenal hit with Jaws in 1975, director Steven Spielberg used his considerable industry clout to make Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - a science fiction fairytale for the UFO age. It was a personal project for Spielberg, conceived and partly written by the director himself (several other writers made uncredited passes on the script), and based on Firelight, the UFO film he'd shot for $500 while he was a teenager.
“I had a real, deep-rooted belief that we had been visited in this century,” the director once said of his fascination with the UFO phenomenon. “I was a real UFO devotee in the 1970s, and really into the UFO phenomenon from reading. For me, it was science.”
Like Jaws, the production...
Feature
Having scored a phenomenal hit with Jaws in 1975, director Steven Spielberg used his considerable industry clout to make Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - a science fiction fairytale for the UFO age. It was a personal project for Spielberg, conceived and partly written by the director himself (several other writers made uncredited passes on the script), and based on Firelight, the UFO film he'd shot for $500 while he was a teenager.
“I had a real, deep-rooted belief that we had been visited in this century,” the director once said of his fascination with the UFO phenomenon. “I was a real UFO devotee in the 1970s, and really into the UFO phenomenon from reading. For me, it was science.”
Like Jaws, the production...
- 5/28/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Not too long ago, we featured an article talking about horror films that we’re unlikely to ever see. One of the entries on that list was Steven Spielberg’s Night Skies – a sort of sequel to Close Encounters that found a rural family confronting some far less friendly aliens. Spielberg eventually decided he didn’t want to make the movie, and the project fell apart – but Rick Baker’s creature designs have turned up on the Internet. Looking at them reveals that while the aliens of Night Skies never got to star in a film, they did at least serve as inspiration for another Spielberg project: E.T. The DNA of Night Skies isn’t only visible in E.T., though – you can also find its influence in other projects like Poltergeist...
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- 5/27/2014
- by Mike Bracken
- Movies.com
Here's a little known fact for you guys... After the success of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, director Steven Spielberg had something a lot darker in mind for us. Read on for details and a look at what E.T. was originally supposed to be.
Spielberg was fascinated by an event which transpired back in August 21, 1955, which became known as The Kelly, Kentucky Alien Invasion.
On that evening Billy Ray Taylor and his wife were visiting the Sutton farm. Billy exited the house to go fetch water from the Sutton family well and while doing so saw what he described as an "immense, shining object" landing about a quarter of a mile from the house. It wasn't long before he and the Sutton family were besieged by extraterrestrial invaders who were trying to break into the Sutton home. Click the link above for more on that story.
After becoming aware of the Kentucky incident,...
Spielberg was fascinated by an event which transpired back in August 21, 1955, which became known as The Kelly, Kentucky Alien Invasion.
On that evening Billy Ray Taylor and his wife were visiting the Sutton farm. Billy exited the house to go fetch water from the Sutton family well and while doing so saw what he described as an "immense, shining object" landing about a quarter of a mile from the house. It wasn't long before he and the Sutton family were besieged by extraterrestrial invaders who were trying to break into the Sutton home. Click the link above for more on that story.
After becoming aware of the Kentucky incident,...
- 5/27/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Legendary special effects artist Rick Baker has released a collection of alien concept designs for a sci-fi film Steven Spielberg was looking to make in the '80s called Night Skies.
After Spielberg made Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Columbia Pictures wanted to make a sequel. The director wasn't interested in making a sequel though, so the studio was thinking of moving forward with the movie without him. Spielberg was basically like "screw that," so he started developing a dark horror themed sci-fi alien movie called Watch the Skies, which was eventually changed to Night Skies.
The movie was written by John Sayles, and Baker was brought on board to design all of the alone concepts. The film production eventually fell apart and the movie never got made. Baker all of a sudden just started posting photos and images of his designs on Twitter, and they are really cool to see.
After Spielberg made Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Columbia Pictures wanted to make a sequel. The director wasn't interested in making a sequel though, so the studio was thinking of moving forward with the movie without him. Spielberg was basically like "screw that," so he started developing a dark horror themed sci-fi alien movie called Watch the Skies, which was eventually changed to Night Skies.
The movie was written by John Sayles, and Baker was brought on board to design all of the alone concepts. The film production eventually fell apart and the movie never got made. Baker all of a sudden just started posting photos and images of his designs on Twitter, and they are really cool to see.
- 5/27/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
It’s always fun when we get a chance to see the things that didn’t make it into our favorite movies, be they alternate endings or deleted scenes. Even better is when things assumed lost to time are rediscovered like Clive Barker’s intended version of Night Breed or Fritz Lang’s full Metropolis. Then there are the things that we knew existed, but just assumed we wouldn’t see. An example would be the recently released footage Jean-Claude Van Damme as the Predator. Adding to this last category over the weekend was Rick Baker. The effects master took to his twitter account and provided us with some of his creature work on the Steven Spielberg project Night Skies. That film was ultimately scrapped but some of the pre-production work made its way into E.T.
As requested The Night Skies alien. Not finished, no eyes. Cover the top of...
As requested The Night Skies alien. Not finished, no eyes. Cover the top of...
- 5/27/2014
- by Chris Connors
- FEARnet
After the success of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Steven Spielberg was eager to start work on Night Skies, a sequel to his alien masterpiece that would turn into a horror story of a family terrorized by a group of aliens, in a sort of Straw Dogs meets E.T storyline. If it wasn't for this project failing, E.T. would have never existed. Then again, judging by the newly released photos of his unused concepts for the film, E.T. never would have existed without the concept designs of Academy Award-winning creature designer Rick Baker. Cinematallica scooped the details, as well as some previously unreleased photos that Mr. Baker himself has been sharing through his official Twitter account. The work is the stuff that movie historians have dreamed of seeing, and it's nothing short of amazing. His concepts for the aliens of Night Skies, which predate Carlo Rambaldi's ...
- 5/27/2014
- cinemablend.com
After Close Encounters of the Third Kind became a hit, Columbia Pictures wanted a sequel. Director Steven Spielberg did not, but the one thing he wanted less than a sequel was for Columbia to make one without him. So he set about developing a much darker, horror-tinged film that would act as a follow-up to […]
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- 5/26/2014
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Writer Lee Gambin calls them Natural Horror films, other writers call them Revenge of Nature or Nature Run Amok films and writer Charles Derry considers them a type of Apocalyptic Cinema.
Of course we’re speaking of one of the great horror subgenres for which we’ll employ writer Kim Newman’s tag: The Revolt of Nature.
Since the end of the 1990s, lovers of animal attack films have been subjected to copious amounts of uninspired Nu Image, Syfy Channel and Syfy Channel-like dreck like Silent Predators (1999), Maneater (2007) Croc (2007), Grizzly Rage (2007) and a stunning amount of terrible shark attack films to name a few that barely scratch the surface of a massive list.
These movies fail miserably to capture the intensity of the unforgettable films they are imitating and the recent wave seems to carry with it the intent of giving the Revolt of Nature horror film a bad name.
Of course we’re speaking of one of the great horror subgenres for which we’ll employ writer Kim Newman’s tag: The Revolt of Nature.
Since the end of the 1990s, lovers of animal attack films have been subjected to copious amounts of uninspired Nu Image, Syfy Channel and Syfy Channel-like dreck like Silent Predators (1999), Maneater (2007) Croc (2007), Grizzly Rage (2007) and a stunning amount of terrible shark attack films to name a few that barely scratch the surface of a massive list.
These movies fail miserably to capture the intensity of the unforgettable films they are imitating and the recent wave seems to carry with it the intent of giving the Revolt of Nature horror film a bad name.
- 10/27/2013
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
I am one of the few people that I know that has not seen the film Argo yet. I totally understand your disappointment in me. The worst part is that I don’t have a good excuse for this. For those of you who have seen the film, here is a cool little story from Blastr that you can add to the crazy situation.
Argo tells the true story of how a CIA agent named Tony Mendez (played by director Ben Affleck) staged an operation to rescue six Americans who had escaped and were hiding at the Canadian embassy in Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis in which the Iranians held 52 other Americans in captivity.
Mendez came up with the cover story of pretending to be a Canadian producer looking to shoot a science fiction film on locations in Iran, with the idea being that the six Americans would leave with him,...
Argo tells the true story of how a CIA agent named Tony Mendez (played by director Ben Affleck) staged an operation to rescue six Americans who had escaped and were hiding at the Canadian embassy in Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis in which the Iranians held 52 other Americans in captivity.
Mendez came up with the cover story of pretending to be a Canadian producer looking to shoot a science fiction film on locations in Iran, with the idea being that the six Americans would leave with him,...
- 10/17/2012
- by Billy Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Thirty is a tricky birthday for anyone - your twenties are in the rear-view mirror, and your forties start to sneak up (can you tell this writer is getting closer to the magic 3-0?...). But it's also the point at which you can reach a certain respectability, start to push towards (whisper it) adulthood, and make it clear that you're here to stay. All of which is a long-winded and possibly over-sharing way of saying that thirty years ago today, on June 11, 1982, "E.T: The Extra Terrestrial" was released in theaters.
Despite Steven Spielberg's track record, it wasn't necessarily expected to be a major blockbuster -- one major studio had already turned it down. But a major blockbuster is exactly what it turned out to be -- it was the biggest of all time, in fact, holding the worldwide position until "Jurassic Park" in 1993, and the domestic crown until...
Despite Steven Spielberg's track record, it wasn't necessarily expected to be a major blockbuster -- one major studio had already turned it down. But a major blockbuster is exactly what it turned out to be -- it was the biggest of all time, in fact, holding the worldwide position until "Jurassic Park" in 1993, and the domestic crown until...
- 6/11/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Imagine it's June 1982, and you're faced with a decision at the multiplex between two new movies, "Poltergeist" (released on June 4) and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (released a week later, on June 11). Which film about a suburban family whose lives are overturned by a supernatural alien presence do you want to see? At the time of their release, the horror/satirical approach of "Poltergeist" and the mythical/sentimental approach of "E.T." seemed to be at opposite ends of the spectrum. Yet, three decades later, the two movies have more in common than near-simultaneous release dates, suburban settings, and otherworldly fantasy/horror/sci-fi elements: they also sprang from the mind of Steven Spielberg and explored many of his signature themes. Spielberg himself noted the similarity in a June 1982 interview: "I think people lead lives where their deepest wish is that something would interrupt the mundane everyday routine," he told Michael Verona. "And...
- 6/5/2012
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
A.J. Cook is glad to be back where many fans feel she belongs.
After being let go from her role as FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit sleuth Jennifer "Jj" Jareau, the actress was brought back to CBS' long-running Wednesday crime drama "Criminal Minds" for its current season. With the show's seventh round nearing its end, and repeats shown regularly on both A&E Network and Ion, Cook feels as if she never left ... almost.
"Because of all that has happened in the past year, there's a huge sense of pride and accomplishment there," she reflects. "I'm happy to see the long way that Jj has come. I always think back to the first episode, and I don't even know who that character is anymore.
"She's grown so much, and we've watched her grow up on-screen in a way," Cook adds. "I feel like I've done a lot of growing up in...
After being let go from her role as FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit sleuth Jennifer "Jj" Jareau, the actress was brought back to CBS' long-running Wednesday crime drama "Criminal Minds" for its current season. With the show's seventh round nearing its end, and repeats shown regularly on both A&E Network and Ion, Cook feels as if she never left ... almost.
"Because of all that has happened in the past year, there's a huge sense of pride and accomplishment there," she reflects. "I'm happy to see the long way that Jj has come. I always think back to the first episode, and I don't even know who that character is anymore.
"She's grown so much, and we've watched her grow up on-screen in a way," Cook adds. "I feel like I've done a lot of growing up in...
- 3/28/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
A psychic Morgan Freeman. Jessica Rabbit kidnapped by Nazis. We look back at a few strange movie sequels that were never made…
The multi-million dollar success of any movie will inevitably leave Hollywood executives clamouring for a sequel. And while there are plenty of movies whose stories are open-ended enough to warrant a return to the creative well, there are many times when coming up with a sequel idea requires all sorts of imaginative leaps.
Which brings us to this list, which is devoted to a few of the weirder sequel ideas that never made it to the big screen…
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Spielberg’s wish-fulfilment fantasy of UFOs, mashed potato mountains and alien abduction was an unexpectedly huge hit for Columbia Pictures in 1977, and naturally enough, it wanted a sequel. Unenthusiastic about making one, but anxious that a sequel might be made without him (as had...
The multi-million dollar success of any movie will inevitably leave Hollywood executives clamouring for a sequel. And while there are plenty of movies whose stories are open-ended enough to warrant a return to the creative well, there are many times when coming up with a sequel idea requires all sorts of imaginative leaps.
Which brings us to this list, which is devoted to a few of the weirder sequel ideas that never made it to the big screen…
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Spielberg’s wish-fulfilment fantasy of UFOs, mashed potato mountains and alien abduction was an unexpectedly huge hit for Columbia Pictures in 1977, and naturally enough, it wanted a sequel. Unenthusiastic about making one, but anxious that a sequel might be made without him (as had...
- 1/24/2012
- Den of Geek
Behind every movie you love, there is a story about how it almost became something entirely different.
In Steven Spielberg’s recent EW Interview, he revealed plot changes and alternate casting that might have made some classic movies virtually unrecognizable. Everyone knows Tom Selleck was his first choice to play Indiana Jones, though Selleck couldn’t get released from his Magnum P.I. contract to film it.
There are many more lesser-known stories about similar switches. Click through to see how E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Hook, and even Jaws might look in an alternate Spielbergian universe…
1941: In the late ‘70s,...
In Steven Spielberg’s recent EW Interview, he revealed plot changes and alternate casting that might have made some classic movies virtually unrecognizable. Everyone knows Tom Selleck was his first choice to play Indiana Jones, though Selleck couldn’t get released from his Magnum P.I. contract to film it.
There are many more lesser-known stories about similar switches. Click through to see how E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Hook, and even Jaws might look in an alternate Spielbergian universe…
1941: In the late ‘70s,...
- 12/8/2011
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Washington, Dec 5: Steven Spielberg has revealed that 'E.T. The Extra Terrestrial' started out as a creepy alien abduction movie before it was transformed into a classic family film.
The 64-year-old actor admitted that the 1982 flick was initially based on real Ufo encounter stories in Kentucky, and it only became a family film when Harrison Ford's then-girlfriend Melissa Mathison agreed to rewrite the screenplay.
"It was going to be called Night Skies, based on a piece of Ufo mythology... where a farm family reported little spindly grey aliens attacking their farm, even riding cows in the farmyard," Contactmusic quoted the moviemaker.
The 64-year-old actor admitted that the 1982 flick was initially based on real Ufo encounter stories in Kentucky, and it only became a family film when Harrison Ford's then-girlfriend Melissa Mathison agreed to rewrite the screenplay.
"It was going to be called Night Skies, based on a piece of Ufo mythology... where a farm family reported little spindly grey aliens attacking their farm, even riding cows in the farmyard," Contactmusic quoted the moviemaker.
- 12/5/2011
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
Classic family film E.T. The Extra Terrestrial started out life as a creepy alien abduction movie about a farm family who are visited by "spindly grey aliens".
Movie mogul Steven Spielberg admits the beloved 1982 film was initially based on real UFO encounter stories in Kentucky, and it only became a family film when Harrison Ford's then-girlfriend Melissa Mathison agreed to rewrite the screenplay.
He says, "It was going to be called Night Skies, based on a piece of UFO mythology... where a farm family reported little spindly grey aliens attacking their farm, even riding cows in the farmyard. This farm family basically huddled together for survival... It's a story that's well-known in the world of ufology, and we based our script on that story."
Spielberg tells Entertainment Weekly magazine he even commissioned celebrated effects designer Rick Baker to create the aliens, but everything changed when Mathison agreed to come on-board.
He recalls, "Melissa didn't want to write it. I needed Harrison and all of us to talk her into it."...
Movie mogul Steven Spielberg admits the beloved 1982 film was initially based on real UFO encounter stories in Kentucky, and it only became a family film when Harrison Ford's then-girlfriend Melissa Mathison agreed to rewrite the screenplay.
He says, "It was going to be called Night Skies, based on a piece of UFO mythology... where a farm family reported little spindly grey aliens attacking their farm, even riding cows in the farmyard. This farm family basically huddled together for survival... It's a story that's well-known in the world of ufology, and we based our script on that story."
Spielberg tells Entertainment Weekly magazine he even commissioned celebrated effects designer Rick Baker to create the aliens, but everything changed when Mathison agreed to come on-board.
He recalls, "Melissa didn't want to write it. I needed Harrison and all of us to talk her into it."...
- 12/5/2011
- WENN
This past Friday saw Joe Cornish appear at New York Comic-Con to conduct interviews with us journalists about the Blu-ray release of his feature debut, Attack the Block. I was one of those lucky enough to have a chance to talk with the filmmaker, who told us about some of his favorite features on the Blu-ray, and also how he ended up being one of the co-writers on Steven Spielberg‘s The Adventures of Tintin. Sadly, only two questions could be fit in, but he was gracious enough to give us detailed answers to either.
Others also managed to get some nice answers and tidbits from Cornish. For one thing, it turns out that the creature effects were partly informed by his black cat; the way they look from behind, to him, appears as a silhouette. With that influence in mind, the effects are meant to have a practical, traditional feel to them.
Others also managed to get some nice answers and tidbits from Cornish. For one thing, it turns out that the creature effects were partly informed by his black cat; the way they look from behind, to him, appears as a silhouette. With that influence in mind, the effects are meant to have a practical, traditional feel to them.
- 10/17/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Filmmakers have continued to push boundaries and find new innovative ways to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust and horror from viewers. Since Alfred Hitchcock directors strived to provoke viewer’s nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Although a good deal of it is about the supernatural, others have focused more on a plot about morbidity, serial killers, a disease/virus outbreak, surrealism and more. This year we see vampires, outbreaks, poltergeists, aliens, zombies, and psychological horror/character studies featured on our list.
What is considered to be a horror film has varied from decade to decade. These days, the term “horror” is applied to films which display more explicit gore, jump scenes/scares or supernatural content whereas early horror movies were largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
What is considered to be a horror film has varied from decade to decade. These days, the term “horror” is applied to films which display more explicit gore, jump scenes/scares or supernatural content whereas early horror movies were largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- 10/16/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
From the director of Night Skies (2007) comes the sci-fi thriller Bailout. Roy Knyrim is set to direct this film in 2011 or 2012. Bailout involves a virus unleashed in a "Supermax prison." Intandem Films will handle production with a concept poster available left. Expect this production to release late in 2012. More details are below.
The synopsis for Bailout is here:
"In the near future, ex-soldier turned corporate executive Simon Moll, is framed for creating a virus that has made the shadowy Cedex Corporation very rich.
Together with 8 other criminals, he’s infected with the virus and set loose in a hi-tech Supermax prison, where they are tracked down as part of a live on-line hunt to the death" (Film).
Completion Year: 2012.
Director: Roy Knyrim.
Producers: Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell.
Source:
Bailout at The Film Catalogue
Another prison set sci-fi film and Night Skies:
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The synopsis for Bailout is here:
"In the near future, ex-soldier turned corporate executive Simon Moll, is framed for creating a virus that has made the shadowy Cedex Corporation very rich.
Together with 8 other criminals, he’s infected with the virus and set loose in a hi-tech Supermax prison, where they are tracked down as part of a live on-line hunt to the death" (Film).
Completion Year: 2012.
Director: Roy Knyrim.
Producers: Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell.
Source:
Bailout at The Film Catalogue
Another prison set sci-fi film and Night Skies:
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- 8/4/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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Well we are officially through the first week of the Fantasia Film Festival, so I figured we should do a quick look back at all the articles and reviews we have posted so far. In seven days our crew has managed to post over twenty reviews, ten articles and we recorded two podcasts. Keep coming back to the site in the next two weeks for more coverage. We should be recording three more shows this weekend.
UK Cinema
Attack The Block
Scary but not too scary, funny but with respect for its characters, specific to its cultural geography but universal in its ideas, rapidly paced but always clearly staged. Beholden to any number of spiritual forbears (from The Warriors to the unproduced John Sayles script Night Skies, hailed by Cornish in promotional materials), Attack nevertheless emerges as very much its own movie – one fiercer,...
Well we are officially through the first week of the Fantasia Film Festival, so I figured we should do a quick look back at all the articles and reviews we have posted so far. In seven days our crew has managed to post over twenty reviews, ten articles and we recorded two podcasts. Keep coming back to the site in the next two weeks for more coverage. We should be recording three more shows this weekend.
UK Cinema
Attack The Block
Scary but not too scary, funny but with respect for its characters, specific to its cultural geography but universal in its ideas, rapidly paced but always clearly staged. Beholden to any number of spiritual forbears (from The Warriors to the unproduced John Sayles script Night Skies, hailed by Cornish in promotional materials), Attack nevertheless emerges as very much its own movie – one fiercer,...
- 7/22/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Attack the Block
Written by Joe Cornish
Directed by Joe Cornish
UK, 2011
2011 has not been a banner year for the Hollywood blockbuster. Bloated sequels and limp comic-book adaptations have made a trip to the multiplex a dismal choose-your-own-adventure of mediocrity. What makes Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block so fresh and lively in comparison to its American counterparts? On the surface, it appears to be another hyperactive geek fantasy about prepubescent kids saving the world, a narrative we’ve already explicitly seen once this year already (Jj Abrams’s would-be opus Super 8), not to mention the general glut of alien-invasion flicks.
What immediately distinguishes Attack from its American counterparts is its willingness to risk alienating the audience from the opening seconds. Our first view of Moses (intense, charismatic John Boyega in his first acting role) and his young gang of hoods is not a pleasant one; they surround and intimidate a nurse,...
Written by Joe Cornish
Directed by Joe Cornish
UK, 2011
2011 has not been a banner year for the Hollywood blockbuster. Bloated sequels and limp comic-book adaptations have made a trip to the multiplex a dismal choose-your-own-adventure of mediocrity. What makes Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block so fresh and lively in comparison to its American counterparts? On the surface, it appears to be another hyperactive geek fantasy about prepubescent kids saving the world, a narrative we’ve already explicitly seen once this year already (Jj Abrams’s would-be opus Super 8), not to mention the general glut of alien-invasion flicks.
What immediately distinguishes Attack from its American counterparts is its willingness to risk alienating the audience from the opening seconds. Our first view of Moses (intense, charismatic John Boyega in his first acting role) and his young gang of hoods is not a pleasant one; they surround and intimidate a nurse,...
- 7/17/2011
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Although he’s been acting professionally for most of his life (Fango-worthy credits include Blood Wars, Brotherhood Of Blood, Night Skies, Wishmaster 3 and Hoboken Hollow), in the past few years, Jason Connery has expanded his horizons to directing. He’s now in preproduction on the mixed-martial-arts actioner The Philly Kid for Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver, but Connery’s first three films have all been science-fiction/horror stories. Pandemic dealt with a sinister disease outbreak in a small town, The Devil’S Tomb was about a military squad that unearths you-know-what and now Area 51, produced as one of the After Dark Originals and premiering this Saturday, February 26 on Syfy, explores a series of unfortunate events at that legendary military site.
- 2/25/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Abbie Bernstein)
- Fangoria
As Skyline prepares to invade cinemas, we look back at more than 30 years of the best and worst alien abduction movies...
Do aliens really hover in our skies, waiting to kidnap us for their own unfathomable ends? Ever since the case of Us couple Betty and Barney Hill became widely publicised in the mid-60s, hundreds of people have come forward with similar claims of extraterrestrial abduction, missing time, strange medical examinations and grey-skinned extraterrestrials
And while psychologists and ufologists disagree on the reality of such claims, the theme of alien abduction has been revisited several times by filmmakers since the late 70s. And as this list demonstrates, the results of such films can be decidedly mixed...
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
Following the financial success of Jaws, director Steven Spielberg took the risky step of remaking Firelight, a small low-budget movie he'd directed when he was just 16. The resulting movie,...
Do aliens really hover in our skies, waiting to kidnap us for their own unfathomable ends? Ever since the case of Us couple Betty and Barney Hill became widely publicised in the mid-60s, hundreds of people have come forward with similar claims of extraterrestrial abduction, missing time, strange medical examinations and grey-skinned extraterrestrials
And while psychologists and ufologists disagree on the reality of such claims, the theme of alien abduction has been revisited several times by filmmakers since the late 70s. And as this list demonstrates, the results of such films can be decidedly mixed...
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
Following the financial success of Jaws, director Steven Spielberg took the risky step of remaking Firelight, a small low-budget movie he'd directed when he was just 16. The resulting movie,...
- 11/10/2010
- Den of Geek
It's official: Steven Spielberg cloned himself some while back, named the duplicate Jj Abrams and has been grooming him to take over his Hollywood dominion, ruling cinema for the rest of time. At least that's what you get reading between the lines of Vulture's scoop that Abrams will be working with Spielberg on a super top secret project in the near future.
The project is described as a sort of 70's and 80's Spielberg homage that deals with "everyday people whose personal relationships are tested when they are thrown up against fantastic - and possibly other-worldly - events". Outside of that, don't expect much information until the film actually hits theaters. Abrams is notoriously super-secret, going so far as to convincing audiences to see films specifically because they have no idea what they're about.
Spielberg, meanwhile, will be involved in the film in some capacity, as of yet unnamed (though...
The project is described as a sort of 70's and 80's Spielberg homage that deals with "everyday people whose personal relationships are tested when they are thrown up against fantastic - and possibly other-worldly - events". Outside of that, don't expect much information until the film actually hits theaters. Abrams is notoriously super-secret, going so far as to convincing audiences to see films specifically because they have no idea what they're about.
Spielberg, meanwhile, will be involved in the film in some capacity, as of yet unnamed (though...
- 4/29/2010
- UGO Movies
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Ja from Mnpp here, gently tapping on the screen door to Film Experience headquarters, politely requesting some eggs for your neighbors. Nevermind the white gloves, can I just have the eggs? Please? Thank you. Oh your cat jumped up on me, Nat, and I dropped the eggs. Can I have the other ones? I see them right there. You can go to the store tomorrow. No I am not being rude. No, I will not leave without the eggs.
Hey everybody, sorry about that, but... Nat's not gonna be here today! He's... preoccupied. Much like Susanne Lothar (sidenote: who else adores Susanne Lothar?) and Naomi Watts before him, he's... preoccupied.
But I'm here! Ready, willing, full-bodied, able, to guide you through your Wednesday. And it's funny that I brought up Michael Haneke's dueling Funny Games pictures here because I actually mean to speak a bit about the "Home Invasion...
Ja from Mnpp here, gently tapping on the screen door to Film Experience headquarters, politely requesting some eggs for your neighbors. Nevermind the white gloves, can I just have the eggs? Please? Thank you. Oh your cat jumped up on me, Nat, and I dropped the eggs. Can I have the other ones? I see them right there. You can go to the store tomorrow. No I am not being rude. No, I will not leave without the eggs.
Hey everybody, sorry about that, but... Nat's not gonna be here today! He's... preoccupied. Much like Susanne Lothar (sidenote: who else adores Susanne Lothar?) and Naomi Watts before him, he's... preoccupied.
But I'm here! Ready, willing, full-bodied, able, to guide you through your Wednesday. And it's funny that I brought up Michael Haneke's dueling Funny Games pictures here because I actually mean to speak a bit about the "Home Invasion...
- 3/25/2009
- by JA
- FilmExperience
Time to announce the winners of our 'The Greatest Scifi Movies Never Made' Contest. Three members just won a copy of the fantastic book The Greatest SciFi Movies Never Made! Steven Spielberg’s Night Skies, Stanley Kubrick’s Childhood’s End, Philip Kaufman’s Star Trek: Planet of the Titans, Kevin Smith’s Six Million Dollar Man, Tim Burton’s Superman Lives, James Cameron’s Alien 5... These are just some of the legendary unmade films covered in The Greatest Sci Fi Movies Never Made [Titan Books, 15 July 2008, $14.95]. This fully updated edition of t...
- 8/8/2008
- MoviesOnline.ca
This is your last call to get in on this contest as we want to pick the winners this wee. You can win a copy of the fantastic book The Greatest SciFi Movies Never Made! Steven Spielberg’s Night Skies, Stanley Kubrick’s Childhood’s End, Philip Kaufman’s Star Trek: Planet of the Titans, Kevin Smith’s Six Million Dollar Man, Tim Burton’s Superman Lives, James Cameron’s Alien 5... These are just some of the legendary unmade films covered in The Greatest Sci Fi Movies Never Made [Titan Books, 15 July 2008, $14.95]. This fully updated edition of the groundb...
- 8/4/2008
- MoviesOnline.ca
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