The Story: A New York cop is unwillingly recruited as an assassin for a top-secret government agency, Cure. Re-christened Remo Williams (Fred Ward), he’s sent on the trail of an unscrupulous weapons dealer, but first must survive his training with Chiun (Joel Grey) master of Sinanju.
The Players: Starring: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew & Wilford Brimley. Music by Craig Safan. Directed by Guy Hamilton.
The History: The Adventure Begins…and ends, with this, the lone big-screen adventure of Remo Williams, the veteran of well over a hundred pulp novels (published as “The Destroyer” series – written by Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir). This was an attempt by Dick Clark (of all people) and the then-fledgling Orion Pictures to launch their own James Bond-style series of adventures. While people may laugh at the attempt now, they definitely had reason to think this could work, with the brain trust at Orion the...
The Players: Starring: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew & Wilford Brimley. Music by Craig Safan. Directed by Guy Hamilton.
The History: The Adventure Begins…and ends, with this, the lone big-screen adventure of Remo Williams, the veteran of well over a hundred pulp novels (published as “The Destroyer” series – written by Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir). This was an attempt by Dick Clark (of all people) and the then-fledgling Orion Pictures to launch their own James Bond-style series of adventures. While people may laugh at the attempt now, they definitely had reason to think this could work, with the brain trust at Orion the...
- 3/23/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
What’s new on Amazon’s Prime Video in February 2024?
In light of Valentine’s Day, Prime Video nailed it. This February, the platform is bringing a variety of new shows and movies for you and yours. There is something for everyone — from the latest releases to classic romantic comedies to thrillers and more.
Rom-com “Upgraded,” starring Camila Mendes and Archie Renaux, hits the streamer on Friday, while a series adaptation of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s steamy spy thriller “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” is already taking the world by storm since its Feb. 2 debut with stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine.
The platform will also debut 2015’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” with Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson, last year’s animated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and the well-liked 2014 indie “St.Vincent” with Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts and Chris O’Dowd.
And don’t forget about...
In light of Valentine’s Day, Prime Video nailed it. This February, the platform is bringing a variety of new shows and movies for you and yours. There is something for everyone — from the latest releases to classic romantic comedies to thrillers and more.
Rom-com “Upgraded,” starring Camila Mendes and Archie Renaux, hits the streamer on Friday, while a series adaptation of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s steamy spy thriller “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” is already taking the world by storm since its Feb. 2 debut with stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine.
The platform will also debut 2015’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” with Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson, last year’s animated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and the well-liked 2014 indie “St.Vincent” with Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts and Chris O’Dowd.
And don’t forget about...
- 2/5/2024
- by Francie Ebert
- The Wrap
Prime Video’s big February drop is Mr. & Mrs. Smith! No, not the 2005 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie action movie, but a new TV series kinda based on it starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine. The set up for the show version? Glover and Erskine are two strangers who both get jobs at a shady spy agency and are asked to get married so that they can pretend to be a couple undercover, but things get more complicated when they start falling in love for real. Uh oh!
If you’re in the mood for a movie or two this month, you can also check out the Prime debuts of Strays, Bottoms, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. In the meantime, here’s everything coming to Amazon Prime Video and Freevee this month. Amazon Originals are accompanied by an asterisk!
New on Amazon Prime Video – February 2024
February 1
12 Angry Men...
If you’re in the mood for a movie or two this month, you can also check out the Prime debuts of Strays, Bottoms, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. In the meantime, here’s everything coming to Amazon Prime Video and Freevee this month. Amazon Originals are accompanied by an asterisk!
New on Amazon Prime Video – February 2024
February 1
12 Angry Men...
- 2/1/2024
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Love is in the air this February at Prime Video! From the long-awaited espionage comedy series “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” to Jennifer Lopez’s new album companion film “This Is Me…Now: A Love Story,” the streamer is days away from adding dozens of classic and fresh titles to its seemingly endless catalog, including the premieres of many more Amazon Originals like “The Second Best Hospital in The Galaxy,” “Five Blind Dates,” and “The Silent Service.”
Check out The Streamable’s top picks for February on Prime Video, and find out everything coming to the platform this coming month!
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Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star in the long-awaited spy comedy series about two lonely strangers who land a job working for a mysterious spy agency...
Check out The Streamable’s top picks for February on Prime Video, and find out everything coming to the platform this coming month!
30-Day Free Trial $8.99+ / month amazon.com What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Coming to Prime Video in February 2024? “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” | Friday, Feb. 2
Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star in the long-awaited spy comedy series about two lonely strangers who land a job working for a mysterious spy agency...
- 1/30/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Broadway and film star Joel Grey and John Kander, composer of Cabaret, Chicago and more, will receive the 2023 Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
Grey was the original Amos Hart in the 1996 Chicago and the original Emcee in Cabaret on Broadway, for which he won a Tony Award. He later received an Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA for his performance in the film adaptation. Kander, who co-wrote those legendary musicals with the late lyricist Fred Ebb, is currently represented on Broadway with the musical New York, New York.
“We are immensely thrilled to honor two legends in their own rights. John Kander has composed the soundtrack to all of our lives – meeting us in every decade – creating unforgettable scores for Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and his current Broadway hit New York, New York,” said Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League.
“As a legendary actor and director,...
Grey was the original Amos Hart in the 1996 Chicago and the original Emcee in Cabaret on Broadway, for which he won a Tony Award. He later received an Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA for his performance in the film adaptation. Kander, who co-wrote those legendary musicals with the late lyricist Fred Ebb, is currently represented on Broadway with the musical New York, New York.
“We are immensely thrilled to honor two legends in their own rights. John Kander has composed the soundtrack to all of our lives – meeting us in every decade – creating unforgettable scores for Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and his current Broadway hit New York, New York,” said Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League.
“As a legendary actor and director,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writer/Director Joe Cornish discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Attack The Block (2011)
Rocks (2019)
Poltergeist (1982)
Gremlins (1984)
Avanti! (1972)
Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)
The Last Wave (1977)
Witness (1985)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Fearless (1993)
Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)
Gallipoli (1981)
The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982)
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai (1984)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
The Rescuers (1977)
Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
The Adventures Of Tintin (2011)
Bambi (1942)
Dumbo (1941)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
This Island Earth (1955)
Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Matinee (1993)
The Lord Of The Rings (1978)
The Omen (1976)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Exterminator (1980)
Friday The 13th...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Attack The Block (2011)
Rocks (2019)
Poltergeist (1982)
Gremlins (1984)
Avanti! (1972)
Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)
The Last Wave (1977)
Witness (1985)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Fearless (1993)
Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)
Gallipoli (1981)
The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982)
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai (1984)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
The Rescuers (1977)
Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
The Adventures Of Tintin (2011)
Bambi (1942)
Dumbo (1941)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
This Island Earth (1955)
Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Matinee (1993)
The Lord Of The Rings (1978)
The Omen (1976)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Exterminator (1980)
Friday The 13th...
- 1/24/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Amanda Mackey, the casting director whose 40-year career counted credits like “A League of Their Own,” “The Proposal” and “The Fugitive,” has died. She was 70.
According to multiple media reports, Mackey died in her sleep on Saturday from a type of blood cancer called myelodysplastic syndrome at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn.
The 15-time Artios Award winner, bestowed by the Casting Society of America for casting excellence, earned her first credits as a casting assistant in the early ’80s on films such as “The World According to Garp” and worked her way through the ranks of associate and consultant.
In 1985, she served as casting director for the first time on “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” and “Rocky IV.”
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Mackey would go on to assemble the players for celebrated films such as “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,...
According to multiple media reports, Mackey died in her sleep on Saturday from a type of blood cancer called myelodysplastic syndrome at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn.
The 15-time Artios Award winner, bestowed by the Casting Society of America for casting excellence, earned her first credits as a casting assistant in the early ’80s on films such as “The World According to Garp” and worked her way through the ranks of associate and consultant.
In 1985, she served as casting director for the first time on “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” and “Rocky IV.”
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Mackey would go on to assemble the players for celebrated films such as “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
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Amanda Mackey, the busy casting director who worked on The Fugitive and four other films for director Andrew Davis and shared an Emmy nomination for populating Larry Kramer‘s The Normal Heart, has died. She was 70.
Mackey died Saturday at Calvary Hospital in Brooklyn after a battle with myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of blood cancer, longtime business partner Cathy Sandrich Gelfond told The Hollywood Reporter.
She received one Artios Award for her work on A League of Their Own (1993) and shared another one with Sandrich Gelfond for Smokin’ Aces (2006) — she collected 15 Artios nominations in all — and the pair were featured in the eye-opening 2012 documentary Casting By.
Mackey was “an unwaveringly steadfast friend and champion in a time when women weren’t as supportive to other women as they are now,” Sandrich Gelfond said in a statement. “She believed in me, lifted me up and gave me a career.
Amanda Mackey, the busy casting director who worked on The Fugitive and four other films for director Andrew Davis and shared an Emmy nomination for populating Larry Kramer‘s The Normal Heart, has died. She was 70.
Mackey died Saturday at Calvary Hospital in Brooklyn after a battle with myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of blood cancer, longtime business partner Cathy Sandrich Gelfond told The Hollywood Reporter.
She received one Artios Award for her work on A League of Their Own (1993) and shared another one with Sandrich Gelfond for Smokin’ Aces (2006) — she collected 15 Artios nominations in all — and the pair were featured in the eye-opening 2012 documentary Casting By.
Mackey was “an unwaveringly steadfast friend and champion in a time when women weren’t as supportive to other women as they are now,” Sandrich Gelfond said in a statement. “She believed in me, lifted me up and gave me a career.
- 8/31/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fred Ward, a prolific actor best known for roles in The Right Stuff, Tremors, Miami Blues, True Detective and many others, died May 8. He was 79.
His death was announced by his publicist. No cause or place of death was disclosed.
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Ward, a San Diego native, began his professional career with small roles in 1970s episodic television before making a strong impression in his breakthrough film Southern Comfort, directed by Walter Hill and released in 1981. Two years later, he’d star as astronaut Gus Grissom in the hit film The Right Stuff.
Featured roles would quickly follow, including in such films as Silkwood, Swing Shift, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Tremors, Henry & June, the Robert Altman movies The Player and Short Cuts Errol Morris’ The Dark Wind and Michael Apted’s Thunderheart. He starred in and exec-produced the 1990 film Miami Blues, directed by...
His death was announced by his publicist. No cause or place of death was disclosed.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
Ward, a San Diego native, began his professional career with small roles in 1970s episodic television before making a strong impression in his breakthrough film Southern Comfort, directed by Walter Hill and released in 1981. Two years later, he’d star as astronaut Gus Grissom in the hit film The Right Stuff.
Featured roles would quickly follow, including in such films as Silkwood, Swing Shift, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Tremors, Henry & June, the Robert Altman movies The Player and Short Cuts Errol Morris’ The Dark Wind and Michael Apted’s Thunderheart. He starred in and exec-produced the 1990 film Miami Blues, directed by...
- 5/13/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Fred Ward, iconic character actor and star of films like “The Right Stuff,” “Tremors,” “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins,” “Miami Blues,” and “Henry & June,” has died. He passed away on Sunday, May 8, as confirmed by his representatives. The Golden Globe winner was also known for starring in Robert Altman films like “The Player” and “Short Cuts.”
Fred Ward is survived by his wife of 27 years, Marie-France Ward, and his son, Django Ward.
On screens since the early 1970s after serving in the U.S. Air Force and stints as an order cook, boxer, and a lumberjack in Alaska, Ward was known for his versatility in both comic and dramatic roles. He could play author Henry Miller in “Henry & June,” the world’s first Nc-17 movie, or a dirt bike rider in “Timerider: The Aventure of Lyle Swann.” But his first major role came in Clint Eastwood’s 1979 “Escape from Alcatraz...
Fred Ward is survived by his wife of 27 years, Marie-France Ward, and his son, Django Ward.
On screens since the early 1970s after serving in the U.S. Air Force and stints as an order cook, boxer, and a lumberjack in Alaska, Ward was known for his versatility in both comic and dramatic roles. He could play author Henry Miller in “Henry & June,” the world’s first Nc-17 movie, or a dirt bike rider in “Timerider: The Aventure of Lyle Swann.” But his first major role came in Clint Eastwood’s 1979 “Escape from Alcatraz...
- 5/13/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Fred Ward, who starred in films including “Henry and June,” “Tremors,” “The Right Stuff” and “The Player,” died May 8, his publicist confirmed to Variety. He was 79.
Among his other prominent roles were parts in “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins,” “Miami Blues” and “Short Cuts.”
There was a certain retro quality to the actor’s persona that made Ward seem more akin to Humphrey Bogart or John Garfield (although not quite with those actors’ level of charisma) than to his contemporaries, and it did not seem at all affected. He appeared to be the sort of fellow who hailed from the South Side of Chicago or Hell’s Kitchen, but he was actually from San Diego.
Ward most recently appeared in the second season of HBO’s “True Detective” as Eddie Velcoro, the retired cop father of Colin Farrell’s Det. Ray Velcoro.
He recurred on NBC’s “ER” as the...
Among his other prominent roles were parts in “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins,” “Miami Blues” and “Short Cuts.”
There was a certain retro quality to the actor’s persona that made Ward seem more akin to Humphrey Bogart or John Garfield (although not quite with those actors’ level of charisma) than to his contemporaries, and it did not seem at all affected. He appeared to be the sort of fellow who hailed from the South Side of Chicago or Hell’s Kitchen, but he was actually from San Diego.
Ward most recently appeared in the second season of HBO’s “True Detective” as Eddie Velcoro, the retired cop father of Colin Farrell’s Det. Ray Velcoro.
He recurred on NBC’s “ER” as the...
- 5/13/2022
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu’s October, 2021 schedule has a wealth of originals, catalog titles and season premieres.
Among the originals is the series premiere of Dopesick starring Michael Keaton on October 13. In terms of season premieres, Hulu will offer the new season’s episodes of ‘SNL’ every Saturday, starting October 3. And speaking of catalog titles, the service has 10 popular Star Trek films dropping October 1.
See below for the full list of programming available on Hulu in October.
October 1
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Air Force One
Ali
The Bachelorette (S13)
Big Sky (season premiere)
Blippi’s Spooky Spells Halloween
Boxcar Bertha
Cake (season premiere)
Cedar Rapids
Chasing Papi
Class
Clifford
Clockstoppers
Code 46
Crimson Tide
Date Night
Dead of Winter
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Dr. No
Edge of the World
Escape from Alcatraz
Exorcist: The Beginning
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
Flatliners
From Russia with Love...
Among the originals is the series premiere of Dopesick starring Michael Keaton on October 13. In terms of season premieres, Hulu will offer the new season’s episodes of ‘SNL’ every Saturday, starting October 3. And speaking of catalog titles, the service has 10 popular Star Trek films dropping October 1.
See below for the full list of programming available on Hulu in October.
October 1
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Air Force One
Ali
The Bachelorette (S13)
Big Sky (season premiere)
Blippi’s Spooky Spells Halloween
Boxcar Bertha
Cake (season premiere)
Cedar Rapids
Chasing Papi
Class
Clifford
Clockstoppers
Code 46
Crimson Tide
Date Night
Dead of Winter
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Dr. No
Edge of the World
Escape from Alcatraz
Exorcist: The Beginning
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
Flatliners
From Russia with Love...
- 9/22/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Southern star Keerthy Suresh has found a way to keep tension at bay, going by her social media post on Wednesday.
Keerthy posted a picture on Instagram where she is seen doing Vrksasana. Alongside the image, she wrote: "Some yoga in the day keeps the tensions away."
Keerthy, who has featured in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, was feted with the National Film Award for portraying actress Savitri in the 2018 Telugu biopic film "Mahanati".
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She will soon be seen in films including "Good Luck Sakhi", "Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham" "Vaashi", and "Sarkaru Vaari Paata".
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The actress had her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film "Geethaanjali". She was then seen in films such as "Ring Master", "Idhu Enna Maayam", "Rajini Murugan", "Remo", "Nenu Sailaja", "Bairavaa", "Thaana Serndha Kootam...
Keerthy posted a picture on Instagram where she is seen doing Vrksasana. Alongside the image, she wrote: "Some yoga in the day keeps the tensions away."
Keerthy, who has featured in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, was feted with the National Film Award for portraying actress Savitri in the 2018 Telugu biopic film "Mahanati".
View this post on Instagram
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She will soon be seen in films including "Good Luck Sakhi", "Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham" "Vaashi", and "Sarkaru Vaari Paata".
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Keerthy Suresh (@keerthysureshofficial)
The actress had her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film "Geethaanjali". She was then seen in films such as "Ring Master", "Idhu Enna Maayam", "Rajini Murugan", "Remo", "Nenu Sailaja", "Bairavaa", "Thaana Serndha Kootam...
- 6/2/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
ReviewLal and Karthi have great on-screen chemistry, adding humanity to the usual Tamil cinema representation of people branded as rowdies.Bharathy SingaravelCinema heroes who play dons aren’t new. They have an army of “rowdies” to do their bidding and to tower over. Sulthan does something different with this template. It’s no mean trick to write a script that humanises a hundred men who in other such films may hardly have had a speaking part. That way, Bakkiyaraj Kannnan’s second film is ambitious. One-and-off slightly too ambitious with all the stories it wants to tell simultaneously. Sethupathi (Napolean) is the don here, but mercifully exits the screen early in the film. He has a hundred men at his command who live in his house and pretty much take over the parenting of his son, Vikram nicknamed Sulthan from the day he’s born. They’re his family. The...
- 4/2/2021
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
CinemaAjith, Vijay's closest rival in the industry, recently did 'Nerkonda Paarvai', the Tamil remake of 'Pink' which was an important film on consent. Sowmya RajendranThe recently released deleted clip from Vijay's Master, directed by Lokesh Kangaraj, has gone viral on social media. The film had a theatrical release for Pongal this year but was released on Amazon Prime Video within a couple of weeks. The clip shows Vijay, who plays the character of Jd, a college professor, taking a stance against sexual harassment and victim blaming narratives. In the clip, Vijay speaks up for Savitha, a woman student (Gouri G Kishan) who is sexually harassed by her fellow students. The mother of one of the men blames Savitha for dressing inappropriately, and to this, Jd asks Savitha what she was wearing when the incident took place. Savitha says that it was her birthday and that she was wearing her mother's saree.
- 2/9/2021
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
Welcome to The Best Movie You Never Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it’s time and/or has aged like a fine wine. This week we’ll be looking at Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins! The Story: A New York cop is unwillingly... Read More...
- 8/11/2017
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
"The campaign was way too short."
"It was 10 hours!"
"But what about the lost knight? And the proud princess? And those weird little flowers in the cave?"
In its final minutes, Stranger Things comes full circle, and the irresistible Netflix nostalgia bath, salted with 1,500 pounds of 1980s sci-fi movie references, ends where it began: Four friends wrap up an all-day session of Dungeons & Dragons, eager for the next adventure. The conversation above is a cheeky meta-moment, like talking through a pitch session for a second season. Wasn't 10 (or, in this case,...
"It was 10 hours!"
"But what about the lost knight? And the proud princess? And those weird little flowers in the cave?"
In its final minutes, Stranger Things comes full circle, and the irresistible Netflix nostalgia bath, salted with 1,500 pounds of 1980s sci-fi movie references, ends where it began: Four friends wrap up an all-day session of Dungeons & Dragons, eager for the next adventure. The conversation above is a cheeky meta-moment, like talking through a pitch session for a second season. Wasn't 10 (or, in this case,...
- 8/4/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Guy Hamilton and Roger Moore on the set of "The Man With the Golden Gun" in Thailand, 1974.
By Lee Pfeiffer
Cinema Retro mourns the loss of director Guy Hamilton, who has passed away at age 93. Guy was an old friend and supporter of our magazine and a wonderful talent and raconteur. Hamilton, though British by birth, spent much of his life in France. After WWII, he entered the film industry in England and served as assistant director to Sir Carol Reed, working on the classic film "The Third Man". He also served as Ad on John Huston's "The African Queen". Gradually, he moved up the ladder to director and helmed such films as "An Inspector Calls", "The Colditz Story" and "The Devil's Disciple", the latter starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. In 1964 Hamilton was hired to direct the third James Bond film "Goldfinger" and made cinema history.
By Lee Pfeiffer
Cinema Retro mourns the loss of director Guy Hamilton, who has passed away at age 93. Guy was an old friend and supporter of our magazine and a wonderful talent and raconteur. Hamilton, though British by birth, spent much of his life in France. After WWII, he entered the film industry in England and served as assistant director to Sir Carol Reed, working on the classic film "The Third Man". He also served as Ad on John Huston's "The African Queen". Gradually, he moved up the ladder to director and helmed such films as "An Inspector Calls", "The Colditz Story" and "The Devil's Disciple", the latter starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. In 1964 Hamilton was hired to direct the third James Bond film "Goldfinger" and made cinema history.
- 4/21/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
By Hank Reineke
In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll admit up front that Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir’s character, Remo Williams (aka “The Destroyer”) has played a small, but significant role in my life.
My older sister had been a high-school friend of one of the author’s daughters. Though the passing of time has made the chronology of events a bit hazy, I’m guessing it was through that friendship that I was first introduced to Warren Murphy’s teenage son. It was the son who – upon learning I was a big fan of his father’s pulp-paperback novels – graciously gifted me a personally autographed copy of The Destroyer #3: Chinese Puzzle (1972). This now-tattered paperback proudly sits on my book shelf to this very day. This, I guess, would have been about 1978. I was seventeen years old. I’m fifty-four now and admit I hadn’t...
In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll admit up front that Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir’s character, Remo Williams (aka “The Destroyer”) has played a small, but significant role in my life.
My older sister had been a high-school friend of one of the author’s daughters. Though the passing of time has made the chronology of events a bit hazy, I’m guessing it was through that friendship that I was first introduced to Warren Murphy’s teenage son. It was the son who – upon learning I was a big fan of his father’s pulp-paperback novels – graciously gifted me a personally autographed copy of The Destroyer #3: Chinese Puzzle (1972). This now-tattered paperback proudly sits on my book shelf to this very day. This, I guess, would have been about 1978. I was seventeen years old. I’m fifty-four now and admit I hadn’t...
- 12/6/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker screenwriter Christopher Wood has died, aged 79.
Wood's daughter Caroline Wood is only now confirming that Christopher passed away back in May at his apartment in France, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"[He] wouldn't necessarily have wanted an obituary. It was not his way," Caroline said.
The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker's James Bond actor Roger Moore paid tribute to the scribe on Twitter today as well.
"How sad to hear Bond screenwriter Christopher Wood has died. He wrote two of my best," Moore wrote.
How sad to hear Bond screenwriter Christopher Wood has died. He wrote two of my best.
— Sir Roger Moore (@sirrogermoore) October 17, 2015
Apart from his Bond movies, Wood's screen work also included the television show Lovely Couple, the Confessions series and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.
Wood wrote a number of novels in the historical fiction, comedy and action genres as well.
Wood's daughter Caroline Wood is only now confirming that Christopher passed away back in May at his apartment in France, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"[He] wouldn't necessarily have wanted an obituary. It was not his way," Caroline said.
The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker's James Bond actor Roger Moore paid tribute to the scribe on Twitter today as well.
"How sad to hear Bond screenwriter Christopher Wood has died. He wrote two of my best," Moore wrote.
How sad to hear Bond screenwriter Christopher Wood has died. He wrote two of my best.
— Sir Roger Moore (@sirrogermoore) October 17, 2015
Apart from his Bond movies, Wood's screen work also included the television show Lovely Couple, the Confessions series and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.
Wood wrote a number of novels in the historical fiction, comedy and action genres as well.
- 10/23/2015
- Digital Spy
Christopher Wood, a novelist who wrote the screenplays for the back-to-back James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, has died. He was 79.
Wood, who later adapted the work of novelists Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy for the screenplay for Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), starring Fred Ward, died May 9 in his apartment in southwest France, his daughter, Caroline Wood, told The Hollywood Reporter.
She said his health had deteriorated after the death of her brother Ben, 48, who had died of cancer. His daughter, an agent and director at the U.K. literary agency Felicity Bryan Associates, added that her ...
Wood, who later adapted the work of novelists Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy for the screenplay for Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), starring Fred Ward, died May 9 in his apartment in southwest France, his daughter, Caroline Wood, told The Hollywood Reporter.
She said his health had deteriorated after the death of her brother Ben, 48, who had died of cancer. His daughter, an agent and director at the U.K. literary agency Felicity Bryan Associates, added that her ...
- 10/23/2015
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Christopher Wood, a novelist who wrote the screenplays for the back-to-back James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, has died. He was 79.
Wood, who later adapted the work of novelists Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy for the screenplay for Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), starring Fred Ward, died May 9 in his apartment in southwest France, his daughter, Caroline Wood, told The Hollywood Reporter.
She said his health had deteriorated after the death of her brother Ben, 48, who had died of cancer. His daughter, an agent and director at the U.K. literary agency Felicity Bryan Associates, added that her ...
Wood, who later adapted the work of novelists Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy for the screenplay for Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), starring Fred Ward, died May 9 in his apartment in southwest France, his daughter, Caroline Wood, told The Hollywood Reporter.
She said his health had deteriorated after the death of her brother Ben, 48, who had died of cancer. His daughter, an agent and director at the U.K. literary agency Felicity Bryan Associates, added that her ...
- 10/23/2015
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The trend towards streaming media continues to be an unfortunate reality, but that hasn’t stopped tech companies from moving forward on physical media designed to outshine Blu-ray — Ultra HD 4k Blu-ray is just around the corner. Unlike DVDs and standard Blu-rays though there’s zero chance it’ll ever enjoy a truly widespread consumer reach. Meaning even though physical disc sales have been in decline Blu-rays and DVDs will continue to dominate the market. That’s good news as there are still many, many great films that have yet to receive an HD disc release. The advent of specialty labels like Twilight Time, Kl Studio Classics, Olive Films and more (not to mention the numerous genre-focused ones) has seen several of those titles finding new life, and even the big studios continue to dig deep and reward patient film fans on occasion. Peter Weir’s 1985 classic, Witness, is finally hitting Blu-ray next month from Warner Bros., and...
- 9/7/2015
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
1985 was the year of Back To The Future, Rocky IV and Rambo II. But what about these 20 movies, that also deserve a fair share of love?
Thirty years ago, Marty McFly was riding high with the smash hit Back To The Future, while Sylvester Stallone enjoyed his most successful year yet with the one-two punch of Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV. It was an era of family sci-fi and teen comedies and bullet-spraying action, where The Breakfast Club and Teen Wolf rubbed shoulders with Death Wish 3 and Commando. Then there were low-key dramas like Out Of Africa and The Color Purple, which were both awards magnets at the Oscars.
Away from all those big hits, 1985 saw the release of a wealth of less successful movies, some of which found a second life on the then-huge home video circuit. Here's our pick of 20 underappreciated films from the year of Rambo,...
Thirty years ago, Marty McFly was riding high with the smash hit Back To The Future, while Sylvester Stallone enjoyed his most successful year yet with the one-two punch of Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV. It was an era of family sci-fi and teen comedies and bullet-spraying action, where The Breakfast Club and Teen Wolf rubbed shoulders with Death Wish 3 and Commando. Then there were low-key dramas like Out Of Africa and The Color Purple, which were both awards magnets at the Oscars.
Away from all those big hits, 1985 saw the release of a wealth of less successful movies, some of which found a second life on the then-huge home video circuit. Here's our pick of 20 underappreciated films from the year of Rambo,...
- 9/2/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Nick wades into another stack of DVD releases, including 80s action epic Remo: Unarmed And Dangerous, and lots more besides...
"Whatever happened to Fred Ward?" is a line surely on the tip of most people’s tongues. Apparently, the star of Tremors and The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult has mostly been doing TV work over the last few years, though you’ll almost certainly remember him as the charismatic star of 1985’s Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. No? Well, shame on you, because Remo, making a welcome Blu-Ray debut, leads this month’s action-packed, erm, action special.
If you weren’t one of the lucky few that grew up with the preposterous movie otherwise known as Remo: Unarmed And Dangerous punctuating their childhood, we’ll fill you in. Riding on the success of the Rambo films (essentially, the only tenuous link being the vaguely similar name), Bond director...
"Whatever happened to Fred Ward?" is a line surely on the tip of most people’s tongues. Apparently, the star of Tremors and The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult has mostly been doing TV work over the last few years, though you’ll almost certainly remember him as the charismatic star of 1985’s Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. No? Well, shame on you, because Remo, making a welcome Blu-Ray debut, leads this month’s action-packed, erm, action special.
If you weren’t one of the lucky few that grew up with the preposterous movie otherwise known as Remo: Unarmed And Dangerous punctuating their childhood, we’ll fill you in. Riding on the success of the Rambo films (essentially, the only tenuous link being the vaguely similar name), Bond director...
- 9/9/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Shane Black has signed on to direct Sony Pictures' The Destroyer.
The Iron Man 3 director will bring the Remo Williams novels back to the big screen, reports Deadline.
Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir launched the long running series of novels about the secret Us operative in 1971.
The script was penned by Fight Club writer Jim Uhls in collaboration with James Mullaney. Mullaney has previously written books for the Destroyer series.
The series revolves around a Newark cop (Remo Williams), who is framed and sentenced to death. His execution is faked and he is enlisted as an assassin for Cure, a secret agency operating outside the law that was founded by President Kennedy.
Black is also working on the Doc Savage film, which is based on the classic stories of the pulp hero.
The Destroyer series was previous adapted into the 1985 film Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.
The Iron Man 3 director will bring the Remo Williams novels back to the big screen, reports Deadline.
Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir launched the long running series of novels about the secret Us operative in 1971.
The script was penned by Fight Club writer Jim Uhls in collaboration with James Mullaney. Mullaney has previously written books for the Destroyer series.
The series revolves around a Newark cop (Remo Williams), who is framed and sentenced to death. His execution is faked and he is enlisted as an assassin for Cure, a secret agency operating outside the law that was founded by President Kennedy.
Black is also working on the Doc Savage film, which is based on the classic stories of the pulp hero.
The Destroyer series was previous adapted into the 1985 film Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.
- 8/22/2014
- Digital Spy
Shane Black's on board to direct an adaptation of the adventure book series The Destroyer, with Fight Club's Jim Uhls on script duties...
Since the blockbusting success of Iron Man 3, Shane Black has found himself well and truly back on top in the fickle corridors of Hollywood. So much so that not only is he currently in the throes of making his next film - noir-ish thriller The Nice Guys, which sounds like a welcome throwback to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - but he also has two other high-profile projects in the works.
You might recall that these are an adaptation of Doc Savage for DC, and also a new Predator movie, which he's going to write with his old Monster Squad friend Fred Dekker.
As if all that wasn't enough for Black to be thinking about, it's now being reported that the screenwriter-turned director is also...
Since the blockbusting success of Iron Man 3, Shane Black has found himself well and truly back on top in the fickle corridors of Hollywood. So much so that not only is he currently in the throes of making his next film - noir-ish thriller The Nice Guys, which sounds like a welcome throwback to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - but he also has two other high-profile projects in the works.
You might recall that these are an adaptation of Doc Savage for DC, and also a new Predator movie, which he's going to write with his old Monster Squad friend Fred Dekker.
As if all that wasn't enough for Black to be thinking about, it's now being reported that the screenwriter-turned director is also...
- 8/22/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Shane Black is one of the hottest directors in town after the $1.5 billion-grossing Iron Man 3 so obviously there is no shortage of projects coming his way. Black is attached to co-write and direct Doc Savage, which is an adaptation of a series of pulp novels that focus on an adventuresome hero in the 1930s. He has another project called Nice Guys which is a 1970s-set noir picture that revolves around a muscle-for-hire and a private detective with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe circling the leads. Black is also developing a Predator sequel to direct [read our post here].
The latest one is an adaptation of the Warren Murphy book series The Destroyer reports Deadline. Sony Pictures announced today that Black will direct a feature film adaptation of the adventure series, with Fight Club writer Jim Uhls penning the screenplay. The story follows Newark cop Remo Williams, who is framed, sentenced to death, executed,...
The latest one is an adaptation of the Warren Murphy book series The Destroyer reports Deadline. Sony Pictures announced today that Black will direct a feature film adaptation of the adventure series, with Fight Club writer Jim Uhls penning the screenplay. The story follows Newark cop Remo Williams, who is framed, sentenced to death, executed,...
- 8/21/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Remo who? You might be too young to remember, but in 1985 a lot effort was put into launching "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" starring Fred Ward (and how come that guy isn't in more movies?). Anyway, as you might have surmised from the title, it was viewed as a franchise vehicle, but the movie wasn't very good, flopped, and everyone promptly forgot who Remo Williams was (though the movie did earn a Golden Globe nomination for co-star Joel Grey, and a Best Makeup Oscar nod as well). Well, three decades have past, and now it's time to try to make this action hero viable on the big screen. And that job will fall to Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon," "Iron Man 3") who has been tasked with directing "The Destroyer." The name comes from the original series of books that spawned Remo Williams, a Newark cop who is framed, sentenced to death,...
- 8/21/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Rejoice fans! Remo Williams is returning to the big screen! Sony Pictures announced today that Iron Man 3 director Shane Black will direct the big budget adaptation of The Destroyer, the novel series starring Remo Williams! Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins was the sole outing for the action hero. Since 1985, fans have been clamoring for the return of the character to cinemas. While Fred Ward may be too old to headline, Shane Black and Fight Club screenwriter Jim Uhls will do their...
- 8/21/2014
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
To mark the release of Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins on 7th July, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
First they faked his death and gave him a new identity. Now a top secret organisation is training a former New York cop to combat corrupt forces operating outside of the law. His mentor, Chiun, is an ageing Korean master of the martial arts who can run on water and dodge speeding bullets.
Born on the pages of Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir’s The Destroyer series of men’s adventure novels, Remo Williams was placed in the capable hands of Bond director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger, The Man with the Golden Gun) for his big-screen outing. Fred Ward (Tremors) plays the trainee assassin, with Academy Award-winner Joel Grey (Cabaret) occupying the role of Chiun.
With its classic set-piece atop the Statue of Liberty, much-loved score by Craig Safan...
First they faked his death and gave him a new identity. Now a top secret organisation is training a former New York cop to combat corrupt forces operating outside of the law. His mentor, Chiun, is an ageing Korean master of the martial arts who can run on water and dodge speeding bullets.
Born on the pages of Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir’s The Destroyer series of men’s adventure novels, Remo Williams was placed in the capable hands of Bond director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger, The Man with the Golden Gun) for his big-screen outing. Fred Ward (Tremors) plays the trainee assassin, with Academy Award-winner Joel Grey (Cabaret) occupying the role of Chiun.
With its classic set-piece atop the Statue of Liberty, much-loved score by Craig Safan...
- 7/7/2014
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stars: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, J.A. Preston, George Coe, Charles Cioffi, Kate Mulgrew, Patrick Kilpatrick, Michael Pataki | Written by Christopher Wood | Directed by Guy Hamilton
Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris… the eighties action movie megastars, but what about Fred Ward? I’ll admit this is the first time I’ve seen Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins… but now I have I know it deserves to be high on top eighties action movies lists.
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins… starts with a faked death and a new identity. Forced to be a part of a secret organisation known as Cure he is put into training with Chiun (Joel Grey) a master of an ancient Korean martial art known as Sinanju. As his training progresses he makes good progress, but soon his skills are needed for a mission not only to protect his country but also Cure itself.
Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris… the eighties action movie megastars, but what about Fred Ward? I’ll admit this is the first time I’ve seen Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins… but now I have I know it deserves to be high on top eighties action movies lists.
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins… starts with a faked death and a new identity. Forced to be a part of a secret organisation known as Cure he is put into training with Chiun (Joel Grey) a master of an ancient Korean martial art known as Sinanju. As his training progresses he makes good progress, but soon his skills are needed for a mission not only to protect his country but also Cure itself.
- 7/6/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Adam Wingard has quickly risen to the forefront of young horror directors with hits like V/H/S, You’re Next, and V/H/S/2. Working in close collaboration with writer Simon Barrett, the two have delivered more visceral, entertaining films with each outing. Their latest, The Guest, was granted the coveted Friday night premiere slot at the Library Theatre in Park City for the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. A few days later, Wingard sat down with Fearnet to discuss how this movie came about, the films that formed his love for cinema, and his creative process with Barrett. The Guest stars Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey as a soldier who returns to the family home of a fallen comrade. He becomes close with the family, encouraging the kids to break their patterns and even helping dad with his career. To tell you more than that would spoil the fun... but...
- 1/31/2014
- by Brian Tallerico
- FEARnet
The summer blockbuster/superhero sweepstakes continue with X-Men: First Class, which is both the latest from director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, Layer Cake) and the fifth film in the X-Men series, though the first chronologically speaking. Since we already reviewed all the other X-Men flicks way back when, we’ll also be talking about 2003′s much-maligned Daredevil in its two-hour-plus director’s cut, as well as this month’s listener pick, the would-be franchise-starting superhero/spy/martial-arts oddity Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, starring Fred Ward. Special guest star Josh Youngerman joins us from New York.
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- 6/7/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Michael Pataki was a leading character actor from the 1960s, who was best known for his roles in cult horror films. Pataki starred as Caleb Croft, a vicious vampire rapist whose offspring (William Smith) seeks his destruction in 1974’s Grave of the Vampire, and was Count Dracula and his modern-day descendant Michael Drake in Albert Band’s cult classic Dracula’s Dog (aka Zoltan, Hound of Dracula).
Pataki was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on January 16, 1938. He studied drama and political science at the University of Southern California. He made his film debut in the late 1950s, and appeared frequently on television, often in villainous roles. He was featured in episodes of The Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, My Favorite Martian, Batman as bat-villain King Tut’s henchman Amenophis Tewfik, Mission: Impossible, and Mr. Terrific. He starred as Korax, the Klingon, in the classic Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,...
Pataki was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on January 16, 1938. He studied drama and political science at the University of Southern California. He made his film debut in the late 1950s, and appeared frequently on television, often in villainous roles. He was featured in episodes of The Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, My Favorite Martian, Batman as bat-villain King Tut’s henchman Amenophis Tewfik, Mission: Impossible, and Mr. Terrific. He starred as Korax, the Klingon, in the classic Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,...
- 4/27/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
So, does anyone out there remember Remo Williams? Granted, he wasn't a household name like John McClane or Snake Plissken (I mean, he didn't even make Scott's list of '80s action heroes worth resurrecting), but for fans of that decade, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is a camp classic. But don't worry, because even if you don't remember the original, you're about to get another chance to meet the wisecracking secret agent thanks to Columbia Pictures. The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Business Blog has confirmed that producer Charles Roven (The Dark Knight) and Steve Chasman (Transporter) are setting up a reboot of the Remo Williams/Destroyer franchise with Sony and Atlas Entertainment.
The 1985 action-comedy originally starred Fred Ward as Sam Making, a street cop who is recruited into a secret government agency to take down an arms dealer and was based on the Destroyer series created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir.
The 1985 action-comedy originally starred Fred Ward as Sam Making, a street cop who is recruited into a secret government agency to take down an arms dealer and was based on the Destroyer series created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir.
- 7/12/2009
- by Jessica Barnes
- Cinematical
With all the sometimes disappointing and questionable remakes, reboots and do-overs coming out of Hollywood these days, sometimes its nice to get news of a reboot and actually be happy about it. What am I talking about? Well, according to The Risky Business Blog, The Dark Knight producer Charles Roven and Transporter producer Steve Chasman are teaming up to bring Remo Williams (aka “The Destroyer”) back to the big screen.
According to the report, the producers have enlisted Charley and Vlas Parlapanides, who are currently writing the action film War of Gods, to take on the screenplay based on the first book in the massive Destroyer novel catalog — which was written by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir in the 70s and 80s. In case you’re not familiar with The Destroyer, it concerns New Jersey cop Remo Williams, who’s convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.
Williams is sentenced to the electric chair,...
According to the report, the producers have enlisted Charley and Vlas Parlapanides, who are currently writing the action film War of Gods, to take on the screenplay based on the first book in the massive Destroyer novel catalog — which was written by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir in the 70s and 80s. In case you’re not familiar with The Destroyer, it concerns New Jersey cop Remo Williams, who’s convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.
Williams is sentenced to the electric chair,...
- 7/10/2009
- by Chris Ullrich
- The Flickcast
Not so long ago, we used to run a daily feature here on MTV Movies Blog called… uhh… The Dailies. In the fast-paced world of entertainment, it’s easy to cherry pick the most noteworthy and or relevant stories while leaving lesser but otherwise cool newsbites to flounder. Even on my busiest day, I still won’t hit every single news item that you might care about.
That’s what The Dailies is for. I’m bringing back this column to keep you all abreast of the latest Hollywood happenings that don’t otherwise make it into the news day. Even here, I’ll be sure to miss stuff. That’s where you readers come in. Shout out links in the comments below or Tweet us with the same at @mtvmoviesblog and I’ll do my best to cram the relevant news into the next day’s column. For now,...
That’s what The Dailies is for. I’m bringing back this column to keep you all abreast of the latest Hollywood happenings that don’t otherwise make it into the news day. Even here, I’ll be sure to miss stuff. That’s where you readers come in. Shout out links in the comments below or Tweet us with the same at @mtvmoviesblog and I’ll do my best to cram the relevant news into the next day’s column. For now,...
- 7/10/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
I'd love to take credit for this... I did after all call for a sequel to Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins three months ago in a post about movies that actually deserve a sequel. But apparently Fred Ward shouldn't be expecting a call just yet... The original movie was based on a series of books called "The Destroyer" from authors Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir (and others later on). Per THR, the first book in the series which introduces the Remo Williams character is heading back to the screen. Which I guess makes this more of a reboot anyway. The movie is being scripted by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides (War of Gods) with the hope that it will be the beginning of a new franchise. There are currently over one hundred titles in the book series... Can it top the Fred Ward/Joel Grey original in the fun department? Doubtful.
- 7/10/2009
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Wow, I have to admit, this is exciting news. I was a big fan of the ’80s movie “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins”, starring Fred Ward as a cop who is “killed” but is reborn as the super Government agent Remo Williams (and co-starring former Star Trek: Voyager Captain Kate Mulgrew, natch). He’s trained by a tiny Chinese dude and eventually goes on missions. I think the movie was supposed to launch a franchise, but it didn’t really do that well at the box office, thus no franchise was born, though it did launch a short-lived 1988 TV show. Flash-forward to 2009, and producers Charles Roven and Steve Chasman are planning to bring Remo back to the big screen in what is no doubt the first of a planned franchise. The Risky Biz Blog reports that Roven and Chasman, who have worked on “The Dark Knight” and “The Transporter” between them,...
- 7/9/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
‘Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins’ is one of those classic films from the ’80s that never turned into the franchise it had potential for. Based on the series of paperback novels, The Destroyer, it told the story of a cop whose death is faked in order to turn him into an government assassin.
In 1985, Orion Pictures took The Destroyer and its lead character and turned it into a feature film starring Fred Ward as Williams. Guy Hamilton, the director behind such classic, James Bond films as ‘Live and Let Die’ and ‘The Man With the Golden Gun,’ was even behind the film, but it failed to make an impace with audience. It pulled in a domestic take of $14 million against an estimated $40 million budget.
Now, nearly a quarter of a century after ‘Remo Williams,’ it looks like The Destroyer is getting a second chance at the big screen. Risky Biz...
In 1985, Orion Pictures took The Destroyer and its lead character and turned it into a feature film starring Fred Ward as Williams. Guy Hamilton, the director behind such classic, James Bond films as ‘Live and Let Die’ and ‘The Man With the Golden Gun,’ was even behind the film, but it failed to make an impace with audience. It pulled in a domestic take of $14 million against an estimated $40 million budget.
Now, nearly a quarter of a century after ‘Remo Williams,’ it looks like The Destroyer is getting a second chance at the big screen. Risky Biz...
- 7/9/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Usually when movie sites start tossing around the word "sequel" you find one of two things... either a rant about how sequels are unnecessary and unwanted, or a list of the best sequels ever made. But what about the best sequels never made? We agree not all sequels are bad, so it stands to reason there may be some sequels that need to be made. Right? With that half-baked theory in mind, we present ten movies that demand a sequel. We're intentionally leaving out films that are already part of a series or franchise, as well as movies that already have sequels in active development or production. In chronological order, here are ten great movies just waiting for a chance at a comeback... not in remake form, but with proper sequels. Time Bandits (1981) Easily Terry Gilliam's most accessible movie, and one of his best (behind The Fisher King and 12 Monkeys), Time Bandits is ripe for a...
- 4/20/2009
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Usually when movie sites start tossing around the word "sequel" you find one of two things... either a rant about how sequels are unnecessary and unwanted, or a list of the best sequels ever made. But what about the best sequels never made? We agree not all sequels are bad, so it stands to reason there may be some sequels that need to be made. Right? With that half-baked theory in mind, we present ten movies that demand a sequel. We're intentionally leaving out films that are already part of a series or franchise, as well as movies that already have sequels in active development or production. In chronological order, here are ten great movies just waiting for a chance at a comeback... not in remake form, but with proper sequels. Time Bandits (1981) Easily Terry Gilliam's most accessible movie, and one of his best (behind The Fisher King and 12 Monkeys), Time Bandits is ripe for a...
- 4/20/2009
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
When referring to a movie that nabbed a second life, typically home video is the savior. There are countless movies that didn’t fare well in their original theatrical runs but have earned a so-called second life thanks to profitable video sales and rentals that make them much stronger than they ever were when they first arrived. Examples of this trend vary greatly, whether you’re referring to genre, era, proliferation (or magnitude of the “second life”) and, of course, how deserving it is. Most that get a boost long after its premiere got where it is now slowly, spread wide by word of mouth and critical re-analysis. Most of them were not well received during the initial run, and many are re-evaluated, and mistakes are mended. Among them: 2001, The Princess Bride, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Office Space and Dazed and Confused. These...
- 3/13/2009
- by Matt Medlock
- JustPressPlay.net
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