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Author of “A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune ” and "Stranded on Earth: How Night Skies Became E.T." from 1984 Publishing
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『ゴジラ-0.0』の怪獣の声、制作陣が音づくりの舞台裏を語る
俳優のセス・グリーンは、ニューヨーク・コミコン（NYCC）で開かれた『ゴジラ-0.0』のトークイベントで、本作を「最高だ」と絶賛した。公開を控えた本作のイベントで司会を務めたグリーンは、制作陣の手腕を称え、怪獣の描写について次のように語った。 「怪獣が実在するかのようなリアリティがあり、感情に訴えかけるほど恐ろしい存在に仕上がっています」 「ゴジラ」シリーズ第39作となる本作では、アカデミー賞を受賞したVFXアーティスト、野島達司が手がける映像が怪獣の恐ろしさを際立たせている。だが、ゴジラと宿敵キングギドラの叫び声も、観客に恐怖を感じさせる重要な要素だ。怪獣の音響を手がけたのは、サウンドデザイナーの井上奈津子が率いるチームである。井上らはスピーカーを屋外のダムの頂上まで運び、そこから怪獣の咆哮を流して録音したという。その音は、近くでピクニックや散歩をしていた人々を恐怖させた。...
El maestro del horror japonés Junji Ito lleva una de sus historias más perturbadoras al live action
“Sin duda, te hace preguntarte quién es el verdadero monstruo en esta situación”. El director Yûta Shimotsu describe los acontecimientos de un nuevo episodio de la serie antológica de terror japonés con actores reales Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights (Junji Ito: historias extrañas para noches de insomnio), pero podría estar refiriéndose a casi cualquier episodio.
Junji Ito’s Manga Horrors Hit Harder as Live-Action TV
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Junji Ito’s Manga Horrors Hit Harder as Live-Action TV
“It definitely makes you wonder truly who is the real monster in the situation.” Director Yûta Shimotsu is describing events in a new episode of live-action J-horror anthology show Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights, but he could be referring to almost any episode. The award-winning manga artist of the title, whose macabre short works are adapted into disturbing 30-minute bites, has a way of blurring lines between protagonist and antagonist amid his surreal nightmares.
Godzilla Minus Zero’s Filmmakers Terrified Bystanders With Their Monster Sounds
Actor Seth Green—yes, that one—has seen Godzilla Minus Zero and says it’s awesome.
‘The Sixty-Year Mission’ Brings the Legacy of ‘Star Trek’ to a New Generation
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The Sixty-Year Mission Brings Star Trek’s Legacy to a New Generation
William Shatner wasn’t sure if the audience would approve of his new documentary or not.
When Steven Spielberg and Paul Schrader Tried to Collaborate on Close Encounters of the Third Kind Original
In the new book Stranded on Earth: How Night Skies Became E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, author Max Evry tells the little-known origin story of E.T., which once ruled the box office as the most successful movie ever — and, in the process, investigates the creative process of two great filmmakers, Steven Spielberg and Paul Schrader. E.T., the sweet story of an alien visitor to Earth began life as a rural alien siege movie called Night Skies, in which malevolent E.T.s attack a farm family.
HBO Max’s Unhinged Thriller Masterpiece ‘Backrooms’ Deserves Kudos for Being Bold and Experimental
Backrooms is the little movie that could. With a miniscule budget of around $10M (an amount of money that, on a Marvel movie, would be allocated for purchasing the baby powder to get actors into their super suits), first-time director Kane Parsons was able to bring the labyrinthine yellow walls of his YouTube series of the same name to the big screen with the effectiveness of an old pro, grossing nearly $400M worldwide for studio A24.
HBO Max’s Unhinged Thriller Masterpiece ‘Backrooms’ Deserves Kudos for Being Bold and Experimental
Backrooms is the little movie that could. With a miniscule budget of around $10M (an amount of money that, on a Marvel movie, would be allocated for purchasing the baby powder to get actors into their super suits), first-time director Kane Parsons was able to bring the labyrinthine yellow walls of his YouTube series of the same name to the big screen with the effectiveness of an old pro, grossing nearly $400M worldwide for studio A24.
Brad Bird Reveals How Aborted The Spirit Movie Influenced Ray Gunn (Exclusive)
After a string of blockbusters in animation, including Ratatouille and both Incredibles movies, as well as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in live action, filmmaker Brad Bird is finally getting the chance to make his dream project via Ray Gunn.
Brad Bird Reveals How Aborted The Spirit Movie Influenced Ray Gunn (Exclusive)
Max Evry Wed, 29 July 2026 at 1:00 pm UTC 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brad Bird Reveals How Aborted The Spirit Movie Influenced Ray Gunn (Exclusive) After a string of blockbusters in animation, including Ratatouille and both Incredibles movies, as well as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in live action, filmmaker Brad Bird is finally getting the chance to make his dream project via Ray Gunn.
The Man Who Inspired Steven Spielberg’s UFO Obsession Original
This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. Find out how you can subscribe to get the full physical copy right here! What if I told you that one man might be (technically) responsible for the existence of both Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial… and it is not Steven Spielberg? While the Disclosure Day filmmaker has had a yen for UFOs since his dad first took him to a New Jersey meteor shower as a child, astronomer J.
This Best Picture Winner Almost Got The Batgirl Treatment
Much has been made about the stunning decision by Warner Bros. Discovery to shelve the $90 million-dollar DC superhero film "Batgirl" ahead of its anticipated debut on HBO Max. As it stands, the newly-minted powers that be at the studio (including CEO David Zaslav) saw fit to use a "purchase accounting" maneuver to write off the movie and not carry the losses in a limited-timeframe tax loophole.
Robert Downey Jr Thinks This Is His Best Role - And He's Right
After pulling off the 2008 double whammy of starring in the blockbuster "Iron Man" and getting nominated for an Oscar for the hit comedy "Tropic Thunder," it was official: Robert Downey Jr. became a superstar. This was a particularly crazy development because by that point the son of famed underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. had been appearing onscreen for decades, and had only a few years before been considered a drug burnout, box office poison, and an all-around lost cause.
How Does Each Eternals Character Compare To Their Comic Counterpart? A Handy Guide
In July of 1976 artist/writer/god among men Jack Kirby made his last big contribution to the Marvel Universe when "The Eternals" #1 was released to newsstands across the country. It introduced strange new cosmic concepts like the powerful Celestials who helped to divide the evolution of man into three stages: regular old humans, the mutated Deviants, and the super people known as Eternals.
The Multiple Endings Of Blade Runner Explained
Ridley Scott's landmark 1982 science fiction film "Blade Runner" has become a cultural touchstone since bombing at the box office when it was first released nearly four decades ago. Thanks to home video and alternate versions released in 1992 and 2007, the movie has had a far greater longevity than some of its contemporaries, and is now considered in the same realm as "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Star Wars" as a seminal work in the genre that influenced countless films which followed.
Row House is Rep Cinema in a League of Its Own
The state of Pennsylvania is not necessarily the first place one conjures when thinking of repertory cinema, but for over a decade the Row House Cinema on Butler Street in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood has thrived. This is mostly due to the care and curation of the theatre’s owner / founder Brian Mendelssohn, who began his career in historical preservation.
Weekend Box Office: BLACK PHONE 2 Puts Blumhouse Back on Top
Universal put the smart money on Black Phone 2 performing well during the spooky season, as the $26.5M debut is several million north of the original’s debut. Meanwhile, Tron: Ares continued floundering in its second frame while Good Fortune failed to connect with audiences on a $6.2M despite big names like Seth Rogen and Keanu Reeves.
Black Phone 2: Scott Derrickson Answers the Call of Evil
This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. You can read all of our magazine stories here. What if your worst nightmare just kept coming back? Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions are doing everything in their power to turn Ethan Hawke’s Black Phone slasher The Grabber into a bona fide horror icon.
It: Welcome to Derry Creators and Cast Tease Pennywise's Return
“The pressure that Barbara and Andy, and now HBO, have signed up for is immense,” admits actor Chris Chalk ahead of the premiere of his new series, It: Welcome to Derry.
Renny Harlin Crafts a Slasher Triathlon with THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2
In 2022 an ambitious plan was announced: Legendary helmer Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) would make not one but three new films consecutively based on the hit horror franchise The Strangers. In mid-May of last year the first of these films, The Strangers: Chapter 1, was released, introducing protagonist Maya (Madelaine Petsch) and her fiancé Ryan (Froy Gutierrezas) as they get entangled in the web of three masked maniacs this series has become famous for.
The Conjuring: Last Rites Stars on Fact vs. Fiction in Warrens' Last Case
This week sees the release of the “final” film (or so they say) in the Conjuring Universe, The Conjuring: Last Rites. In all four of the mainline Conjuring movies, there are life and death stakes for the fictional versions of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson onscreen.
The Studio Exec Who Broke Marvel Into the Big Time Has Passed Away
Storied film and television executive Frank Price passed away on August 25, 2025, at age 95. Besides being one of the primary developers of the TV movie and miniseries concepts, Price was himself a story editor/writer of 1950s programs like The Virginian and Tales of Wells Fargo before becoming the head of Universal Television where he oversaw shows like Kojak, Baretta, and The Rockford Files.
El evidente vacío dentro del Universo Cinematográfico de Marvel
"Yo solo pago todo y lo diseño todo, hago que todos parezcan más geniales".
The Conspicuous Emptiness of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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The Conspicuous Emptiness of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
"I just pay for everything and design everything, make everyone look cooler." -Tony Stark, Avengers: Age of Ultron This summer's The Fantastic Four: First Steps may be the 37th entry in the storied Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it could also be the first to really drive home one of the uglier facets of the franchise: Namely, that the valiant gallery of heroes who populate the increasingly vast comic book world of these films don't need us. Us, meaning… normal average people.
La propuesta de esta nueva trilogía de Star Wars es un recordatorio de que Hollywood necesita voces nuevas
"La humanidad ha colonizado muchos mundos en una época en la que viajar más rápido que la velocidad de la luz ha sido posible gracias a la recolección de materia exótica de los huevos de las especies más grandes que la humanidad ha visto jamás. Los que participan en la caza de la materia son en su mayoría mano de obra involuntaria".
This Proposed New Star Wars Trilogy Is a Reminder That Hollywood Needs Fresh Voices
"Mankind has colonized many worlds in a time when travel faster than the speed of light has been made possible by the harvesting of exotic matter from the eggs of the largest species mankind has ever seen.
This Proposed New Star Wars Trilogy Is a Reminder That Hollywood Needs Fresh Voices
"Mankind has colonized many worlds in a time when travel faster than the speed of light has been made possible by the harvesting of exotic matter from the eggs of the largest species mankind has ever seen.
Osgood Perkins and His Team Bring Us Inside 'The Monkey’s Intricate Carnage
Osgood Perkins' 2024 serial killer thriller Longlegs may have featured a satanic Nicolas Cage in putty makeup using possessed dolls to murder people, but it somehow was not a comedy. With Perkins’ new film, The Monkey, the filmmaker is finally ready to embrace the absurd. Centered on twin brothers who discover a leering monkey toy, outlandishly Grand Guignol deaths follow every time someone turns the monkey's crank and he bangs his little drum.
Neon Bought Oz Perkins’ Longlegs After Seeing Just One Shot of Nic Cage
Genre filmmaker Osgood Perkins is on a roll after the moderate success of 2020’s fairy tale terror Gretel & Hansel, as well as the summer phenomenon that was 2024’s supernatural serial killer thriller, Longlegs. Now this week sees him tackling a story by the king of horror himself, Stephen King, with the comedic splatter film The Monkey. It’s looking to be another ace in the hole for the rising director too.
Osgood Perkins Uses The Monkey to See Funny Side of Death and Stephen King
Osgood Perkins is taking a big step into King country this week as he turns Stephen King‘s 30-page, 1980 short story “The Monkey” into one hell of a bloody fun ride. The film, like the original story, focuses on twin brothers named Hal and Bill (Christian Convery as children) who discover an old drumming monkey toy among the detritus left by their deadbeat dad. Here’s the problem: Every time the monkey is wound and bangs his little drum, someone dies… horribly and ironically.
41 Years Ago, David Lynch's Most Infamous Sci-Fi Epic Might've Changed Movies Forever
If you felt a sudden inexplicable chill Thursday — as if an integral piece of the fabric of the universe was suddenly missing — that's because filmmaker/fine artist/musician/meditation guru/coffee pitch man/John Ford lookalike/all-around nice guy David Lynch had passed away. The mastermind behind such surreal classics as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive left this mortal coil shortly after announcing he was suffering from emphysema in August of last year.
"No creo que hubiera hecho felices a los fans"
+ "Sería muy fácil hacer una mala película de Dune..." -Ridley Scott, South Bend Tribune, 1979 Y no te pierdas...Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora por fin encara el problema con la versión de PS5 Pro Esta semana se cumple el 40 aniversario de Dune, de David Lynch.
40 Years Ago, David Lynch Made A Sci-Fi Bomb That Was Ahead Of Its Time
Exactly 40 years ago on Dec. 14, 1984, David Lynch's $40 million Dune — at the time, the most expensive film in Universal Pictures' history — was released to vicious critical jeers and disappointing box office returns, opening at No. 2 against the second weekend of Beverly Hills Cop. Audiences who showed up were equally bemused, with many theaters handing out a desperately explanatory glossary of terms from the sci-fi epic alongside one's movie ticket.
Ridley Scott’s Lost Dune Script Found: 'I Don't Think It Would’ve Made Fans Happy'
+ "It would be very easy to make a bad film of Dune…" –Ridley Scott, South Bend Tribune, 1979 More like thisMaximize Efficiency, Minimize Hassle With UGREEN's Tech Accessories This week marks the 40th anniversary of David Lynch's Dune.
Roteiro perdido da adaptação de Duna por Ridley Scott é encontrado: "Não acho que deixaria os fãs felizes"
+ “Seria muito fácil fazer um filme ruim de Duna…” –Ridley Scott, South Bend Tribune, 1979 RelacionadoHá 38 anos, esta jovem dava os primeiros passos no cinema rumo ao estrelato em Hollywood; você a reconhece? Esta semana marca o 40º aniversário de Duna, de David Lynch.
Steven Soderbergh on the Unique Horror of Presence, Making a Spy Thriller, and Seeking New Challenges
This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. You can read all of our magazine stories here. “I like to have fun, you know?” Steven Soderbergh has clearly been having a ball directing over 30 feature films (averaging one per year) since his auspicious 1989 Palme d’Or-winning debut, Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
Exclusive: Director Alan Rudolph on Breakfast of Champions Re-Release — BlackFilmandTV.com
This weekend a long-forgotten literary adaptation gets a second lease on life as Shout! Studios unveils the new 4K restoration of director Alan Rudolph's Breakfast of Champions to theaters. Based on Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s classic 1973 novel, the story follows Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis), a local car sales magnate whose mind has unraveled since the death of his wife (Barbara Hershey).
Why Stephen King's Salem's Lot Sequel Has Never Gotten a Hollywood Adaptation
WARNING: Spoilers follow for Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot novel as well as his short story “One for the Road.” “I've always found the story quite chilling,” –Salem's Lot (2024) writer/director Gary Dauberman on Stephen King's “One for the Road” Stephen King's second-ever published novel 'Salem's Lot, originally titled Second Coming, was inspired by a brainstorm the author had wondering what would happen if Dracula came to contemporary small-town America.
Justin Theroux Explains Mulholland Drive's Secret Dune Connection
David Lynch‘s 1984 film version of Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi novel Dune has been a perpetual black sheep of the surrealist director’s filmography, with his later neo-noir projects like Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and Mulholland Drive held in much higher regard by cineastes. While the failure of Dune dissuaded Lynch from making further big budget movies, it had a major downstream effect on his later works especially when it came to casting.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s Jenna Ortega Talks Doing Another Literal Dance with Tim Burton
Warner Bros.’ hotly anticipated sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice sees the star Michael Keaton and director Tim Burton reunite to give us more of “the ghost with the most,” but to introduce said ghost to Gen Alpha, the pair have recruited Burton’s Wednesday series lead Jenna Ortega as the daughter of Winona Ryder’s Lydia Deetz.
Las películas de Alien tienen un largo historial de reciclaje de ideas rechazadas
Advertencia: A continuación encontrarás spoilers de Alien: Romulus.
The Alien Movies Have a Long History of Recycling Rejected Ideas
Warning: Spoilers follow for Alien: Romulus. The Alien franchise has had a round robin of amazing creatives over its storied 45-year history, so there should be little surprise that a few brilliant ideas fell through the cracks, such as Vincent Ward's sadly aborted version of Alien 3 which took place in a floating wooden gothic monastery in space, or Neill Blomkamp's abandoned Alien 5,which would have brought back Ripley, Hicks, and Newt in a fan-service smorgasbord.
Alien: Romulus Review - Brings the Whole Franchise Together with Love and Acid
Since the beginning, every sequel and prequel in the now seven-film Alien franchise—yes, there are only seven movies, those other two monster mashes never happened!—has been at war with itself. And the battle has remained the same: How much do we evolve the sci-fi concepts suggested by the monster versus serving up what worked before?
Kevin Feige Tells Us About Ryan Reynolds' 'One-Room Christmas' Deadpool Movie Pitch
While Ryan Reynolds has gone on the record as far back as 2021 to state that his dream vision for a third Deadpool movie always involved a road trip story with Wade and Logan, the path to making Deadpool & Wolverine a reality was anything but a smooth ride. In fact, Reynolds spent a good deal of time pitching Marvel Studios on a number of alternate, divergent ideas for Deadpool 3… including a low-budget concept sans any big set pieces.
Kevin Feige Reveals What Makes Deadpool & Wolverine Such an "Emotional" Movie
“It’s only nine people, but my entire world is in this picture.” These are a few of the words uttered by Ryan Reynolds’ forever-chatty Wade Wilson in the final Deadpool & Wolverine trailer. While the sizzle reel took the internet by storm Friday morning because of its strategic reveal of another beloved character cameo from X-Men movies past, what caught us most by surprise was how earnest, and even hoarse, Reynolds sounded as he pleaded with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine to help him save his family.
How Donald Sutherland Made Animal House Possible and Lost Millions in the Process
Tales of Hollywood actors turning down profit participation in huge hits are rampant, as when Orson Welles rejected the initial $75,000 plus 10 percent of the gross offer on 1949’s The Third Man for a quick $100,000 dollars up front. Not bad for only ten days’ work. Plus, he needed cash to finance Othello right away so it all worked out… except The Third Man would ultimately become one of the most financially successful movies of Welles’ career.
Dune 3: The Many Challenges of Adapting Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah
This article contains possible spoilers for Dune: Part Three and Dune Messiah. When Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune: Part One opened in 2021, it only took Warner Bros. six days to announce the sequel. However, when Dune: Part Two opened this past March 1—despite doing huge business and clearly paving the way for a third chapter—it took the studio over a month to confirm a film of Dune Messiah was in development. Why the delay? Well, lots of possible reasons, actually.
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