I just wrote about the future of Michael Bay if the Transformers flops, which is pretty much inconceivable. Well, Michael Bay already has another job so he doesn’t need to worry, and that’s to direct the film version of the video game Prince of Persia…so maybe he should worry.
A video game movie directed by Michael Bay? Is this doomed to fail, or do two wrongs (1 - another video game film, 2 - another Michael Bay film) actually make a right? The Prince of Persia is a popular game, but so were countless others turned into horrible movies. Turning video games into movies is a trend that won’t end, let’s face it. Fans of the games go to the movies, cha-ching.
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A nice trailer for David Fincher’s Zodiac has appeared online. Though I didn’t feel Panic Room was a great film (like Fincher’s previous works) I think it fell short in areas less in his control, like story-line. It will be nice to see Fincher’s return to something with a larger-scoping story, and a return to the serial-killer genre that made him famous with Seven.
Click for Zodiac trailer.
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Trailer for David Fincher’s Zodiac
I watched The Blair Witch Project again a couple of days ago. It’s one of those films that isn’t as appealing when you watch it for the third, fourth, or fith time. The first time was frightening and new, but unlike other movies it looses that quickly. But, a great film nonetheless.
So, what’s Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez (the directors) up to today? They’ve both got films coming out soon.
Myrick’s got Solstice (official site here) in post-production. Solstice is a horror flick with the logline “A young girl uncovers a disturbing secret about her twin sister, who committed suicide just a few months before.” The only release date so far is June 21, 2007 in the Netherlands (yes, it’s in English). Solstice is actually a remake of Midsommer, a Danish flick (no surprise). It stars Elisabeth Harnois.
Sanchez recently completed Altered (site here). Altered is a thriller about “Fifteen years ago, a group of men’s lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together … in terror.” Basically, five men are abducted by aliens and one of them killed. They manage to later capture one of these aliens, and the thriller begins. No release date yet, but there have been some screenings already (to mixed reviews) so it should be soon.
So there you go…in case you were wondering.
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Blair Witch Project directors, what they’re up to.
