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Collider: Extra! Laura Dern Is a FOCKER, Mike Mitchell Enlists in MONSTER SQUAD, Screen Gems Hires THE BLACK PHANTOM, and Scott Derrickson Is Among THE LIVING
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Remakes have officially jumped the shark. // RT @BrianLynch: I accidentally wrote THE MONSTER SQUAD remake. http://bit.ly/15GN30 10/20/2009 |
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"NIghtcrawlers" lives! RT @brianlynch: I accidentally wrote THE MONSTER SQUAD remake. http://bit.ly/15GN30 10/19/2009 |
Samuel L. Jackson Kills Congressman for CBS
Vulture —
... to direct Warner Bros.' Monster Squad, described as pretty much the best thing ever: a "supernatural action comedy." The script has been floating around since 2000 and has passed through the hands of several writers. Along the way, the title changed from Nightcrawlers. It centers on a nerdy father who must team up with his childhood bully to conquer his lifelong fear of monsters. If they could find a way to make this George McFly and Biff Tannen we'd be very happy. [THR] ...
Extra! Laura Dern Is a FOCKER, Mike Mitchell Enlists in MONSTER SQUAD, Screen Gems Hires THE BLACK PHANTOM, and Scott Derrickson Is Among THE LIVING
Collider —
... the film is now called “Monster Squad” although it is unknown whether or not this change was made to avoid confusion with the game Frank and Charlie used to play. As for the plotline, WB is keeping is secret on the logline for Brad Copeland’s script but it’s supposed to be a “high-concept, big-budget, supernatural fantasy” and all those words sound so exciting! Warners wants to begin shooting in late summer 2010.
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Screen Gems Acquires THE BLACK PHANTOM ...
Mitchell sets up a Monster Squad
KillerFilm —
... The project’s title was changed to “Monster Squad,” though it is not a remake of the 1987 Warners movie written by Shane Black (THR). Copeland is also attached to the remake of the 1986 film “Flight of the Navigator”. No word yet on when Warner Bros wants this film released, but there is speculation they want to start filming during summer of 2010. ...
‘Monster Squad’ gets a new director
News Briefs —
... . Some version of the script has been in the system since 2000, when the studio bought Brian Lynch’s script Nightcrawlers , about the “adventures of an international coalition of kids whose job it is to combat a variety of monsters found under beds.” Since then, “the project went through numerous writers, including Michael Arndt and Audrey Wells,” according to the Hollywood Reporter , and in 2007, McG was on board to direct. The current script was written by Brad Copeland and is not a remake of the 1987 cult classic.
Early buzz: 'V' promos, Jack White, bad candy, more
Pop Candy: Top Stories & Community Feed —
... promoting the ABC miniseries V . - A movie called Monster Squad is in the works , though it's not a remake of the 1987 movie. (So why give it the same title?) - The Hollywood Reporter gives a ...
Don't Panic When You Hear About 'Monster Squad'
Cinematical —
... Let's let your heart rate settle back to normal. Is it? All right then. According to The Hollywood Reporter and its misleading headline, Mike Mitchell is indeed directing a film called Monster Squad for Warner Bros. Like Dekker's film, it too is a supernatural comedy. But unlike Dekker's film, it once boasted the title Nightcrawlers, and was based on a spec by Brian Lynch. ...
Mike Mitchell’s ‘Monster Squad’ is NOT A Remake!
horroryearbook.com —
... According to The Hollywood reporter Monster Squad is a new title for an old film originally called Nightcrawlers that was supposed to be directed by McG back in 2007. ...
'Shrek Forever After' Director Tackling 'Monster Squad,' Not A Remake
MTV Movies Blog —
... According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has given the greenlight to "Monster Squad," a supernatural action comedy to be helmed by " ...
Q&A - House of the Devil's Tom Noonan on Resurrecting Monster Squad's Frankenstein
Horror Hacker —
... that different doing that than I felt during [ House of the Devil ]. I sit, and I talk, and I listen. Q: Horror movie fans of a certain age remember you as Frankenstein's monster in The Monster Squad . Any chance you'd pop up in the rumored remake? A: Somebody mentioned [the remake] to me and it made my stomach drop. I'm sure they're never going to hire me to play that part again. I wish they would. Would Fred [Dekker] direct the remake? Q: It doesn't look like it. It sounds more a remake in name only . A: I'm sure it'll become one of these things where I'll have to endure ...
