Netflix will be releasing three more episodes of its hip-hop competition series, Rhythm + Flow, this Wednesday, October 16th. In an exclusive clip from the upcoming Cypher episode, four competitors collaborate on a rap cypher and perform for Rhythm + Flow‘s three superstar judges: Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and T.I.
The four contestants — Troyman, Jakob Campbell, Onetake Carter and Flawless Real Talk — each take turns dishing out verses, and overall excel at impressing the judges … with some minor nitpicking. T.I. takes issue with Onetake Carter’s line “I’m a prostitute,...
The four contestants — Troyman, Jakob Campbell, Onetake Carter and Flawless Real Talk — each take turns dishing out verses, and overall excel at impressing the judges … with some minor nitpicking. T.I. takes issue with Onetake Carter’s line “I’m a prostitute,...
- 10/15/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Mark Harrison Nov 5, 2019
With The Matrix 4 now officially confirmed, we look at where things went wrong for the sci-fi franchise.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
This article contains spoilers for The Matrix trilogy.
It seem like a long time ago to some of our younger readers, but those who were there will remember that 2003 was branded “the year of The Matrix” by Warner Bros. Four years after the first film knocked everybody's socks off, Lilly and Lana Wachowski made two sequels, an animated anthology, a video game, and numerous other tie-ins to expand upon a world that was only hinted at in the original.
The Matrix Reloaded became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time when it was released in May and held that record until the following Easter's The Passion Of The Christ. A vitriolic critical reception and bad word of mouth undercut any chance that the final instalment,...
With The Matrix 4 now officially confirmed, we look at where things went wrong for the sci-fi franchise.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
This article contains spoilers for The Matrix trilogy.
It seem like a long time ago to some of our younger readers, but those who were there will remember that 2003 was branded “the year of The Matrix” by Warner Bros. Four years after the first film knocked everybody's socks off, Lilly and Lana Wachowski made two sequels, an animated anthology, a video game, and numerous other tie-ins to expand upon a world that was only hinted at in the original.
The Matrix Reloaded became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time when it was released in May and held that record until the following Easter's The Passion Of The Christ. A vitriolic critical reception and bad word of mouth undercut any chance that the final instalment,...
- 5/22/2018
- Den of Geek
In just over a week on Twitter, filmmaker Vincenzo Natali has quickly become a fascinating follow. While promoting his work on Hannibal, Natali has taken to sharing some of the best stuff an artist can. There are storyboards, concept art and animatics from the likes of Hannibal, Haunter, Splice, Cypher and Cube; he displays his…
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- 6/2/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
One of the few big-screen adaptations of William Gibson's sci-fi, Johnny Mnemonic was largely ignored at the box-office. Kyle looks back...
By the time Johnny Mnemonic was released in 1995, screenwriter William Gibson had been writing innovative science fiction for almost 20 years. Since his first short story – the brilliant Fragments Of A Hologram Rose – was published back in 1977, Gibson had been making serious waves in the sci-fi community. He's perhaps most well-known for his game-changing 1984 novel, Neuromancer, a dark neo-noir filled with console-cowboys, sentient AIs and virtual reality – all common elements now, but Gibson's work still stands as a milestone in sci-fi literature. Gibson created the term 'cyberspace' and is seen as one of the forefathers of cyberpunk.
It's weird, then, that his novels and stories never translated to the silver screen before the mid-90s. Gibson himself had taken a pass at Alien 3 (though most of his ideas were quickly disposed of,...
By the time Johnny Mnemonic was released in 1995, screenwriter William Gibson had been writing innovative science fiction for almost 20 years. Since his first short story – the brilliant Fragments Of A Hologram Rose – was published back in 1977, Gibson had been making serious waves in the sci-fi community. He's perhaps most well-known for his game-changing 1984 novel, Neuromancer, a dark neo-noir filled with console-cowboys, sentient AIs and virtual reality – all common elements now, but Gibson's work still stands as a milestone in sci-fi literature. Gibson created the term 'cyberspace' and is seen as one of the forefathers of cyberpunk.
It's weird, then, that his novels and stories never translated to the silver screen before the mid-90s. Gibson himself had taken a pass at Alien 3 (though most of his ideas were quickly disposed of,...
- 8/14/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 12 Dec 2013 - 05:49
The year of Baggins, Potter and Spider-Man also had a wealth of lesser-known movies. Here’s our pick of 2002's underappreciated films...
At the top of the box office tree, 2002 was dominated by fantasy and special effects. Peter Jackson's The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers made almost a billion dollars all by itself, with Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets taking second place and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man not too far behind.
In many ways, 2002 set the tempo for the Hollywood blockbuster landscape, which has changed relatively little in the decade since. A quick look at 2013‘s top 10, for example, reveals a markedly similar mix of superhero movies, with Iron Man 3 still ruling the roost at the time of writing, followed by effects-heavy action flicks and family-friendly animated features.
As usual in these lists, we're looking...
The year of Baggins, Potter and Spider-Man also had a wealth of lesser-known movies. Here’s our pick of 2002's underappreciated films...
At the top of the box office tree, 2002 was dominated by fantasy and special effects. Peter Jackson's The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers made almost a billion dollars all by itself, with Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets taking second place and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man not too far behind.
In many ways, 2002 set the tempo for the Hollywood blockbuster landscape, which has changed relatively little in the decade since. A quick look at 2013‘s top 10, for example, reveals a markedly similar mix of superhero movies, with Iron Man 3 still ruling the roost at the time of writing, followed by effects-heavy action flicks and family-friendly animated features.
As usual in these lists, we're looking...
- 12/11/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 7 Nov 2013 - 07:02
Our journey through the half-remembered, underappreciated films of the 1990s continues. Here, we look to 1997...
Dominated by the box office behemoth that was James Cameron's Titanic, 1997 was a year of high drama and outlandish special effects. The Lost World: Jurassic Park brought with it a new batch of genetically revived dinosaurs, George Lucas dug his original Star Wars trilogy out of the cupboard and added new (controversial) computer-generated sequences, while Nicolas Cage and John Travolta did impressions of one another and fired guns in John Woo's delirious action movie, Face/Off.
It was a varied year for movies, for sure, particularly by 21st century standards; it's difficult to imagine a British feel-good comedy about amateur male strippers (The Full Monty) getting into the year's 10 highest grossing films these days. But among all those winners, there had to be some...
Our journey through the half-remembered, underappreciated films of the 1990s continues. Here, we look to 1997...
Dominated by the box office behemoth that was James Cameron's Titanic, 1997 was a year of high drama and outlandish special effects. The Lost World: Jurassic Park brought with it a new batch of genetically revived dinosaurs, George Lucas dug his original Star Wars trilogy out of the cupboard and added new (controversial) computer-generated sequences, while Nicolas Cage and John Travolta did impressions of one another and fired guns in John Woo's delirious action movie, Face/Off.
It was a varied year for movies, for sure, particularly by 21st century standards; it's difficult to imagine a British feel-good comedy about amateur male strippers (The Full Monty) getting into the year's 10 highest grossing films these days. But among all those winners, there had to be some...
- 11/6/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Hider in the House: Natali Turns To Young Adult Thrills
Abandoning the perverse beauty of scientific mutation as last exhibited in his 2010 film, Splice, Canadian director Vincenzo Natali switches genre gears with a vantage point experiment on the haunted house thriller in Haunter. Reteaming with screenwriter Brian King, who wrote Natali’s sophomore film, Cypher, their latest collaboration feels akin to those curious live action young adult Disney films from the 1970s and 80s, with strong comparison that could be drawn between performances here as one could easily see Carroll Baker in the Michelle Nolden role and Bette Davis as Stephen McHattie, except without anything resembling thrills or intrigue.
In 1986, Lisa (Abigail Breslin) and her family are mysteriously killed, doomed to repeat the events of their last day of their lives within the house where something sinister seems to have happened. While Lisa’s parents (Michelle Nolden and Peter...
Abandoning the perverse beauty of scientific mutation as last exhibited in his 2010 film, Splice, Canadian director Vincenzo Natali switches genre gears with a vantage point experiment on the haunted house thriller in Haunter. Reteaming with screenwriter Brian King, who wrote Natali’s sophomore film, Cypher, their latest collaboration feels akin to those curious live action young adult Disney films from the 1970s and 80s, with strong comparison that could be drawn between performances here as one could easily see Carroll Baker in the Michelle Nolden role and Bette Davis as Stephen McHattie, except without anything resembling thrills or intrigue.
In 1986, Lisa (Abigail Breslin) and her family are mysteriously killed, doomed to repeat the events of their last day of their lives within the house where something sinister seems to have happened. While Lisa’s parents (Michelle Nolden and Peter...
- 10/18/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Vincenzo Natali is one of those genre filmmakers who has the rare ability to inspire loyalty in his small but vocal fan base by maintaining an aura of utter fearlessness. The director of ingenious, high concept doodles like "Cube," "Cypher," and most importantly, the envelope pushing, outrageously underrated "Splice," can literally go anywhere or do anything. Unlike his contemporaries, Natali isn't happy to ever be pigeonholed or pinned down. You go to his movies not because you know what to expect, but because what you end up seeing is so unexpected. All of this makes "Haunter," his new "reverse ghost story," a disappointment and a dull, repetitive, utterly confounding chiller."Haunter" starts out promisingly enough, as we watch a young girl Lisa (Abigail Breslin), seemingly in the '80s, go about her daily routine. Her mother (Michelle Nolden) asks her to do the laundry, while her father (Peter Outerbridge) works...
- 10/16/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 7 Oct 2013 - 06:41
Horror. Fantasy. Animated Comedy. Here's a list of films we'd love to see rescued from the jaws of development hell...
Development hell. The place where all kinds of movies and games languish while assorted filmmakers, designers and producers fight over the minutiae of scripts, ideas and finances.
It's a topic so fascinating, entire books have been written on the subject - for a really great, geek-friendly one, check out David Hughes' fantastic The Greatest Sci-fi Movies Never Made. And while there are some movies that we're quietly glad are stuck in limbo (sorry, Akira), there are others we're desperately keen to see.
For this article, we've stuck to relatively recent film projects, and ones that aren't, to the best of our knowledge, utterly beyond the bounds of possibility. The Tourist, for example - an exotic sci-fi script written by Clair Noto...
Horror. Fantasy. Animated Comedy. Here's a list of films we'd love to see rescued from the jaws of development hell...
Development hell. The place where all kinds of movies and games languish while assorted filmmakers, designers and producers fight over the minutiae of scripts, ideas and finances.
It's a topic so fascinating, entire books have been written on the subject - for a really great, geek-friendly one, check out David Hughes' fantastic The Greatest Sci-fi Movies Never Made. And while there are some movies that we're quietly glad are stuck in limbo (sorry, Akira), there are others we're desperately keen to see.
For this article, we've stuck to relatively recent film projects, and ones that aren't, to the best of our knowledge, utterly beyond the bounds of possibility. The Tourist, for example - an exotic sci-fi script written by Clair Noto...
- 10/4/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...
- 9/18/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Feature Ryan Lambie
Cube and Splice director Vincenzo Natali has a spooky new movie on the way. Here's the first trailer for Haunter...
Director Vincenzo Natali has been responsible for some great, underrated genre films over the years, including his feature-length debut, Cube, the Phildickian 2002 sci-fi thriller Cypher, and the 2009 DNA-twisting horror flick, Splice. The latter, in particular, was full of clever ideas and slick special effects, and deserved to do better at the box office than it did.
For his latest film, Haunter, Natali immerses himself entirely in the supernatural, albeit with a subtle twist. Abigail Breslin plays a dead teenager whose spirit is trapped in her family's house. With an evil spirit also roaming the place, she must find a way to warn the new residents of the ghostly threat.
With haunted house horror doing well in cinemas of late - see Sinister and The Conjuring for but...
Cube and Splice director Vincenzo Natali has a spooky new movie on the way. Here's the first trailer for Haunter...
Director Vincenzo Natali has been responsible for some great, underrated genre films over the years, including his feature-length debut, Cube, the Phildickian 2002 sci-fi thriller Cypher, and the 2009 DNA-twisting horror flick, Splice. The latter, in particular, was full of clever ideas and slick special effects, and deserved to do better at the box office than it did.
For his latest film, Haunter, Natali immerses himself entirely in the supernatural, albeit with a subtle twist. Abigail Breslin plays a dead teenager whose spirit is trapped in her family's house. With an evil spirit also roaming the place, she must find a way to warn the new residents of the ghostly threat.
With haunted house horror doing well in cinemas of late - see Sinister and The Conjuring for but...
- 7/31/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
In certain horror circles, Vincenzo Natali has built up a lot of goodwill thanks to cult faves like "Cube," "Cypher," and the chiller "Splice." But can he keep up the inventive low budget scares for his latest feature, "Haunter"? Well, the first trailer is here to tease out what he has in store. Abigail Breslin, who we last saw getting locked in the trunk of a car in this spring's "The Call," leads this reverse ghost story of sorts, playing the deceased Lisa, who attempts to reach out to the new inhabitants of the home she used to live in before she died in order to help them avoid the same fate that befell her. And yet, this still seems like your boilerplate horror flick, with the standard jump scares and screechy soundtrack, though it does appear to have a palpable sense of atmosphere. But even so, when we saw...
- 7/31/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
After venturing into thriller territory with The Call, teenage actress Abigail Breslin is now in straight-up horror territory with Haunter, the new film from Splice director Vincenzo Natali. When we heard about the story in the spring of 2012, it sounded like an original approach to familiar ghost stories we've seen before. However, this first trailer seems to be trying to hide the unique twist on this kind of thriller. We won't spoil it just in case that might ruin the movie, but you won't have to search far to find the original plot synopsis. The down side is without knowing those details, the film looks painfully generic for the genre. Here's the first trailer for Vincenzo Natali's Haunter, originally from Apple: Vincenzo Natali (Splice) directs Haunter from a script by Brian King (Cypher, Night Train). Abigail Breslin stars as a young girl who must unravel a decades-old mystery to...
- 7/31/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
From the press release:
Are you ready for a spine-chilling global avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, vengeance-crazed Vikings, Swedish mesmerists, Irish telekinesis, Argentine undead, Aussie bone-crushers, murderous Mormons and Chilean assassins?
Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 4teenth year, has unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs 22 August to Monday 26 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.
This year there are eleven countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-three UK or European premieres and ten world premieres.
The world premieres include our opening night attraction The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers,...
Are you ready for a spine-chilling global avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, vengeance-crazed Vikings, Swedish mesmerists, Irish telekinesis, Argentine undead, Aussie bone-crushers, murderous Mormons and Chilean assassins?
Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 4teenth year, has unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs 22 August to Monday 26 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.
This year there are eleven countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-three UK or European premieres and ten world premieres.
The world premieres include our opening night attraction The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers,...
- 6/30/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The anthology horror film is back in the wake of the success of chapter-style horror films like The Theatre Bizarre (2011) and its announced follow-up, V/H/S (2012), the soon-to-be-released sequel V/H/S 2 (2013) and The ABC’s of Death (2012).
While this movement generates a good deal of conversation about the fondly remembered Amicus productions of the 1960’s and 1970’s like Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors (Freddie Francis, 1965), Torture Garden (Freddie Francis, 1967), The House That Dripped Blood (Peter Duffell, 1971) and Asylum (Roy Ward Baker, 1972) among others, the comparison is not exactly accurate across the board.
While the segments of V/H/S are unified by shared visual style and a wraparound story, The Theatre Bizarre and The ABC’s of Death come off as collections of essentially unrelated horror short films loosely bound by a flimsy wraparound segment in the case of The Theatre Bizarre or a basic concept as...
While this movement generates a good deal of conversation about the fondly remembered Amicus productions of the 1960’s and 1970’s like Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors (Freddie Francis, 1965), Torture Garden (Freddie Francis, 1967), The House That Dripped Blood (Peter Duffell, 1971) and Asylum (Roy Ward Baker, 1972) among others, the comparison is not exactly accurate across the board.
While the segments of V/H/S are unified by shared visual style and a wraparound story, The Theatre Bizarre and The ABC’s of Death come off as collections of essentially unrelated horror short films loosely bound by a flimsy wraparound segment in the case of The Theatre Bizarre or a basic concept as...
- 4/5/2013
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
Genre filmmaker Vincenzo Natali takes a whipping for his taste. Up to now the director of Splice has only made original properties, no adaptations, sequels, or reboots. Natali may be adapting Neuormancer and High Rise at the moment, but even there he isn’t taking the easiest path. Both are niche properties, something Natali is well-aware of when it comes to the two books (and to his own films). At this year’s South by Southwest he premiered what he considers his most accessible movie yet, Haunter. Natali describes the subversive ghost story as a mix of Igmar Bergman and John Hughes, making for an odd but promising sounding combo. We spoke to Natali about the film before the festival, and here’s what he had to say about Haunter, the difficulty of making movies nowadays, and more: I know you tried getting Splice made for nearly five years. Was this a much quicker experience? [Laughs] Yeah...
- 3/15/2013
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Splice director Vincenzo Natali’s new supernatural tale Haunter was just picked up by IFC Midnight for distribution after showing at South By Southwest. Haunter is written by Brian King who also wrote Night Train and Cypher, and stars Abigail Breslin as a teenage girl who is forced to relive the day she died.
"It's not just King's deftly-layered and slyly contorted screenplay or Jon Joffin's frankly beautiful cinematography that makes Haunter such an interesting little 'throwback' thriller. Natali and editor Michael Doherty seem intent on playing games with their viewers, and only those who have a lot of experience with haunted house movies will be able to glean a few early clues," Scott Weinberg said in his review from SXSW.
Read the full FEARnet review of Haunter here.
In other SXSW news, Cheap Thrills also premiered as part of the Midnighter series to great reviews and it was...
"It's not just King's deftly-layered and slyly contorted screenplay or Jon Joffin's frankly beautiful cinematography that makes Haunter such an interesting little 'throwback' thriller. Natali and editor Michael Doherty seem intent on playing games with their viewers, and only those who have a lot of experience with haunted house movies will be able to glean a few early clues," Scott Weinberg said in his review from SXSW.
Read the full FEARnet review of Haunter here.
In other SXSW news, Cheap Thrills also premiered as part of the Midnighter series to great reviews and it was...
- 3/12/2013
- by Sara Castillo
- FEARnet
I look forward to a new Vincenzo Natali movie like most movie geeks anticipate the next feature from Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese. Ever since I stumbled across his 1997 debut film Cube, which still stands up (despite its lesser sequels) as a very novel approach to cerebral horror or dark fantasy or violent sci-fi... I'm not exactly sure. From there he made Cypher (2002), Nothing (2003), and Splice (2009), all of which are A) cool, B) creepy, or C) a combination of cool and creepy.
So it was with much enthusiasm that I leapt into Mr. Natali's latest effort, the haunted house story known simply as Haunter.
Already I can hear what you're thinking: another haunted house movie? My response is a loud "yep!" because, hey, if we're going to get endless permutations on the sub-genre (including everything Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister), we may as well shine a light on the most creative ones.
So it was with much enthusiasm that I leapt into Mr. Natali's latest effort, the haunted house story known simply as Haunter.
Already I can hear what you're thinking: another haunted house movie? My response is a loud "yep!" because, hey, if we're going to get endless permutations on the sub-genre (including everything Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister), we may as well shine a light on the most creative ones.
- 3/10/2013
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Vincenzo Natali is one of those genre filmmakers who has the rare ability to inspire loyalty in his small but vocal fan base by maintaining an aura of utter fearlessness. The director of ingenious, high concept doodles like "Cube," "Cypher," and most importantly, the envelope pushing, outrageously underrated "Splice," can literally go anywhere or do anything. Unlike his contemporaries, Natali isn't happy to ever be pigeonholed or pinned down. You go to his movies not because you know what to expect, but because what you end up seeing is so unexpected. All of this makes "Haunter," his new "reverse ghost story," one of the bigger disappointments of the South by Southwest Film Festival thus far – a dull, repetitive, utterly confounding chiller that had the usually uproarious SXSW midnight crowd as quiet as church mice."Haunter" starts out promisingly enough, as we watch a young girl Lisa (Abigail Breslin), seemingly in the '80s,...
- 3/10/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Many film websites published “decade’s best horror films” lists in late 2009/early 2010. While these lists collectively provided a rough snapshot of the genre’s ups and downs during that time, with more time to reflect, it becomes increasingly clear what an important period the 2000’s were for the horror genre on a global scale.
Not only did this decade easily and obviously eclipse the comparatively arid 1990’s in both volume of production and overall quality, the 2000’s can also be looked at as a crucial one for horror cinema despite the justified outrage about the American film industry’s widespread strip-mining of classics and foreign films for remakes/re-boots and its saturation of the market with teen-friendly PG-13 rated horror films.
While by no means as groundbreaking as the 1970’s or as sentimentally regarded as the 1980’s, the 2000’s will be recalled as the decade that, despite well-founded criticisms...
Not only did this decade easily and obviously eclipse the comparatively arid 1990’s in both volume of production and overall quality, the 2000’s can also be looked at as a crucial one for horror cinema despite the justified outrage about the American film industry’s widespread strip-mining of classics and foreign films for remakes/re-boots and its saturation of the market with teen-friendly PG-13 rated horror films.
While by no means as groundbreaking as the 1970’s or as sentimentally regarded as the 1980’s, the 2000’s will be recalled as the decade that, despite well-founded criticisms...
- 11/4/2012
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
Another day, another Comic-Con schedule! Are you ready to plan out our Saturday at this years convention!? Once again there's a ton of great panels going on including Iron Man 3, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, The Hobbit, Marvel TV, Django Unchained, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and more!
Saturday has shaped up to be a hell of a great day for those of you attending Comic-Con. I've put *** next to all of the panels that we want to attend, but like every year, I'm sure we'll be covering a lot more stuff.
We'll be wearing our GeekTyrant shirts, so if you see us walking around San Diego and the convention center, please stop and and say hi! We'd love to meet our readers. We will also be holding our annual meet-up on Wednesday night before the crazy geek storm.
Check out the schedule below and let us know what panels you'll be attending,...
Saturday has shaped up to be a hell of a great day for those of you attending Comic-Con. I've put *** next to all of the panels that we want to attend, but like every year, I'm sure we'll be covering a lot more stuff.
We'll be wearing our GeekTyrant shirts, so if you see us walking around San Diego and the convention center, please stop and and say hi! We'd love to meet our readers. We will also be holding our annual meet-up on Wednesday night before the crazy geek storm.
Check out the schedule below and let us know what panels you'll be attending,...
- 6/30/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
The first official image from director Vincenzo Natali's latest spooker, Haunter, has come our way featuring a very disturbed looking Abigail Breslin. We can't wait to see what horrors the young lass is set to unlock!
From Copperheart Entertainment, the flick stars Abigail Breslin (Zombieland, Rango, Little Miss Sunshine) along with Stephen McHattie (300, Watchmen, Immortals, Pontypool), Peter Outerbridge (Silent Hill: Revelation, Lucky Number Slevin), Michelle Nolden (Red, Time Traveler’s Wife), and David Hewlett (Rise of the Planet of the Apes).
In this reverse ghost story “teenage Lisa (Breslin) and her family died in 1986 under sinister circumstances but remain trapped in their house, unable to move on. Lisa must reach out from beyond the grave to help her present-day, living counterpart, Olivia, avoid the same fate Lisa and her family suffered.”
Haunter, directed by Vincenzo Natali from a screenplay written by Brian King (Cypher, Night Train), is produced by Steven Hoban (Splice,...
From Copperheart Entertainment, the flick stars Abigail Breslin (Zombieland, Rango, Little Miss Sunshine) along with Stephen McHattie (300, Watchmen, Immortals, Pontypool), Peter Outerbridge (Silent Hill: Revelation, Lucky Number Slevin), Michelle Nolden (Red, Time Traveler’s Wife), and David Hewlett (Rise of the Planet of the Apes).
In this reverse ghost story “teenage Lisa (Breslin) and her family died in 1986 under sinister circumstances but remain trapped in their house, unable to move on. Lisa must reach out from beyond the grave to help her present-day, living counterpart, Olivia, avoid the same fate Lisa and her family suffered.”
Haunter, directed by Vincenzo Natali from a screenplay written by Brian King (Cypher, Night Train), is produced by Steven Hoban (Splice,...
- 5/9/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The new spookfest from director Vincenzo Natali, Haunter, has begun principal photography in Toronto and we've got a full casting update for you fresh and chilly! Dig it!
From Copperheart Entertainment, the flick stars the previously announced Abigail Breslin (Zombieland, Rango, Little Miss Sunshine), along with Stephen McHattie (300, Watchmen, Immortals, Pontypool), Peter Outerbridge (Silent Hill: Revelation, Lucky Number Slevin), Michelle Nolden (Red, Time Traveler’s Wife) and David Hewlett (Rise of the Planet of the Apes).
In this reverse ghost story “teenage Lisa (Breslin) and her family died in 1986 under sinister circumstances but remain trapped in their house, unable to move on. Lisa must reach out from beyond the grave to help her present-day, living counterpart, Olivia, avoid the same fate Lisa and her family suffered.”
Haunter, directed by Vincenzo Natali from a screenplay written by Brian King (Cypher, Night Train), is produced by Steven Hoban (Splice, Ryan, Ginger Snaps...
From Copperheart Entertainment, the flick stars the previously announced Abigail Breslin (Zombieland, Rango, Little Miss Sunshine), along with Stephen McHattie (300, Watchmen, Immortals, Pontypool), Peter Outerbridge (Silent Hill: Revelation, Lucky Number Slevin), Michelle Nolden (Red, Time Traveler’s Wife) and David Hewlett (Rise of the Planet of the Apes).
In this reverse ghost story “teenage Lisa (Breslin) and her family died in 1986 under sinister circumstances but remain trapped in their house, unable to move on. Lisa must reach out from beyond the grave to help her present-day, living counterpart, Olivia, avoid the same fate Lisa and her family suffered.”
Haunter, directed by Vincenzo Natali from a screenplay written by Brian King (Cypher, Night Train), is produced by Steven Hoban (Splice, Ryan, Ginger Snaps...
- 4/16/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Shooting has begun on Vincenzo Natali's (Splice, Cube) new feature, Haunter, from Copperheart Entertainment.
Abigail Breslin (Zombieland), Stephen McHattie (300, Watchmen), Peter Outerbridge (Silent Hill:Revelation), Michelle Nolden (Time Traveler's Wife) and David Hewlett (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) has begun.
Haunter, directed by Vincenzo Natali from a screenplay written by Brian King (Cypher), is produced by Steven Hoban (Splice, The Ginger Snaps trilogy), and co-produced by Mark Smith (388 Arletta Avenue).
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Abigail Breslin (Zombieland), Stephen McHattie (300, Watchmen), Peter Outerbridge (Silent Hill:Revelation), Michelle Nolden (Time Traveler's Wife) and David Hewlett (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) has begun.
Haunter, directed by Vincenzo Natali from a screenplay written by Brian King (Cypher), is produced by Steven Hoban (Splice, The Ginger Snaps trilogy), and co-produced by Mark Smith (388 Arletta Avenue).
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- 4/16/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Principal photography on Vincenzo Natali's ( Splice , Cube ) new feature, Haunter , from Copperheart Entertainment, starring Abigail Breslin ( Zombieland , Rango , Little Miss Sunshine ), Stephen McHattie ( 300 , Watchmen , Immortals ), Peter Outerbridge ( Silent Hill: Revelation , Lucky Number Slevin ), Michelle Nolden ( Red , The Time Traveler's Wife ) and David Hewlett ( Rise of the Planet of the Apes ) has begun. Haunter , directed by Vincenzo Natali from a screenplay written by Brian King ( Cypher , Night Train ), is produced by Steven Hoban ( Splice , "The Ginger Snaps" trilogy), and co-produced by Mark Smith. Principal photography will run from April 16 until May 19, 2012 in Toronto and Brantford. The film's release is slated for 2013. In this...
- 4/16/2012
- Comingsoon.net
We already know that the teenage actress has signed on for the thriller The Hive alongside Halle Berry, but it looks like Abigail Breslin is looking for more suspense in her career. Variety reports Breslin has signed to lead Haunter, the next film from Splice director Vincenzo Natali which we just heard about towards the beginning of the year. The supernatural horror film, from a screenplay by Brian King (Cypher, Night Train), is a twist on the norm being told from the viewpoint of a ghost, a spirit named Lisa, who, along with her whole family, died in 1986 under "sinister circumstances" but remain trapped in their house. More below. Rather than having the usual story of a living person helping a ghost move on from their unfinished business, Breslin's ghost must help a girl living in the present day avoid the same fat that she suffered over two decades previously.
- 4/4/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Post-Splice, director Vincenzo Natali has been attached to a few potential projects. They've all been literary adaptations, including Jg Ballard's High Rise, Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams' Tunnels series, and most excitingly, William Gibson's Neuromancer. Natalis has ticked the box marked "none of the above" for the time being though, since his immediate next film has just been announced as Haunter.Described as a "reverse ghost story", Haunter stems from an original screenplay by Brian King, who also wrote Natali's Cypher in 2002. It seems to have shades of The Others and Beetlejuice, in that it's told from the perspective of the haunter rather than the haunted: in this case a girl called Lisa who's been manifesting in the same house since she met an unfortunate end in 1986. She sees an opportunity for some closure when new girl Olivia moves in.So what's happened to Neuromancer? Immediatey the...
- 1/9/2012
- EmpireOnline
More ghosts. So who you gunna call? An interesting news story to report on from Bloody-Disgusting, who picked up a scoop about director Vincenzo Natali, of Cube and Splice who has been lining up numerous projects. Apparently Natali is aiming to direct a project called Haunter next, which will start shooting this March up in Toronto. The supernatural horror film, from a screenplay by Brian King (Cypher, Night Train), is a twist on the norm being told from the viewpoint of a ghost, a spirit named Lisa, who, along with her family, died in 1986 under "sinister circumstances" but remain trapped in their house. Sounds quite creepy. We don't know much about this and this is the first time we've heard of the project, but it sounds intriguing. When a new girl named Olivia moves into their house, Lisa decides to haunt and possess her in "in an attempt to save...
- 1/7/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
[1] Vincenzo Natali's 2010 genetic experimentation sci-fi horror Splice didn't do great box office when it opened in 2010, but it got enough critical buzz to boost the filmmaker's profile. That, in turn, opened up some intriguing new options for him, including adaptations based on J.G. Ballard's High Rise, William Gibson's cyberpunk classic Neuromancer, and the Ya series Tunnels, and we've been very curious to see what he'll do next. It now appears that Natali has finally made his decision, and as it turns out, his follow-up to Splice won't be any of those. Instead, he's chosen to helm Haunter, a so-called "reverse ghost story." More details after the jump. Haunter comes from screenwriter Brian King, whose previous works include the thriller Night Train and Natali's 2002 sci-fi thriller Cypher. The story represents a twist on the familiar haunted house tale: Rather than following the human victim, Haunter will be told...
- 1/7/2012
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Seeing as Vincenzo Natali‘s first — and, quite possibly, final — shot at mainstream success, Splice, didn’t take with critics or the general public, his next move only seems reasonable. While Neuromancer is moving along at a slower-than-typical pace for a modestly-budgeted sci-fi production, he’ll spend most of 2012 occupied with Haunter, a supernatural story written by Brian King.
Some of you might roll an eyeball or two at the idea of yet another ghost tale, but BloodyDisgusting‘s report makes it sound as if the project is a little outside the genre’s box. This time around, the perspective will be shifted from the haunted to the, you know, since the main character is “Lisa, who, along with her family, died in 1986 under ‘sinister circumstances’ but remain trapped in their house.” But her actions themselves aren’t sinister; Lisa haunts and possesses a young girl living in the home,...
Some of you might roll an eyeball or two at the idea of yet another ghost tale, but BloodyDisgusting‘s report makes it sound as if the project is a little outside the genre’s box. This time around, the perspective will be shifted from the haunted to the, you know, since the main character is “Lisa, who, along with her family, died in 1986 under ‘sinister circumstances’ but remain trapped in their house.” But her actions themselves aren’t sinister; Lisa haunts and possesses a young girl living in the home,...
- 1/6/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Meteor Storm showed on the SyFy Network in 2010. Now, Monarch Home Entertainment will deliver fiery meteorites on DVD August 23rd. Meteor Storm stars Michael Trucco ("Battlestar Galactica"), Kari Matchett (Cypher), and Kirsten Prout (Eclipse). This space born disaster is set in San Francisco and the DVD art signals that the Golden Gate Bridge will have a destructive encounter with this space debris. Have a look at the plot details, as Meteor Storm gets set to release August 23rd.
The synopsis for Meteor Storm:
"San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits the earth… For astronomer Michelle Young, what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event turns into her worst nightmare as thousands of meteors break the surface of the atmosphere and bombard the city of San Francisco" (Monarch).
Release Date: August 23, 2011 (DVD).
Director: Tibor Takacs.
Writer: Peter Mohan.
Producers: Sean Bowers,...
The synopsis for Meteor Storm:
"San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits the earth… For astronomer Michelle Young, what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event turns into her worst nightmare as thousands of meteors break the surface of the atmosphere and bombard the city of San Francisco" (Monarch).
Release Date: August 23, 2011 (DVD).
Director: Tibor Takacs.
Writer: Peter Mohan.
Producers: Sean Bowers,...
- 8/5/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
It’s back to the “Cube” again. Lionsgate is soliciting pitches for “Cube 3D,” according to ShockTillYouDrop. It is not clear on whether the film would be the third part of a complete reboot of the franchise. In the original 1997 science fiction horror “Cube,” the tale is about seven complete strangers with different personalities involuntarily placed into a maze full of deadly traps. The original film was directed by Vincenzo Natali (“Splice,” “Ginger Snaps”). It starred Nicole de Boer (“Stephen King’s Dead Zone,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”), Maurice Dean Wint (“RoboCop: Prime Directives,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) and David Hewlett (“Stargate: Atlantis,” “Splice”). There was also a follow up 2002 sequel called, “Cube 2: Hypercube.” In this version, eight strangers need to escape the “hypercube” and discovered they are in a strange fourth dimension where the laws of physics do not apply. The film was directed by Andrzej Sekula (“The Pleasure Drivers,...
- 3/8/2011
- LRMonline.com
To celebrate the release of Splice on DVD and Blu-ray, Ryan salutes Dren, a B-movie monster for the 21st century…
Cinema is filled with mad professors and hubristic doctors meddling with nature's natural course, and while James Whale's classic adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is anything but a B-movie, it undoubtedly set the template for the decades of rampaging monsters of science that followed.
From the oddly beautiful cyborg created by the crazed scientist/master of the occult Rotwang in Fritz Lang's Metropolis, to the beast men of 1996's The Island Of Doctor Moreau and beyond, generations of mad doctors have been playing God for our viewing pleasure.
David Cronenberg was undoubtedly one of the finest directors of 'science out of control' movies, and his early work was filled with unnerving creatures and experiments gone terribly wrong. See the disease-spreading parasites of Shivers (1975), the blood-sucking, disease-spreading armpit...
Cinema is filled with mad professors and hubristic doctors meddling with nature's natural course, and while James Whale's classic adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is anything but a B-movie, it undoubtedly set the template for the decades of rampaging monsters of science that followed.
From the oddly beautiful cyborg created by the crazed scientist/master of the occult Rotwang in Fritz Lang's Metropolis, to the beast men of 1996's The Island Of Doctor Moreau and beyond, generations of mad doctors have been playing God for our viewing pleasure.
David Cronenberg was undoubtedly one of the finest directors of 'science out of control' movies, and his early work was filled with unnerving creatures and experiments gone terribly wrong. See the disease-spreading parasites of Shivers (1975), the blood-sucking, disease-spreading armpit...
- 12/1/2010
- Den of Geek
Splice
DVD & Blu-ray, Optimum
As befits a horror film dealing with genetic terrors, Splice get under your skin (even the veiny opening titles are a bit queasy). Director Vincenzo Natali has for years been creating smart little science fiction movies such as Cube and Cypher, and with its reliable cast of Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley, the more healthily budgeted Splice was intended to be his breakthrough. However, Splice failed to connect with the wider audience – despite the best efforts of its producer Guillermo del Toro, a man well used to turning dark, unsettling concepts into commercially viable prospects. Brody and Polley play a couple of scientific whizzkids who, in a film about the dire consequences of smart people doing stupid things, add human DNA to the experimental hybrid creatures they've already created. The result of their morally unsound hubris is Dren; a new humanoid lifeform, expertly played by Delphine Chanéac and assisted by puppets,...
DVD & Blu-ray, Optimum
As befits a horror film dealing with genetic terrors, Splice get under your skin (even the veiny opening titles are a bit queasy). Director Vincenzo Natali has for years been creating smart little science fiction movies such as Cube and Cypher, and with its reliable cast of Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley, the more healthily budgeted Splice was intended to be his breakthrough. However, Splice failed to connect with the wider audience – despite the best efforts of its producer Guillermo del Toro, a man well used to turning dark, unsettling concepts into commercially viable prospects. Brody and Polley play a couple of scientific whizzkids who, in a film about the dire consequences of smart people doing stupid things, add human DNA to the experimental hybrid creatures they've already created. The result of their morally unsound hubris is Dren; a new humanoid lifeform, expertly played by Delphine Chanéac and assisted by puppets,...
- 11/27/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
If you don’t know the name Vincenzo Natali, you’ve been missing on some very good indie films. Natali burst onto the scene with his debut, the very clever “Cube”, and followed that up with “Cypher” and “Nothing”. He’s now done what is probably his most mainstream film to date, “Splice”, which is currently available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, On Demand and for download from Warner Home Video. Superstar genetic engineers Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) specialize in splicing DNA from different animals to create incredible new hybrids. Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. But when the pharmaceutical company that funds their research forbids it, they secretly take their experiment underground – risking their careers to push the boundaries of science and serve their own curiosity and ambition. The result is Dren, an amazing, strangely beautiful...
- 10/11/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
I will never forget the months of my youth that I spent, often frustrated, scouring the mysterious island from Myst. I knew, even back then, that they would one day turn it into a movie, I just didn't think it would take 17+ years. Deadline reports that producers Hunt Lowry (A Time to Kill, Cypher) and Mark Johnson (Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Chronicles of Narnia) have partnered with Adrian Vanderbosch and Isaac Testerman of Mysteria Film to acquire the rights to the Myst series from Cyan Worlds to develop into a live-action feature. After hitting shelves in 1993, Myst has gone on to become the biggest selling adventure game ever. The producers haven't even hired a writer for the adaptation yet, but are actively looking for one to develop the project. They're hope, oddly enough (you will see why), is to establish a distinctive world from the Myst mythology ...
- 9/30/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Just to prove that you don’t need a huge budget to make a classic sci-fi movie, here’s our list of genre features whose ideas triumph over their lack of funds…
Ideally, science fiction films require large quantities of cash. Truckloads of the stuff. Just look at the most famous examples of the genre: Metropolis, Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Where the horror genre requires little more than a few pence, a bottle of fake blood and a hacksaw to realise, a good sci-fi movie usually requires the building of vast sets, costumes and copious amounts of special effects.
But then, we have the subjects of this top ten list, sci-fi movies whose wealth of ideas more than makes up for their lack of financial investment...
10. Mad Max (1979)
A film so low budget its costume department could only afford one genuine leather jacket, Mad Max launched the once-stellar film career of Mel Gibson,...
Ideally, science fiction films require large quantities of cash. Truckloads of the stuff. Just look at the most famous examples of the genre: Metropolis, Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Where the horror genre requires little more than a few pence, a bottle of fake blood and a hacksaw to realise, a good sci-fi movie usually requires the building of vast sets, costumes and copious amounts of special effects.
But then, we have the subjects of this top ten list, sci-fi movies whose wealth of ideas more than makes up for their lack of financial investment...
10. Mad Max (1979)
A film so low budget its costume department could only afford one genuine leather jacket, Mad Max launched the once-stellar film career of Mel Gibson,...
- 9/15/2010
- Den of Geek
Vincenzo Natali raises complex moral questions in this thriller about genetic engineering
Back in 1954 the Austrian social thinker Robert Jungk wrote a bestselling futurological study, the title of which, Tomorrow is Already Here, predicted the way science fact would be constantly breathing down the neck of science fiction as the 20th century proceeded. Something like this has been experienced during the long gestation of Splice, the third feature film by the Canadian writer-director Vincenzo Natali. Natali made his name in 1997 with Cube, an ingenious low-budget thriller set entirely within a maze of interlocking boxes from which a disparate group of prisoners attempt to escape. This allegory about bureaucracy and the human condition, clearly indebted to Poe, Kafka and Borges, was followed in 2003 by Cypher, a clever paranoid conspiracy thriller also set in the near future that anticipated Christopher Nolan's Inception. It starred Jeremy Northam as an anonymous brainwashed accountant...
Back in 1954 the Austrian social thinker Robert Jungk wrote a bestselling futurological study, the title of which, Tomorrow is Already Here, predicted the way science fact would be constantly breathing down the neck of science fiction as the 20th century proceeded. Something like this has been experienced during the long gestation of Splice, the third feature film by the Canadian writer-director Vincenzo Natali. Natali made his name in 1997 with Cube, an ingenious low-budget thriller set entirely within a maze of interlocking boxes from which a disparate group of prisoners attempt to escape. This allegory about bureaucracy and the human condition, clearly indebted to Poe, Kafka and Borges, was followed in 2003 by Cypher, a clever paranoid conspiracy thriller also set in the near future that anticipated Christopher Nolan's Inception. It starred Jeremy Northam as an anonymous brainwashed accountant...
- 7/24/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
As Vincenzo Natali’s Splice arrives in the UK, Duncan finds a mainstream B-movie with shocks and laughs in almost equal measure…
I always tend to make a habit of writing up a film review within twenty-four hours of watching it, mostly to retain the freshness of my emotional reaction to it, good or bad. So, it's a fine testament to Splice that exactly a week after seeing it, the film has still managed to leave a solid imprint on my mind.
The reason being because Splice is insane.
So insane, that every screening I've been to since has been populated by people talking about it, as it seems to be proving quite divisive amongst the other writers I've spoken to. Some seem to be drawn to the more Freudian elements, others to its themes of relationships and childbirth. And as for me? Well, I thought it was one of...
I always tend to make a habit of writing up a film review within twenty-four hours of watching it, mostly to retain the freshness of my emotional reaction to it, good or bad. So, it's a fine testament to Splice that exactly a week after seeing it, the film has still managed to leave a solid imprint on my mind.
The reason being because Splice is insane.
So insane, that every screening I've been to since has been populated by people talking about it, as it seems to be proving quite divisive amongst the other writers I've spoken to. Some seem to be drawn to the more Freudian elements, others to its themes of relationships and childbirth. And as for me? Well, I thought it was one of...
- 7/22/2010
- Den of Geek
After years of unimaginative sequels and remakes, could the success of Inception encourage Hollywood to invest more cash in the sci-fi genre?
Ambitious, imaginative, bewildering - just some of the words used to describe the breathless critical adulation that has greeted Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Consistently described as a collision of high concept heist movie, tragedy and mystery, surprisingly little has been made of Inception's sci-fi genre trappings. Its techno babble may be comparatively limited, and the specifics of exactly how the story's dream-infiltration hardware works are never explained, but Inception nevertheless has its roots firmly in the sci-fi genre.
As we mentioned in our review, Inception has echoes of Philip K. Dick's writing, with its shifting realities and philosophical undercurrents bearing more than a passing resemblance to the author's 1969 novel Ubik, in which artificially constructed realities are freakishly distorted by its puckish antagonist.
It could be argued,...
Ambitious, imaginative, bewildering - just some of the words used to describe the breathless critical adulation that has greeted Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Consistently described as a collision of high concept heist movie, tragedy and mystery, surprisingly little has been made of Inception's sci-fi genre trappings. Its techno babble may be comparatively limited, and the specifics of exactly how the story's dream-infiltration hardware works are never explained, but Inception nevertheless has its roots firmly in the sci-fi genre.
As we mentioned in our review, Inception has echoes of Philip K. Dick's writing, with its shifting realities and philosophical undercurrents bearing more than a passing resemblance to the author's 1969 novel Ubik, in which artificially constructed realities are freakishly distorted by its puckish antagonist.
It could be argued,...
- 7/15/2010
- Den of Geek
Warner Bros just released this killer new UK poster for the film “Splice” from producer Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) by director Vincenzo Natali (High Rise, Cypher) and starring Adrien Brody (Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Sarah Polley (Mr. Nobody). Synopsis: Clive and Elsa are young, brilliant and ambitious. The new animal species they engineered have made them rebel superstars of the scientific world. In secret, they introduce human DNA into the experiment. The result is something that is greater than the sum of its parts: a female animal-human hybrid that may be a step up on the evolutionary ladder. They think they may have created the perfect organism, until she [...]...
- 6/21/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
The eccentric, driven scientist is nothing new in cinema. From Dr. Caligari and Dr. Strangelove to Wayne Salinski, Doc Brown, the Ghostbusters and of course, Victor Frankenstein, film fans have spent many hours in the company of genius and/or madness. So it’s fair to say that Splice doesn’t bring anything new to the table with regards to character.
However, celebrated director Vincenzo Natali has created quite an interesting little film here. What it lacks in originality it makes up for with his now trademark visual flare. Those of you not familiar with the Detroit native’s work should definitely check out his films Cube which became a bit of a cult phenomenon on DVD and Cypher starring Jeremy Northam which I absolutely loved but it seems not many other people did. Anyway, enough living in the past. What does Splice actually have to offer the average cinemagoer?...
However, celebrated director Vincenzo Natali has created quite an interesting little film here. What it lacks in originality it makes up for with his now trademark visual flare. Those of you not familiar with the Detroit native’s work should definitely check out his films Cube which became a bit of a cult phenomenon on DVD and Cypher starring Jeremy Northam which I absolutely loved but it seems not many other people did. Anyway, enough living in the past. What does Splice actually have to offer the average cinemagoer?...
- 6/21/2010
- by Alex Wagner
- FilmShaft.com
William Gibson’s Neuromancer is finally coming to the big screen, with the aid of the director of Splice, Mr Vincenzo Natali…
With the likes of Splice, Cypher and Cube under his belt, you'd imagine that director Vincenzo Natali didn't need much help in finding a fresh challenge to tackle. Yet, he's nonetheless got one, as he's been confirmed as the man to direct the long-mooted movie of William Gibson's Neuromancer.
Gibson's iconic novel has been touted for a film version many times over the years, but this time, it's definitely getting the go ahead. It's being produced and funded in Canada, and the plan is to begin pre-production work on the movie early next year.
Natali has a busy time ahead of him, too, as the current plan is to have Neuromancer in cinemas by the end of 2011.
Further details on the project are scant at the moment,...
With the likes of Splice, Cypher and Cube under his belt, you'd imagine that director Vincenzo Natali didn't need much help in finding a fresh challenge to tackle. Yet, he's nonetheless got one, as he's been confirmed as the man to direct the long-mooted movie of William Gibson's Neuromancer.
Gibson's iconic novel has been touted for a film version many times over the years, but this time, it's definitely getting the go ahead. It's being produced and funded in Canada, and the plan is to begin pre-production work on the movie early next year.
Natali has a busy time ahead of him, too, as the current plan is to have Neuromancer in cinemas by the end of 2011.
Further details on the project are scant at the moment,...
- 6/14/2010
- Den of Geek
As a followup to the recent nude poster, Warner Bros released this brand new international poster for the upcoming film “Splice” from producer Guillermo Del Toro (The Hobbit, Hellboy) by director Vincenzo Natali (High Rise, Cypher) and starring Adrien Brody (Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Sarah Polley (Mr. Nobody). Synopsis: Clive and Elsa are young, brilliant and ambitious. The new animal species they engineered have made them rebel superstars of the scientific world. In secret, they introduce human DNA into the experiment. The result is something that is greater than the sum of its parts: a female animal-human hybrid that may be a step up on the evolutionary ladder. They think they [...]...
- 6/8/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Last week I finally got to talk with Vincenzo Natali, the fantastic writer/director of Splice, the new sci-fi monster movie out in theaters nationwide this weekend. I was a fan of Natali before Splice (he also directed Cube, Cypher and Nothing), but after catching the film at Sundance and watching a Q&A at the premiere, he became one of those directors that I knew I needed to talk to, especially because his film brings up so many interesting questions. I talked with Vincenzo on the phone about things like: crafting the film's story, how involved Guillermo del Toro was, and his thoughts on independent filmmaking. Read on for my interview! Although I know Splice is getting a very polarized response (refer to our Sound Off for the movie), I loved it and appreciate it more than anything, simply because it's an original and unique concept that we really...
- 6/6/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
There's a contingent of moviegoers out there that absolutely loved the claustrophobic, mind-bending sci-fi movie Cube (1997) and have been waiting for its writer-director, Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali, to really come into his own -- and to do something with a budget befitting his talent and imagination. He directed the little-seen features Cypher (2002) and Nothing (2003), the documentary Getting Gilliam (2005), about Terry Gilliam, and even three episodes of the sci-fi series Earth: Final Conflict (TV). But now, finally, there is Splice (2010), the film that may make him a force to be reckoned with, the film that may make Hollywood come calling for real. Splice centers on a romantically involved couple of scientists, Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley), who are at the forefront of genetic engineering. They've created hybrids, animal hybrids that can be used -- by the pharmaceutical company that bankrolls their efforts -- to develop life-saving, not to mention profitable,...
- 6/4/2010
- by ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)
- ScreenStar
By: Kevin Kelly, reposted from the Sundance Film Festival 1/27/10
These days, movies about geeks have to accomplish a lot to pass muster, because ever since the nerds and geeks were let out of the closet, they've invaded every facet of our existence, including people who write about movies. This is probably why I enjoyed Splice so much, although in the effort of full disclosure, I was biased going in because I'm a big fan of director Vincenzo Natali's other films, which include Cube, Cypher, and Nothing. Cube became a bit of a cult hit on DVD, but Cypher only appeared briefly in theaters here, and Nothing had an even smaller release.
It's a shame because Natali is a great visual storyteller, and Splice shows just how much he's matured as a director, and this movie also has the added boost of being executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. It's...
These days, movies about geeks have to accomplish a lot to pass muster, because ever since the nerds and geeks were let out of the closet, they've invaded every facet of our existence, including people who write about movies. This is probably why I enjoyed Splice so much, although in the effort of full disclosure, I was biased going in because I'm a big fan of director Vincenzo Natali's other films, which include Cube, Cypher, and Nothing. Cube became a bit of a cult hit on DVD, but Cypher only appeared briefly in theaters here, and Nothing had an even smaller release.
It's a shame because Natali is a great visual storyteller, and Splice shows just how much he's matured as a director, and this movie also has the added boost of being executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. It's...
- 6/4/2010
- by Cinematical staff
- Cinematical
Even after toying with genre in films like Cypher and Paris, Je T'Aime, Canadian auteur Vincenzo Natali is still best known for his 1997 feature debut, the futuristic Kafkaesque horror Cube. However, expect his fanbase to soon grow as rapidly as the out-of-control genetic experiment in his new film Splice, which Warner Bros. picked up after its Sundance premiere: Superstar genetic engineers Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) specialize in splicing DNA from different animals to create incredible new hybrids. Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. But when the pharmaceutical company that funds their research forbids it, Clive and Elsa secretly take their boldest experimentation underground—risking their careers by pushing the boundaries of science to serve their own curiosity and ambition.
The result is Dren, an amazing, strangely beautiful creature of uncommon intelligence and an array of unexpected physical developments.
The result is Dren, an amazing, strangely beautiful creature of uncommon intelligence and an array of unexpected physical developments.
- 6/3/2010
- GreenCine Daily
The hand-wringing has begun. After both Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia garnered less-than-optimal results last weekend, chatter about why the summer box office is not performing up to par went in full effect. In the end, Sex and the City 2 — with $57 million in its coffers statewide — should end its run in the green, but I’m sure talks of making a third are not happening. And though people expected more from Prince of Persia, which Disney must have spent a mint marketing, it’s a movie based on a video game starring a guy best known for his indie work.
- 6/3/2010
- by Nicole Sperling
- EW - Inside Movies
From Yahoo! Movies comes this new internet trailer for Splice. The new film by Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Nothing, Cypher), and produced by Guillermo del Toro, stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley.
Clive and Elsa (a nod to The Bride Of Frankenstein) are young, brilliant and ambitious. The new animal species they engineered have made them rebel superstars of the scientific world. In secret, they introduce human DNA into the experiment. The result is something that is greater than the sum of its parts: a female animal-human hybrid that may be a step up on the evolutionary ladder. They think they may have created the perfect organisim, until she makes a final shocking metamorphosis that could destroy them … and the rest of humanity.
From Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is rated R for disturbing elements including strong sexuality, nudity, sci-fi violence and language. Splice will be in theaters this Friday, June 4th.
Clive and Elsa (a nod to The Bride Of Frankenstein) are young, brilliant and ambitious. The new animal species they engineered have made them rebel superstars of the scientific world. In secret, they introduce human DNA into the experiment. The result is something that is greater than the sum of its parts: a female animal-human hybrid that may be a step up on the evolutionary ladder. They think they may have created the perfect organisim, until she makes a final shocking metamorphosis that could destroy them … and the rest of humanity.
From Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is rated R for disturbing elements including strong sexuality, nudity, sci-fi violence and language. Splice will be in theaters this Friday, June 4th.
- 6/2/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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