The iconic Steven Spielberg has been focusing more on human dramas as of late, except for the occasional special effects-laden vehicles like Ready Player One and The Bfg — even sitting out Indiana Jones for the first time with the last entry, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. However, Deadline has now revealed that Universal Pictures has reserved a release date for May 15, 2026, for what is being described as an “original event film” that has been created by and will be directed by Spielberg.
It is not revealed what the event film is. However, it was reported last month that Spielberg would reunite with frequent collaborator David Koepp for an original UFO movie that has been kept very secretive. The UFO movie is said to be based on Steven Spielberg’s own original idea and that David Koepp is writing the screenplay. Unfortunately, that would be all the information given at this point.
It is not revealed what the event film is. However, it was reported last month that Spielberg would reunite with frequent collaborator David Koepp for an original UFO movie that has been kept very secretive. The UFO movie is said to be based on Steven Spielberg’s own original idea and that David Koepp is writing the screenplay. Unfortunately, that would be all the information given at this point.
- 5/23/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
It’s been a while since Steven Spielberg has dabbled in the world of extra-terrestrials, but according to a report from Variety, the acclaimed director is working on a UFO movie which will likely be his next project.
Sources told Variety that the UFO movie is based on Steven Spielberg’s own original idea and that David Koepp is writing the screenplay. Unfortunately, that’s all the information we have at this point, but a UFO movie from the man who gave us Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is hard to ignore. Koepp has penned a handful of Spielberg movies, including Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Sources told Variety that the UFO movie is based on Steven Spielberg’s own original idea and that David Koepp is writing the screenplay. Unfortunately, that’s all the information we have at this point, but a UFO movie from the man who gave us Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is hard to ignore. Koepp has penned a handful of Spielberg movies, including Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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- 4/17/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The 1995 horror movie Mute Witness has found a whole new audience here in 2024, with Shudder finally bringing the cat-and-mouse thriller to streaming earlier this month.
Additionally, Arrow Video is bringing Mute Witness to 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray for the very first time on June 11, and we’ve scored the trailer for their brand new restoration.
Watch the trailer below and read on for everything you need to know!
Director Anthony Waller (The Piper, An American Werewolf in Paris) combines cat-and-mouse suspense with classic intrigue in Mute Witness, an updated take on the Hitchcockian thriller in which the only witness to a brutal crime can neither speak nor cry out in terror.
Limited Edition Bonus Features include:
4K restoration approved by director Anthony Waller 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in HDR10 Restored original lossless stereo soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio...
Additionally, Arrow Video is bringing Mute Witness to 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray for the very first time on June 11, and we’ve scored the trailer for their brand new restoration.
Watch the trailer below and read on for everything you need to know!
Director Anthony Waller (The Piper, An American Werewolf in Paris) combines cat-and-mouse suspense with classic intrigue in Mute Witness, an updated take on the Hitchcockian thriller in which the only witness to a brutal crime can neither speak nor cry out in terror.
Limited Edition Bonus Features include:
4K restoration approved by director Anthony Waller 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in HDR10 Restored original lossless stereo soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio...
- 4/12/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
We're big fans of the horror genre here at /Film. In my humble opinion, it's the best of the film genres — one that can be molded, sculpted, and altered to fit into different-sized packages. Horror can be therapeutic. It can elicit emotions in us that remind us we're still alive and kicking. Like Nicole Kidman in that annoying AMC ad, we come to this place for magic. We come to horror movies to love, to cry, to care. Because we need that, all of us. With that in mind, we're unleashing a new monthly feature where we highlight the best horror movies to stream this month. So let's get ready to scream/stream.
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Late Night With The Devil
Streaming on Shudder April 19.
A horror mockumentary that plays its cards just right, "Late Night With the Devil" is one of the...
Read more: The 15 Best Horror Movie Directors Of All Time
Late Night With The Devil
Streaming on Shudder April 19.
A horror mockumentary that plays its cards just right, "Late Night With the Devil" is one of the...
- 4/8/2024
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Throughout the month of April, AMC+ and Shudder will debut terrifying new shows and movies to celebrate being halfway to Spooky Season!
There’s no need to wait until October to get your fill of fright nights! That’s because AMC+ and Shudder are gearing up to debut a huge lineup of new shows and movies for its annual “Halfway to Halloween” event, which celebrates the midway point between last year’s Spooky Season and this year’s. The 2024 edition of “Halfway to Halloween” will feature some startlingly good premieres, including the hotly anticipated “Late Night With the Devil,” a new season of “The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs” and much more.
New horror premieres on AMC+ and Shudder begin on April 1 and continue all month long. Live viewing parties of “The Last Drive-in” will take place twice during the month. A wide range of selections is coming to...
There’s no need to wait until October to get your fill of fright nights! That’s because AMC+ and Shudder are gearing up to debut a huge lineup of new shows and movies for its annual “Halfway to Halloween” event, which celebrates the midway point between last year’s Spooky Season and this year’s. The 2024 edition of “Halfway to Halloween” will feature some startlingly good premieres, including the hotly anticipated “Late Night With the Devil,” a new season of “The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs” and much more.
New horror premieres on AMC+ and Shudder begin on April 1 and continue all month long. Live viewing parties of “The Last Drive-in” will take place twice during the month. A wide range of selections is coming to...
- 4/2/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Fans of 1995’s Mute Witness have two big reasons to celebrate this week, as the film is finally getting a brand new physical media release And it’s finally coming to streaming.
The film has long been only available on DVD, and it’s currently not available to stream or rent Anywhere, but Arrow Video has announced that a 4K Ultra HD release is on its way.
The suspense thriller Mute Witness hits 4K from Arrow on June 11, 2024! This is a US, UK and Canada release, and a Blu-ray version of the same release will also be available.
Mute Witness will also be coming to Shudder beginning April 1, 2024.
Director Anthony Waller combines cat-and-mouse suspense with classic intrigue in Mute Witness, an updated take on the Hitchcockian thriller in which the only witness to a brutal crime can neither speak nor cry out in terror.
Limited Edition Bonus Features include:
4K...
The film has long been only available on DVD, and it’s currently not available to stream or rent Anywhere, but Arrow Video has announced that a 4K Ultra HD release is on its way.
The suspense thriller Mute Witness hits 4K from Arrow on June 11, 2024! This is a US, UK and Canada release, and a Blu-ray version of the same release will also be available.
Mute Witness will also be coming to Shudder beginning April 1, 2024.
Director Anthony Waller combines cat-and-mouse suspense with classic intrigue in Mute Witness, an updated take on the Hitchcockian thriller in which the only witness to a brutal crime can neither speak nor cry out in terror.
Limited Edition Bonus Features include:
4K...
- 3/28/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Inspector Dave Toschi needs a night off. After years of chasing the so-called Zodiac Killer, Toschi thought he had found his man, only for his captain to shoot him down, citing insufficient evidence to make an arrest. At the movie theater later on, the picture Toschi watches with his wife doesn’t make him feel any better. It’s Dirty Harry, the 1971 movie in which Clint Eastwood‘s Inspector Harry Callahan does battle with a killer called Scorpio.
Frustrated by what he’s seeing, Toschi heads to the lobby for a smoke. As viewers shuffle out after him, one remarks, “Dave, that Harry Callahan did a hell of a job with your case.”
“Yeah, no need for due process, right?” Toschi responds sarcastically to indicate his frustration.
Or, at least that’s how it went in the movies. Specifically, the film Zodiac, written by James Vanderbilt and directed by David Fincher,...
Frustrated by what he’s seeing, Toschi heads to the lobby for a smoke. As viewers shuffle out after him, one remarks, “Dave, that Harry Callahan did a hell of a job with your case.”
“Yeah, no need for due process, right?” Toschi responds sarcastically to indicate his frustration.
Or, at least that’s how it went in the movies. Specifically, the film Zodiac, written by James Vanderbilt and directed by David Fincher,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
16 years after the faux trailer debuted as part of Grindhouse, Eli Roth finally delivered the feature version of Thanksgiving. There were no leftovers, but among the special features on the slasher’s home video release is an audio commentary by Roth and producer-writer Jeff Rendell.
Here are 10 things I learned from the Thanksgiving commentary…
1. The concept dates back to the filmmakers’ childhoods.
Thanksgiving is based on Roth’s faux trailer from Grindhouse, but its origins date back even further than 2007. Best friends since kindergarten, Roth and Rendell grew up in Newton, Massachusetts (about an hour from Plymouth) watching horror movies together.
Inspired by a pivotal theatrical viewing of Silent Night, Deadly Night circa 1984, they longed for a definitive Thanksgiving slasher in the vein of the other holiday horrors.
“We just started thinking of like, ‘What if there was a Thanksgiving slasher movie? You could put someone in an oven, and there was a killer pilgrim,...
Here are 10 things I learned from the Thanksgiving commentary…
1. The concept dates back to the filmmakers’ childhoods.
Thanksgiving is based on Roth’s faux trailer from Grindhouse, but its origins date back even further than 2007. Best friends since kindergarten, Roth and Rendell grew up in Newton, Massachusetts (about an hour from Plymouth) watching horror movies together.
Inspired by a pivotal theatrical viewing of Silent Night, Deadly Night circa 1984, they longed for a definitive Thanksgiving slasher in the vein of the other holiday horrors.
“We just started thinking of like, ‘What if there was a Thanksgiving slasher movie? You could put someone in an oven, and there was a killer pilgrim,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
It was announced last year that Steven Spielberg was developing a new movie based on Bullitt, the classic action thriller movie starring Steve McQueen, and the remake has received a promising update.
Kristie Macosko Krieger, one of Steven Spielberg’s producing partners, spoke to GamesRadar+ about the upcoming Bullitt remake. “I’m producing it. Steven [Spielberg] and Josh Singer, who is writing the script, they are working on the story,” Krieger said. “I hope we have a script soon as the writers’ strike put us behind a bit. But they are working on it – I couldn’t tell you if it’s the next movie we are making as I don’t know at this point. I think that it will be a wildly entertaining film.“
Beyond the iconic car chase sequence, Bullitt is one of those classic movies I’ve never gotten around to watch; perhaps I should get...
Kristie Macosko Krieger, one of Steven Spielberg’s producing partners, spoke to GamesRadar+ about the upcoming Bullitt remake. “I’m producing it. Steven [Spielberg] and Josh Singer, who is writing the script, they are working on the story,” Krieger said. “I hope we have a script soon as the writers’ strike put us behind a bit. But they are working on it – I couldn’t tell you if it’s the next movie we are making as I don’t know at this point. I think that it will be a wildly entertaining film.“
Beyond the iconic car chase sequence, Bullitt is one of those classic movies I’ve never gotten around to watch; perhaps I should get...
- 12/19/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Steven Spielberg is still planning a remake of Bullitt, and the screenplay is underway. More on the story here:
Like us, you’re probably very intrigued by the thought of Steven Spielberg moving back into action thriller territory, which is where Bullitt, the proposed reimagining of Steve McQueen’s 1968 cop thriller, seems to be heading.
The legendary director hasn’t really tackled anything of this ilk since that wonderful period in the naughts when he released Catch Me If You Can, War Of The Worlds and Minority Report.
We’ve heard that the project isn’t a straight-up remake, so at this early stage we’re not quite sure what to expect, though it seems logical that Spielberg and his collaborators will be returning to the source novel Bullitt drew from – Robert L Fish’s Mute Witness. We do know that Bradley Cooper has signed on to play the title role though,...
Like us, you’re probably very intrigued by the thought of Steven Spielberg moving back into action thriller territory, which is where Bullitt, the proposed reimagining of Steve McQueen’s 1968 cop thriller, seems to be heading.
The legendary director hasn’t really tackled anything of this ilk since that wonderful period in the naughts when he released Catch Me If You Can, War Of The Worlds and Minority Report.
We’ve heard that the project isn’t a straight-up remake, so at this early stage we’re not quite sure what to expect, though it seems logical that Spielberg and his collaborators will be returning to the source novel Bullitt drew from – Robert L Fish’s Mute Witness. We do know that Bradley Cooper has signed on to play the title role though,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Filmmaker Eli Roth has been working within the horror genre nearly exclusively since 2002, as his only non-horror feature to date is his 2018 remake of "Death Wish." The upcoming sci-fi/action video game adaptation "Borderlands" is set to break Roth's horror streak a second time when it (hopefully) releases next year. Since seven of Roth's nine films are horror, it's a little surprising to realize that "Thanksgiving," the feature-length adaptation of Roth's faux-trailer from 2007's "Grindhouse," is Roth's first official slasher movie.
As such, "Thanksgiving" sees Roth in classic slasher mode, paying tribute to a wide variety of predecessors in the subgenre ranging from classics like "Halloween" 1978 and "Scream" 1996 to more under-seen slasher gems like "Mother's Day" and "Happy Birthday to Me." Despite Roth's long and varied career, "Thanksgiving" was no simple parade, as he developed and shot the film within a single calendar year.
I had the opportunity to...
As such, "Thanksgiving" sees Roth in classic slasher mode, paying tribute to a wide variety of predecessors in the subgenre ranging from classics like "Halloween" 1978 and "Scream" 1996 to more under-seen slasher gems like "Mother's Day" and "Happy Birthday to Me." Despite Roth's long and varied career, "Thanksgiving" was no simple parade, as he developed and shot the film within a single calendar year.
I had the opportunity to...
- 11/17/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
There isn't a more ardent devotee to the horror genre working in Hollywood today than Eli Roth. This is especially true of 1980s horror. Born in 1972, Roth is one of many Gen Xers who raided their local video stores horror shelves, renting just about anything in the hopes they might stumble across an unexpected classic (or at least something with loads of gore).
The advent of the home video era also coincided with the rise of the slasher film craze. Film critics generally abhorred this subgenre (Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert actively crusaded against them in the '80s like Evangelical Christians decrying the Satanic influence of heavy metal music), which, for movie-mad adolescents, only made them cooler. Most of us were savvy enough even then to know we were watching trash, but when the formula worked and the kills were inventive, these flicks could be awfully satisfying (there's a...
The advent of the home video era also coincided with the rise of the slasher film craze. Film critics generally abhorred this subgenre (Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert actively crusaded against them in the '80s like Evangelical Christians decrying the Satanic influence of heavy metal music), which, for movie-mad adolescents, only made them cooler. Most of us were savvy enough even then to know we were watching trash, but when the formula worked and the kills were inventive, these flicks could be awfully satisfying (there's a...
- 11/17/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
October is usually thought of as the prime time for horror, but the best horror movie of 2023 — for that matter, the most deliriously entertaining horror movie since Wes Craven‘s original “Scream” — arrives not for Halloween but for Thanksgiving. It’s a movie horror fans have been eagerly anticipating ever since director Eli Roth created a fake “Thanksgiving” trailer for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s “Grindhouse” in 2007, and the feature version that Roth and writer Jeff Rendell have extrapolated from that hilarious and gory short is well worth the wait. Their “Thanksgiving” is an ingeniously structured, elegantly composed thrill machine. It’s also a gleeful assault on good taste; it’s what you get when a 1970s or ’80s Canadian tax shelter thriller like “Prom Night” or “My Bloody Valentine” is directed by a true artist.
“Thanksgiving” riffs on dozens of slasher favorites from “Black Christmas” and John Carpenter...
“Thanksgiving” riffs on dozens of slasher favorites from “Black Christmas” and John Carpenter...
- 11/16/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Eli Roth is back. And he’s here for “Thanksgiving.”
For the past decade, Roth has nimbly moved through different genres – erotic thriller (“Knock Knock”), revenge movie (“Death Wish”), family fantasy (“The House with a Clock in Its Walls”), nature documentary (“Fin”) and big budget video game adaptation (next year’s “Borderlands”). But now he’s back with a down-and-dirty horror movie, this time centered around one of the happiest time of year.
In “Thanksgiving,” adapted from a fake trailer that Roth had made for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse” project, a superstore’s super sale leads to tragedy. A year later a masked man in a pilgrim costume, known as John Carver, starts taking out the townspeople involved in the tragedy, one by one. And, yes, the kills are just as creative and stomach-churning as you’d expect from the man behind “Hostel,” “Cabin Fever” and “The Green Inferno.
For the past decade, Roth has nimbly moved through different genres – erotic thriller (“Knock Knock”), revenge movie (“Death Wish”), family fantasy (“The House with a Clock in Its Walls”), nature documentary (“Fin”) and big budget video game adaptation (next year’s “Borderlands”). But now he’s back with a down-and-dirty horror movie, this time centered around one of the happiest time of year.
In “Thanksgiving,” adapted from a fake trailer that Roth had made for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse” project, a superstore’s super sale leads to tragedy. A year later a masked man in a pilgrim costume, known as John Carver, starts taking out the townspeople involved in the tragedy, one by one. And, yes, the kills are just as creative and stomach-churning as you’d expect from the man behind “Hostel,” “Cabin Fever” and “The Green Inferno.
- 11/16/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
November 1st is a tough day for horror hounds. The decorations are still up, the air remains crisp, but the spirit has seemingly moved on, perhaps vanquished by the sun. Alamo Drafthouse says to hell with all of that and has announced two month’s worth of genre joy that’ll take you from Dia de los Muertos to Christmas Eve with minimal whiplash.
Terror Tuesday is a weekly slash-and-thrash through the world of horror, and they’ve booked a number of holiday-tinged forever classics mixed in with new canon-busting entries, many of which are screening from new, sparkling scans. Highlights include Lake Mungo, Tales from the Hood, The Changeling, and a pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyers.
Weird Wednesday is similarly a weekly exploration of exploitation, pop oddities, and underloved gems. (Think of it as channel-surfing a transmission from a better dimension). And like Terror Tuesday, they’ve loaded it...
Terror Tuesday is a weekly slash-and-thrash through the world of horror, and they’ve booked a number of holiday-tinged forever classics mixed in with new canon-busting entries, many of which are screening from new, sparkling scans. Highlights include Lake Mungo, Tales from the Hood, The Changeling, and a pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyers.
Weird Wednesday is similarly a weekly exploration of exploitation, pop oddities, and underloved gems. (Think of it as channel-surfing a transmission from a better dimension). And like Terror Tuesday, they’ve loaded it...
- 11/1/2023
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Elizabeth Hurley, Mia Jenkins, Jack Stewart, Tara Fitzgerald, Robert Daws | Written by Anthony Waller, Duncan Kennedy | Directed by Anthony Waller
Teacher Liz and her daughter Amy have relocated to Hamelin, That famous small town in Germany, but as they settle into their new life things start to take a dark turn… a local girl dies in horrifying circumstances and there are sinister events abound. A dark secret from Liz’s past has awoken the Piper, an evil entity from beyond who seeks redemption by taking the children of any parent who has done wrong… and Mia is in grave danger. When Amy meets the kind and mysterious, Luca, could he be the key to saving her from the Piper’s clutches?
Piper, from Mute Witness and An American Werewolf in Paris director Anthony Waller, feels very much like a throwback, like something that has stepped out of the ’90s or early 2000s era,...
Teacher Liz and her daughter Amy have relocated to Hamelin, That famous small town in Germany, but as they settle into their new life things start to take a dark turn… a local girl dies in horrifying circumstances and there are sinister events abound. A dark secret from Liz’s past has awoken the Piper, an evil entity from beyond who seeks redemption by taking the children of any parent who has done wrong… and Mia is in grave danger. When Amy meets the kind and mysterious, Luca, could he be the key to saving her from the Piper’s clutches?
Piper, from Mute Witness and An American Werewolf in Paris director Anthony Waller, feels very much like a throwback, like something that has stepped out of the ’90s or early 2000s era,...
- 8/31/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Piper, the upcoming supernatural thriller in which Elizabeth Hurley comes up against an evil, child-stealing folklore legend, has been given its first trailer while also landing a U.K. buyer.
101 Films has acquired the feature from writer/director Anthony Waller (Mute, Witness), which is described as a terrifying tale of children paying for the sings of their parents.
Piper follows Liz (Hurley) and her daughter Amy (Mia Jenkins), who have relocated to a small town in Germany. But as they settle into their new life things start to take a dark turn, with a local girl dying in horrifying circumstances and other sinister events abound. A dark secret from Liz’s past has awoken the Piper, an evil entity from beyond who seeks redemption by taking the children of any parent who has done wrong… and Mia is in grave danger. When Amy meets the kind and mysterious Luca...
101 Films has acquired the feature from writer/director Anthony Waller (Mute, Witness), which is described as a terrifying tale of children paying for the sings of their parents.
Piper follows Liz (Hurley) and her daughter Amy (Mia Jenkins), who have relocated to a small town in Germany. But as they settle into their new life things start to take a dark turn, with a local girl dying in horrifying circumstances and other sinister events abound. A dark secret from Liz’s past has awoken the Piper, an evil entity from beyond who seeks redemption by taking the children of any parent who has done wrong… and Mia is in grave danger. When Amy meets the kind and mysterious Luca...
- 8/23/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A children’s legend turns into a horrifying nightmare in the upcoming Piper starring Elizabeth Hurley, which we’ve learned will World Premiere at the UK’s FrightFest 2023.
The film is set for its world premiere at this year’s FrightFest on August 27 and gets its general release on October 16, 2023 from 101 Films in the United Kingdom.
Stay tuned for US release information as we learn it.
Elizabeth Hurley, Mia Jenkins (Hanna), Jack Stewart (Outlander), Tara Fitzgerald (Brassed Off) and Robert Daws (The Man Who Fell to Earth) star.
The press release previews, “This wickedly creepy fantasy from Anthony Waller (Mute Witness) tells a terrifying tale of children paying for the sins of their parents.”
Liz (Hurley) and her daughter Amy (Mia Jenkins) have relocated to a small town in Germany, but as they settle into their new life things start to take a dark turn… a local girl dies in...
The film is set for its world premiere at this year’s FrightFest on August 27 and gets its general release on October 16, 2023 from 101 Films in the United Kingdom.
Stay tuned for US release information as we learn it.
Elizabeth Hurley, Mia Jenkins (Hanna), Jack Stewart (Outlander), Tara Fitzgerald (Brassed Off) and Robert Daws (The Man Who Fell to Earth) star.
The press release previews, “This wickedly creepy fantasy from Anthony Waller (Mute Witness) tells a terrifying tale of children paying for the sins of their parents.”
Liz (Hurley) and her daughter Amy (Mia Jenkins) have relocated to a small town in Germany, but as they settle into their new life things start to take a dark turn… a local girl dies in...
- 7/24/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Following the end of the actors strike, Steven Spielberg (“Duel”) will direct a fresh take on “Bullitt”, based on characters from the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, (aka ‘Robert L. Pike’), starring Bradley Cooper as San Francisco police detective ‘Frank Bullitt’:
“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullit’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…
“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullit’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…
“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 7/23/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
We’re big fans of writer/director Anthony Waller‘s riveting 1995 thriller Mute Witness (buy a copy at This Link) here at Arrow in the Head, which is why we even put together a Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video on the film. You can watch that in the embed above. And since we’ve been doing our part in trying to let everyone know how good this movie is, we’re glad to hear that it’s about to receive new releases. Jinga Films has sold distribution rights to the restored cult classic to both Arrow Film and AMC Networks’ streaming platform Shudder!
Due to these sales, we can expect to see a new physical media release of Mute Witness from Arrow Video sometime in the near future. The movie will also be streaming on Shudder in the US, the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Other...
Due to these sales, we can expect to see a new physical media release of Mute Witness from Arrow Video sometime in the near future. The movie will also be streaming on Shudder in the US, the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Other...
- 5/25/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Steven Spielberg (“Duel”) will direct a fresh take on the cop feature “Bullitt”, based on characters from the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, (aka ‘Robert L. Pike’), starring Bradley Cooper as San Francisco police detective ‘Frank Bullitt’:
“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullitt’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…
“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullitt’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…
“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 5/11/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Steven Spielberg (“Duel”) will direct a fresh take on the cop feature “Bullitt”, based on characters from the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, (aka ‘Robert L. Pike’), starring Bradley Cooper as San Francisco police detective ‘Frank Bullitt’:
“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullit’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…
“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullit’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…
“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 4/17/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
After the success of his “West Side Story” remake, Steven Spielberg is continuing to mine the canon of 1960s cinema for inspiration. According to a new report from Deadline, the Oscar winner is attached to direct an action film based on “Bullitt,” the 1968 film starring Steve McQueen. Rather than a remake, the project is reportedly a new original story featuring the character of Frank Bullitt, originally played by McQueen.
“Spotlight” scribe Josh Singer is set to write the script, and Steve McQueen’s son Chad and granddaughter Molly McQueen will board the film as executive producers. Spielberg has been eyeing the project for years, but drawn-out negotiations with the McQueen estate over the character have caused him to prioritize other films. However, it appears that the two sides have reached an agreement and are ready to move forward with the film.
The original “Bullitt,” directed by Peter Yates, stars McQueen...
“Spotlight” scribe Josh Singer is set to write the script, and Steve McQueen’s son Chad and granddaughter Molly McQueen will board the film as executive producers. Spielberg has been eyeing the project for years, but drawn-out negotiations with the McQueen estate over the character have caused him to prioritize other films. However, it appears that the two sides have reached an agreement and are ready to move forward with the film.
The original “Bullitt,” directed by Peter Yates, stars McQueen...
- 2/26/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Coming off of one of his best films this century this far, his new take on West Side Story, Steven Spielberg’s next film is already in the can, The Fablemans, which draws from his real-life upbringing and will open this Thanksgiving. Always a director with more than one project on his mind, he’s now lined up another film.
Deadline reports he’s attached to direct a new film for Warner Bros. based on Steve McQueen’s character of Frank Bullitt from Peter Yates 1968 film Bullitt. With that film based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness, it followed a San Francisco cop, Bullitt, who was protecting a witness who gets killed by the mob, so he investigates. Scripted by Josh Singer, the film won’t be a remake, however, but a new story featuring the character.
Although Spielberg tends to move fast, this likely won’t be his next film...
Deadline reports he’s attached to direct a new film for Warner Bros. based on Steve McQueen’s character of Frank Bullitt from Peter Yates 1968 film Bullitt. With that film based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness, it followed a San Francisco cop, Bullitt, who was protecting a witness who gets killed by the mob, so he investigates. Scripted by Josh Singer, the film won’t be a remake, however, but a new story featuring the character.
Although Spielberg tends to move fast, this likely won’t be his next film...
- 2/26/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Steven Spielberg is developing an original feature film based on the character of Frank Bullitt, the San Francisco cop first played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 thriller “Bullitt.”
Josh Singer is set to write the screenplay, with regular Spielberg collaborator Kristie Macosko Krieger on board to produce with the director. McQueen’s son Chad McQueen and granddaughter Molly McQueen are executive producing after a lengthy negotiation process with the McQueen estate to secure the rights to the character.
Warner Bros., which released the 1968 “Bullitt,” will be the studio for Spielberg’s new film, which is not a remake, but an original story about the character, arguably McQueen’s most iconic role. The 1968 “Bullitt,” based on the 1963 novel “Mute Witness,” follows Bullitt’s investigation into the death of a mob informant that he was tasked with protecting. Directed by Peter Yates (“Breaking Away”), “Bullitt” features one of the most memorable car...
Josh Singer is set to write the screenplay, with regular Spielberg collaborator Kristie Macosko Krieger on board to produce with the director. McQueen’s son Chad McQueen and granddaughter Molly McQueen are executive producing after a lengthy negotiation process with the McQueen estate to secure the rights to the character.
Warner Bros., which released the 1968 “Bullitt,” will be the studio for Spielberg’s new film, which is not a remake, but an original story about the character, arguably McQueen’s most iconic role. The 1968 “Bullitt,” based on the 1963 novel “Mute Witness,” follows Bullitt’s investigation into the death of a mob informant that he was tasked with protecting. Directed by Peter Yates (“Breaking Away”), “Bullitt” features one of the most memorable car...
- 2/26/2022
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
In the latest in his “Great British Horror Films” interview series, host Stuart Wright talks with Giles Edwards, Head Of Development & Acquisitions, Europe (Mpi Media Group) about five of his favourite Great British Horror Films – just in time for Halloween! – which include:
The Appointment (1981) Hellraiser (1987) Dust Devil (1992) Mute Witness (1995) The Descent (2005)
You can follow Giles Edwards on twitter at @gedwards | www.mpimedia.com...
The Appointment (1981) Hellraiser (1987) Dust Devil (1992) Mute Witness (1995) The Descent (2005)
You can follow Giles Edwards on twitter at @gedwards | www.mpimedia.com...
- 10/31/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Carquake! rumbles its way to Trailers from Hell this week, with TV writer Alan Spencer introducing "Bullitt," Peter Yates’ supercharged detective blockbuster starring Steve McQueen. The film was a transitional one for Hollywood, introducing the concept of kinetic action into the gumshoe mix and making a superstar out of former TV actor McQueen. It was his favorite role. Ironically Robert L Pike’s source novel “Mute Witness” had been first purchased as a vehicle for Spencer Tracy as an aging New York cop. It was retrofitted for McQueen and relocated to San Francisco, where its groundbreaking car chase scenes were shot with new lightweight Arriflex cameras.
- 11/11/2013
- by Trailers From Hell
- Thompson on Hollywood
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
Back when I manned the horror section of the video store I worked at, anytime I’d find a customer skimming through all the “S” titles with mild frustration, 99 percent of the time, I knew exactly what it was they were looking for. And when I would finally ask, my suspicions were confirmed. “Do you have ‘The Silence Of The Lamb’”? To which I’d always reply, “Ah, the Hannibal Lector movies are all in the ‘mystery/thriller’ section.” And usually this would spur a conversation with that customer that would begin with, “Really? I always thought the Hannibal Lector movies were horror!” And it got me thinking about a handful of other titles that horror fans might not even think to hunt for in the “mystery/thriller” section. There are the obvious choices like Se7en or Misery. Then, there’s also stuff like The Sixth Sense, which yes,...
- 1/26/2013
- by Rob Galluzzo
- FEARnet
First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro
Rear Window (1954). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by John Michael Hayes, from the story by Cornell Woolrich. Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter. 112 minutes. *** 1/2
Rear Window (1998). Directed by Jeff Bleckner. Screenplay by Larry Gross and Eric Overmyer, from the story by Cornell Woolrich. Starring Christopher Reeve, Darryl Hannah, Robert Forster. 89 minutes. **
Other Related Films: Too many ripoffs and homages to count, among them Disturbia (2007), which is so similar to Woolrich’s story that the owners of the film had to go to court to get a ruling that they hadn’t violated Rear Window’s copyright.
This one’s an oddity, folks: a remake that was actually based on a breathtakingly brilliant idea for a variation on a movie that was a classic to begin with, that nevertheless utterly failed to live up to its promise.
The source was the...
Rear Window (1954). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by John Michael Hayes, from the story by Cornell Woolrich. Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter. 112 minutes. *** 1/2
Rear Window (1998). Directed by Jeff Bleckner. Screenplay by Larry Gross and Eric Overmyer, from the story by Cornell Woolrich. Starring Christopher Reeve, Darryl Hannah, Robert Forster. 89 minutes. **
Other Related Films: Too many ripoffs and homages to count, among them Disturbia (2007), which is so similar to Woolrich’s story that the owners of the film had to go to court to get a ruling that they hadn’t violated Rear Window’s copyright.
This one’s an oddity, folks: a remake that was actually based on a breathtakingly brilliant idea for a variation on a movie that was a classic to begin with, that nevertheless utterly failed to live up to its promise.
The source was the...
- 7/22/2012
- by Adam-Troy Castro
- Comicmix.com
Peter Yates, who died this past weekend at age 81, was one of several British directors invited to make movies in The States in the 1960s, all of whom had a particular and rare filmmaker’s gift for capturing a sense – the feel — of a setting often better than native-born filmmakers could. Yates’ obits talked about the car chase in Bullitt (1968), the Oscar nods for Breaking Away (1979) and The Dresser (1983), but they missed how this gift he shared with his UK colleagues was such a critical part of what made his best work so special.
Think of the hundreds – the thousands – of American-helmed movies set against the country’s great metropolises where the city sits inertly behind the action, as undistinguished and indistinguishable as a generic theatre backdrop. Then compare them to the almost hallucinogenically surreal Los Angeles of John Boorman’s Point Blank (1967), Manhattan’s desperate, grubby demimonde in John Schlesinger...
Think of the hundreds – the thousands – of American-helmed movies set against the country’s great metropolises where the city sits inertly behind the action, as undistinguished and indistinguishable as a generic theatre backdrop. Then compare them to the almost hallucinogenically surreal Los Angeles of John Boorman’s Point Blank (1967), Manhattan’s desperate, grubby demimonde in John Schlesinger...
- 1/12/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Last week we reported a brand new ‘stand alone’ Hellraiser flick was in the pipeline and gushing towards production (read all about it here).
It isn’t the much-discussed remake but a new entry into the world of sado-masochistic horror where victims have their souls torn apart by a bunch of demons called Cenobites.
The new movie – Hellraiser: Revelations – is being prepped by Victor Garcia from a script by Gary Tunnicliffe and centres on two friends who release the infamous Pinhead into their world and suffer the consequences. Now that is the usual narrative progression of all the series! One of the dudes hopes to swap himself for another unwitting person… again, doesn’t sound so fresh, does it?
Signing up for scares and scars is Australian actress Peta Wilson, who you may remember played the vampiric Mina Harker in Stephen Norrington’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Since its 1987 debut,...
It isn’t the much-discussed remake but a new entry into the world of sado-masochistic horror where victims have their souls torn apart by a bunch of demons called Cenobites.
The new movie – Hellraiser: Revelations – is being prepped by Victor Garcia from a script by Gary Tunnicliffe and centres on two friends who release the infamous Pinhead into their world and suffer the consequences. Now that is the usual narrative progression of all the series! One of the dudes hopes to swap himself for another unwitting person… again, doesn’t sound so fresh, does it?
Signing up for scares and scars is Australian actress Peta Wilson, who you may remember played the vampiric Mina Harker in Stephen Norrington’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Since its 1987 debut,...
- 8/24/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
From Abba to Hitchcock, Philip French picks his favourite fleeting 'blink and you'll miss them' moments
Alfred Hitchcock (Rebecca, 1940)
Hitchcock, the brilliant self-publicist who probably devised his own sobriquet "Master of Suspense", virtually invented the movie cameo en route to becoming the world's most recognisable director. His first screen appearance was in a newsroom sequence in The Lodger (1926). Initially, the signature walk-ons were spasmodic, before becoming a feature of each picture after his move to the Us, beginning with Rebecca (1940), where he is seen outside a telephone kiosk being used by George Sanders. Each reflects wittily on the movie.
Walter Huston (The Maltese Falcon, 1941)
The great character actor Walter Huston appeared in son John's directorial debut as Captain Jacoby, the merchant mariner in league with Kasper Gutman and co. He staggers into Sam Spade's office clutching a parcel containing a replica of the eponymous statuette, "the stuff that dreams are made of" [sic]. He says,...
Alfred Hitchcock (Rebecca, 1940)
Hitchcock, the brilliant self-publicist who probably devised his own sobriquet "Master of Suspense", virtually invented the movie cameo en route to becoming the world's most recognisable director. His first screen appearance was in a newsroom sequence in The Lodger (1926). Initially, the signature walk-ons were spasmodic, before becoming a feature of each picture after his move to the Us, beginning with Rebecca (1940), where he is seen outside a telephone kiosk being used by George Sanders. Each reflects wittily on the movie.
Walter Huston (The Maltese Falcon, 1941)
The great character actor Walter Huston appeared in son John's directorial debut as Captain Jacoby, the merchant mariner in league with Kasper Gutman and co. He staggers into Sam Spade's office clutching a parcel containing a replica of the eponymous statuette, "the stuff that dreams are made of" [sic]. He says,...
- 7/24/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Currently on the road in the final stages of the Hed to Head tour, Fangoria Musick caught up with Jeffrey Nothing and Stitch from Mushroomhead for an update from the road. Fango fiends may recall when the band performed at our Chicago stop on this year's FangoCon tour, where the hotel was shaken (literally) by the Ohio band. We hit Stitch and Nothing with Ten Questions...
1. First off give me an idea what it’s been like for Mushroomhead throughout the years. There have been some lineup changes, some label changes, some hard earned success. A lot of good and bad over the years - give me some insight into your ventures, and where they’ve brought you today.
Jeffrey Nothing: We are the poster children for the phrase; "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!" After all in the end, all we have is each other and even though...
1. First off give me an idea what it’s been like for Mushroomhead throughout the years. There have been some lineup changes, some label changes, some hard earned success. A lot of good and bad over the years - give me some insight into your ventures, and where they’ve brought you today.
Jeffrey Nothing: We are the poster children for the phrase; "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!" After all in the end, all we have is each other and even though...
- 8/25/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)
- Fangoria
Horror writer Rick R. Reed is back with his latest novel "Bashed," an excellent ghost story. Special Interviewer Michael Shinfelt caught up with his latest spirited tale.
You once told me the Time Magazine cover stating: God is Dead - featured in the great Roman Polanski’s film Rosemery’S Baby was the most frightening thing you ever saw - why did it frighten you, your Catholic upbringing?
Wow, Michael, saving the easy, slow-pitch questions for last, right? That’s a pretty metaphysical question and I don’t know how easy it is to answer in this format. But I will try! I guess what frightens me most about the concept is the word, “dead.” That frightens me more than just the concept of God not existing. If God is dead, then he had to exist, and if we lived in a world that—for better or worse—was under...
You once told me the Time Magazine cover stating: God is Dead - featured in the great Roman Polanski’s film Rosemery’S Baby was the most frightening thing you ever saw - why did it frighten you, your Catholic upbringing?
Wow, Michael, saving the easy, slow-pitch questions for last, right? That’s a pretty metaphysical question and I don’t know how easy it is to answer in this format. But I will try! I guess what frightens me most about the concept is the word, “dead.” That frightens me more than just the concept of God not existing. If God is dead, then he had to exist, and if we lived in a world that—for better or worse—was under...
- 4/20/2009
- doorQ.com
Here's a new trailer for "Nine Miles Down," the new thriller from Anthony Waller, the director of "Mute Witness." If it's half as good as "Mute Witness," it should be pretty good. The film stars Adrian Paul. Its tagline is, "Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil..." In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. Thomas "Jack" Jackman (Paul) a security patrolman, battles through the high winds to find out why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent on drilling deeper into the earth's crust than ever before. .
- 1/13/2009
- ESplatter.com
During our American Film Market 2008 coverage , we expressed some surprise to find director Anthony Waller ( Mute Witness , An American Werewolf in Paris ) returning to feature directing with a new horror movie entitled Nine Miles Down . It has recently been picked up for distribution by Genius Products. In this previous news item we presented a full plot synopsis and sales artwork, now we've got a promo trailer to share with you. And yes, that's Adrien Paul as the leading man. Waller teamed up with screenwriter Everett De Roche ( Long Weekend ) which can't all be a bad thing. Keep it here for more info on a release date as it comes in!
- 1/13/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The guys over at Quiet Earth dug up the trailer for a new Aussie flick called Nine Miles Down, which comes to us from Storm Warning/Long Weekend screenwriter Everett de Roche and Mute Witness helmer Anthony Waller. That’s a very sexy pedigree, if you ask me.
The film stars former Highlander Adrian Paul as Jack, a security patrolman enlisted to figure out what happened to a crew of drillers in the Australian outback. When he gets to the site, he finds a beautiful geologist name Jc (Kate Nauta), who claims to the only survivor of the research team. The rest were killed after violence took over following the discovery of a cavern an unprecedented nine miles below the surface of the Earth. It all makes some sense, but as things progress Jack begins to suspect something supernatural is going down.
No word on a U.S. release for Nine Miles Down yet,...
The film stars former Highlander Adrian Paul as Jack, a security patrolman enlisted to figure out what happened to a crew of drillers in the Australian outback. When he gets to the site, he finds a beautiful geologist name Jc (Kate Nauta), who claims to the only survivor of the research team. The rest were killed after violence took over following the discovery of a cavern an unprecedented nine miles below the surface of the Earth. It all makes some sense, but as things progress Jack begins to suspect something supernatural is going down.
No word on a U.S. release for Nine Miles Down yet,...
- 1/12/2009
- by Johnny Butane
- DreadCentral.com
I first read about Nine Miles Down during this year's Afm reporting spree but wanted to wait for footage before writing anything about it. The film originally caught my eye because it was written by Australian Everett De Roche (Storm Warning, Long Weekend) and directed by Anthony Waller who made a truly fantastic thriller called Mute Witness back in the 90s.
In the remotest reaches of the Australian Outback, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. Three days earlier, radio contract was lost, so security patrolman Jack is enlisted to investigate. He finds abundant food and resources in the complex but, oddly, not a living soul. Jack encounters a beautiful American geologist named Jc who claims to be the last remaining member of the research team. She tells how they had successfully breached the roof of a vast cavern at the unprecedented depth of nine miles. Following the discovery, a...
In the remotest reaches of the Australian Outback, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. Three days earlier, radio contract was lost, so security patrolman Jack is enlisted to investigate. He finds abundant food and resources in the complex but, oddly, not a living soul. Jack encounters a beautiful American geologist named Jc who claims to be the last remaining member of the research team. She tells how they had successfully breached the roof of a vast cavern at the unprecedented depth of nine miles. Following the discovery, a...
- 1/12/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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