Disney has had enormous success with their live-action adaptations of animated classics. Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King were all monster hits and more recently, Mulan performed extremely well on the Disney+ Premier Access service. If you’re a fan of these, then the future is bright, with The Little Mermaid, Pinocchio, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bambi and Hercules all at various stages of development (among many other sequels and spinoffs).
Now, it seems that we can add another to this list, as rumors are building of an adaptation of 2001’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire. This adventure movie boasts stunning hand-drawn animation and a beautiful aesthetic, though stumbled at the box office on its original release. While a $186 million worldwide gross on a budget of between $90-$120 million doesn’t exactly make it a bomb, Disney considered it a disappointment and plans for theme park attractions...
Now, it seems that we can add another to this list, as rumors are building of an adaptation of 2001’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire. This adventure movie boasts stunning hand-drawn animation and a beautiful aesthetic, though stumbled at the box office on its original release. While a $186 million worldwide gross on a budget of between $90-$120 million doesn’t exactly make it a bomb, Disney considered it a disappointment and plans for theme park attractions...
- 9/30/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Chuck Russell is working on a new movie version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and it appears he's already chosen his Quasimodo.
Max Ryan is set to play the deformed bellringer after co-writing the screenplay for The Hunchback with Julio Ponce Palmieri (via THR).
A look at the IMDb page for the film indicates the hunchback has been renamed Pierre and Steven Berkoff is also linked to the production.
Filming is set to start on the movie in Serbia next year, with Russell producing alongside Mike Weber as executive producer and Eustace Montgomery Hicks as co-producer.
This would be the latest in a long line of adaptions of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel Notre Dame de Paris.
There's the singalong 1997 Disney version, the well known 1939 Charles Loughton adaptation and even a little known 90s TV movie starring Salma Hayek and Mandy Patinkin.
No release date has yet been set for The Hunchback.
Max Ryan is set to play the deformed bellringer after co-writing the screenplay for The Hunchback with Julio Ponce Palmieri (via THR).
A look at the IMDb page for the film indicates the hunchback has been renamed Pierre and Steven Berkoff is also linked to the production.
Filming is set to start on the movie in Serbia next year, with Russell producing alongside Mike Weber as executive producer and Eustace Montgomery Hicks as co-producer.
This would be the latest in a long line of adaptions of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel Notre Dame de Paris.
There's the singalong 1997 Disney version, the well known 1939 Charles Loughton adaptation and even a little known 90s TV movie starring Salma Hayek and Mandy Patinkin.
No release date has yet been set for The Hunchback.
- 10/17/2015
- Digital Spy
Max Ryan ("Death Race," "Sex and the City 2") will star and Chuck Russell ("The Scorpion King") is set to direct "The Hunchback" for Quercus Enterprises, Radar Pictures and Loop Films.
Inspired by Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", specific plot details such as whether the film will keep the period setting and so on are being kept under wraps.
Ryan and Julio Ponce-Palmieri penned the script while Russell, Ted Fields, Aldo Lapietra and Jonah Loop will produce. The project aims to begin shooting next year in Serbia.
Source: THR...
Inspired by Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", specific plot details such as whether the film will keep the period setting and so on are being kept under wraps.
Ryan and Julio Ponce-Palmieri penned the script while Russell, Ted Fields, Aldo Lapietra and Jonah Loop will produce. The project aims to begin shooting next year in Serbia.
Source: THR...
- 10/16/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Last time we heard anything about a potential Hunchback Of Notre Dame movie, it was being developed by Tim Burton and Josh Brolin. That one never happened, but now a new version is underway. Chuck Russell is directing The Hunchback, with Max Ryan set to play the unfortunate Quasimodo. Ryan has also written the screenplay, in cahoots with Julio Ponce Palmieri.The film is based, of course, on Victor Hugo's classic novel Notre Dame De Paris: a story that's been much filmed before. There's a 1905 silent version; the famous Charles Laughton 1939 version; a decent '80s TV version with Anthony Hopkins; the 1997 Disney cartoon; and another '90s TV version with Salma Hayek and Mandy Patinkin.At base, the tragic tale revolves around the deformed Paris bellringer Quasimodo and his doomed love quadrangle with the beautiful gypsy girl Esmerelda, the crazed archdeacon Frollo and the dashing military captain Phoebus. Its dark themes take in repression,...
- 10/16/2015
- EmpireOnline
Audiences need a good reason to go to a movie theater these days, and a digital restoration of a great film classic is one of them. The 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival has landed four world premiere restorations set to play the fest from March 26-29, 2015 at Hollywood venues in Los Angeles. TCM will celebrate the film's 55th anniversary with a new print of Stanley Kubrick's glorious 1960 Roman epic "Spartacus," starring Kirk Douglas as the title rebel warrior, with Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, John Gavin and Peter Ustinov, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1961. A restoration of Ron Howard's beloved 1995 space odyssey "Apollo 13," turning 20 next year, will also be playing the festival. Both are presented in collaboration with Universal Home Entertainment. TCM and Warner Bros. Classics will unveil a new print of William Dieterle's majestic 1939 Rko Production of Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre.
- 11/3/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Dolls is the latest cult horror title to receive the Collector’s Edition Blu-ray treatment from Scream Factory and they’ve provided us with the final list of bonus features for the November 11th release:
“Do you like handmade puppets, toy soldiers, ballerinas and dolls? Charming elderly toymaker Gabriel Hartwicke and his wife Hilary have the perfect play toys just for you! From celebrated cult filmmaker Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), executive producer Charles Band, producer Brian Yuzna (Society) and screenwriter Ed Naha (Troll) comes a campy, horror cult classic that combines the pint-sized playmates of childhood with bone-chilling fun. The 1987 horror film Dolls is a bloody good terror trap that delivers its frights, fun and fantastic effects in equal measure. The film stars Stephen Lee (The Pit and the Pendulum), Guy Rolfe (Puppet Master III, Mr. Sardonicus), Hilary Mason (Don’t Look Now), Ian Patrick Williams (Re-Animator), Carolyn Purdy-Gordon (From Beyond...
“Do you like handmade puppets, toy soldiers, ballerinas and dolls? Charming elderly toymaker Gabriel Hartwicke and his wife Hilary have the perfect play toys just for you! From celebrated cult filmmaker Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), executive producer Charles Band, producer Brian Yuzna (Society) and screenwriter Ed Naha (Troll) comes a campy, horror cult classic that combines the pint-sized playmates of childhood with bone-chilling fun. The 1987 horror film Dolls is a bloody good terror trap that delivers its frights, fun and fantastic effects in equal measure. The film stars Stephen Lee (The Pit and the Pendulum), Guy Rolfe (Puppet Master III, Mr. Sardonicus), Hilary Mason (Don’t Look Now), Ian Patrick Williams (Re-Animator), Carolyn Purdy-Gordon (From Beyond...
- 9/11/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
At the San Diego Comic-Con back in July, Scream Factory announced that Stuart Gordon's Dolls would soon be getting the Collector's Edition Blu-ray treatment, and today full details have revealed all the stuffing that'll be found inside the release. Read on!
From the Press Release
Do you like handmade puppets, toy soldiers, ballerinas, and dolls? Charming elderly toymaker Gabriel Hartwicke and his wife, Hilary, have the perfect play toys just for you!
From celebrated cult filmmaker Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), executive producer Charles Band, producer Brian Yuzna (Society), and screenwriter Ed Naha (Troll), comes a campy, horror cult classic that combines the pint-sized playmates of childhood with bone-chilling fun. The 1987 horror film Dolls is a bloody good terror trap that delivers its frights, fun, and fantastic effects in equal measure. The film stars Stephen Lee (The Pit and the Pendulum), Guy Rolfe (Puppet Master III, Mr. Sardonicus), Hilary Mason (Don...
From the Press Release
Do you like handmade puppets, toy soldiers, ballerinas, and dolls? Charming elderly toymaker Gabriel Hartwicke and his wife, Hilary, have the perfect play toys just for you!
From celebrated cult filmmaker Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), executive producer Charles Band, producer Brian Yuzna (Society), and screenwriter Ed Naha (Troll), comes a campy, horror cult classic that combines the pint-sized playmates of childhood with bone-chilling fun. The 1987 horror film Dolls is a bloody good terror trap that delivers its frights, fun, and fantastic effects in equal measure. The film stars Stephen Lee (The Pit and the Pendulum), Guy Rolfe (Puppet Master III, Mr. Sardonicus), Hilary Mason (Don...
- 9/11/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
I can’t wait for this release to finally come to fruition. It has been a long time since I have seen Stuart Gordon’s magical killer dolls film, so when Scream Factory announced it, they had my attention immediately. This is a “Collector’s Edition” so it looks as if it is getting the appropriate treatment. The artwork has been revealed, and the extras exposed. There appears to be a good mixture of both old and new. Including, but not limited to - all-new retrospective featuring interviews with director Stuart Gordon, producer Brian Yuzna, stars Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Ian Patrick Williams, executive producer Charles Band, and special make-Up effects artists Gabe Bartalos, andJohn Vulich and more! Check out the press release below, and pre-order your copy by either clicking here for Shout!’s website, or here for Amazon.
Scream Factory™ Presents
A Film by Stuart Gordon and Executive Produced by...
Scream Factory™ Presents
A Film by Stuart Gordon and Executive Produced by...
- 9/11/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Writer/producer/director John Fasano, best known for his work in the horror genre, died in his sleep Saturday night at the age of 52, his attorney Craig Baumgarten confirmed. No cause of death was available. Fasano was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 1996 for writing the teleplay for The Hunchback for TNT. He also had a hand in more than 40 other film and TV projects, including writing the hit Tom Selleck TV movie Stone Cold, Iraq war TV docudramas Saving Jessica Lynch and The Hunt for Saddam, and films including Alien 3, Meggido: The Omega Code 2, Darkness Falls and Another 48 Hours. Fasano also worked as a script doctor […]...
- 7/20/2014
- Deadline
Zhang Yimou is reportedly in talks to direct an upcoming adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, it has been reported.
Negotiations for the Chinese director to oversee the film based on Victor Hugo's 18th century novel are in the very early stages, according to Hitflix.
The Hunchback adaptation, titled Quasimodo, has had actor Josh Brolin attached for several years.
Brolin has signed on to play the titular character in the movie, which at one point was to be directed by Tim Burton.
Yimou is best known for his highly-stylized martial arts films, including Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
Meanwhile, Brolin will next be seen in Spike Lee's remake of the Korean cult classic Oldboy.
Watch the Red Band trailer for Oldboy below:...
Negotiations for the Chinese director to oversee the film based on Victor Hugo's 18th century novel are in the very early stages, according to Hitflix.
The Hunchback adaptation, titled Quasimodo, has had actor Josh Brolin attached for several years.
Brolin has signed on to play the titular character in the movie, which at one point was to be directed by Tim Burton.
Yimou is best known for his highly-stylized martial arts films, including Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
Meanwhile, Brolin will next be seen in Spike Lee's remake of the Korean cult classic Oldboy.
Watch the Red Band trailer for Oldboy below:...
- 8/3/2013
- Digital Spy
Can a new Hunchback project find legs in today's Hollywood? Will audiences connect with the poor sap? Paramount's going to find out with producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura ( Transformers ). Will Block and Jake Emanuel have pitched the studio with an action/comedy scenario that is, according to Variety, "based on the framework" of Victor Hugo's 1831 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Based on the framework. Nowhere does it say it's a straight-up adaptation, so we'll have to track this untitle film's development to see what they've got cooking. It is curious to see this is the second Hunchback-related project to hit the scene in a matter of a few months. Earlier this year, a spec script went out to various studios called The Hunchback by Peter Carlisle....
- 7/12/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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