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3 December 2008 2:21 PM, PST | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news
I was catching up on my DVD watching this week, and I was in the middle of watching the special features to The X-Files: I Want to Believe when I found myself in church. Well, I wasn’t really in church, but there was definitely some preaching going on. Amid some really nifty ...
Kevin Carr
3 December 2008 9:25 AM, PST | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news
I was always a fan of The X-Files when it was on TV. Granted, I was a pre-teen and still had a crush on Winnie Cooper...but I still knew that the show was something special. Well it has been about six years since the series ended, and fans were still ...
Brian C. Gibson
2 December 2008 9:15 AM, PST | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
Samuel Fuller's follow-up to The Big Red One was shelved by Paramount Pictures before its scheduled release in 1982 because of fears that its premise -- a white dog has been trained to attack black people -- would stir up more controversy than box office. Fuller was understandably outraged; in his autobiography, A Third Face, he wrote: "The studio has used me as a scapegoat for their lack of determination and courage." The film, co-written by Curtis Hanson (La Confidential), with a score by the legendary Ennio Morricone, later received acclaim when it was released in Europe but never received a home video release in the Us and has rarely been seen here. Kristy McNichol plays an actress who adopts the dog; Paul Winfield is as an anthropologist who tries to reverse the training. The Criterion Collection DVD includes a featurette with Hanson, producer Jon Davison, and Fuller's widow,
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Peter Martin
2 December 2008 7:03 AM, PST | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
Silly us X-Files fans trying to rationalize why The X-Files: I Want to Believe crashed and burned so badly this summer. It was too thoughtful! Too character-driven! Too focused on giving fans emotional closure, and not enough on slam-bang summer excitement! Long-time franchise producer Frank Spotnitz has a much easier and quicker answer: It was The Dark Knight's fault.
His theory goes thus: The X-Files opened a week after The Dark Knight broke all sorts of records and began its domination of the summer box office. What's more, the dark and brooding film was similar in tone to the caped juggernaut, and not the sort of counterprogramming that might nonetheless have had a chance in its wake. And so you get $21 million domestic.
Look, I'm probably as big a fan of I Want to Believe as you'll find around these parts; for fans of the show it was a lovely,
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Eugene Novikov
2 December 2008 4:22 AM, PST | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news
This summer's surprise blockbuster Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy, headlines this week's robust crop of new DVD releases. Also debuting on DVD today: Disney's fantasy epic The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, based on the second chapter of C.S. Lewis' acclaimed book series; the Will Ferrell/John C. Reilly buddy comedy Step Brothers; Ice Cube's inspirational sports movie The Longshots; and the summer sci-fi flop The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
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Wanted | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Step Brothers | The X-Files: I Want to Believe | The Longshots
Thomas Leupp
1 December 2008 11:18 PM, PST | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
DVD Links: Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Deciding which film to start this edition of On DVD Today with was not an easy one so I just took a look at the top seller at Amazon and Prince Caspian came out on top. For those that read my recent Blu-ray review you know I am not too keen on this flick the second time around and Sara really seems to loathe it in her DVD review. So, should you buy it? If you like long films that render themselves boring by the time you see it a second time then by all means step up to the plate. Wanted This is a title I can understand more people picking up, but as I said in my Blu-ray review, I still recommend you rent before you buy. This is a fun film for
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Brad Brevet
1 December 2008 8:00 PM, PST | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news
This is your last call to win X-files 2 on BluRay. The X-Files: I Want To Believe finds Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) reunited after leaving their careers at the F.B.I. behind them. Directed by series creator Chris Carter from a story he penned, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet, Xzibit and the return of series veteran Mitch Pileggi as F.B.I Assistant Director Walter Skinner. Blu-ray Disc Specs: The X-Files: I Want To Believe Bd is presented in widescreen (2.40:1 aspect ratio) on a 50Gb dual-layer disc authored ...
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30 November 2008 12:14 AM, PST | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news
"White meat, dark meat, all will be stuffed." Thanks to Eli Roth, that's all I can ever think of when hearing the word "Thanksgiving." I'm more of an Easter person myself, but that's beside the point. Since many of you likely missed out on some horror news over the Holiday weekend, your old pal Psycho Bunny is here with a full recap of the past seven days of Fangoria horror news and features!
Fangoria Fearful Features:
Goth-Infested Waters Welcome to Infamous Ink- it's time to get your tat on! Horror Meets Comedy for Xbox Live Count on 5 Or Die Bloody Blogs:
The Cyber-Horror Elite's Top 50 Horror Films of All Time (A Response) Soundtrack Review: Milano Rovente In The Folds Of The Flesh Raising Hell
Horror News:
First Hanger pics with Debbie Rochon Psycho Holocaust gang gives you Wicked Wood Big Stash of extras on upcoming DVD New Eyeborgs teaser
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29 November 2008 11:00 PM, PST | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
Few thuds at the box office have seemed resounding this year than The X-Files: I Want to Believe. Sure, it's been nearly a decade since the show left the air, but the sequel made $130 million less around the world than its predecessor ($67 million) and made $10 million less in the United States during its entire run than the first X-Files movie made in its opening weekend.
Having said that, the movie made money internationally, and now that the DVD is coming out on Tuesday, it may not have been the big disaster we thought, although audiences sure didn't clamor for it in the U.S. when it was in theaters.
So logically, there's talk of another movie. Writer-producer Frank Spotnitz told MovieWeb where the series would have to go if given another chandce. "If we were to make one more feature," said Spotnitz, "I think we would definitely have to deal with alien colonization.
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Colin Boyd
29 November 2008 12:17 PM, PST | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Despite disappointing reactions from audiences and critics, Frank Spotnitz, producer and writer of The X-Files: I Want to Believe, tells Bloody Disgusting that there very well could be more X-Files flicks in the future. "The studio has not indicated another one yet, but there certainly is an audience for it. I think what happened this past summer was a function of bad luck and bad timing with the release. These movies cost a lot of money, not just to make but to market them as well. When the studio looks at the sales of the DVD that’s when they will really decide to see if its worth risking. There is still a lot of love with 20th Century Fox, as well as with the fans." Spotnitz goes on to say the potential third flick would likely include little green men: "If we were to do one more movie, I
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James Cook
28 November 2008 10:29 PM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
Having shared his future plans of another "The X-Files" movie, Frank Spotnitz now revealed that the development of the third "X-Files" film may depend on the DVD sales of "The X-Files: I Want to Believe". To Bloody-Disgusting, the popular sci-fi thriller series said about his belief of future film installment saying, "I think there very well could be more in the future. ...When the studio looks at the sales of the DVD that's when they will really decide to see if its worth risking."
On the disappointing result "I Want to Believe" attained at the box office, Spotnitz pointed out on the bad timing of the release. "We were all a bit disappointed, we had some indication that we were in for a rough time when The Dark Knight started to become the phenomenon that it is, and breaking records. The Dark Knight is a history making film at the box office,
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28 November 2008 12:01 AM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
After announcing its January schedule, NBC prepares to produce a new television series. It has been reported by Variety that the network has reunited "Bring It On" star Gabrielle Union and "X-Files" creator Frank Spotnitz to produce a yet-to-be-titled new series.
Variety further notes that Spotnitz will serve as the writer, while Union will star as a detective who must race to save someone's life before it's too late. The publication also reports that this new series will be produced by Universal Media Studios.
Frank Spotnitz and Gabrielle Union have once collaborated in producing ABC's "Night Stalker" during the 2005-2006 period. Union has several credits in television series, including as regular character Keesha Hamilton in "7th Heaven" and as guest character Renee Slater on the last season of "Ugly Betty". Meanwhile, Spotnitz is an award-winning television writer and producer who recently has produced "The X-Files: I Want to Believe".
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27 November 2008 10:02 AM, PST | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news
On December 2nd Fox Home Entertainment will be releasing The X-Files: I Want To Believe on both DVD and Blu-ray. To help promote the release we chatted with writer-producer Frank Spotnitz who reveals his plans for another X-Files, if 20th Century Fox were to ever give the go to another sequel. Frank Spotnitz explains how they were pretty disappointed with the box officie numbers when X-Files hit theaters this past July. "We were all a bit disappointed, we had some indication that we were in for a rough time when The Dark Knight started to become the phenomenon that it is, and breaking records. The Dark Knight is a history making film at the box office, and we came out with our little dark film a week after. It was disappointing to be sure. But the film made something like 20 million domestically and close to 50 million overseas."
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26 November 2008 12:27 AM, PST | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Writer Frank Spotnitz and actress Gabrielle Union have reunited for a new procedural drama that’s being developed at NBC. Union starred in ABC's short-lived reworking of the classic series Night Stalker, which co-starred Stuart Townsend and Spotnitz executive produced during the 2005-06 TV season. In the untitled series Union will play a detective who must race to save someone's life before it's too late. Spotnitz and Union collaborated on the idea and the project will be produced through Universal Media Studios. Spotnitz's credits include The X-Files, as well as ABC Family's recent mini Samurai Girl. He also served as an executive producer on Robbery Homicide Division, Harsh Realm and the X-Files spinoff The Lone Gunmen. He also wrote and produced this past summer’s The X Files: I Want to Believe. Union most recently starred in the features Meet Dave and Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls. On the small screen,
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James Cook
24 November 2008 8:50 AM, PST | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
New research has found that the number of British people who believe in UFOs, aliens and the supernatural outnumbers those who follow religion, reports The Daily Telegraph. In a survey to mark the DVD release of The X Files: I Want To Believe, 54% of 3,000 people polled said they believe in God, while 58% revealed that they believe in the supernatural. 37% reportedly claimed that the basis for their belief system is (more)
By Simon Reynolds
24 November 2008 1:35 AM, PST | From Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news
It’s now only a month to Christmas – how’s the present shopping going Boxwishers? Well, it’s good news for those of you struggling to come up with ideas for your mamma mias (mums are impossible to shop for, aren’t they?) as today marks the DVD release of (you’ve guessed it) musical sensation Mamma Mia! Now officially the most successful British film ever at the domestic box office, it’s sure to have your mum singing along and pretending she can do the splits like star Meryl Streep. Abba songs no good to you? Well, how’s about a cute robot, a spooky conspiracy or a rogue Santa Clause? We’ve got the goods on all of today’s new DVD releases and we’re here to share them with you lucky Boxwishers…
If you see… Young bride-to-be Sophie (Mean Girls’ Amanda Seyfried) try to find her
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21 November 2008 11:08 AM, PST | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news
Warner Brothers recently released an international poster for Whiteout, a freezing cold comic book adaptation starring Kate Beckinsale that has been delayed for quite a while. Whiteout is based on Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber's graphic novel that Oni Press published in 1998. It was first announced early last year and was entirely shot and in the can by May of 2007. Since then, Warner Brothers has kept delaying it, pushing its release all the way to September of 2009. I'm not sure if we'll ever get to see it, but we at least have a fairly awesome poster to hold us over for another year. This reminds me a lot of the poster for The X-Files: I Want to Believe - but this time I actually want to see this movie. Take a look! Those of us lucky enough to attend Warner Brothers' presentation at Comic-Con in 2007 were treated ...
Alex Billington
21 November 2008 9:59 AM, PST | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news
Was it really 15 years ago that I was at the Jackson Hole burger restaurant on Third Avenue, having lunch with Fango managing editor Michael Gingold and talking about this new show on Fox called The X Files? I remember telling Mike how this series was unlike anything on television, an attempt to do true, go-for-the-throat horror whose two unknown leads managed to draw viewers in while increasing the sense of spooky realism.
By the end of that lunch, Mike had asked me to do an episode guide for the first season (The first of eight—Fango decided not to cover the last season), thus starting the relationship I have had with the magazine to this very day. And now, six years after Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny walked away from the FBI and the mess of monsters, paranormal powers and conspiracies the series had become, I find myself sitting in
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20 November 2008 8:00 PM, PST | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news
Time for another contest. This go around Fox has provided us with X-Files 2 on BluRay to give away. The X-Files: I Want To Believe finds Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) reunited after leaving their careers at the F.B.I. behind them. Directed by series creator Chris Carter from a story he penned, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet, Xzibit and the return of series veteran Mitch Pileggi as F.B.I Assistant Director Walter Skinner. Blu-ray Disc Specs: The X-Files: I Want To Believe Bd is presented in widescreen (2.40:1 aspect...
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18 November 2008 1:43 AM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
If another "The X-Files" movie was to be made, it will most likely see the return of the aliens to the sci-fi film. Talking to MovieWeb in the promotional effort for "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" DVD version, writer/producer Frank Spotnitz states, "Yeah. I mean, if we were to make one more feature, I think we would definitely have to deal with alien colonization."
He also hints that the third movie may be the last of the series. "I would think so," he notes when asked whether "The X-Files 3" would be the final closure film. "It certainly would be designed to be the period on the sentence." Meanwhile, on the possible date the movie will come out, Spotnitz suggests late 2012 to be one of the potential release dates.
"There's a date that looms very important in X-Files mythology, which is December 2012. I think after the DVD comes out,
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