Is Universal Pictures finally
moving forward with a fourth Jurassic
Park film? For 10 years now, Universal has kept their biggest franchise in
developmental hell with various writers attached including Oscar winner William
Monahan (The Departed) and John
Sayles. Plus the deaths of original novel author Michael Crichton and creature
designer Stan Winston seemed to stall the project as well. Back in 2011, Mark
Protosevich was the latest writer brought in, but that went nowhere. Now the
latest news is that Universal has brought in Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, who
wrote the hugely successful Rise of the
Planet of the Apes, to now pen Jurassic
Park IV. Joe Johnston seems to still be attached to direct, while it will
be produced by Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy.
While the first Child’s Play movie was not the most
perfect of films, yet there was some attempt at making it somewhat
entertaining. Eventually, four sequels would follow, and the franchise de-evolved
into one silly premise after another, becoming campy and not even scary. MGM seemed to put the franchise to bed back
in 2004 with the release of Seed of
Chucky. But like any property a studio owns that is no longer generating a
cash flow, rumors surfaced in March that the studio was considering another
stab at the series, possibly rebooting it completely. While that rumor was
eventually squashed, it now seems that Universal Home Entertainment is moving
forward with a direct-to-DVD sequel called Curse
of Chucky. Dan Mancini, who wrote all the Child’s Play movies, and directed the last film in 2004, will
write, produce and direct the newest installment. The plot involves Chucky arriving to “wreak
havoc within a family that’s regrouped for a funeral. In the wake of her
mother’s passing, a young woman – in a wheelchair since birth – is forced to
put up with her sister, brother-in-law, niece and their nanny as they say their
goodbyes to mother. When people start turning up dead, the fearless Nica
discovers the culprit might be a “strange doll” she was sent a couple of days
earlier.” According to Universal Home Entertainment, the plan is to return the
franchise to its darker roots, with the camp toned down considerably to enable
the franchise to become (somewhat) scary again. As expected, Brad Dourif will
be return to supply the voice of the titular knife-wielder killer, but no other
casting has been announced.
It’s been officially confirmed
that the seven season opener of Doctor
Who will be called Asylum of the
Daleks. The highly-anticipated episode will be screened on August 14 at the
BFI Southbank in London ahead of its rumored premiere at the Edinburgh
International Television Festival. No official announcement has yet been made
regarding the official air date of the series.
American Horror Story writer Tim Minear has given a bit of insight
into the anthology series second season. We know that that Jessica Lange will
star as an administrator at a 1960s-era, East Coast mental institution and will
spar with Zachary Quinto, who will be overseeing patients played by Maroon Five
frontman Adam Levine and Chloë Sevigny. It’s also known she’ll become entangled
in a May-December romance with her supervisor, played by Joseph Fiennes. Now
Minear confirmed that Lange’s character is actually a nun - or as Minear puts
it, "a bride of Christ.” Well, at least it won’t piss off the Catholic too
much, right?
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