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Director John Carpenter Claims He’s Not Involved With ‘Escape From New York’ Reboot, Says Last He Heard They Were Gender Swapping Snake

January 19, 2023

Director John Carpenter recently claimed he's not involved with the previously announced Escape from New York reboot. Filmmaker John Carpenter, in North Hollywood, California, 2010. Photo Credit: Nathan Har...

A Slasher Necromorph pins Isaac Clarke to the ground via Dead Space (2023), Electronic Arts

John Carpenter Claims ‘Dead Space’ Movie Has Director, But He’s Not Involved: “They Haven’t Asked Me To Do It”

Ryan Pearson

January 19, 2023

Video Games

Iconic director John Carpenter has claimed that plans for a Dead Space movie are in the works, but he hasn't been asked to direct it. Isaac Clarke stands at the end of a decrepit corridor via Dea...

‘Halloween’ Director John Carpenter Explains Why He Doesn’t Like Legendary’s Godzilla Movies: “They Lack Charm”

JB Augustine

November 9, 2022

Movies

John Carpenter, one of the most celebrated filmmakers to work in the horror genre, wrapped up screening his favorite Japanese monster movies hosted by Shout Factory. John Carpenter via The Director's Chair,...

Director John Carpenter Collaborating With Shout Factory TV For Marathon Celebrating Godzilla And Kaiju Filmmaker Ishiro Honda

JB Augustine

September 30, 2022

Movies

John Carpenter, the acclaimed director behind Halloween and The Thing, is participating in a collaboration that pays tribute to one of his favorite movie monsters of all time — Godzilla. Source: Godzilla (2...

Will ‘Halloween Ends’ Really Be The End?

Ryan Williams

September 13, 2022

Movies

As the greatest time of the year approaches, so does the latest installment of the franchise that shares it's name, and though Halloween Ends sure seems to be marketing itself as the franchise's final installme...

Former WWE Creative Member And Manager Jim Cornette Shared His Unused Ideas For Glenn Jacobs’ Kane Character

JB Augustine

July 28, 2022

Wrestling

Before he was the Mayor of Knox County, TN, Glenn Jacobs was another big and scary wrestler trying to make his name in WWE (then WWF). First, they made him a crazy dentist, and then he was the brief replacement...

Report: Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends Will Follow 2018 Film Over the Next Two Years

JB Augustine

July 22, 2019

Movies

"The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode isn't over." Two follow-ups to last year's well-received Halloween installment are headed into production. Universal Pictures, the partner of producer Blumhouse, ...

John Carpenter and Anthony Burch Are Teaming Up to Write Joker One-Shot

JB Augustine

July 15, 2019

Comic Book Previews, Comic Books, Industry News

DC is putting out a one-shot starring Joker this October to tie in with 2019's "Year of the Villain" storyline and has recruited an elite duo to write it. The publisher announced on their website the one-and...

Comic Book Preview: Big Trouble in Little China Vol. 3 TP

John F. Trent

May 14, 2016

Comic Book Previews

From John Carpenter, legendary director of the original classic film, writer Eric Powell (The Goon), and artist Brian Churilla (The Secret History of D.B. Cooper) comes a collection of the final four issues of ...

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