This Week’s Releases: 21 September
This week’s upcoming UK releases aren’t the most interesting bunch of films you’ll ever come across, but at least there’s a few that will [hopefully] keep our attention for the full running time and thus, help up suppress the violent urges we all feel (except me, I’m spotless and innocent). Anyway, by far the most important release of the week is Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, which was annoyingly split from the Grind House double bill and consequently means that UK consumers will have to pay twice as much than their American counterparts if they wish to see both films involved. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James, is likely to be the second most successful release of the week, despite its poor reviews. A Mighty Heart may also do a little bit of positive business, mainly because a certain Ms. Angelina Jolie is in it….which is motivation enough for me. Read the rest of this entry »
Alongside Rob Zombie’s recent revival of the Halloween series, comes the resuscitation of another classic horror franchise: Friday the 13th. This isn’t particularly cutting edge news, but, some new details have just emerged regarding the project and it seems that screenwriting duo Damian Shannon and Mark Swift are being drafted in to pen the script. If such rumours turn out to be true, then I wouldn’t exactly consider them a great choice, after all, they did write the rather abysmal Freddy Vs. Jason a few years ago. But, there’s not too much to worry about because Michael Bay is producing it, so even if turns out to be drivel, then at least there’ll be some explosions.
Early reports suggest that Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween has performed rather well at the US box office during this year’s Labour day weekend, grossing an estimated $26.5m and set to gross a further $8-10m or so before the four-day holiday is out. Fangoria notes that this is one of the most successful Labour day openings of recent times, surpassing the previous records set by films such as The Transporter 2 and The Sixth Sense. The film also marks Rob Zombie’s most successful box office opening ever, obliterating his figures from House of 1000 Corpses and The Devils Rejects.
