With Scarlett Johansson now announced to be headlining DreamWorks’ live-action GHOST IN THE SHELL movie, the studio has gone ahead and announced a release date for the adaptation. To be directed by SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN’s Rupert Sanders, GHOST IN THE SHELL will be released on April 14th, 2017.

This live-action adaptation of the classic anime and manga series has been in development for a while now, although it was only in the last few weeks that Johansson was finally revealed to have signed on. Avi Arad and Steven Paul are on board as producers, with Steven Spielberg also involved in the project. The futuristic thrill-ride could be stunning if handled correctly, especially given the latest modern technology that would be available to create such a world. The original 1989 feature from Masmune Shirow, about a bizarre and complex future that see an ops unit tackling technology-related crime, has spawned multiple animated series, films and comic books over the years, gaining a huge cult following.

Expect more on this as it develops.

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If you ask us at STARBURST, John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK is one of the coolest movies of all time, with Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken a favourite of many of ours. With the news over the last few years that a remake of Carpenter’s 1981 classic was happening, let’s just say we weren’t exactly enthused by those developments. Now comes word on something that actually puts us a little more at ease with the remake.

As the title suggests, as reported by Deadline, John Carpenter will actually be a part of 20th Century Fox’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK redo, with Fox having recently secured the rights to the property. The legendary Carpenter will serve as an executive producer on the project. A long-time favourite of many a genre fan, and quite simply one of the most iconic names in horror, Carpenter has sadly been very quiet over the last few years. Having delivered a whole host of genre classics from the mid-70s until the mid-90s, the turn of the millennium has seen Carpenter’s output kept to a minimum, with only 2001’s GHOSTS OF MARS, two episodes of MASTERS OF HORROR, and 2010’s enjoyable THE WARD to speak of. In case you’ve been living under a rock or are a non-genre fan who happened to stumble upon this website, this is a man who gave audiences the likes of DARK STAR, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, HALLOWEEN, THE FOG, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, THE THING, CHRISTINE, STAR MAN, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, THEY LIVE, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED and VAMPIRES. Despite giving audiences some truly wonderful all-time classics of the genre, Carpenter did revisit Snake Plissken for 1996’s poorly-received ESCAPE FROM L.A., but the character’s not been seen from on the big screen since.

The basic notion of Carpenter’s 1981 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK saw Kurt Russell donning an eye-patch and spewing out some of the most machismo-heavy dialogue known to man, all accompanied by a classic Carpenter score. Russell’s Plissken is an effortlessly cool convict who is sent by officials into a maximum security prison wasteland that was formally Manhattan. His mission is to rescue Donal Pleasance’s President and save the day. A remake has been on the cards for a while, with Studio Canal and New Line Cinema both previously planning a redo before 20th Century Fox picked up the rights.

As far as the remake goes, there’s no director or star attached at this point, although names previously rumoured to be up for the Plissken gig were Tom Hardy, Jon Bernthal, Dan Stevens, and Charlie Hunnam. It was also suggested that the redo will be about Snake leading a ragtag group through New York on a mission to rescue the President, with Plissken also believed to be suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder throughout the film.

Whilst we’re still not exactly on board with the idea of remaking such a long-time favourite of all here at STARBURST, the inclusion of John Carpenter, even as just an executive producer, does put us a little at ease on the idea. Still, we’d rather it just didn’t happen if truth be known.

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For those of you still struggling to erase the Vince Vaughn-starring PSYCHO remake from your minds, fear not, for a new Hitchcock remake is on the way. Given the positive response to GONE GIRL from fans and critics alike, we’re happy to hear that David Fincher, Ben Affleck and Gillian Flynn are reteaming for a redo of Hitchcock’s classic STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.

Deadline is reporting the news of the project, which will be a retelling of Hitchcock’s 1951 film, itself based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel. The original movie featured Farley Granger and Robert Walker as two men who enter a pact to exchange murders. Walker’s character, Bruno, kills Granger’s wife, but then Granger’s Guy has doubts over killing Bruno’s father. It’s believed that Affleck will be starring as Guy in the film, who will be an actor rather than a tennis pro as in the original. When Guy’s private plane breaks down, he gets given a lift by a wealthy stranger… which is where things take a turn for the sinister.

Expect more on this retelling, currently titled STRANGERS, as it develops.

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With the release of JUPITER ASCENDING almost upon us finally, we have an exclusive glimpse of some concept art from the film, the stunning Titus Chapel.

Tonight also sees the launch of a fantastic site dedicated to behind the scenes info and imagery from the film. The JUPITER ASCENDING LOOKBOOK features a first look at the production design, costumes, props, and other materials from the upcoming sci-fi adventure from the Wachowskis.

Head over to the JUPITER ASCENDING LOOKBOOK to find out more and to become fully immersed in the world created by the fantastic artists of the film, and see more of Lana and Andy Wachowski’s vision.

JUPITER ASCENDING marks the return to sci-fi of the talented Wachowskis, and stars Mila Kunis as Jupiter Jones, a simple caretaker who discovers from Caine Wise (Channing Tatum) that she is in fact heir to Planet Earth, but with civilisation threatened with being harvested by Balem (Eddie Redmayne), who is at war with his siblings, Kalique (Tuppence Middleton) and Titus (Douglas Booth) following the death of their matriarch.

The film promises to be a spectacular return for THE MATRIX directors, and well worth the wait.

JUPITER ASCENDING is in cinemas on February  6th.

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Horror fan? Wrestling fan? John Carpenter fan? Well the “Rowdy” Roddy Piper-starring PORTAL TO HELL could be just up your street. As long-time genre fans with a penchant for Carpenter and a subscription to the WWE Network, this short film most definitely has our attention.

After starting an Indiego campaign last year to fund the tale, Vivieno Caldinelli and Matt Watts have now added a stretch goal. Since reaching their initial target of $21,000, the new goal is $30,000… and the last day to contribute is today!

In case you’re not familiar with the project, here’s word from Caldinelli, Watts and wrestling icon Piper:

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The official word on the short reads:

Imagine, if you will, that the Great Old One, Cthulhu himself, had a secret soft spot for Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn in Overboard and convinced the great John Carpenter to return to Lovecraft mode to write him a part in it. We’d like to think the result would be very much like Portal To Hell!!!

Jack is a simple man with simple needs. Mostly he just needs to be left alone to read his book. It’s a good book and he likes it, or at least he would if the tenants of the building he manages weren’t so damn needy themselves. And it’s not just blown fuses and clogged toilets here … no, when the building power goes out the culprit is a pair of tenants opening a portal to hell in the basement. Does this count as building maintenance? Is battling the supernatural part of Jack’s job description? Maybe not, but if Jack can’t close the portal the entire building and – let’s face it – the whole world is screwed.

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Whilst some people wanted an AVATAR sequel, did anybody really want three of them? As long-confirmed by James Cameron, that’s exactly what we’re going to be getting. The plan was to release AVATAR 2 in December 2016, but that’s now been changed. Yep, the film has hit some delays. This time it appears that the script and story continuity are the issue.

Speaking at a New Zealand Screen Advisory Board event, Cameron said, “There’s a layer of complexity in getting the story to work as a saga across three films that you don’t get when you’re making a standalone film. We’re writing three simultaneously. And we’ve done that so that everything tracks throughout the three films. We’re not just going to do one and then make up another one and another one after that and parallel with that, we’re doing all the design. So we’ve designed all the creatures and the environments.”

The plan is still to shoot all three films back-to-back, but AVATAR 2 is now scheduled for December 2017 rather than the initial Christmas 2016 release. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang and Sigourney Weaver are all currently on board to return to Pandora.

Hitting screens in 2009, the first AVATAR went on to become the highest grossing movie of all time, taking over $2.75 billion at the global box office.

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Before we get too far into this news piece, be warned that there are some potentially huge spoilers ahead for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All of this is purely rumour at this stage, but the source is Latino Review, so often on the money when it comes to this stuff. You’ve be warned…

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This latest batch of news pertains to the fate of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as there seems to be a wave of change ahead for The Avengers. We were already expecting a major fallout between Captain America and Iron Man in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, but below is the latest story coming out on just what else will be going down in the MCU over the next few years.

– AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON will see a new group of Avengers assembled, led by Cap. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, not to mention Vision, are said to be part of the new team. The story of the finale of the film seeing Hulk shot off into space is also still presumed to happen.

– CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR will feature the revelation that Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier was responsible for the death of Tony Stark’s father, Howard. Stark becomes distant and leaves The Avengers, although Black Panther makes his MCU debut. More importantly, the end of CIVIL WAR will see something that’s been speculated about for a long time now: the death of Steve Rogers. And yes, this will be at the hands of the returning Brock Rumlow, who will now be known as Crossbones.

– THOR: RAGNORAK will see the death of a lot of Asgardians, with some of Asgard’s fallen faces also brought back to life. The film will culminate with Thor being held in some sort of galactic prison.

– By the time AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR PART 1 rolls around, the titular team will be much changed. With Steve Rogers dead, Thor imprisoned, and Iron Man AWOL, one of the biggest surprises of this movie will be the inclusion of Spider-Man! Yes, the Wallcrawler will apparently be joining the MCU. The Latino Review report claims that a deal has indeed been agreed between Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios for the Wallcrawler to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with the first part of INFINITY WAR after the deal was agreed too late for Webhead to appear in CIVIL WAR as initially planned. The Avengers team at this point will be made up of some fresh faces, such as Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Black Panther and potentially any of the Netflix crew (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron First) and even the Inhumans. It’s believed that INFINITY WAR PART 1 will not feature any of the heroes of Marvel’s first two Phases.

– And with AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR PART 2, that’s where all of the earlier heroes will make their returns… including Steve Rogers. It’s worth noting that during Rogers’ absence it’s believed that Bucky Barnes will have stepped up and taken the famous shield and become Captain America.

Phew! So there we have it, a whole load of potentially huge news. As mentioned though, treat all of the above as purely rumour for now. Still, we’d bet our bottom dollar on a whole lot of the above actually happening.

As ever, expect more on future MCU films as and when we get it. Up next for Marvel Studios is AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON on April 24th then ANT-MAN on July 17th.

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