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It’s now been ten years since the most recent installment in the RoboCop franchise, that film of course being the 2014 remake, but the property certainly hasn’t gone anywhere in the years since. For starters, video game RoboCop: Rogue City released last year, and the comprehensive documentary series RoboDoc was released onto Screambox last year as well.

Deadline now reports today that Amazon MGM Studios is moving forward with their planned RoboCop television series, with horror master James Wan on board to executive produce.

Wan will produce through his label Atomic Monster.

Peter Ocko (Lodge 49) has also been brought on board as the writer, executive producer and showrunner on the project, which we originally heard rumblings about back in 2023.

Deadline details, “The series will follow the premise of the films, focusing on a giant tech conglomerate which collaborates with the local police department to introduce a technologically advanced enforcer...

Being a movie star is both a blessing and a curse. The blessings are fairly obvious, but, like all things that are too good to be true, they bring with them the seeds for the curse that follows, which is that movie stardom can set actors up for that much greater a fall should they start to slip off their pedestal. Some instances of actors taking a hard fall are deserved when it's to do with their offscreen behavior, yet in instances where it's mostly to do with the projects they're involved with being subpar, it's hard not to feel sorry for them.

Take Burt Reynolds, for instance. By the end of the 1970s he was among the most well-known and highest-paid actors working, and as the 1980s rolled on he continued to work with other name stars and solid filmmakers like Dolly Parton, Don Siegel, Blake Edwards, his buddy Hal Needham,...

What if there was no tomorrow? That's an existential question posed not only by the 2014 time loop film "Edge of Tomorrow," but also by its sequel's complicated status following the original's successful release. Ever since 2015, director Doug Liman and stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt have spoken at various times about a sequel movie getting off the ground. At one point, Liman had said that the sequel would be entitled "Live Die Repeat and Repeat" (referencing the movie's ersatz title/subtitle) and that the film's co-writer Christopher McQuarrie would also return. He even claimed that the concept was so good that "it's gonna revolutionize how people make sequels."

Alas, a myriad of obstacles have gotten in the way in the intervening years between that statement and now, with Blunt saying in August 2023 that she's still interested in making a sequel, but doesn't know when or how it could happen. Given the project's stalled status,...

Amazon Studios has identified a batch of titles from its $8.45 billion acquisition of MGM that the company plans to develop into TV or film projects, including “Robocop,” “Stargate” “Legally Blonde,” “Fame,” Barbershop,” “The Magnificent Seven,” “Pink Panther” and “The Thomas Crown Affair.”

A source familiar with the matter confirmed to TheWrap that the company is in active early conversations for a “Legally Blonde” movie and potential TV series. Additionally, Amazon has similar plans for “Stargate” under consideration, with a movie expected to go first. “Robocop” is also being discussed for film and TV, with a TV series potentially going first.

The source added that Amazon Studios is actively developing TV series based on “Fame,” “Barbershop” and “The Magnificent Seven,” as well as discussing “Thomas Crown Affair” movie and “Pink Panther” movie, which could be animated. A “Poltergeist” project is also under consideration.

The news was first reported by Deadline.

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It’s now been nearly ten years since the most recent installment in the RoboCop franchise, that film of course being the 2014 remake, but the property certainly hasn’t gone anywhere. For starters, new video game RoboCop: Rogue City is coming later this year, and the comprehensive documentary RoboDoc is headed to Screambox this year as well.

Additionally, Deadline reports today that RoboCop is one of the MGM franchises that Amazon is hungry to bring back to life, now that Amazon owns that vast MGM library.

Deadline reports, “For the past year, since the deal closed in March 2022, Amazon Studios has been sifting through MGM’s library, identifying about a dozen initial titles for film and/or TV development, including Robocop, Stargate, Legally Blonde, Fame, Barbershop, The Magnificent Seven, Pink Panther and The Thomas Crown Affair.”

The site’s report continues, “Robocop also is being talked about for both film and TV,...

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Hey, everyone! We’re back with a brand new installment of our horror and sci-fi home media recap, and if you’re looking to check out some fun stuff this upcoming Memorial Day weekend, maybe this week’s releases can help keep you entertained. If you haven’t had a chance to check them out yet, both Umma featuring Sandra Oh and Matt Reeves’ The Batman arrive on Tuesday via a variety of formats. Both Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce and James Wan’s Malignant are getting the 4K format treatment this week, and somehow I missed the fact that there was a RoboCop TV series at some point, but that’s being released on both Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday. And on a bittersweet note, the Foo Fighters’ Studio 666 is making its home entertainment debut this week as well.

Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for May 24th include #FromJennifer, Horror High,...

Outrageous, ultra-violent, and sleazy as hell, Officer Downe is the kind of movie made for midnight screenings and intended for audiences in the right mindset to see some deranged and psychotic nonsense.

What if you could resurrect RoboCop as many times as you wanted? That’s the simplified premise of this movie, which follows an L.A. super cop (Sons of Anarchy’s Kim Coates) who’s killed in the line of duty and brought back to life to continue his never-ending rampage against crime. Based on a comic and directed by Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan, everything about Officer Downe is aggressive, in your face, and over the top. It’s all sex, drugs, rock ’n roll, and exploding heads, relentlessly blowing up traditional expectations about narrative structure and gleefully charging over the line of good taste.

The film opens with Downe going down on a busty blonde, and...

Celebrating its world premiere this weekend at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival is the graphic novel adaptation Officer Downe, which was written by Joe Casey (who also wrote the source material) and directed by M. Shawn Crahan, (also known to fans worldwide as “Clown” from Slipknot). The film stars Kim Coates as the titular character: a badass cop unable to die and Los Angeles’ last form of protection from a corrupt future world.

Produced by Mark Neveldine and Skip Williamson, two of the maniacs behind the Crank series, Officer Downe looks to be a balls-to-the-wall actioner that takes no prisoners (pun absolutely intended).

Daily Dead caught up with Coates prior to the film’s premiere to hear more about his experiences taking on the lead role for Officer Downe, collaborating with Crahan on the film, why the world needs more badass movies, and the virtues of playing an immortal character.

Roddy Piper puts on the damn glasses in They Live

He was here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, but now, after suffering a heart attack, popular wrestler and They Live star "Rowdy" Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61. According to his agent, he survived the initial attack, which happened at his home in Hollywood, but subsequently passed away in his sleep.

Most famous as a wrestler, piper enjoyed a 30 year professional career and continued to make occasional appearances in the ring right up to this year. He made television appearances in Walker, Texas Ranger, Robocop: The Series and the Highlander series, and appeared in films including The Mystical Adventures Of Billy Owens and Pro Wrestlers Vs Zombies, but is best known for his appearance as the beleaguered day labourer turned hero of John Carpenter cult classic They Live, which won him legions of new fans. The...

The 1992 Full Moon flick Doctor Mordrid starring Jeffrey Combs was originally intended to be a Doctor Strange movie. Unfortunately, the rights reverted back to Marvel before Charles Band could get the film made.

With an actual Doctor Strange movie in the works, it seems fitting Band would give his pseudo-take on the character the Blu-ray treatment.

Re-Animator’s Jeffrey Combs dons his finest Doctor Strange lounge-wear to play enigmatic interdimensional sorcerer/New York landlord Dr. Anton Mordrid, sworn to protect our world by guarding the gates of the fourth dimension from his mortal enemy, the diabolical warlock Kabul (Brian Thompson, "The X-Files"), while also finding the time to for a little romance with a pretty police research consultant tenant (Yvette Nipar, “Robocop: The Series”).

When Band lost the rights to make a Doctor Strange movie, C. Courtney Joyner’s script was rewritten to create an entirely new supernatural superhero...

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The arrival of Kick-Ass 2 is a reminder of how comic book artists and creators have become movie industry royalty, James writes...

I like to think that the following happened on a daily basis during the filming of Kick-Ass 2 - all cast and crew members signalled their arrival on set by announcing, "I've come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum."

If no one actually did take the opportunity to make a tenuous title-based association and quote Roddy Piper's best line in They Live, it's a damn shame. If Kick-Ass 3 happens, someone (everyone) involved can start this motivational ritual/repeat film reference in-joke when shooting begins on that sequel. In advance, you're welcome.

Leaving John Carpenter homages to one side and returning to hard work on the Kick-Ass 2 set, two figures who hung around a...

Stars: Sam Hennings, Andrea Roth, Dane Witherspoon, Bernard Kates, Holly Fields, John Mooney, Anne Betancourt | Written by Charles Band, Jackson Barr | Directed by Peter Manoogian

Released during the high point in Full Moon’s relationship with Paramount Pictures, Seedpeople was heavily advertised on its original UK release back in 1992, with ads appearing in many of the horror magazines of the period – including full page ads on the back and inside cover of The Dark Side (which ran for months on end I recall). The film itself wasn’t as successful as the other notable franchises in the Full Moon stable, with many reviews at the time noting that the film was a rip-off of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and essentially that’s what the movie is: a tongue-in-cheek alien invasion flick that echoes the feel of low-budget sci-fi flicks of the 1950s.

Directed by Peter Manoogian – who worked on...

As the film award circus continues, Darren Aronofsky is beginning to develop The Wolverine, a Japan-set story based on the Marvel Comics X-Men character. But what we didn't know is, this isn't the only comic book movie Aronofsky is currently developing. In a recent interview, Darren revealed that he is "doing a comic book of a script that’s really hard to make and we’re going to do a comic version first and see what happens." It seems like Darren is trying to use the world of graphic novels as a backdoor into getting the movie made. And this wouldn't be the first time that Aronofsky has turned to the world of comics. His initial version of The Fountain was released in graphic novel form by Vertigo Comics in 2005 after Brad Pitt left the project high and dry. Which project could this possibly be for? We try to figure it out,...

The Last Exorcism (15)

(Daniel Stamm, 2010, Us) Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell. 87 mins

There's an epic, gothic Dennis Wheatley-style horror struggling to get out of this curiously lightweight mockumentary, in which a jaded Louisiana evangelical priest (Fabian) takes on a local case of possession to prove that demons only exist in the mind. Stamm orchestrates some good old-fashioned in-camera shocks, but the handheld format is limiting, and what ought to be a truly horrific climax ends in a tired Blair Witch fizzle rather than a bang.

Certified Copy (12A)

(Abbas Kiarostami, 2010, Fr/It/UK) Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, 107 mins

Slightly wooden but deceptively memorable meta romance, in which a woman (Binoche) meets a man (Shimell) who may or may not be her husband.

Dinner For Schmucks

(12A) (Jay Roach, 2010, Us) Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis. 114 mins

Rudd is an aspiring exec who takes Carell to his boss's who-can-bring-the-biggest-nerd dinner party.

As far as we know, Darren Aronofsky's next film is going to be the ballet thriller Black Swan starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, but this week he has added another project to his upcoming slate. It's a heist film based on the odd story of Ufc star "Lightning" Lee Murray. In 2006, Murray was arrested for his alleged involvement in a Securitas depot robbery [1] in England that is known as the biggest heist in British crime history. The project is being produced by Xyz Films and Time Inc. Studios, who set up a partnership last year to adapt various non-fiction articles from Time publications into feature films. This particular story comes from a Sports Illustrated article written by Jon Wertheim called "Breaking the Bank", and a Howard Sounes book called Heist: The Inside Story of the World's Biggest Robbery. Kerry Williamson (Fork in the Road) will write the script.

Darren Aronofsky, the talented director behind Requiem For a Dream, The Fountain, and The Wrestler, may be looking toward the real life story of the Securitas Depot robbery in Tonbridge, a massive heist thought to be the brainchild of former Ufc star “Lightning” Lee Murray.

The details of the heist, which occurred in February of 2006, are being adapted into a screenplay by writer Kerry Williamson, who’s currently adapting Fork in the Road for Alexander Payne.

Allegedly, Williamson will be working from two original sources: A Sports Illustrated article entitled “Breaking the Bank” and Howard Sounes’ book Heist: The Inside Story of the World’s Biggest Robbery. /Film has the details on what the book contains:

On Wednesday, 22 February 2006, GBP53 million in bank notes was stolen from a cash warehouse belonging to the Securitas company in Tonbridge, Kent — a sum of money so vast that if the notes were stacked...

Darren Aronofsky has signed on to direct and produce an indie heist thriller based on the daring $85 million robbery at the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge, England, in February 2006, report the trades. Kerry Williamson is adapting the script from an underlying rights package that includes Jon Wertheim's Sports Illustrated magazine article "Breaking the Bank" and Howard Sounes' nonfiction book "Heist: The Inside Story of the World's Biggest Robbery." Williamson recently adapted Fork in the Road for Alexander Payne and Fox Searchlight and The Devil's Banker for Paramount. Xyz Films and Time Inc. Studios are partnered with Protozoa Pictures on the project. Time and Xyz established a partnership a year ago to develop and produce movies based on articles from Time Inc.'s publications and identified its first project after optioning "Breaking the Bank," covering the alleged criminal exploits of Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor "Lightning" Lee Murray. The companies are also...

According to our friends at /Film, The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky is currently developing a movie based on "the daring robbery of the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge, a £53 Million Sterling score (around $86 million Us) thought to be masterminded by former mixed martial arts fighter and Ufc star ‘Lightning’ Lee Murray." Screenwriter Kerry Williamson is adapting the script, which Aronofsky is looking to as a directing vehicle. Peter over at /Film also dug up the fact that the film is based on an article from an April 14, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated Magazine titled Breaking the Bank by Jon Wertheim, and the non-fiction book Heist: The Inside Story of the World's Biggest Robbery by Howard Sounes. Here's a quick synopsis of the book: On Wednesday, 22 February 2006, GBP53 million in bank notes was stolen from a cash warehouse belonging to the Securitas company in Tonbridge, Kent — a sum of money so vast that if the notes were stacked up they...

It's short notice, but Fango just got word that there's a 5-hour horror signing event taking place Tomorrow (August 22) from 11am-4pm at the Frank & Son Collectible Show in City of Industry, California.

The lineup in impressive with guests including Kane Hodder (Friday The 13th), Vernon Wells (Mad Max 2), Geoffrey Lewis (The Devil's Rejects), Lisa Wilcox & Brooke Theiss (A Nightmare On Elm Street series), TV's Robocop Richard Eden (The Intervention), and many more.

Full details below!

For more visit http://www.frankandsonshow.net/...

Fangoria's Midnite Madness Presents: The Intervention - Tonight, May 23rd! Special Guests include director/co-writer Shannon Hile and stars Richard Eden (Robocop), Kamela Lopez (Medium), Laurie Prange (The Incredible Hulk), Tom Crawford (Angel) and producer Ted Collins. The screening will take place at midnight at The Fine Arts Theatre - 8566 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

The Intervention is a psychological thriller that explores the "horrors of addiction". Matt Garret has a drinking problem. Friends and Family have gathered for his intervention. But what if his problem is not an addiction? But instead... an evil manifestation. Saturday, May 23, 2009

Fine Arts Theatre

8556 Wilshire Blvd.

Beverly Hills, CA 90211

phone: (310) 360-0455

Admission $8

Click Here To Buy Your Tickets In Advance!

Monthly pass $24

Super Pass (good till August 30) $99

Parking at 8484 Wilshire Blvd - $3 validation at concessions

(Do not park on city streets after 2am)

Click here for Tickets and Screening Info!

For more info, email pdkoller@studioscreenings.

Fangoria's Midnite Madness Presents: The Intervention - tomorrow night, May 23rd! Special Guests include director/co-writer Shannon Hile and stars Richard Eden (Robocop), Kamela Lopez (Medium), Laurie Prange (The Incredible Hulk), Tom Crawford (Angel) and producer Ted Collins. The screening will take place at midnight at The Fine Arts Theatre - 8566 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

The Intervention is a psychological thriller that explores the "horrors of addiction". Matt Garret has a drinking problem. Friends and Family have gathered for his intervention. But what if his problem is not an addiction? But instead... an evil manifestation. Saturday, May 23, 2009

Fine Arts Theatre

8556 Wilshire Blvd.

Beverly Hills, CA 90211

phone: (310) 360-0455

Admission $8

Click Here To Buy Your Tickets In Advance!

Monthly pass $24

Super Pass (good till August 30) $99

Parking at 8484 Wilshire Blvd - $3 validation at concessions

(Do not park on city streets after 2am)

Click here for Tickets and Screening Info!

For more info,...

Fangoria's Midnite Madness Presents: The Intervention - This Saturday, May 23rd! Special Guests include Writer/Director Shannon Hile (X-Files, Monk) and Star/Co-writer Richard Eden (TV's Robocop, Freddy's Nightmares) The screening will take place at midnight, at The Fine Arts Theatre - 8566 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Check out the full details after the jump, and click here to read our fearful feature about the making of The Intervention!

A phycological thriller that explores the "horrors of addiction". Matt Garret has a drinking problem. Friends and Family have gathered for his intervention. But what if his problem is not an addiction? But instead... an evil manifestation.

Screening with Special Guests: Writer/Director Shannon Hile (X-Files, Monk) and Star/Co-writer Richard Eden (TV's Robocop, Freddy's Nightmares)

Admission $8

Click Here To Buy Your Tickets In Advance!

Monthly pass $24

Super Pass (good till August 30) $70

Parking at 8484 Wilshire Blvd - $3 validation at concessions

(Do...

Fangoria's Midnite Madness Presents: The Rage - Tonight, May 16th! Special Guests include Director/FX Legend Robert Kurtzman (Wishmaster, creator of From Dusk Til Dawn), and Star Andrew Divoff (Wishmaster, Lost)! The screening will take place at midnight, at The Fine Arts Theatre - 8566 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211

We'll Be Giving Away Prizes Galore! Win Signed Copies Of The Rage On DVD; The 4-issue Comic Book Mini-series Beneath The Valley Of The Rage From Fangoria Graphix; And A Limited-edition Andrew Divoff As Dr. V Life Mask, Created By Robert Kurtzman, Which Will Be Signed And Personalized To The Winner By Both Bob And Andrew!!!

A crazed scientist experimenting with a rage virus on innocent victims in a laboratory in the woods. When his monstrous subjects escape and vultures devour their remains, they become mutations seeking to feed on humans.

Fangoria called it "This year's ultimate party movie" in 2007, and horror fans agree.

The next three films to be presented as a part of Fangoria's Midnite Madness have been revealed, along with an advance look at one of our June selections!

Saturday, May 16: The Rage - Saturday, May 23rd: The Intervention - Saturday, May 30th: Penance - Saturday, June 27th: Zombie Honeymoon

Check out the  trailers for all three films below the jump, along with the full details on the special guests we'll have at the theatre!

All Fangoria's Midnite Madness Screenings take place at The Fine Arts Theatre, 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Phone: (310) 360-0455 Admission is only $8!

Monthly passes available for $24, or the Super Pass (good till August 30) is $99. Parking at 8484 Wilshire Blvd - $3 validation at concessions (Do not park on city streets after 2am)

Click here for the full schedule, and to Order Tickets Online! For more info, email pdkoller@studioscreenings.com

Saturday, May 16 - Midnight

The Rage

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Fangoria's Midnite Madness Presents: The Rage - This Saturday, May 16th! Special Guests include Director/FX Legend Robert Kurtzman (Wishmaster, creator of From Dusk Til Dawn), and Star Andrew Divoff (Wishmaster, Lost)! The screening will take place at midnight, at The Fine Arts Theatre - 8566 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211

A crazed scientist experimenting with a rage virus on innocent victims in a laboratory in the woods. When his monstrous subjects escape and vultures devour their remains, they become mutations seeking to feed on humans.

Fangoria called it "This year's ultimate party movie" in 2007, and horror fans agree...

"A new splatter classic" - Dread Central; "An outrageous blood-buffet in the tradition of Re-animator and Bad Taste" - Rue Morgue; "A fun throwback to the films of yesteryear. A Gorehound's dream come true." - Deadpit Radio; "9 out of 10 skulls" - Horror-movies.ca; "A B-movie Marvel" - Bloody-disgusting; "One hell of a...

Fangoria's Midnite Madness Presents: The Rage - This Saturday, May 16th! Special Guests include Director/FX Legend Robert Kurtzman (Wishmaster, creator of From Dusk Til Dawn), and Star Andrew Divoff (Wishmaster, Lost)! The screening will take place at midnight, at The Fine Arts Theatre - 8566 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211

A crazed scientist experimenting with a rage virus on innocent victims in a laboratory in the woods. When his monstrous subjects escape and vultures devour their remains, they become mutations seeking to feed on humans.

Fangoria called it "This year's ultimate party movie" in 2007, and horror fans agree...

"A new splatter classic" - Dread Central; "An outrageous blood-buffet in the tradition of Re-animator and Bad Taste" - Rue Morgue; "A fun throwback to the films of yesteryear. A Gorehound's dream come true." - Deadpit Radio; "9 out of 10 skulls" - Horror-movies.ca; "A B-movie Marvel" - Bloody-disgusting; "One hell of a...

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Tonight at 10pm, Fangoria's Midnite Madness officially kick's off at The Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA with a Robert Hall Double-Feature of Laid To Rest and Lightning Bug. Appearing Live at the screening: Robert Hall (director, writer, F/X guru, and Fango Blogger), Bobbi Sue Luther (Laid To Rest, Night Of The Demons), Kevin Gage (Laid To Rest, Lightning Bug), Lucas Till (Laid To Rest, Lightning Bug), Nick Principe (Laid To Rest's ChromeSkull) and Lena Headey (Laid To Rest, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles). Hosted by Fangoria Entertainment Vice President Scott Licina.

We will also be giving away a screen-used ChromeSkull mask from Laid To Rest, and a theatrical poster signed by the Cast & Writer/Director Robert Hall!

Check out Some Trailers & Clips from the Films!

Laid To Rest (2009) 90 minutes - Screening At 10Pm With Director And Cast!

A reminder and final details on tonight's double-feature, and a sneak-preview of Fangoria's Midnight Madness screenings in the weeks ahead!

Tonight at 10pm, Fangoria's Midnite Madness officially kick's off at The Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA with a Robert Hall Double-Feature of Laid To Rest and Lightning Bug. Appearing Live at the screening: Robert Hall (director, writer, F/X guru, and Fango Blogger), Bobbi Sue Luther (Laid To Rest, Night Of The Demons), Kevin Gage (Laid To Rest, Lightning Bug), Lucas Till (Laid To Rest, Lightning Bug), Nick Principe (Laid To Rest's ChromeSkull) and Lena Headey (Laid To Rest, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles). Hosted by Fangoria Entertainment Vice President Scott Licina.

We will also be giving away a screen-used ChromeSkull mask from Laid To Rest, and a theatrical poster signed by the Cast & Writer/Director Robert Hall!

Check out Some Trailers & Clips from the Films!

Laid To Rest...

Matt Garret has a serious problem. Demons have taken hold of his life and before he can get any better, he’s going to take his whole family down with him!

The Intervention is an ambitious low-budget horror film from first-time director/producer/screenwriter Shannon Hile, who sent along the poster and the exclusive pics seen at the bottom of this page. An actress with credits including The X Files and Monk, she was inspired to do the film in a unique way. “I had been involved in a family member’s intervention, and it was a completely horrific experience,” she tells Fango. “Just awful; I could not imagine what was going on in that person’s head. I felt it would be perfect for a horror film, exploring demons—an addict’s inner demons.”

Hile collaborated on the screenplay with her actor husband Richard Eden, TV’s RoboCop. “We...

Mickey Rourke and Darren Aronofsky on set of The Wrestler

Photo: Fox Searchlight I interviewed Darren Aronofsky for The Fountain back in November 2006 and while he was actually here in Seattle I was not able to meet him so I had to do it over the phone, which was frustrating considering I found The Fountain to be one of the most fascinating films as evidenced by my commentary just over a year ago when Darren had to release his own commentary for the film independently because Warner Bros. didn't include it on the DVD release. So, that's a roundabout way of saying, I didn't get a chance to meet him face-to-face. Well, that has all changed. In Seattle to promote his extremely impressive film The Wrestler Darren and I had a 15 minute sit down and I can't tell you how flattering it was to hear him recognize the site and...