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Hughes is survived by his wife of 39 years, Nancy; two sons, John and James; and four grandchildren.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
A John Hughes filmography follows:
As director:
Curly Sue (1991)
Uncle Buck (1989)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
As writer:
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Beethoven's 5th (2003)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Home Alone 4 (2002)
Beethoven's 4th (2001)
Just Visiting (2001)
Beethoven's 3rd (2000)
American Adventure (2000)
Reach the Rock (1998)
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Flubber (1997)
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Beethoven's 2nd (1993)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Beethoven (1992)
Curly Sue (1991)
Dutch (1991)
Career Opportunities (1991)
Home Alone (1990)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
European Vacation (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Nate and Hayes (1983)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Mr. Mom (1983)
As producer:
New Port South (2001)
Reach the Rock (1998)
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Flubber (1997)
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Curly Sue (1991)
Dutch (1991)
Only the Lonely (1991)
Career Opportunities (1991)
Home Alone (1990)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
The Breakfast Club (1985)


Rumors have been flying that Warner Bros. Pictures wants Rain to star in their remake of Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon".
The classic movie about the martial artists turned undercover agent to bust a drug operation is being remade by Warner Bros. with the production title "Awaken the Dragon"
"Awaken" will be set in modern times and will revolve around the life of a FBI agent who follows a monk into the underground world of MMA fight clubs.
With Rain's new movie, "Ninja Assassin" set for release on November 25th, it seems like Rain is already gaining popularity in Hollywood despite the box office disaster, "Speed Racer".
Back in April we heard that Universal were aiming for a Bourne 4 summer 2011 release and a draft of the script should be finished by June. Well it is now the end of July and according to Matt Damon they still don’t have a script.
From Sci-Fi Wire:
“I just saw [producer] Frank Marshall, and we were talking about it,” Damon said in a group interview today in Pasadena, Calif., where he was promoting his History Channel special The People Speak. “Then I’ve talked to [Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum director] Paul Greengrass quite a bit about that.”
During press rounds for Ultimatum, Damon and Greengrass joked that a fourth film would have to be called The Bourne Redundancy, because the character has already found his identity. For his part, Damon says he’s interested in reprising the action-hero role, but won’t commit before confirming the quality of the script.
“Oh yeah, we won’t do it unless it’s good,” Damon added. “Promise.”
The literary world was able to continue the Bourne series even after Ludlum’s death: Eric Van Lustbader wrote The Bourne Betrayal, The Bourne Deception, The Bourne Legacy and The Bourne Sanction. “I didn’t read those,” Damon said.
Since a script is still a long way off, Damon has not had to hit the gym to get back into fighting shape. He will, when the time comes, if necessary, he said. “Not yet,” he said. “None us have kind of seen [a script] yet, and Paul’s still cutting a movie that we worked on, so we’ll get together and talk about it.”
George Nolfi has been hired to write the script, so he could be working on it as we speak. Aslong as they get things going during 2010 they should hit their 2011 spot.
Resident Evil: Afterlife is planning filming for September this year. And it's going to be 3D. Milla Jovovich told ShockTillYouDrop that during an interview August 2:
“There’s a great script and it’s going to be pretty wild. It’s going to be in 3D,” she said diplomatically. “They figured out a lot of stuff. We start shooting in September, they’ve got it all figured out at this point.”
Anderson has really been getting prepared to make his return to directing the franchise since the first movie, especially with the 3D factor being added to the equation. “He’s been really studying it and seeing all the different things they have and watching every 3D movie ever made pretty much,” Milla told us. “Especially for a movie like this, because it’s wild and a lot of action and a lot of potential for 3D to use the medium at its best. Paul has been going to every 3D company and he’s now signed a deal to go with Jim Cameron’s 3D company–they did ‘Avatar’–It should be pretty interesting. I’ve never actually seen a 3D movie.”
James Cameron and his company spent years developing “3D virtual cameras which would produce stereoscopic 3D images simulating human sight” for Avatar, and the technology is supposed to bring 3D out of the ‘kid movie gimmick’ phase and revolutionize movies forever. That’s what they are saying. We’ll have to wait till December to see if the technology achieves that, but with more and more movies being filmed in 3D it looks like we’ll be seeing more of it in the future anyhow.
Vampires are becoming the THING in Hollywood at the moment. Pretty much everyone is making a Vampire movie or show; either scary, romantic or in between.
Well, Universal is getting on the wagon with "CIRQUE DU FREAK: The Vampire's Assistant".
The film centers on a young boy who meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events the boy leaves his normal life and goes on the road with the Cirque Du Freak and becomes a Vampire. Watch the trailer below!
The film is directed by Paul Weitz (American Pie, In Good Company) and will be released on October 23rd. It also has quite a cool cast, consisting of John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Ray Stevenson, Orlando Jones, and Salma Hayek.
Jason Segel is attached to star alongside Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman in "The Adventurer's Handbook," a comedy for Universal.
Jonah Hill, Matt Spicer and Max Winkler wrote the script, about four childhood friends who are bored with the monotony of their lives and embark on a global adventure inspired by the stories of explorers detailed in Mick Conefrey's book "The Adventurer's Handbook: Life Lessons From History's Great Explorers."
Universal picked up the book rights as well as the script in February.
Segel would play a talented musician who never got his act together, becoming a backup piano player and an alcoholic; Hill plays an engineer, isolated from his family; Schwartzman is a spoiled and cowardly three-time Grammy winner. (Kinda like Without a Paddle)
The studio hopes to be in production by early next year for a 2010 release.
DC Comics and Warner are in the works for a movie of Adam Strange.
The premise of the movie is:
An archaeologist is suddenly sent from Earth to another planet where he must protect it from outside dangers.
Will continue updating when I hear something.
Aside from the "Mass Effect" film that will be produced by "Spider-Man" producer Avi Arad, EA is in business with Universal on "Army of Two," with Scott Z. Burns ("The Bourne Ultimatum") scripting and Scott Stuber producing. EA's "The Sims" is being developed by producer John Davis and "Dante's Inferno" by Strike Entertainment.
The Electronic Arts hit vidgame "Dead Space" is on course to become a sci-fi/horror film with "Eagle Eye" helmer D.J. Caruso attached to direct, following the trend of VidGames turned to Films.
"Dead Space" becomes the fifth EA title to make into a feature film.
This time is the turn of video game:
Avi Arad Productions will be in charge of bringing this video game to life. Right now the movie is in its early stage due to the fact that they don't even have a final script yet(treatment/outline). They are hoping for a 2012 release, but nothing is final.
As soon as there is more information. I will post it for you.
CHECK OUT Modest Mouse Music Video for the song King Rat, directed by the genious, Heath Ledger.
Released TODAY
A new website has open its beta site TODAY.
The name of the website is SPEEDCINE
You would ask yourself, what's so cool about this site?
Well, it is a database of LEGAL MOVIES ONLINE internationally.
The database contains free and paid stream or download from different sources.
Speedcine can filter results by country, by set-top box, handheld devices, PC or Mac capability and so on.
The site currently indexes more than 13,000 films from Neflix, Amazon VOD, Hulu, and other sites, and will add iTunes offerings by the end of August.
Sacha Baron Cohen has already made movies out of all three characters from his HBO series Da Ali G Show, now what?
Will that be the end of Sacha's mockumentaries?
That's not what The Sun is saying.
Accoring to them, Sacha Baron Cohen is developing a new character with his partner Dan Mazer for another movie. The film appears to be a mockumentary about a “Eurovision singer”. Eurovision is kind of like an international American Idol in which European countries submit songs and then audiences vote on the best one via a live television broadcast.
It is not confirm yet, but knowing how Sacha is, it might be true.
Assuming any of this turns out to be true, don’t expect another one of Sacha’s ambush documentaries. He’s become too recognizable to pull them off and Cohen's has been clear that Bruno will be the last of those. Instead anticipate a fully scripted mockumentary.
Lindsay just confirmed through Twitter that she landed a new movie role.
The newly blond actress is set to appear in the "Grindhouse" spin-off "Machete."
Lohan tweeted
"Something was made official today!!!!!!!!!"with a link to "Machete's" IMDB.com page.
Director Robert Rodriguez hinted he wanted to team up with the "Mean Girls" star in an interview with MTV.com in July.
The troubled actress's last film, "Labor Pains," went straight to TV. And she reportedly turned down the role in "The Hangover" that went to Heather Graham. That flick went on to gross over $200 million dollars.
"Machete" follows a highly skilled assassin who is hired to kill a senator when the tables are turned. Lindsay's potential castmates include Robert De Niro and Jonah Hill.
"Machete" will be her second movie role in the last two years.
Projects In Development (16 titles) Year Status
Caliber - Producer 2012 Script
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - Jack Sparrow 2012 Pitch
Rex Mundi - Julien Sauniere (rumored), Producer 2012 Script
Sin City 3 - Wallace (rumored) 2012 Unknown
The Lone Ranger - Tonto 2012 Script
Dark Shadows - Barnabas Collins (rumored), Producer 2011 Script
Happy Days - Producer 2011 Unknown
In the Hand of Dante - Actor (rumored), Producer 2011 Optioned property
Shantaram - Producer 2011 Turnaround
The Incredible Mr. Limpet - Actor (rumored) 2011 Optioned property
Untitled Depp/Alexander Litvinenko Project - Producer 2011 Optioned property
Dali - Salvador Dali 2010 Optioned property
Affected Provincial's Companion - Producer 2009 Optioned property
A Long Way Down - Producer 2009 Unknown
Inamorata - Producer 2009 Script
The People's Act of Love - Producer 2009 Optioned property
Films In Production (4 titles) Year Status
Rango - Rango (voice) 2011 Post-production
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Actor (rumored) 2011 Pre-production
Alice in Wonderland - The Mad Hatter 2010 Post-production
The Rum Diary - Paul Kemp, Producer 2010 Post-production
Labels: Actor of the Week, August-3-2009, Johnny Depp, Upcoming Movies
No, I'm not talking about "Princess and the Frog"
I'm taking about
RAPULZEL
The Concept art has been released by Disney. I am dying to see how it comes out. This is going to be AMAZING. Finally a great princess for the collection.
In this new telling of the classic fairy tale, Rapunzel, audiences will be transported to a stunning CG fantasy world complete with the iconic tower, an evil witch, a gallant hero and, of course, the mysterious girl with the long golden tresses. Expect adventure, heart, humor, and hair… lots of hair, when Rapunzel unleashes her locks in theaters for the 2010 holiday
Hope you enjoy the pics below!
The official website for Sony’s Screen Gems film adaptation of Priest has launched, and with it we get our first look at Paul Bettany as the main character in the story.
The adaptation of the TokyoPop comic book is being directed by Scott Stewart, who also directed the film Legion recently. The film is being prepped for release on August 13, 2010.
The story is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampire and follows a warrior priest (Bettany) who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Cam Gigandet co-stars.
Labels: 2010, Adaptation, Asian, Comics, TokyoPop
The New Teaser Trailer come out today.
Enjoy
Here a two new pictures of the upcoming Iron Man Movie straight from Comic-ConHere’s what Marvel has to say:
We were privy to witness two scenes being film for “Iron Man 2.” The first scene depicted Tony (Robert Downey Jr.) looking down at a scale model of the Stark Expo, which closely resembles the New York World’s Fair Pavilion. This included a Unisphere at the center of the convention. As the camera panned from the level of the model towards Tony looking inquisitive at the Stark Expo, he spoke to himself, “The key to the future is…where?”
The second scene we saw featured a much more animated Tony, as he interacted with Jarvis in his workshop. The sequence required Tony to utilize the holographic-floor as he paced around the workshop to investigate further into the main pavilion of the Stark Expo. Prior to filming the sequence, we saw Downey speak with the post-production director regarding the ideal gestures and motions to best interact with the planned projected images.
In this scene Tony reconstructs the main pavilion by enlarging and relocating structures with his hand motions. Doing so evidently allows Tony to reach a conniption prompting him to remark to Jarvis, “I am discovering-rediscovering-a new element.”
It became apparent that a central mystery in “Iron Man 2″ requires Tony to look into his father’s past, specifically the Stark Expo. This will play a major role in the energy crisis, which is a chief issue in the film.
Labels: action, Comic-Con, Comics, Marvel, Robert Downey Jr., Sequel, Stan Lee, Superheroes