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Child's Play Remake Finally Moving?

Some interesting Child's Play rumors have reared their head online that just might usher in the return of everyone's favorite potty-mouthed redheaded, murderous doll.

RoboCop Reboot Wrangles a Writer

Everyone's favorite half robot lawman is one step closer to being reassembled, and hopefully when all the nuts and bolts have been tightened the makers of this upcoming reboot won't go soft on the series' violent side.

More Horror Classics Coming from the MGM Limited Edition Collection

Starting this month, look for more classic horror films to reach consumers through Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's special manufacturing-on-demand platform. These DVDs are part of the MGM Limited Edition Collection and will be available from your favorite online retailer.

RoboCop Reboot Right on Track

The lion is getting ready to roar once again with a half cyborg crime-fighter and the prospect of a remake done right. Will the new RoboCop bring all of the over-the-top violence of the original? We can only hope.

MGM Getting Back on Track - Reboots a Coming

MGM is starting to shed its recent skin of problems, and as a result some long gestating projects are finally starting to move.

Sony to Handle Distro for MGM? Will We Finally See Cabin in the Woods?

The dark cloud of financial woe hasn't lifted over the lion just yet, but there's still some hope, true believers! Who can save MGM from going the way of the dinosaur?

MGM Getting Back on Stable Ground? Hope for Future Projects?

If you're around my age or older the prospect of a movie world without MGM seems wrong. Very wrong. Hell, unimaginable. The lion has been roaring for many years, and even though he took a financial stumble, he looks as if he's getting ready to go back on the prowl.

MGM Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

And the financial woes continue for MGM. The company that has given us so much wonderful horror fare over the years has officially filed for bankruptcy. Yet, there is a bit of a silver lining. Not much of one, mind you, but enough to stay optimistic for now.

Cabin in the Woods Bumped Again. No Release Date in Sight.

So what if the movie has been done for like two years now? Fans looking forward to The Cabin in the Woods are going to have to wait a while longer for the film's release. A long while.

Saw Scribes Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan Head to MGM's The Outer Limits Feature

Now this is what we call news, my friends! Around the Dread Central offices it's an endless debate over which was better: "The Twilight Zone" or "The Outer Limits". Personally I have to side with "The Outer Limits", if only because of the sheer amount of monsters and aliens the show hurled at us with reckless abandon. Well, that and the fact that they are controlling the horizontal. They are controlling the vertical.

Release Date Shuffle: Priest and Cabin in the Woods

Quick updates on a couple of movies that have been bouncing around like an out of control rubber ball for a long while now -- Sony Pictures' Priest and MGM's Cabin in the Woods have been moved around yet again.

The Cabin in the Woods Gets a Rating

We're still waiting for an official synopsis beyond "a twisted and unusual take on the familiar 'cabin in the woods' formula, but thanks to the MPAA we now have a little bit more of an idea of what to expect when Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods hits theatres next year.

Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods to Feature Creatures?

If there's one film that's been tightly kept under wraps, it's "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon's seemingly forever upcoming The Cabin in the Woods, at least in terms of plot points. But as you know, nothing stays quiet forever!

F/X Remake Update

The 1986 thriller F/X was one of my absolute favorite films of the Eighties. Anyone who has seen it and remembers it can pretty much vouch that it was the goods. There's been talk of a remake happening for some time now, and now there's a little bit of new chatter to report on.