Return to the 1980’s: Franchises in Production

September 2, 2014 | Ron Seifried

  Gremlins TBD Remember, no water and no feeding after midnight, or these little mogwai creatures will return with more than one reboot.  Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg are lined up to produce a Gremlins remake for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and … Read More

Return to the 1980’s: Franchises in Production

September 2, 2014 | Ron Seifried

Time to break out the florescent clothing, leg warmers, Members Only Jackets and piano-key neckties. Hollywood is looking to the 1980’s for source material to develop projects for film and television in the current era of franchises, and we the … Read More

Paramount Pictures Sequels, Reboots & Remakes, Oh My

June 18, 2014 | Ron Seifried

Thank you Paramount Pictures for assuring to movie lovers that franchises will be your prime bread winner for the foreseeable future.

At the CineEurope conference where the sequel/reboot Transformers: Age of Extinction was getting an advanced screening, Paramount execs still … Read More

A Different Shade for Jem and the Holograms

April 24, 2014 | Ron Seifried 3

Well, that was fast. After word got out a few week ago that a full-length live action feature film version of 1980’s animated series & Hasbro toyline “Jem and the Holograms” was in the works, we know now that shooting … Read More