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Although collecting physical media doesn’t have the convenience appeal of streaming films, there is now sort of a stigma with purchasing movies through online platforms. Although its possible to compile a collection of movies through an online library, consumers will ultimately be at the whim of the service should it choose to keep the title available on their server. Additionally, there are a number of titles that don’t happen to find their way to have streaming access and physical media distributors like Shout and Vinegar Syndrome have dedicated their business to some overlooked titles.

Kino Lorber, another great media distributor has just unveiled the technical specs for the Chevy Chase Fletch films via Blu-ray.com, as well as revealing the special features that can be found on the new blu-rays. In 2022, Jon Hamm would take up the mantle in the long-in-development third movie, Confess, Fletch, which is based...

At the end of the 70s and beginnings of the 80s, Disney decided to take a turn into a darker side of cinema, at least for them. In 1979 they released The Black Hole, a sci-fi epic which had among its cast Anthony Perkins, best known for Psycho as well as a space station manned by animated corpse/robot hybrids. The film would include an ending which would literally show the villain of the piece in hell in penance for his crimes for all eternity. The following year would be another creepy sci-fi entry The Watcher In The Woods.

Following these films would be the gory fantasy epic Dragonslayer. That film actually showed a real Disney Princess being eaten by blind baby dragons on camera. So to round out a really fantastic run of Dark movies the House of Mouse went all in with a fantasy film that covered themes of death,...

AMC, the network behind The Walking Dead (and its many spin-offs) and the upcoming Anne Rice-inspired shows Interview with the Vampire and The Mayfair Witches, has now opened a writers room for a series called Seconds, which Deadline hears is a “radical reimagining” of the 1960s sci-fi horror story. Seconds originated with a novel written by David Ely (pick up a copy Here), and in 1966 Ely’s story was brought to the screen with a film that was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Rock Hudson. You can watch the film Seconds, which is in the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry selection, at This Link.

AMC’s take on Seconds is coming to us from creator / executive producer / showrunner Mark Lafferty, who worked as a writer and supervising producer on the AMC show Halt and Catch Fire. Mark Johnson and Melissa Bernstein, who were also executive producers on Halt and Catch Fire,...

Exclusive: AMC Networks has identified its next two strong series contenders. The company is opening writers’ rooms for Seconds, a radical reimagining of the cult classic with a female lead at its center, and psychological horror story The Devil In Silver, envisioned as the first installment in a potential anthology franchise.

The projects both hail from creative auspices behind cult AMC drama Halt and Catch Fire and are part of AMC Networks’ focus on producing premium content targeting adults for AMC+, some of it with a genre bent, which is the case with the two new horror-themed prospects. They are being developed under AMC Networks’ established “scripts-to-series” model, which involves opening writers’ rooms to develop prospective shows, including generating multiple scripts, for straight-to-series consideration. The two projects, for which AMC commissioned writers rooms last year, Invitation to a Bonfire and Demascus, both went to series.

Seconds, based on the novel by David Ely,...

Legendary actor and producer Kirk Douglas died Wednesday at the age of 103. The actor, who rose to fame from performances in films like “Champion,” which earned him an Oscar nomination in 1949, was among the last living figures of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Douglas’ son, actor Michael Douglas, shared news of his father’s passing on Instagram Wednesday afternoon. In addition to Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas is survived by his wife of 65 years, Anne Buydens, and children, the producers Joel and Peter Douglas.

“To the world he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to,” Michael Douglas wrote.

Kirk Douglas was a leading man of the 1950s with films like “Paths of Glory” and “Spartacus,” two of Stanley Kubrick’s earliest films,...

Spartacus is now a centurion.

Kirk Douglas, one of the last great stars of Hollywood’s golden era, turned 100 on Friday. Born during the height of World War I to poor, illiterate Russian immigrants living in upstate New York, the legendary actor pulled himself out of poverty to become one of the most famous men in the world.

“My parents came from Russia and my original name was Izzy Danielovitch,” Douglas told People in 2015. He changed his name, unwieldy and too Semitic for Hollywood at the time, to Kirk Douglas before pursuing a career in show business. “I wish I had kept it,...

Los Angeles - U2 guitarist The Edge has struck a sour note with the California Coastal Commission, which rejected his plans to build five mansions on a Malibu ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. The commission rejected the controversial proposal by a vote of 8-4 on Thursday, following five years of legal wrangling. 'In 38 years of this commission's existence, this is one of the three worst projects that I've seen in terms of environmental devastation,' said Peter Douglas, the agency's executive director. 'It's a contradiction in terms - you can't be serious about being an environmentalist and pick this location' given the effects on habitat, land formation, scenic views and water quality. According...

U2 guitarist The Edge has been told his property development proposal would be one of the all-time 'worst' for environmental devastation. The Elevation rocker - whose real name is David Evans - had a proposal to construct five mansions overlooking Malibu rejected by the California Coastal Commission yesterday (16.06.11), despite making reassurances that the venture would be environmentally-friendly. After turning down the scheme by a vote of 8-4, the commission's executive director Peter Douglas said: 'In 38 years of this commission's existence, this is one of the three worst projects that I've seen in terms of environmental devastation 'It's a contradiction in terms...

Moviegoers have already expressed much hatred for the remake disease that is affecting Hollywood these days. However, Peter Douglas is taking one step further, and creating his very own studio strictly for remakes and sequels.

Deadline Hollywood reports that Peter Douglas will be using Vincent Pictures to create remakes to Seven Days in May, Seconds, and Grand Prix, which all starred his father Kirk Douglas. Peter will be financing the films himself, and is reaching out to other filmmakers for distribution, production, and financing deals.

Montecito-based indie production company Vincent Pictures is developing only remakes and/or sequels to various John Frankenheimer-direct films that Kirk Douglas either produced or starred in reports Deadline.

Producer Peter Douglas ("Whip It," "Fletch"), one of Kirk's sons and half-brother to Michael Douglas, has secured most of the rights and will self-finance the acquisitions along with partnering with established filmmakers who have existing distribution, production and/or financing deals.

The short list of films include 1958 adventure feature "The Vikings", Frankenheimer's 1964 political thriller "Seven Days In May", 1966's "Seconds" starring Rock Hudson, famed 1966 racing drama "Grand Prix", and 1980 naval time travel feature "The Final Countdown".

This story is almost bait for fans of John Frankenheimer, but in reality I’m reporting on it because there’s one good idea in here. And, frankly, I’m utterly mystified by the rest. Peter Douglas, the son of Kirk Douglas, has chosen a new direction for his company Vincent Pictures: he’ll develop only remakes and sequels [...]...

"Seven Days In May," "Seconds," "Grand Prix," "The Vikings" & "The Final Countdown" Will Get Remade Peter Douglas, son of Kirk Douglas and half-brother of Michael Douglas, has produced a handful of movies over the years like "Whip It!" most recently, and a handful of titles through the '80s and '90s including "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and both "Fletch" films. But he may have stumbled across his most lucrative (and worst) idea yet: remaking the movies his dad starred in and/or produced. Deadline reports that Peter Douglas has put forward a production slate with his Vincent Pictures that will…...

Peter Douglas is going retro with his Montecito based indie Vincent Pictures and focusing only on remakes and sequels of such interesting 1960s film fare as director John Frankenheimer's. Not surprisingly, most of the rights already secured are from films that his father Kirk Douglas produced or starred in, with Peter self-financing the acquisitions and intending to form partnerships with established filmmakers who have existing distribution, production, and financing deals. But many of these movies were iconic, so the pressure will be on to ensure these modern reinterpretations live up to their reputations. The list includes Seven Days In May, the gripping 1964 political thriller from Frankenheimer who directed one of Kirk's best performances, Seconds, the 1966 cult classic elevated because Frankenheimer coaxed Rock Hudson's best dramatic work, and Grand Prix, which featured Frankenheimer's fab racing footage, became one of the 10 highest grossing films of 1966, and won Academy Awards for Best Sound Effects,...