Jack Harris, who produced the 1958 horror classic “The Blob” and later became the oldest person to get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, died Tuesday at age 98. He died of natural causes in Beverly Hills, his daughter, The Wonderful Company owner Lynda Resnick, told the Associated Press. A World War II veteran who worked in movie marketing, publicity and distribution, Harris went on to produce John Carpenter’s “Dark Star,” John Landis’ “Schlock” and the Irvin Kershner thriller “Eyes of Laura Mars,” starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones. Also Read: Rob Zombie Ditches 'Blob' Remake for 'Lords of.
- 3/14/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Once you’re absorbed by its terror, you can’t scream. We'll see if Samuel L. Jackson can avoid the slimy grasp of the galaxy's most feared gelatinous alien, as it's been revealed that the veteran actor will star in Goldcrest Films' remake of 1958's The Blob.
According to ScreenDaily, Jackson will star in The Blob remake as "a biochemistry professor attempting to thwart the other-worldly predator discovered deep within the earth." The film begins shooting this fall with Simon West (The Expendables 2, Con Air) in the director's chair.
Linking the upcoming remake to the original, Jack Harris, the producer of 1958's The Blob, will be one of the executive producers of the remake. Also producing the project are Richard Saperstein (Se7en, The Mist) and Brian Witten (Final Destination, 2009's Friday the 13th), both of whom have been behind strong horror genre offerings from the last two decades. They...
According to ScreenDaily, Jackson will star in The Blob remake as "a biochemistry professor attempting to thwart the other-worldly predator discovered deep within the earth." The film begins shooting this fall with Simon West (The Expendables 2, Con Air) in the director's chair.
Linking the upcoming remake to the original, Jack Harris, the producer of 1958's The Blob, will be one of the executive producers of the remake. Also producing the project are Richard Saperstein (Se7en, The Mist) and Brian Witten (Final Destination, 2009's Friday the 13th), both of whom have been behind strong horror genre offerings from the last two decades. They...
- 5/14/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of Simon West's upcoming remake of the sci-fi classic "The Blob" at Goldcrest Films. Filming on the project begins this Fall.
Jackson will play a biochemistry professor attempting to thwart the gelatinous other-worldly predator discovered deep within the earth.
Jack Harris, Judith Parker Harris, Taewon Chung, Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten will produce.
Source: THR...
Jackson will play a biochemistry professor attempting to thwart the gelatinous other-worldly predator discovered deep within the earth.
Jack Harris, Judith Parker Harris, Taewon Chung, Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten will produce.
Source: THR...
- 5/14/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Refresh for latest… Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of Simon West's sci-fi thriller The Blob, a remake of the 1958 classic about an alien life form that threatens a small town. The film is set to shoot in the fall. Jackson will play a biochemistry professor attempting to thwart the otherworldly predator in the pic. It is being produced by Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten along with Jack Harris, the producer of the original 1958 film, Judith Parker Harris, and…...
- 5/14/2015
- Deadline
Exclusive: Pulp Fiction star boards in-demand thriller remake.
Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to play in Simon West’s (Con Air) remake of 1958 cult classic The Blob, which is due to shoot this fall with additional casting due to be announced shortly.
The sci-fi thriller follows the mayhem caused by an alien life form that threatens a small town.
Jackson will play a biochemistry professor attempting to thwart the other-worldly predator discovered deep within the earth.
Goldcrest, which is shopping the film in Cannes, has reportedly seen strong demand for the film in key territories.
Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten will produce along with Jack Harris, the 96-year-old producer of the original 1958 film, Judith Parker Harris, and Tae Won Chung.
Goldcrest Post will be providing picture and sound post production services and visual effects under supervisor Chris Haney (Avatar).
Director West said: “I have been waiting to work with Samuel L. Jackson my whole career. He is...
Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to play in Simon West’s (Con Air) remake of 1958 cult classic The Blob, which is due to shoot this fall with additional casting due to be announced shortly.
The sci-fi thriller follows the mayhem caused by an alien life form that threatens a small town.
Jackson will play a biochemistry professor attempting to thwart the other-worldly predator discovered deep within the earth.
Goldcrest, which is shopping the film in Cannes, has reportedly seen strong demand for the film in key territories.
Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten will produce along with Jack Harris, the 96-year-old producer of the original 1958 film, Judith Parker Harris, and Tae Won Chung.
Goldcrest Post will be providing picture and sound post production services and visual effects under supervisor Chris Haney (Avatar).
Director West said: “I have been waiting to work with Samuel L. Jackson my whole career. He is...
- 5/14/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
B-movie classic The Blob is getting another remake. Why? I couldn’t tell you, but here we are. Goldcrest Films is moving forward with the project, which the studio has set The Expendables 2 helmer Simon West to direct.
The 1958 cult classic, directed by Irvin Yeaworth, starred a young Steve McQueen as a teenager whose small Pennsylvania hometown is unexpectedly threatened when a gelatinous alien life-form emerges from a meteor and begins to consume the townfolk, growing larger in size with every new victim and oozing forward with no indication of stopping.
The Blob, though received with mixed reviews at the time of its release, is now held up as a prime example of B-movie entertainment. It birthed a sequel, Larry Hagman’s 1972 Beware! The Blob, and was previously remade in 1988 by Chuck Russell. Producers on this remake are Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten.
West said of his new take:...
The 1958 cult classic, directed by Irvin Yeaworth, starred a young Steve McQueen as a teenager whose small Pennsylvania hometown is unexpectedly threatened when a gelatinous alien life-form emerges from a meteor and begins to consume the townfolk, growing larger in size with every new victim and oozing forward with no indication of stopping.
The Blob, though received with mixed reviews at the time of its release, is now held up as a prime example of B-movie entertainment. It birthed a sequel, Larry Hagman’s 1972 Beware! The Blob, and was previously remade in 1988 by Chuck Russell. Producers on this remake are Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten.
West said of his new take:...
- 1/22/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Golcrest to launch sci-fi remake at Efm; UTA rep Us.
Con Air director Simon West is to direct a remake of sci-fi classic The Blob.
Goldcrest will launch sales on the title at the Efm and will co-produce alongside Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten and co-financiers Taewon Entertainment & A-List Corporation.
Production on the remake of the 1958 sci-fi classic about an alien life-form that threatens a small town is due to get underway this summer.
Taewon Entertainment & A-List Corporation, based in Korea, will co-finance as their first major English-language project.
Jack Harris, the 96-year-old producer of the original 1958 film, will executive produce along with Judith Parker Harris, Shara Kay, and Laurence Freed.
Pascal Degove and Nick Quested will executive producer for Goldcrest; Tae Won Chung will executive produce for Taewon Entertainment and Ju Young You for A-List Corporation. Michael Roban, Michael Harpster, Kyu C. Lee, Armen Aghaeian, Edward Mokhtarian, Geno Tazioli, Holly Kobzina...
Con Air director Simon West is to direct a remake of sci-fi classic The Blob.
Goldcrest will launch sales on the title at the Efm and will co-produce alongside Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten and co-financiers Taewon Entertainment & A-List Corporation.
Production on the remake of the 1958 sci-fi classic about an alien life-form that threatens a small town is due to get underway this summer.
Taewon Entertainment & A-List Corporation, based in Korea, will co-finance as their first major English-language project.
Jack Harris, the 96-year-old producer of the original 1958 film, will executive produce along with Judith Parker Harris, Shara Kay, and Laurence Freed.
Pascal Degove and Nick Quested will executive producer for Goldcrest; Tae Won Chung will executive produce for Taewon Entertainment and Ju Young You for A-List Corporation. Michael Roban, Michael Harpster, Kyu C. Lee, Armen Aghaeian, Edward Mokhtarian, Geno Tazioli, Holly Kobzina...
- 1/22/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: It crawls! It creeps! It’s getting a remake. Goldcrest Films is set to co-produce an update of 1958 horror/sci-fi classic The Blob. Simon West (Wild Card, The Mechanic, Expendables 2) is directing with principal photography eyed for this summer. Producers are Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten (Cell). Korea’s Taewon Entertainment and A-List Corporation are co-financing with Goldcrest.
The original film, which was released by Paramount, starred a young Steve McQueen. The story sees a gelatinous alien life-form emerge from a crashed meteor and begin to ooze through Downingtown, Pa, eating the townsfolk as it goes. Check out the original trailer below.
Goldcrest is also handling international sales and distribution and will launch the film at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin. UTA is brokering U.S. distribution rights; the agency reps West.
A 1972 sequel, Beware! The Blob, was helmed by Larry Hagman, and in 1988, Chuck Russell...
The original film, which was released by Paramount, starred a young Steve McQueen. The story sees a gelatinous alien life-form emerge from a crashed meteor and begin to ooze through Downingtown, Pa, eating the townsfolk as it goes. Check out the original trailer below.
Goldcrest is also handling international sales and distribution and will launch the film at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin. UTA is brokering U.S. distribution rights; the agency reps West.
A 1972 sequel, Beware! The Blob, was helmed by Larry Hagman, and in 1988, Chuck Russell...
- 1/22/2015
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Here’s more sneak peeks into what you can expect at Iifa! The International Indian Film Academy (Iifa) will showcase the Myntra.com Iifa Rocks on Thursday, a night of glamour, high fashion and entertainment which will witness the coming together of the best in Indian fashion and music! The high-end event which is one of the key initiatives of the Videocon D2H Iifa Weekend will be held on 24th of April at the Tampa Convention Center. The title sponsors of the event is Myntra, India’s largest e-commerce store for fashion and lifestyle products.
Hosted by the stunning Gauhar Khan and Iifa nominee, actor, Vivek Oberoi, Myntra.com Iifa Rocks will showcase leading Indian designers from India and the host nation, Vikram Phadnis, Manish Malhotra and the Us-based Amita Bal. While ace designer Manish Malhotra will display an exquisite collection from Shabana Azmi’s Ngo, the Mijwan Welfare Society,...
Hosted by the stunning Gauhar Khan and Iifa nominee, actor, Vivek Oberoi, Myntra.com Iifa Rocks will showcase leading Indian designers from India and the host nation, Vikram Phadnis, Manish Malhotra and the Us-based Amita Bal. While ace designer Manish Malhotra will display an exquisite collection from Shabana Azmi’s Ngo, the Mijwan Welfare Society,...
- 4/24/2014
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Nice! The Hollywood Walk of Fame committee announced its 2014 honorees in a ceremony today featuring Jennifer Lopez, who received a star. The latest group of entertainers whose names will grace Hollywood Boulevard includes Giancarlo Esposito and Tavis Smiley for their achievements in television, as well as a posthumous honor for Tupac Shakur in recording. Legendary songwriting/producing team Holland-Dozier-Holland were also honored in music. Of note, there were no black honorees in film. Rounding out the honorees to receive stars in 2014 are Orlando Bloom, Ray Dolby, Sally Field, Jack Harris, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Liam Neeson, Paul Mazursky and Tom Sherak for film;...
- 6/20/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Nice! The Hollywood Walk of Fame committee announced its 2014 honorees in a ceremony today featuring Jennifer Lopez, who received a star. The latest group of entertainers whose names will grace Hollywood Boulevard includes Giancarlo Esposito and Rickey Smiley for their achievements in television, as well as a posthumous honor for Tupac Shakur in recording. Legendary songwriting/producing team Holland-Dozier-Holland were also honored in music. Of note, there were no black honorees in film. Rounding out the honorees to receive stars in 2014 are Orlando Bloom, Ray Dolby, Sally Field, Jack Harris, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Liam Neeson, Paul Mazursky and Tom Sherak for...
- 6/20/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Here's the thing... if you put a stop-motion monster in... well... anything, we will watch it and do so happily. I mean, screw CGI; stop-motion is Still where it's at, if only for the charm of it all. On tap right now we have a loving homage to the horror movies of yesteryear, The Beast from Twenty Zillion Years Ago!
Created by artist Ryan Lengyel, you're about to bear witness to the stop-motion story of a two-headed dinosaur and his struggles in the modern world. It's a true tribute to Ray Harryhausen, Kaiju films, Jack Harris, the Dinosaurs Attack trading card series, and more! Enough talk! At just under seven minutes long, how could you possibly resist!
Good on ya, Ryan! Bravo, my friend!
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Created by artist Ryan Lengyel, you're about to bear witness to the stop-motion story of a two-headed dinosaur and his struggles in the modern world. It's a true tribute to Ray Harryhausen, Kaiju films, Jack Harris, the Dinosaurs Attack trading card series, and more! Enough talk! At just under seven minutes long, how could you possibly resist!
Good on ya, Ryan! Bravo, my friend!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Get animated in the comments section below!
- 6/10/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Chilliwack, B.C. - A co-founder of iconic Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive had a sexual relationship with a girl between the age of 11 and 14, a B.C. judge was told this week.
“I felt the relationship was very sick,” Stacy Bohun, 24, recalled during court testimony in B.C. Supreme Court, where Tim Bachman is on trial for sex assault, sexual interference of a person under 14 and sexual touching of a young person.
“He would get me to sit on his lap and kiss him,” she added. “One time he tried to French kiss me ... It was just a lot of weird, inappropriate things.”
A ban on publication was imposed in 2010 on the name of Bachman to shield the identity of the complainant. But the bans on both Bachman and Bohun were lifted Wednesday by Justice Neill Brown after an application by a reporter with The Canadian Press.
The request...
“I felt the relationship was very sick,” Stacy Bohun, 24, recalled during court testimony in B.C. Supreme Court, where Tim Bachman is on trial for sex assault, sexual interference of a person under 14 and sexual touching of a young person.
“He would get me to sit on his lap and kiss him,” she added. “One time he tried to French kiss me ... It was just a lot of weird, inappropriate things.”
A ban on publication was imposed in 2010 on the name of Bachman to shield the identity of the complainant. But the bans on both Bachman and Bohun were lifted Wednesday by Justice Neill Brown after an application by a reporter with The Canadian Press.
The request...
- 4/10/2013
- by CP
- Huffington Post
Idw Publishing has announced The Creativity of Steve Ditko. Craig Yoe's 200-page hardcover explores the life and work of the famously elusive Spider-Man and Doctor Strange co-creator. The book features Ditko's work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, as well as his later, unique and creative projects, many of which are collected for the first time. It also includes essays by Paul Levitz, Mike Gold, Jack Harris, Mikal Banta, and Amber Stanton. Ditko created Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee before moving to DC, where he created a host of characters including the Question, the Creeper and Hawk and Dove. The artist and writer has famously (more)...
- 6/2/2012
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
Press Release:
San Diego, CA (May 31, 2012) – Celebrated, mercurial, enigmatic, and influential are a few words that have been used to describe legendary comics creator Steve Ditko. Co-creating Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee are only a couple of achievements earned by Ditko in his storied career.
Since his Marvel and DC days, Ditko has produced a litany of fiercely independent, wildly creative works; many of which are collected here in this large-format, oversized, full-color hardback for the first time! The Creativity Of Steve Ditko, designed by the Eisner Award-winning Craig Yoe features essays by Paul Levitz, Mike Gold, Jack Harris, Mikal Banta, and Amber Stanton.
Yoe, who credits Ditko comics as what inspired him to be in this field and is one of the few people that has been invited to the creator’s studio says, “Yoe Books’ very first offering was The Art of Ditko. Over two years and many books ago,...
San Diego, CA (May 31, 2012) – Celebrated, mercurial, enigmatic, and influential are a few words that have been used to describe legendary comics creator Steve Ditko. Co-creating Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee are only a couple of achievements earned by Ditko in his storied career.
Since his Marvel and DC days, Ditko has produced a litany of fiercely independent, wildly creative works; many of which are collected here in this large-format, oversized, full-color hardback for the first time! The Creativity Of Steve Ditko, designed by the Eisner Award-winning Craig Yoe features essays by Paul Levitz, Mike Gold, Jack Harris, Mikal Banta, and Amber Stanton.
Yoe, who credits Ditko comics as what inspired him to be in this field and is one of the few people that has been invited to the creator’s studio says, “Yoe Books’ very first offering was The Art of Ditko. Over two years and many books ago,...
- 5/31/2012
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
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