Yeah, I know, I’m pretty bummed out about it myself. At the rate this thing is going it’s going to DWARF the original Stoker. Dracula is going to get pushed out by…Team Edward.
A little part of me just died typing that.
But it’s no less true for my squeamishness. The number one pre-selling title of all time, at least as far as Fandango goes, is New Moon. In fact, at the rate it’s going, there’s a good chance that theater owners will be resorting to little-known techniques like interlocking the reels to reduce the length of show times, or even running continuous loop showtimes, in which there’s no, or at least a minimum of, time between shows to get the most possible in a day.
One way or another, this thing is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year. The Twifans have already bought their tickets and there will be virtually no competition on that weekend. The only alternative is Planet 51 and a handful of limited release titles. Thus, there’s pretty much no way that New Moon won’t take top spot this weekend.
The Prince of Wales stately knights Sir Christopher Lee, who is also known as Star Wars’ Count Dooku and of course – Dracula, received a knighthood for his services to drama and charity.
Lee is 87-years-old and is easily one of cinema’s most productive actors He appeared in more than 250 films over the course of a career to date has spanned 61 years.
Lee not only has been in Star Wars Prequels, but has started in The Wicker Man and the James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun.
He will next be seen in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.
Having handled Jason in Friday the 13th, director Marcus Nispel is in talks to helmThe Last Voyage of Demeter for Phoenix Pictures.
It will be based on a chapter in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”, describing the arrival of the vampire count in England on a cargo ship that has crashed into the rocks at Whitby with no crew and the dead captain lashed to the steering wheel. The story is told through the captain’s log of the voyage, which gets increasingly disjointed as the crew starts disappearing.
The story has been adapted by Robert Schwentke. Production on the film is set to begin later this year.
Having handled Jason in Friday the 13th, director Marcus Nispel is