tagged w/ John Landis
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John Landis is making a comeback with Burke and Hare. Check out the director's best films. Which one is your favourite?John Landis is making a comeback with Burke and Hare. Check out the director's... more
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Does John Landis get the recognition he deserves? Are his films better than his contemporaries - Spielberg, Lucas, Dante, Zemeckis, Reitman, Ramis? What is your favourite John Landis movie?Does John Landis get the recognition he deserves? Are his films better than his... more
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Top10Films.co.uk are running a series about films that go great together such as those with similar themes, plot lines, character traits and motivation, settings etc. Their first "Midnight Double Feature" is Martin Scorsese's After Hours and John Landis' Into The Night - two films about disillusioned, single thirty-something men seeking a purpose in life and ending up have a strange up wonderful adventure set over the period of one night.
What other films work well together as a Double Feature?Top10Films.co.uk are running a series about films that go great together such as those... more
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Back in August, the news broke(http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/08/23/simon-pegg-cast-in-john-landis-new-film-burke-and-hare/) that Simon Pegg would be taking on a lead role in John Landis' forthcoming feature project Burke and Hare, the true story of Irish immigrants William Burke and William Hare, who murdered and sold the corpses of their 17 victims to the Edinburgh Medical College for dissection. Though there was some uncertainty as to whether Pegg was locked into the picture, it has since been confirmed that Pegg will indeed taking on the role of Burke, and now(http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17658) Bloody Disgusting reports that David Tennant (of BBC's "Doctor Who") will be filling in as Hare. Sounds like the perfect return to the big screen for Landis.Back in August, the news... more
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The director of the influential music video "Thriller" has sued pop star Michael Jackson over his share of profits from the 14-minute work.
Filmmaker John Landis, who co-wrote and directed the 1983 "Thriller" video, filed a breach of contract lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court just days before Broadway producers announced this week they had bought the rights to adapt the video for the stage.The director of the influential music video "Thriller" has sued pop star... more
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