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1:43 PM 2/14/03 Exclusive Snake Anime News!!! As it appears on
the Coming Attractions website. I swear this movie has me sooooo pumped! Gonna
go see Daredevil later on today too!
CA Exclusive:
Snake Gets Animated
8:13 PM 2/5/03 Snake Anime Details!!! The who, the when, and the where of the Snake Plissken anime
courtesy of Ain’t It Cool. I was hoping the storys in the anime would take
after EFNY, not EFLA.
8:38 PM 1/16/03 HAPPY BIRTH DAY JC!!! Sheesh, this place is deader than the flies laying near my
sweat socks….oh well…I thought it was kinda dead too….nice to know I came up on
the birthday wishes on time this year! He’s 55!
7:37 PM 10/28/02 60 Seconds on AMC!!! More confirmation on the AMC Halloween brouhaha involving JC.
Courtesy of JonS’ two emails sent today.
You can’t jump or look up in THE THING PS2 video
game (that bites!)
Hey Mohammad,
Just thought I would let you know that some of those 60 Second Screams are up at amctv.com, located in the screening room section. There is also an introduction from Carpenter.
Thanks for the great site,
Jon Solita
jsolita@attbi.com
www.no-name-films.com
Email deux from JonS….
I forgot to mention this in my last e-mail... Carpenter is hosting the 60 Second Screamers show that airs on Halloween night at midnight... well, depending on your time-zone its midnight. Unlike the Halloween Backstory, this appears to be only scheduled once so make sure you tune in.
1:27 PM 10/26/02 JC on AMC!!! News on JC appearing on the AMC channel, I wonder if this has
anything to do with the Backstory show he’ll be appearing on as well (see JCTV)
From an email by Dedrick.
Hello,
The American Movie Classics channel is having Monsterfest starting OCt. 18 and JC is hosting a show throughout called something like 60 second screamers, where they give directors 60 seconds to scare you. I checked the schedule and there are no scheduled times for it to air so I think it will be during commercial breaks. It should be good from what I saw on the commercial.
Dedrick
11:26 PM 9/19/02 Lose Hours on The Thing!!! A glowing review of the new PlayStation game. From Corona
Coming Attractions.
"The
Thing" Reviewed For the PS2
6:10 PM 9/8/02 The Thing PS2 Commercial!!! Imagine my surprise yesterday while watching television. As the
commercials came on I found myself watching the PlayStation 2 commercial for
The Thing playing. It went by quite fast but I was impressed nonetheless. You
even get to hear Ennio Morricone’s theme as well as the burn-title sequence.
The game plays up on the paranoia aspect of not being able to trust your
teamates and the only monster from the clip I can remember seeing was some guy
with his head busted open like some giant flower. The tag line to the
commercial? “No one survives alone.”
As a side note, I’ve started a new website for
some time. It’s all about horror short story reviews I’ve done and continue to
do. If you’re interested in such a topic then by all means, drop by The Conqueror Review.
6:26 PM 9/4/02 Universal Has Not Offered The
Thing 2 to JC!!! At least that’s what
JC is saying so rumors of his excessive $$ demands are false. What else is Uni
hiding I wonder? From Ain’t It Cool.
So What Does John
Carpenter Think About This THING 2 Buzz Going Around The Web?
9:27 PM 8/30/02 John Carpenter Talks About
EFNY DVD Bank Robbery!!! The missing
scene is being worked on as we speak and here is a quote from Carpenter. From an
excerpt of Mister Jon Doe’s email on the ITMOM list on 8/27/2002
"We actually found the opening 10 minutes that I had cut out of the
picture, and I've scored it and we've put some sound effects on it,"
he said. "It will be on the DVD, along with Kurt and I commentating."
The Fog - Remake!!! Yes, John Carpenter and Debra Hill are at it again, peddling
a remake of The Fog of all things! From Dark Horizons by way of the Creature
Corner.
The Thing – Part 2!!! Universal is kicking up dust that they might be interested in
a Thing sequel what with all the hoopla around the new PlayStation game reviews
being so good and all as well as the pictures cult following. The studio also
is in interested in John’s idea about directing it, but it appears Carpenter is
balking due to $$. I don’t give a shit who directs this, it just sounds like a
bad idea, The Thing is quite literally the Holy Grail of John’s films and
there’s nothing, I don’t care how good it is that could top what the original
did. Nothing period. And with JC’s recent shoddy directorial efforts, a new
director might be needed. Either way, this is a losing proposition but don’t
get me wrong I still love the idea that someone is stupid enough to tackle it
and offering fans something. It’s just, scary the implications of what the end
result might be. Read on at the new page dedicated to the sequel. From Coming
Attractions.
8:51 PM 8/23/02 Pack of Lies!!! As per the scoop below there’s a new anti-smoking campaign
set up by the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center that incorporates THEY LIVE in one of its “commissioned
artwork to be mass-distributed“Courtesy of Mark Lenahan’s email on the ITMOM
list.
There is a new anti-smoking campaign and the centerpiece is a poster using a
scene from "They Live".
You can see the artwork at 
7:23 PM 8/6/02 Big Trouble Figures!!! Pictures of the BTILC gang in full plastic glory! Seems like
we’re relegated to six of them, hope I’m wrong but they look cool. My McFarlane
Snake Plissken sits atop my monitor as I type this and even thoug he doesn’t
“look” like Kurt Russell he still gives his approval. Thanks to Dedrick’s email
to me today.
Hello,
I love your website and just thought I'd let you know that there is an
update and new pictures of the BTILC figures at:
http://www.aftimes.com/2002comcon/n2mirage/index.html
Dedrick
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Snake Plissken Online!!! There's a new online site dedicated to Snake Plissken as
well, called Snake Plissken Online, check it out! The permanent link can be
accessed from JC
Specific.
12:05 PM 8/5/02 More on Snake Plissken's
Return!!! We find out that the death
of the ill fated EFNY tv show is behind the reknewed flurry of activity on
Snake Plissken merchandise recently reported in the WWW. As such the article
below provides a little more clarity on this issue and the direction the anime
films will go in. From Cinescape Online.
More
on Snake Plissken's Return
7:09 PM 7/31/02 The Voice & Face Behind
Plissken in Anime & in Video Games!!! Did you know that Kurt Russell will be providing the voice
for Snake in the new anime feature coming out? Or that Russell himself will be providing
motion capture moves to be scanned for a possible 2004 video game? Now this is
some cool ass news. From The Hollywood Reporter and Sci Fi Wire. You can do it
put your ass into it, I can do it put your back into it – yeah!
'Escape'
artist Snake eyeing big comeback
6:53 PM 7/29/02 Snake Slithers Back!!! Panels from the comic book as well as a plethora of GREAT
Snake related tidbits including a Japanese anime feature and novels! From
Various sources including Ain’t It Cool, Cinescape, CHUD, Comics2Film and
Comics Continuum.
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and MORE: San Diego - Snake Plissken is Back!
Snake Plissken Goes
From Film To Comics
1:30 PM 7/28/02 John Carpenter's Snake Plissken
Chronicles!!! Coming Attractions
breaks news on a new comic book series based on Snake Plissken. Here’s where to
link to it. My only problem? The title sounds like a rip off of the film sequel
to PITCH BLACK called THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK. Well, if we can’t have another
film sequel **cough** bastard escape from l.a. **cough** then comics are the
next best thing. I certainly hope they make Snake look like Kurt Russell. This
might just get me back into collecting comic books again! Iron Man forever!!!!
Hehe….From Coming Attractions.
I've created a new thread about this story on our message forums which will tell you all the info you're dying to know. Dig in, pardner. It's back to Blue Crush for me.
Patrick@CA
Okay,
it comes out in January and will have some features, but three for sure:
Well,
its not and the ENTIRE deleted scene will be on the DVD."
8:05 PM 7/19/02 Weedkiller Douses Triffid
Rumor!!!: The Day of the Triffids
remake? Not going to happen, and why should it? I remember seeing a completely
engrossing BBC adaptation in the mid to late eighties that was awesome. From an
email by Craig H.
Hi, Mohammad,
Thought I'd keep you up to date about the rumour I told you previously of JC being involved in a 'Triffid' remake.
Well, alas, it isn't true.
I recently got an e-mail from JC's personal assistant, who was very kind in contacting me. She wrote that this wasn't true but they were currently looking at a new project.
I replied, very politely, and tried to get some more info on this and, you never know, may get a response. I wasn't expecting a personal response the last time so fingers crossed, eh?
It was great that JC's folks spend the time to reply to fan's queries, and I'm just sorry that I gave you and others wrong information. So, many apologies, folks.
Anyhoo, I will let you know if I have any news on the new project. It may be more exiting than the 'Triffid' film, anyway. But that did sound so cool!
Cheers for now,
Craig.
11:30 PM 7/15/02 Vampires: Los Muertos
Trashed!!!: The straight to video
sequel to JC’s Vampires is soundly thrashed in the following reviews, the first
from a Matt G’s post on the ITMOM list last Saturday, the other courtesy of
AICN as of today.
You're right, that is the business, and you might think it's crappy but if you look at it this way, the studio put up the money to do the film, so
it's pretty much up to them what they decide to do with it.
And after watching the movie, I have to agree with the studio decision, an no offense to Mr. Wallace, but there was no amount of post work in the
world that could have made that movie a viable theatrical release. The story is pretty much a retelling of the first one but without any
edge and on a way smaller budget. Instead of James Woods and his team, we get Bon Jovi who says I'm the lone Ranger and I work alone. again there's the
master vampire and the black cross, but we've seen it all before. There's absolutely no new ground covered here.
One major problem is (and there are several), Jon looks so uncomfortable in a lead role and he gives his performance a rounded off fuzzy edge to it. It makes you long for James Woods to pop up and scream the F word at him a few dozen times.
There are a few sequences, like the original, that tease that this ould have be okay and maybe interesting, but it never takes foot. Instead we get a lot of those half second nightmare flashes of people doing nasty things and vampires moving at super speed and more then one subplot and style borrowed from the already failed Vampire movie, The Forsaken. I can't really say that logic takes a back seat during this movie, because quite frankly, I don't even think it ever gets into the car. It's okay, neither does continuity, a plot line, acting, etc. etc.Tommy Lee Wallace might have dreamt that this could have gone theatrical and that very well may have been the intent. Like I said previously, Bon Jovi is a bankable talent, but they just needed to take the script in a new direction instead of traveling down the well worn roads of cliché like the female love interest whose also been bitten, will she turn into a vampire? Will she attack? Or how about the kid teenage sidekick who just happens to be an excellent spear thrower?
On the whole, I say it's worth checking out if you're a hard core JC fan, but then again, you might be better off just popping in the original instead of this extremely tired and flat version.
Matt
Vern reviews JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES: LOS MUERTES!
8:26 PM 7/8/02 Prince Of
Darkness Book!!!: There’s news of a
new JC related book coming out soon. From an email excerpt of Marco Brazia’s
post on the ITMOM list.
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7:12 PM 7/1/02 New JC Rumor Sprouting!!!: Wow, this site is jumping with news something CRAZY MAD ya
know? Hehehe….Well I’ll be damned, 2002 still has some JC news to report &
I’ll leave the crux of DVD news to the boys at Marc Bright’s or Stefan
Bommelin’s page, they do a good job at that kind of stuff, I’ll stick to the
smaller stuff. Like this below, one of the more bizarre rumors I’ve heard
before but that could work as an ensemble piece a la BTILC. Thanks to an email
from Craig in the UK.
Hi,
I've just heard the JC may be reuniting with Kurt to make a 'Day Of The Triffids' remake.
Could this be true?
Thought I'd let ya know.
Cheers,
Craig (UK)
7:52 PM 2/5/02 No BLISS For JC!!!: Find out who Derek Bliss is and his connection to Jack Crowe
as well as finding out more than you ever wanted to know about the Vampires 2
film saga by clicking below. From the Sci-Fi Wire.
7:31 PM 2/4/02 Will There Be A Vampires 3???: Or maybe I should re-phrase that question, do we even care?
Hehe….check out what’s being said about this Jon Bon Jovi action bonanza. Lotsa
blood, lotsa action, lotsa hair goin’ on in this one! Man, no one cuts Bon Jovi
a break do they? Hehehe…! From today’s edition of Dark Horizons.
7:48 PM 1/29/02 More Cinematheque Q&A!!!: More info regarding this celebration of JC’s work including
some disheartening news for EFNY fans. JC once and for all confirms that the
opening footage of the Bank Robbery scene is gone, nonexistent and will NEVER
be seen. Damn! And to add insult to injury how about the EFNY series? Dead. Not
gonna happen as per JC. Well geeze, I mean I’m glad someone decided to inform
the fans (dumbass studios). Read
on about what else was said. From Ain’t It Cool News.
More on the John
Carpenter Retrospect at the Cinematheque
8:13 PM 1/27/02 Cinematheque Q&A!!!: Info about JC’s appearance at the Egyptian Theater to a
packed audience who’d just seen The Thing. From Ain’t It Cool News.
Randy on John
Carpenter's Presentation of THE THING at the Cinematheque
8:05 PM 1/17/02 Birthdays, News, &
Goodbye!!!: Yesterday was JC’s
birthday, happy birthday old boy (he’s 54). My longstanding tradition of not
posting news of JC’s birthday on time on this site is legendary, I’m always off
by days, hours whatever. Usually I chalk it up to my forgetfulness but this
year I had a good reason as my grandfather passed away on January 14 (my little
brother’s birthday – happy birthday Omar!) and I was summoned away from town
all of a sudden and got back today
Anyway, news slated for January 14 th
is below, courtesy of Dark Horizons.
John
Carpenter records "They Live" and "Prince of Darkness" DVD
tracks
9:05 PM 1/9/02 Thing Preview Video!!!: Well, the news of the game is old hat, but the video is new!
From an email by pooper scooper DeanS.
Hey, I just found out yesterday that a game is coming out in Spring 2002 for the Playstation2, X-Box, and PC called "The Thing" and it is in fact a sequel to the John Carpenter movie. Here's a link to the preview video: http://195.92.178.248/media2/01_02/thing.rm
8:39 PM 1/3/02 Go Get Your Head Ripped Off!!!: At the new Thing Website goin’ round and assimilating
everybody. It’s called Outpost 31 and it can be reached via JC
Specific.
8:39 PM 1/3/02
American Cinematheque Presents...!!!: A tribute to JC and his films and you can meet him live over
the course of several days even! From Marco Brazia’s post on the ITMOM List
today.
American Cinematheque Presents...
Escape Artist: A Tribute to John Carpenter In-Person!
January. 25-31, 2002
Click here for more information:
http://www.egyptiantheatre.com/archive1999/2002/jcarpenter.htm
Fans of JC what are you waiting! go and say to the Master to not stop making movies!!
6:04 PM 12/31/01 Metal Gear Solid 2/ Carpenter
Reference!!!: This is the ONLY JC site to come at you with
some news on the last day of 2001, fittingly all about the enduring popularity
of Snake Plissken. Thanks to Styx for his email from yesterday.
Also, happy new year to all my friends on the
Internet and all the visitors to this page. I hope 2002 is as much a blast for
us as this year was!
And finally happy new year to my darling wife as
well, I love ya baby! Here’s a wet one for ya! *SMOOCH*
And now, onto the news….
Hey,
In the playstation 2 game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty; the main character Solid Snake says during the game that his name is Plissken. Given that his codename is Snake, i'm guessing this is a homage to the great anti-hero Snake Plissken. Just thought i would let you know about it. I love the site. Thanks
Styx
11:03 PM 12/18/01 Angel/Carpenter
reference!!!: I really have stopped
watching network television in lieu of my newest fave, the SCREAM network, all
horror all freaking day! But that doesn’t mean that cool dudes like KenP don’t
watch it though. From his email from last Monday, December 17th,
sorry for the lateness.
Not sure if you heard about or saw Angel last Monday but -
There is a scene where characters Wesley and Gunn are about to face an onslaught of demons and vampires who are breaking into their office. Wesley comments that he is visualizing himself as John Wayne in Rio Bravo and asks Gunn who he is thinking of and Gunn says "Austin Stoker - Assault on Precinct 13"
KP
8:10 PM 12/6/01 Interviews Galore!!!: JC related interviews up the wazoo, from new JC webmaster
Steven Nash and good old standby MarcoB. From their posts on the ITMOM list
carpenter 1hr interview
if anyone wants to hear the brilliant hour long john carpenter interview with mark kermode about halloween, as soon as i get my capture card running under XP, i will compress it into 3 separate MP3 sound files and put it on my webspace
laters
nashie
2 more !new audio interviews!
Yes!! 2 more new interviews with the master. Particulary good is the first.
http://www.sbs.com.au/movieshow/intarchive.php3
http://www.dreamstodreams.com/default_zone/fr/html/page-177.html
10:25 PM 12/3/01 GOM DVD Rant!!!
9:08 PM 11/2/01 Several GOM Posts!!!
9:13 PM 10/22/01 DVD News!!!: Some bits and pieces about Halloween and EFNY. From AICN
Coaxial.
7:15 PM 10/17/01 Hope For The Damned!!!: This report tells us that the EFNY DVD debacle might not
even be real. Someone is going to be eating crow sooner or later, true or not.
From C.H.U.D. and DVDFile (Thanks to Mark Hammons post on the ITMOM list for
the latter)
'Escape
Redux' part two - 12:01am
7:30 PM 10/16/01 Cutting On Snake!!!: The World Trade Center bombing has not fared well for our
favorite movie, Escape From New York, check out the idiotic cuts being proposed
to the film. Thanks to Mark Hammon’s post on the ITMOM list.
9:46 PM 10/4/01 Films for Swedes!!!: SamG would like my help trying to find a copy of thing that
can be loaned to his local cinema in Sweden, but heck, I don’t know anyone with
a copy to spare so I’m reaching out a slimy tentacle to you (my audience) for
assistance. Read his email to me and then let me know if we can help him.
Hi!
Thought you might have be able to help me, if you can't no problem.
I live in sweden and there's a local smaller Cinema here where you can become a member for a season and watch as much movies as you want. Anyhow, I've (ofcourse) suggested The Thing for screening! Thought I'd try to find out where (if) one can obtain a copy of the movie for showing at a cinema so that I can forward the information to them (and increase the chances of it beeing screen)!
If you can help, THANKS! :)
Greetz,
/Sam
PS. You'r site is most enjoyable to browse around and read!
9:42 PM 9/28/01 Revamped Trailers!!!: Looky here, an email from your friend and mine, PierreM
about a new place to view revamped trailers, one for the best film in the world
(Escape From New York) as well as Vampires. Coooool!!!! Thanks to PierreM.
at http://www.kurtz-g.com/ you could find two new trailers ( in video> exemples> ) from "Escape from new york" and "vampires". Next month we gonna make one from "the thing".
best....
3:11 PM 9/23/01 JC Misc Pics Gone!!!: I’ve just realized that webjump.com has gone under and sold
out to megago.com. They latter deleted my account where I was storing all my
pics you access through JC Misc and JC Misc 2. As a result all the links in
those sections of the site are null and invalid, they take you to megago.com It
will take me a while to restore the pages and until then they will remain down.
Sorry for the inconvenience. This note shall be pasted on those pages as well.
9:06 PM 9/19/01 A Plethora Of Posts!!!
10:42 PM 9/18/01 Victor Wong – RIP!!!: Sad news of the death of Victor Wong, any JC fan doesn’t
need me to explain further. From Ain’t It Cool.
Egg Shen has
joined his honorable ancestors... Victor Wong has died...
10:10 PM 9/14/01 Mohammad’s OFFICIAL Ghosts Of Mars Review – ONLINE!!!
12:02 PM 9/8/01 The French Have Better Trailers!!!
9:17 PM 9/6/01 GOM DVD Specs!!!
9:12 PM 9/6/01 JC HereAnd Now!!!
9:11 PM 9/6/01 Halloween Comic!!!: Michael Myers slashes his way onto the printed page. From
The Comics Continuum.
7:44 PM 8/27/01 Ghost World Interviews!!!
7:39 PM 8/27/01GOM Opening Grosses - Pathetic!!!
8:56 PM 8/22/01 A Good Screening Review!!!
8:45 PM 8/20/01 France to remake Assault!!!: JC spills the beans that the land of wine & cheese is
about to redo Assault on Precinct 13 in a new French format! From Cinescape
Online.
8:37 PM 8/20/01 The Religion of Mars!!!
8:34 PM 8/20/01 Insect Movies on the Horizon
for JC!!!: JC explains which B-1950’s
insect movie he’d like to remake.
John Carpenter rich
from sequels
8:30 PM 8/20/01 Getting Real With Natasha Henstridge!!!
3:42 PM 8/19/01 Prevue Online Interview!!!
7:21 PM 8/17/01One Tough Chick!!!
7:18 PM 8/17/01 The Latino Review Reviews GOM!!!
11:57 PM 8/16/01 Pamela Grier Is Bruise Free!!!
7:46 PM 8/15/01 GOM Soundtrack Release Date!!!
7:39 PM 8/15/01 Mars Ain’t Sexy!!!
6:46 PM 8/14/01 Comedy Central & Release Date Confusion Continues!!!
10:50 PM 8/10/01 New York Reviews!!!
6:31 PM 8/8/01 See GOM Early!!!
10:06 PM 8/4/01 2 Trailers – 2 Release Dates – 1 Movie!!!
7:48 PM 8/2/01Why GOM may never had happend!!!
7:18 PM 8/2/01 Next For JC!!!: JC spouts off on what he plans to do once GOM is over. From
Cinescape Online.
9:33 PM 8/1/01GOM Clip Online!!!
9:33 PM 8/1/01New GOM Pics Online!!!
2:25 PM 7/31/01 Comic Con Transcript!!!
8:52 PM 7/29/01 John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars: First Look!!!
8:33 PM 7/27/01 Carpenter feels ghettoized???
9:25 PM 7/25/01 David Lo Pan Lives!!!: Master Blaster, KennethP reminds me that James Hong hasn’t
really let David Lo Pan R.IP., if you know what I mean, and I think you do.
Check out his email to me below.
Not sure if anyone saw this or heard about this but James
Hong appeared in an episode of "The Cronicle" as a character called
David Lo Pan!!! He played a crime
boss of sorts in China Town in an episode about a Dragon in the sewers. His character survived and may return
at a later time.
In a different email today, Ken corrected my
statement about there being only one BTILC pic at the figures.com site, check
out his email below.
Thanks for posting that information
and photo on the internet - actually if you go to that site and look on the
left hand side of the screen you will find character names of all the action
figures with links to more photos of each figure including some great close
ups!!
8:16 PM 7/24/01 More BTILC Toy Scans!!!: Check Six-Demon Bag owner, KennethP’s email below, he offers
a linkity-split to even MORE pics of the BTILC figures from N2,unfortunately,
only the first of six is about BTILC, it shows Jack, Wang,Lo Pan and the flying
eye thingie Wang skewers. Thanks dude!
I'm not sure if you heard or have
seen these yet - but here is a link to pictures from the San Diego Con display
of Big Trouble in Little China figures by N2 Toys!!
http://www.figures.com/Features/index.html?show_article=23953&domain=figures
8:16 PM 7/24/01 More Comic Con News!!!
4:43 PM 7/23/01 Big Trouble In Little China
Toy Scans!!!:Here's a linkity-split to pics of the BTILC figures N2 is making, along
with several other genre characters. From C.H.U.D.
6:40 PM 7/22/01 Comic Con Hell!!!
5:30 PM 7/20/01 Big Trouble In Little China
Toys!!!:Here's
a linkity-split to an article about the San Diego Comic Convention and the
appearance of some prototype BTILC figures seen there. From AICN.
Big Trouble In
Little China Toys
8:36 PM 7/19/01 GOM Set Report!!!
8:14 PM 7/9/01 Exclusive GOM Media File!!!
9:13 PM 7/7/01 When Fans Attack!!!
7:45 PM 7/4/01 Hello Mr.KnowItAll!!!
2:14 PM 6/30/01 Making the GHOSTS OF MARS - Part 2!!!
10:16 AM 6/30/01GOM "Mobile" Sculptures!!!
8:37 PM 6/28/01 Creative Screenwriting Magazine!!!
3:10 PM 6/24/01 GHOSTS OF MARS Reviews Creeping In...!!!
4:47 PM 6/22/01 SH**LOADS OF GOM VIDEOS!!!
4:47 PM 6/22/01 Making the GHOSTS OF MARS - Part 1!!!
9:44 PM 6/13/01 JC at Fangoria!!!
11:55 AM 6/9/01 Ghosts of Mars official!!!
9:14 PM 6/3/01 Classification!!!
12:45 PM 5/27/01Quint takes a look at GHOST OF MARS on paper and stage!!!
8:25 PM 5/14/01ALEXANDRA DuPONT Finds BIG
TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA!!!:Here's a linkity-split to a glowing (and lenthy) review of the kung fu classic’s
new DVD edition. From Ain’t It Cool News.
ALEXANDRA DuPONT
Finds BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
Oh, and get this, just
thought I’d mention it, I’m getting married (legally) the 21st of
this month. Holy shite!! The world IS coming to an end, I never thought I’d see
the day! Onto the email now…hehehe…!
Hello, I wanted to let you know that my review of The Films of John Carpenter hasbeen posted in FEARS Magazine.
Click on FREE MAYHEM Click on upper left icon CLAUSTROPHOBIAorupper right icon REVIEWS Scroll down to BOOKSorClick on left hand side BOOKS Click on The Films of John Carpenter Maybe you can post a link somewhere on your site for people who'd like toread the review. I hope you enjoy it. Regards, Terry WickhamFEARS Magazine 9:02 PM 4/24/01 New "The Thing" fan site link!!!: Added the following link to an interesting fan site, it can be found permanently in JC Specific. Rock on!
Hi
I'd
like to get listed in your Links section with my "The Thing" fan
site:
http://www.concentric.net/~vistar/thing/thing.shtml
I'll
add a reciprocal link also :-)
Thanks
Eric
9:26 PM 4/23/01 INTERVIEW: MORIARTY and JOHN CARPENTER Get
Into Some BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA!!!: Here’s an in depth interview with JC I haven’t had a chance
to read yet, but that has to do with BTILC. From Ain’t It Cool News.
http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=8776
9:04 PM 4/16/01 Mohammad’s Impression of GOM Trailer!!!
6:44 PM 4/10/01 JC Video!!!: Here’s a JC video that I don’t believe has been seen before
and that appears in the Western Kentucky University Hall of Distinguished
Alumni web page. Many thanks to BruceD for the informative email.
I
thought you might be inetrested in seeing this short interview with Carpenter
in RealVideo.
http://www.wku.edu/tradition/99hoda.html#anchor261774
8:33 PM 4/9/01 GOM TRAILER MUSIC REVEALED!!!
8:15 PM 3/23/01 GOM TRAILER!!!
9:20 PM 3/12/01Anthrax scoring session pics!!!
5:52 PM 3/10/01 Anthrax scoring GOM!!!
4:47 PM 3/5/01 Quint Takes You To The GHOSTS OF MARS Set!!!
2:33 PM 2/24/01 Official JC Website Online!!!: Many thanks to Brian Petersen & Marco Brazia for
letting me know that JC has got a new official http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/ website, seeing as how he sort of
slacked off a bit and let a wall papering specialist (ye gads!) get hold of the
old johncarpenter.com domain. New site is kickin’ more or less, visit it and
lets see what happens.
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA super dvd coming!!!: Ain’t it Cool News spills the beans on a 2 disc dvd set for
the martial arts comedy classic. Thanks also to Brian Peterson on an email
regarding this same topic. From AICN.
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE
CHINA super dvd coming
Los Muertos not gory!!!: Seeing as how gory Vampires was (and that was half the fun)
I don’t think non-gore is the way to go with its sequel. But who knows, maybe
Bon Jovi just doesn’t wanna muss up his hairdo with a lot of projectile goo.
From Dark Horizons.
Friday, February 23rd 2001
Vampires: Los Muertos: Jon Bon Jovi told Dallas radio station 106.1 that the "Vampires" sequel is currently filming in Mexico, there's hardly any gore and the release date is still locked in on Halloween this year.
Where to buy Order in the Universe from!!!: Brian Peterson let me know where he got his copy of Robert
Cumbrow’s JC book from. If ya want a copy, check out the below site, maybe they
still got some left fer ya. I read it while in university so I’m ok thanks.
From Brian Peterson.
i finally got the new pressing of order in the universe...its a really cool book and you can get it from www.scarecrowpress.com i believe...
3:29 PM 2/16/01 Upcoming GOM Trailer!!!
9:01 PM 2/5/01 Documentary Request!!!: Below is an email I got from documentary film maker Julien
Vincent. If anyone can answer his request I’d appreciate you dropping me a line
or emailing him.
Dear Sir,
My name is Julien Vincent. I am a French director doing a 60 minute documentary on JC. I have been on the set of GOM to see John, and I will return in L.A. in March to continue filming.
I am looking for an information and you might be able to help me out since you are a true fan.
Do you know if there has been in the US a true, serious documentary on JC, that goes in depth and talks about his films, JC's personality, about fear, and about JC's passion for cinema ?
I am not talking about JC's television appearances, or 20 minute TV shows about him, but about a true one hour serious documentary.
I need to know this information in order to know if there is a market for my film in the US.
Please answer me as soon as you can to this adress: jdworld@hotmail.com
Kind regards,
Julien
Vincent
6:42 PM 1/29/01 Jamie Blanks – EFNY director???: I’ve never been a fan of Jamie Blanks, but seeing as how
he’s the one behind flicks like the forthcoming Valentine and the legendarily bad
Urban Legend I think I’ll get a nod of understanding from you. Still that
doesn’t help me stomach this news I’m hearing that he might helm the new EFNY
series. I mean, there doesn’t seem to be much talent anywhere when it comes to
good genre scifi heroes really if you think about it, the guys who botched up
the Robocop series from a few years back and the recent telefilms (yeah, you
Julian Grant!) they just don’t get it. These directors are just doing basic
cookie cutter jobs of going through the motions when it comes to a tv series.
Either they’re that bad or the networks are that restrictive. And where the
hell did the news that Sydney might come up as a shooting location for the new
series? From Dark Horizons.
Valentine & Jamie Blanks' Next: Smilin' Jack Ruby talked with Aussie Director Jamie Blanks about his new film "Valentine" and what's been happening with it. Asked about actress Katherine Heigl's statement that her opening scene was 'trimmed', Blanks says: " A lot of the deaths were trimmed. I submitted my director’s cut to the MPAA and received an "R" rating with the violence intact. Warners was leery of all the blood because of the political climate at the time so we did some digital clean-up and removed a lot of the blood. In one of the later kills, when a girl is thrust down on broken glass, ironically the blood pooled out into the shape of a heart. We had to cut that". Sadly the foreign versions will suffer from the same cuts as well, though "there may be scenes added on the DVD". His next project will likely be more in the supernatural thriller vein (ala "The Fog"), but in the meantime he may direct one or two episodes of the "Escape from New York" TV series, especially if it's shot in Sydney as has been considered. Damn, he'd be a great director to helm "The Mist" if Frank Darabont gives it up.
Los Muetos news!!!:
Hmmm…Dark Horizons seem to be brimming w/JC related news today. Here we have a
report from on the set. Not much detail except there are a lot of axes lying
around in the scene mentioned. From Dark Horizons.
Vampires: Los Muertos: 'Goyo' has an update from Central America: "I live in Mexico and today in school I heard something about Jon Bon Jovi filming near the school in a church. I'm a movie fan and I LOVE John Carpenter's films, so I went there and saw over 30 Bon Jovi fans had beaten me to it. It was a big church with trucks and all that sh*t outside, the principal door was closed so we couldn't see anything of the filming, we were all waiting for John to come out. I was there about an hour and finally I stood up and got a little closer. I got inside the church when the guards weren´t looking, took cover and SAW EVERYTHING. I suppose they where shooting a final scene or something because what I saw what looked like a bunch of wood burning. Bon Jovi was sitting talking with someone while I also saw a lot of axes so I suppose there will be deaths with some axes".
7:57 PM 1/22/01Neil Jacobs Photog Credit!!!
6:54 PM 1/22/01 'Ghosts of Mars' Info!!!
10:16 PM 1/19/01 More info on The Thing on PS2!!!: Consider this an addition to what we already know about THE
THING video game, thanks to today’s news from Marc Bright’s page. The news is
old, but hey, we’re talking THE THING on PS2. The PS2 units are so popular in
fact that in today’s local news there was a report on how a local computer shop
was robbed, not for money but for the Playstations they had in stock, the third
such robbery in 3 weeks. Sigh, reminds me of the good old Nintendo 64 days,
oops, showing my age, better shut up. From Cubespin.
9/26/00:
The Thing:
The classic science fiction moves to Gamecube. The
Game begins exactly where the film left off. It will probably be an
action/horror type game.
"The Thing is a phenomenal franchise that gamers
have been requesting for a long time. This franchise presents an incredible
opportunity to draw upon Universal’s rich movie history and today’s technology
to create a one-of-a-kind gaming experience," said Jim Wilson, senior vice
president and general manager, Universal Interactive Studios.
8:53 PM 1/19/01 'Los Muertos' Casting!!!: I had no idea ‘hottie in the making’ Natasha Gregson Wagner
was in this flick? Perhaps she’ll be a delectable vampire a la Sheryl Lee, or
maybe she’ll be a female vampire slayer. Adding a flavorful mix is the news
about Cristian de la Fuente. From the always reliable Cinescape Online.
Wed., January 17, 12:45 PM
'Los Muertos' Casting
Cristian de la Fuente (Family Law) is the latest addition to the cast of Screen Gems and John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos project, according to Variety. The trade does not reveal what role the actor will play in the coming film. The film, which stars Jon Bon Jovi and Natasha Gregson Wagner under the direction and script of Tommy Lee Wallace, is currently shooting on location in Mexico City.
BDAY MISSED AGAIN!!!: Dammit, goddammit! This is AT LEAST the 2nd year in a row
I’ve missed JC’s birthday and not reported on it in time! Anywho, apologies all
around (no one’s watchin are they? No? whew!) The man’s 53 and still kickin,
thank god. Happy birthday John! From The “Carpenticized Side of the Web”
6:27 PM 1/17/01 2 New GOM Pics!!!
8:05 PM 1/10/01 GOM Release Date!!!
8:48 PM 1/5/01 Love claims 'stalker' cost her movie role!!!
7:36 PM 1/5/01 LOBO reports in with news from Mexico on
Carpenter's new Vampire flick!!!:
Well here’s your first new years scoop, I would wish you a happy new year but
come on folks Bon Jovi as a vampire killer? Wotta happy new year we’re gonna
have thanks to this flick. From Ain’t It Cool News.
LOBO reports in with news
from Mexico on Carpenter's new Vampire flick
5:28 PM 12/25/00 Merry Christmas – "Ghosts of Mars" Miner Helmets!!!
7:47 PM 12/15/00 GHOSTS OF MARS - FIRST PIC!!!
6:20 PM 12/4/00 Euro-AICN: GHOSTS OF MARS!!!
7:51 PM 11/9/00 GHOSTS OF MARS SCRIPT REVIEW!!!
7:41 PM 11/9/00 Wanna different kinda Harry head.... eh baby???
8:53 PM
11/6/00 'Mars' spoiler-level synopsis!!!
9:52 PM 11/3/00 Bon Jovi Will Vamp for Carpenter Picture!!!: And I thought the idea of Courtney Love being a headliner in a JC film was a bad idea. Now they got Jon “Slippery When Wet” Bon Jovi as the next vampire king in the straight to video sequel to Vampires. You know, there are some people whose acting merits I won’t even discuss for the simple fact that it is a monumental waste of my time. I seem to be ignoring my own advice going on with this rant so I’m gonna stop right now while the getting’s good. From Yahoo! Entertainement News
Friday November 3 4:56 AM ET
Bon Jovi Will Vamp for Carpenter Picture
By Dana Harris
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Rocker Jon Bon Jovi, currently in theaters with ``Pay It Forward,'' has been cast as the lead in ''John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos.''
Production will begin early next year on locations in Mexico. The project is being developed by Screen Gems, the mid-budget arm of Sony Pictures.
``Jon has terrific screen presence and sex appeal and the acting chops to match,'' Screen Gems executive VP Clint Culpepper said.
Bon Jovi's recent credits include ``U-571'' and ``No Looking Back.'' His eponymous band will be performing at next year's Super Bowl.
Carpenter's credits include the 1998 ``Vampires,'' starring James Woods. Screen Gems recently completed principal photography on the sci-fi action film ``John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars,'' which stars Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube and Jason Statham. It will be released next summer.
7:00 PM 10/30/00 Carpenter Talks 'Mars'!!!
6:13 PM 10/25/00 Quint's Adventures in L.A.!!!
9:12 PM 10/15/00 Old GOM News!!!
8:13 PM 10/15/00 It's been a while!!!: Hey folks, it’s been a while ain’t it? To make a long story
short my computer blew up and for almost a month you’ve seen a lot of
inactivity at the site. Now that I’m back online and my computer is feeling
better, maybe we can get back to business?
9:26:18 PM 9/7/00 GHOST OF MARS: John Carpenter Interview!!!
9:47:50 PM 9/6/00 Happy Belated 3rd!!!: Godammit, why can't I ever keep my dates straight in my head?!? Oh well, just a note that 4 days ago on September 2, 2000 it was the third anniversary of this site. Jeeze what a screwup I am, first forgetting JC's birthday & now my own anniversary.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Here I go now, here I go into new days!
8:32:57 PM 8/31/00 Snake Plissken TV Series Rumor!!!: Sounds highly speculative, yet makes for an interesting read nonetheless. From scooper AudreyM.
I recently learned that Bob Hauk will be a regualr in the 'Escape from NY' series. Apparently Snake will eventually kill him as he said he would in the movie. A device controlled by a terrorist group is responsible for global man-made disasters. Earthquakes, typhoons, etc. And somehow Snake is once again left with no option but to work for el presidente. I wonder if this device is responsible for L.A.?
11:27:50 PM 8/23/00 Harry Lime Is Haunted By the GHOSTS OF MARS!!!
6:49:05 PM 8/22/00 Sebastian On 'Mars'!!!
6:47:53 PM 8/18/00 Ghosts of Mars!!!
8:19 PM 8/16/00 'AgentX' has more from the set of the new John Carpenter film!!!
8:19 PM 8/16/00 Cast members have apparently been arriving on the set of Ghosts of Mars!!!
12:14:42 AM 8/9/00 AM Ghosts of Mars!!!
1:34:12 PM 7/29/00 Natasha Henstridge lands the lead role in John Carpenter's GHOSTS OF MARS!!!
8:27:03 PM 7/28/00 Search For GHOSTS OF MARS Replacement Continues!!!
7:03:49 PM 7/26/00 Conflicting reports on who will replace Love!!!
6:53:38 PM 7/26/00 Jean Grey to 'Mars'???
8:21:56 PM 7/23/00 Love Departs Mars!!!
11:20:16 PM 7/21/00 LOVE LEAVES CARPENTER'S 'MARS' PIC!!!
10:59:58 PM 7/21/00 Love Leaves Carpenter's Mars!!!
10:21:46 PM 7/21/00 Love Hurts: Courtney Forced Off Mars!!!
10:21:46 PM 7/21/00 Love Ankles On 'Mars’!!!
5:42:17 PM 7/21/00 Courtney Love Forced Out of Ghosts of Mars!!!
9:04:53 PM 7/20/00 "Escape" to the Tube!!!: From a Kim August email. She doesn't entirely agree with the story arc being used (same here, but then again fans can start a grass roots campaign to get better stories made). Some Snake is better than no Snake for now, if the producers muck this puppy up you can bet your brass balls I'm going to start raising some kind of stink about it here.
Sunday
July 16 09:14 PM EDT
"Escape" to the Tube
Kurt Russell is giving his B-movie, eye-patched mercenary hero, Snake Plissken, just what he deserves--his own television series.
Russell is reteaming with the filmmakers who made the original Escape from New York--writer-director John Carpenter and producer Debra Hill--to executive produce a new hourlong syndicated TV version, according to the Hollwood Reporter.
In the 1981 sci-fi cult classic, Snake--condemned criminal and former war hero--wins his freedom by rescuing the President from a group of convicts after his plane is shot down over New York, which has been turned into a giant penal colony. Russell and company want the new series to introduce a new generation of fans to the character he made famous in the original and its 1996 sequel, Escape from L.A.
"It's exciting to reinvent a movie for a whole new generation of people," Hill tells the Reporter. "It's exciting to try to figure out a way to keep that story line going for 100 episodes."
Russell will not be acting in the series, however. Producers are already searching for a new Snake in hopes to have the show to debut sometime in the 2001 television season.
The small-screen version of Escape will still be set in a 21st century decimated by man-made catastrophes and surrounded by hardened criminals. This time around, though, Snake won't be running around saving politicans or their daughters from metropolitans-turned-prisons.
Instead, he'll have a more permanent job working for the President as a roving agent for the U.N., visiting surviving cities around the world and helping to bring normalcy to the devastated populace. But ultimately he must stay alive to defeat his nemesis, Police Commissioner Bob Hauk (played by Lee Van Cleef in the original).
And if the new Snake catches on, Hill says she and Carpenter would consider shooting another feature with Russell in the lead.
With New York and L.A. already proving escapable, the third installment would be a bit more challenging. The next time out, the long-in-the-tooth Snake and his charges would be pulling an Escape from Earth.
9:08 PM 7/18/00 Giving Up The Ghosts For Mars!!!
9:09 PM 7/18/00 Script Asylum: Ghosts of Mars!!!
9:08 PM 7/18/00 Snake Plissken comes to the small screen? Another dearth of ideas Escapes from LA!!!: From yesterday's edition of SFX.
Word seems to be filtering about that leather-clad troubleshooter Snake Plissken is about to join the ranks of silver screen heroes making their way down to the world of the goggle box.
US showbiz journal the Hollywood Reporter claims that a television series based on John Carpenter's Escape from... flicks is being developed, with Carpenter and Kurt Russell (the big screen Plissken) as executive producers.
The syndicated series, under the production banner of Tribune Entertainment, is being lined up for a debut sometime next year, though anyone expecting Goldie Hawn's hubby to don the leather jacket again is likely to be disappointed.
A spokeswoman for the project is reported as saying: "We are excited about working with the character (of Snake), and if it is successful (in syndication), perhaps we may do another movie.
"It's exciting to reinvent a movie for a whole new generation of people, and that is what excites us. It's exciting to try to figure out a way to keep that story line going for 100 episodes."
However, we could yet see Russell popping up with the eyepatch and leathers again at the local multiplex, with a THIRD Escape from... film on the drawing board.
Reportedly called Escape from Earth, the film's future hangs on that slim thread known as ratings success. Given the poor critical reaction that Escape from LA got a couple of years back, I'm not holding my breath...
6:37 PM 7/14/00 Plissken Snakes Onto TV!!!: From the Sci Fi Wire.
Director John Carpenter will develop a syndicated television series based on Snake Plissken, Kurt Russell's character from Carpenter's Escape from New York and Escape From L.A. movies, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Carpenter, Russell and Carpenter's longtime producing partner, Debra Hill, will executive produce the series for Tribune Entertainment for the 2001 season, the trade reported.
Russell won't reprise his role in the series, which will also be called Escape from New York. The series will mark Carpenter's first television series. It will take place in the 21st century, after natural disasters have devastated the world. The U.S. president will hire Plissken as a roving agent for the United Nations, traveling to the Earth's surviving cities to help restore normality.
If the series succeeds, Hill told the Reporter that the team might consider a third movie based on the character. The feature would be titled Escape From Earth, she said.
12:23 PM 7/14/00 SNAKE PLISSKEN RETURNS!!!!: Yes, my fucking prayers have been answered! SNAKE PLISSKEN WILL FREAKING LIVE ON GODDAMMIT!! ALL YOU X-FILES FANS & STAR WARS FANS & STAR TREK FANS & SUVRIVOR & BIG BROTHER FANS & MUST-SEE TV FANS & XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS & B5 FANS & WHOEVER THE HELL ELSE THERE ARE OUT THERE CAN STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE & SMOKE IT. FINALLY, A REASON TO WATCH TELEVISION IS COMING MY WAY!!!! Now all they gotta do is check out my petition for Roy Dupuis as Snake if Kurt's not going to take on the role as is mentioned, talk about great fucking timing eh Roy!!!!!!???!!!!!!! From the blessed people at Cinescape Online.
Snake Plissken, the anti-hero of John Carpenter's Escape From New York and L.A., is making a return, but this time on TV. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Snake will return in a new syndicated TV series from Tribune Entertainment called Escape From New York, with a planned launch of 2001. John Carpenter, Debra Hill and Kurt Russell are involved in the project and will operate as hands on executive producers, though Russell is not expected to reprise the role of Snake for the TV series.
However; there are also plans to bring the eyepatched rogue with bad attitude back the big screen for one more film, tentatively titled Escape From Earth. Word has it that the third film's fate may hinge on the success of the syndicated TV series.
While talking to the trade, Hill explained, "We are excited about working with the character (of Snake), and if it is successful (in syndication), perhaps we may do another movie."
The producer adds, "It's exciting to reinvent a movie for a whole new generation of people, and that is what excites us. It's exciting to try to figure out a way to keep that story line going for 100 episodes."
The TV series will be set in the near future in a world devastated by man-made natural disasters. Snake Plissken is hired (or forced) by the President to become an agent fro the United Nations and wander the world in hopes of saving what's left of humanity. His ultimate goals are to survive and take down his foe, the corrupt Police Commissioner Bob Hauk.
The head writer of the series will be Howard Chaykin (Viper, American Flagg comic series).
11:44 PM 6/29/00 'BEHIND THE MASK' WITH MICHAEL MYERS!!!: From the ITMOM discussion list.
NUTMAN GOES 'BEHIND THE MASK' WITH MICHAEL MYERS
CHAOS! Comics has announced an October launch for its on-going series based on the HALLOWEEN movies.
Author Phil Nutman (Wet Work) is writing HALLOWEEN: BEHIND THE MASK, set between the climactic events of THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS and H2O.
"I wanted to write something faithful to the movies," Nutman said. "While I'm not a big fan of the sequels, I felt there was material there which could be explored, but over all I wanted to try and capture the mood and essence of John Carpenter's original film. This story explores material mentioned in the first film but never shown, specifically Michael Myers' "lost" years in the Smith's Grove asylum between the age of 6 and when he escaped in 1978."
In related news, Nutman and regular screenwriting partner Daniel Farrands (who also contributed to BEHIND THE MASK) recently completed a treatment for ARTISAN's sequel to
STIR OF ECHOES.
http://www.chaoscomics.com
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Drop Dead Films
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9:17 PM 6/20/00 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK News!!!: Julie R. is chiminig in with this.
I was in the video store the other day and had them look for EFNY for about the third time this year, and it turns out, it is out on video once again!! It's part of the MGM movie time collection, and it's been out sense the sixth of June, if you use this news on your site, I would like a link to my site, the URL is www.oocities.org/plissken_us
Thank you for your time.
7:01 PM 6/12/00 From People Magazine!!!
7:07 AM 6/7/00 Additional Casting on John Carpenter's GHOSTS OF MARS!!!
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