Joe Dante: Last News

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe up-and-coming Canadian filmmaking trio behind the Sundance movies “Turbo Kid” and “Summer of 84,” are directing “We Are Zombies,” a comedy based on Jerry Frissen and Guy Davis’ cult comic book series “The Zombies That Ate the World.” Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell and François Simard started shooting the movie on March 29 across various locations around Montreal, Canada, with a young cast led by Alexander Nachi (“Clash”), Megan Peta Hill (“Riverdale”) and Derek Johns (“Moonfall”). Kinology, the Paris-based banner whose credits include Leos Carax’s film “Annette,” has secured international sales to the movie and will unveil a promo teaser at Cannes.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHBO Max’s “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” is set for a world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 13. Produced by Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Animation, the highly awaited animated prequel series to the now classic film franchise will see its first episode bow at Annecy’s biggest auditorium, the lakeside Bonlieu’s Grande Salle. The world premiere will be attended by executive producers Tze Chun and Brendan Hay, along with Joe Dante, director of the “Gremlins” films and consulting producer for the series.

Cinematographer John Hora, who collaborated with director Joe Dante on films including The Howling, Gremlins, Explorers and Matinee, has died. He was 80.

Janet W. Lee Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the U.S., will open on Oct.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBeyond Fest has set the slate for its 2020 edition that will run October 2-8, opening with a double bill of the world premiere of Jim Cummings’ The Wolf of Snow Hollow and Joe Dante’s 1989 pic The Burbs. The fest will close with the world premiere of Blumhouse and Christopher Landon’s body-swap slasher film Freaky ahead of its November 13 theatrical bow.The genre fest’s slate includes three world premieres, one North American premiere and two U.S.

Enter the Dragon, and in Wes Craven’s horror classic Nightmare on Elm Street.The actor, who enjoyed a varied and prolific career, lost his battle with pneumonia in Tennessee on Saturday (25 July), his wife Gloria told the Hollywood Reporter. Friends and fans have been taking to social media to pay their respects to the actor, who as well as marking his mark in film, also appeared in popular TV shows such as Dynasty and CSI.Screenwriter Larry Karaszewski said Saxon was "a great guy full of stories" while singer and actress Nancy Sinatra simply tweeted "Godspeed, Johnny".Gremlins director Joe Dante tweeted: "I had the privilege of working with him once in 2006.

More than 35 years after first hitting theatres, “Gremlins” will be making a comeback.

Gremlins animated series will feature a number of cameos from the original 1984 movie.Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, which is due to arrive on HBO Max sometime next year, will focus on the early days of Gizmo, back when he was under the care of Sam Wing, aka Grandfather in the Joe Dante and Steven Spielberg film.In a new interview, the show’s executive producer, Tze Chun, has revealed that some of the original film’s stars will have cameos on the animated series.“There is definitely going to be some exciting cameos from people,” he told Geek Vibes Nation. “What has been really exciting is that Joe Dante is a consulting producer on the project.

TopFilmTip brings you the best films on TV for Saturday, 18 July.Some films may require a Sky subscription.Artificially intelligent military microchip-powered toys wreak miniature mayhem on small town for wayward boy and live-wire crush in Joe Dante’s  ITV1Orphaned delinquent finds fortitude, friendship and self worth whilst facing his society shunning self-discipline demons in  Film4Helium toking pilot mounts sleepy weasel in myopic radar reading, jet fuelled BBQ-ing and sexy pizza eating slap-stick  Sony MoviesTasked to waste $30M in 30 days, bar-brawling baseballer learns cost of wealth in endearing, cathartic comedy  ITV4Con artists attempt to defraud freakish family in grave-digging, booby-trapping, hand scampering gothic fun  5

One wonders what the original audiences thought, as they settled into their seats thirty years ago, of the out-of-nowhere opening to Joe Dante’s six-years-later sequel to his 1984 smash “Gremlins.” Because “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” does not open like a conventional summer sequel; it opens with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, in a Warner Bros. logo animation that breaks out of the movie entirely for a brief bit of Merrie Melodies-inspired lunacy.