Miles from civilisation and cloaked in fog, The Rig is propped up by an excellent ensemble cast.
The final film in the sequel trilogy will be released on 14 October.
Dave Grohl welcomes a bona fide horror maestro to the screen for a fan-pleasing cameo appearance in 'Studio 666'.
John Carpenter's miraculous film – shot over 21 days for just $300,000 – went on to take $70m globally, making it one of the most profitable movies ever made.
Anthony Michael Hall was very excited to join one of horror's longest-running franchises, becoming the latest actor to play Tommy Doyle.
Legendary filmmaker John Carpenter wants to direct again, teasing that he has a number of projects he's currently working on.
Legendary director John Carpenter is in the early stages of developing a reboot of The Thing.
“It’s fun, intense and brutal, a slasher movie times one hundred," said John Carpenter.
The "Halloween" director, who has co-written the new "Joker: Year of the Villain" comic book, explains the difference between the Clown Prince of Crime and Michael Myers.
John Carpenter has taken to Twitter to confirm that two Halloween sequels will arrive in 2020 and 2021 respectively.
The creator of Michael Myers is set to take on the 'Clown Prince of Crime' in a one-shot story.
Before he became a master filmmaker in his own right, James Cameron was the "resident genius" of visual effects on John Carpenter's Escape From New York. Watch this exclusive new clip from the new 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD release of the film (out now) to find out how Cameron brought the film to life.
The Fog, Escape From New York, Prince of Darkness, and They Live have all been lovingly restored in 4K using the original camera negatives giving audiences a chance to see the films looking better than ever.
“That was something people made up…”
John Carpenter has said that the planned new movie in the 'Halloween' series will disregard all those ropey old sequels.
The original scream queen is back as Laurie Strode in semi-reboot from Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green.
Stephen King has lead the tributes to the legendary George A Romero, the creator of 'Night of the Living Dead', who has died at the age of 77.
Robert Rodriguez looks set to become the Duke of New York, A-number one. The revered cult filmmaker has entered into talks to call the shots on the long in-development remake of 1981 sci-fi action thriller ‘Escape From New York,’ according to The Hollywood Reporter. Robert Rodriguez is going to direct ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.
<p>As fan favourite director John Carpenter turns 69, we look back at a number of films he came close to calling the shots on.</p>
Looks like the long in-development ‘Escape From New York’ remake will fall in the latter category. The Wrap have published a synopsis of the new take on John Carpenter’s 1981 sci-fi action thriller, which starred Kurt Russell as grizzled anti-hero Snake Plissken, sent into a post-apocalyptic New York City which has been repurposed as a maximum security prison, with 20 hours to find and rescue the President. Potential spoilers for the ‘Escape From New York’ reboot ahead.
When Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson first announced plans to remake 1986 Kung Fu action comedy ‘Big Trouble in Little China,’ one of the first things he mentioned was his hope to involve both original star Kurt Russell and original director John Carpenter in the project.
Horror legend John Carpenter really isn’t much of a fan of Rob Zombie anymore. And in a video that’s been unearthed by Entertainment Weekly, the veteran helmsman lets loose about the movie director over Zombie’s 2007 remake of ‘Halloween’. – Captain America: Civil War submitted for Oscars consideration – Michael Palin’s heartbreaking tribute to Terry Jones – Sam Neill confirms he’s in Thor: Ragnarok ‘Halloween’ is, of course, a true classic of the genre, made by Carpenter in 1978. ...
The initial ruling ordered studio EuropaCorp to pay €10,000 (just over £7,300) to director Carpenter, a further €20,000 to the writers (Carpenter and Nick Castle), and €50,000 to Studiocanal, the film’s current rights holders. Besson (whose other writer-producer credits include the ‘Taken’ and ‘Transporter’ franchises) appealed the decision, but this did not work out in his favour, as he has now been ordered to pay a total of €450,000 in damages to Carpenter and Studiocanal. By comparison, ‘Escape From New York’ stars Kurt Russell as disgraced war hero Snake Plissken, who is offered a pardon if he rescues the President himself from New York City, which has been refashioned as a maximum security prison.
He was terrifying in the ghostly sequel, but the real life of actor Wilhelm Von Homburg was truly incredible.
Iconic director John Carpenter has been reflecting on his breakthrough film ‘Halloween’ - and he doesn’t seem too proud of its legacy. The 1978 horror hit launched Carpenter in Hollywood, and introduced audiences to the now-legendary big screen bogeyman, Michael Myers. Now largely retired as a filmmaker, Carpenter recently got back on board the ‘Halloween’ series as executive producer on a new film to be made by Miramax and Blumhouse Films.