NEWS ROUNDUP: THE THING REMAKE, DOCTOR WHO, DARK KNIGHT TO RETURN, TWO FACE HOT TOYS FIGURE
THE THING TO BE REMADE…AGAIN
A remake of a remake is in the offing with the announcement of a remake of John Carpenter’s 1982 Horror/SF masterpiece THE THING, itself a remake of the classic SF movie of the same name. While this is billed as ‘more of a prequel… that happens at the same time as the original’, I can’t help but repeatedly fling my head against the nearest wall in despair at the news of yet another excellent film being thrown up again. Please oh please oh please… oh, I give up. Hollywood doesn’t give a crap about credibility any more.
DOCTOR WHO- BBC DENIES RUMOURS
The BBC have openly denied the rumours of Paul McGann’s return in the Doctor Who specials that spread across the UK media recently. No surprises there really, as they’ve denied everything from the Daleks coming back in series 2 to the Master and Rose’s return along the line, so the rumour is probably more true than the BBC care to admit. Either way, it really is time the eighth Doctor was given another chance to shine. After all, Paul McGann is one of the British acting profession’s most talented men.
THE DARK KNIGHT… RETURNS?
Warners will be rereleasing The Dark Knight in cinemas in January, just in time for Oscars season. Whether the film will be rereleased over here is not yet known, but I can’t see them missing out on milking another few quid out of the film before people’s interest wanes.
HOT TOYS PREVIEW TWO-FACE FIGURE
Following on from the hugely popular large format Dark Knight Joker figures from Hot Toys, a figure of Harvey Dent/Two-Face has been previewed on the HT site that looks set to carry on the interest in the range. Once we have something other than the teaser image (which doesn’t show much at all, hence it being a teaser), we’ll post it here. Looks promising though.