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30 September 2009 7:48 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Last we heard, the next Halloween installment Halloween 3-D was being rushed into production by The Weinstein Company in order to be ready by next summer, with director Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine 3-D) signed on to direct the film. This week, however, Nikki Finke [1] is reporting that production has been temporarily shut down due to concerns that it is "rushing too fast". Uh... what? Since when has a studio ever been concerned that a movie might be made too quickly? The official story is that Lussier is also scheduled to start production on Drive Angry, the 3-D revenge flick with Nicolas Cage, in early 2010, giving him very little time for pre-production on Halloween 3. They have decided to wait until Lussier's schedule is clear, although it remains to be seen if this will change the movie's projected release date. One can't help but wonder if The Weinstein Company's rumoured »

- Sean

26 June 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

A Note: I will be returning to reviewing Streep movies soon but for now let's return to discussing Streep's competitive Oscar fields. I'll try to wrap up the 80s pictures very soon. I knew this month would be Streep heavy I had no idea how mired down in the 80s nostalgia we'd get. See also: Farrah & Michael Jackson.

1985

Six Oscar nominations is a lot for anyone but what is perhaps even more impressive / serendipitous about Meryl Streep's 1985 accomplishment is that Out of Africa, a big hit and Oscar champ, was her third Best Picture winner in seven years. That's quite rare. She would go on to lose Best Actress to Geraldine Page who was, at that time, the most nominated performer (8) never to have won the golden boy (Peter O'Toole now holds the record since he lost on his 8th nomination). Page died a scant 15 months later at 62 years of age. »

- NATHANIEL R

2 articles from 2009