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Brian Grazer

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Imagine Entertainment Hops On the Dystopia Train With a Remake of George Orwell’s 1984

by Jamie Frevele | 4:01 pm, June 17th, 2012

In news that might not be all that upsetting, Imagine Entertainment has announced that they’re remaking the movie based on George Orwell‘s famous novel 1984. Why is this interesting rather than being outright infuriating? Because this will be the first trip to the big screen for the dystopian classic that introduced us to Big Brother since, well, 1984. Aside from an opera (yes, an opera) in 2005, 1984 has been largely left alone by pop culture. But now, we have a serious crush on a world gone mad with power and chaos of the worst kind. I’m going to say it: This might not be a bad idea.

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Cautiously Optimistic

The Dark Tower Might Have a Home (On the Small Screen) at HBO

by Jamie Frevele | 2:45 pm, October 26th, 2011

More news about the adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Dark Tower, and more reasons to think that this might really be getting off the ground. Producer Brian Grazer just keeps spilling more details about the large-scale project, and now he says that at least the TV portion will have a home at HBO. As for the film … that is still up in the air.

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There And Back Again

No, Wait: The Dark Tower Might Happen After All After Budget Cuts

by Jamie Frevele | 1:58 pm, October 24th, 2011

Between this and Disney‘s Lone Ranger, ’tis the season of will they-won’t they for big budget movie deals. If you’ve been following the saga of the film adaptation of Stephen King‘s sci-fi/fantasy/western series, you’re aware that it went from huge to non-existent, to maybe existing. And now, producer Brian Grazer is strongly emphasizing the “existence” part of it, saying that they’ve made budget cuts to this gigantic production and it might be go for launch after all. He also says the movie’s ending might be even more satisfying than the book’s. But is it still going to be the planned behemoth TV/film deal starring Javier Bardem?

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Nope. Still Not Happening.

Ron Howard’s Dark Tower Adaptation Might Not Happen

by Jamie Frevele | 1:59 pm, May 6th, 2011

About a month ago, we reported on the huge deal Javier Bardem just made to play Roland Deschain in Ron Howard‘s film adaptation of Stephen King‘s sci-fi/fantasy/western series, The Dark Tower. It entailed a film trilogy that was to include an additional two-season TV deal intended to “bridge” the movies. And now it might not happen at all because of Universal‘s budget worries. Here is some context: Up until its most recent release, it had been releasing nothing but flops. That streak-breaking release: Fast [and Furious] Five.

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