News Stories About The Ring

DVD Releases for March 8, 2005

2005-03-07

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section including this week's winner, which I'll get to in a second. It was a strange week for DVD releases with only one recent wide release coming out this week, a few limited releases but it mostly TV on DVD. There were only a few releases that aroused my enthusiasm. Arguably the best release of the week is Xena - Warrior Princess - Season Six - Buy from Amazon but Popular - The Complete Second Season - Buy from Amazon is the release I'm more likely to pick up.

Review - Ju-On

2004-07-04

Japanese horror films are experiencing a new burst of popularity among moviegoers in the domestic market with many being remade for American audiences. The first that really capture the attention of moviegoers was The Ring, which grossed more than $100 million at the box office. The latest movie to receive this treatment is Ju-On, which is being remade as The Grudge and stars Sarah Michelle Gellar

Spielberg to film Lincoln, and Kylie in "Grease 3"

2003-01-23

news has appeared at Dark Horizons. First up is the new project Steven Spielberg is posed to do: A film about the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Spielberg told columnist Cindy Perlman that his feelings for history and Lincoln are strong and the production should hopefully be underway within two years. Writer John Logan as already been penned to write the screenplay.
Recent Golden Globe winner Renee Zellweger stated she'll gladly put on weight, again, to play Bridget Jones in a Dairy sequel. Zellweger was nominated for a best actress Oscar last year for her performance in Bridget Jones's Diary, and the film, based on the beloved novel by Helen Fielding, was an enormous hit with American and foreign audiences alike.
Australian song goddess Kylie Minogue looks to be set to star in Grease 3, despite rumors that she denied having anything to do with the sequel. According to several sources, Minogue will play the daughter of the Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta characters. Travolta, Newton-John, and Stockard Channing are all supposedly on board to reprise their roles from the 1978 musical blockbuster. Just pretend Grease 2, with Michelle Pfeiffer, never happened.
On the DVD news side, Martin Scorsese said that his Gangs of New York will not receive a director's cut on disc. The 168-minute theatrical version now playing in theaters will be the only version to hit DVD and VHS. Test screenings of the $90 million film have ranged in length from 156 to 220 minutes. Scorsese did add that deleted scenes will appear on DVD. Last up is The Ring spooking its way onto disc March 4. The $128 million-plus grossing remake of the Japanese phenomenon will include a 15-minute experimental short by director Gore Verbinski, based on the legend surrounding the Ring story.

Could a Ring prequel be in the works?

2003-01-07

million since it opened in mid-October, The Ring has become somewhat of a phenomenon. The $40 million remake of the spooky and popular 1998 Japanese horror film, Ringu, debuted with $15 mil at a slim 1,900 theaters on Oct. 18 and actually increased in ticket sales the next several weeks, the only horror movie to do so since 1996's Scream. With this enormous and unexpected success, it is only a matter of time until moviegoers are be treated with some more cursed videotape terror.
Rumors have been circling the net of a plan from distributor DreamWorks on filming a prequel. The story would follow the life and hardship of young Samara (Daveigh Chase), the ghostly child responsible for the video. Although prequels usually end up as nothing more then a vapid way of making money off of a hit movie (the same tends to go for sequels), it worked wonderfully for the Japan market.
After Ringu, or, Ring if you prefer, there was Ring 2, in 1999, and the prequel, Ring 0: Birthday. All three films were blockbusters in their hometown, the equivilant of the Scream movies for America. Respectively, Ring 0: Birthday is one of the more elegant and creepy horror films I've ever seen.
If DreamWorks, and director of the Ring remake, Gore Verbinski, do decide to head on into prequel territory, I'd welcome it with open arms considering 2002's Ring, which stars Naomi Watts, is the best horror movie I've seen in years.