John Landis News

Comedy star Dan Aykroyd has signed onto John Landis' dark horror-comedy Burke and Hare , alongside the previously cast Simon Pegg and David Tennant as Burke and Hare, respectively.

DOCTOR Who star David Tennant is to join up with Star Trek rival Simon Pegg for a new film about legendary Edinburgh graverobbers Burke and Hare.

Look out, unsuspecting farm animals: The werewolf is planning a comeback. Lycanthropes, lately being outdone by vampires in the court of pop-culture opinion, will have high-profile roles in a pair of upcoming films: The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Wolfman , a remake of the 1941 horror classic.

This week, Jason Solomons meets director John Landis to discuss his 1981 landmark comic horror film An American Werewolf in London on the eve of its re-release. Landis regales us with some of the challenges in making the picture in London, how he managed to get permission to film the famous sequence in Piccadilly Circus and why he fought the unions ...

Video Event of the Week: Is it Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death , a new 30-minute episode in Nick Park 's ongoing and hilarious animated series, from Lyons/Hit Entertainment? Might Paramount's new Blu-ray set of Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection , with all four TV movie spin-offs starring Patrick Stewart make ...

This is a big week for horror fans. Lots of genre favorites are getting the high definition treatment and as a bonus, a lost gem previously unavailable since its VHS release is finally out on DVD.

On a new feature-length retrospective documentary titled "Beware the Moon" found on "An American Werewolf in London: Full Moon Edition" , director Paul Davis revisits several locations seen in the 1981 horror-comedy classic, including the infamous Slaughtered Lamb tavern, since remodeled into a Denny's-like eatery called The Black Swan.

A distinctive mix of humor and grisly, straight-up horror is what makes "An American Werewolf in London'' worth revisiting nearly 30 years after hapless backpackers David Naughton and Griffin Dunne fatefully crossed a wolf's path in remote northern England.

Our review of An American Werewolf In London , published September 18th, 2009, is also available.

" An American Werewolf in London " seems curiously unfinished, as if director John Landis spent all his energy on spectacular set pieces and then didn't want to bother with things like transitions, character development, or an ending.

Director John Landis recalls filming An American Werewolf in the capital: the efforts to win over the Met police, the shooting of a bespoke porn movie and too many white extras Maggie Thatcher put a stake through the heart of the British film industry.

If reviewing movies was jury duty, I'd be kicked out of the courtroom: This picture has an unavoidably special power for anyone who grew up in Chicago in the late Seventies and early Eighties.

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I loved, loved, loved The Blues Brothers when I was 12. Though that spell was broken long ago, it is still a cringe-making part of my personal Hall of Shame.

The forthcoming Julie & Julia has me reminiscing about my favorite food flicks, even some of my favorite food scenes.

BEWARE THE MOON: REMEMBERING AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON filmmaker Paul Davis updated his official website yesterday with the official press release for Universal's long-awaited Blu-Ray release of John Landis' 1981 classic.

Hollywood has got its claws into John Landis's 1981 horror-comedy cult classic. Why can't the Weinsteins leave An American Werewolf in London alone? A howling success a the original An American Werewolf in London.

Hey folks. Capone in Chicago here. It's one thing to meet a filmmaker who you consider a hero, it's quite another thing to meet one whose films directly influenced major decisions in your life.