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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 16-22:Jan. 16: Opera singer Marilyn Horne is 88.

Kurt Russell has been in the Hollywood game since youth! Born in Massachusetts and raised in Los Angeles, the 70-year-old star got his start as a child actor on TV shows such as The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, Gunsmoke and Gilligan’s Island. In 1966, he signed a ten-year contract with Walt Disney Productions and became one of its biggest draws.

David Chute, a veteran film critic and writer best remembered for his work at Film Comment magazine and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, died on November 8 after a battle with esophegeal cancer, his daughter, Nora Chute, said. He was 71.

John Carpenter essentially made the slasher film mainstream with 1978’s deeply influential “Halloween” which also helped launch the acting career of a young Jamie Lee Curtis. While a franchise was born, subsequent sequels never really took off.

John Carpenter has released a new track from the upcoming soundtrack to Halloween Kills.David Gordon Green’s sequel to 2018’s Halloween receives its world premiere at Venice Film Festival today (September 8). To coincide with the event, Carpenter has released ‘Rampage’, an instrumental composition made with his son Cody Carpenter and fellow composer Daniel Davies.The entire soundtrack is being released on vinyl on October 15 via Sacred Bones Records.

Chvrches have teamed up with legendary horror film director John Carpenter for a series of remixes.Carpenter, who is known for horror classics including The Thing and Halloween, has done his own spin on the trio’s recent single ‘Good Girls‘ taken from their forthcoming album, ‘Screen Violence‘.Chvrches have also returned the favour and remixed ‘Turning The Bones’, taken from his recently released album, ‘Lost Themes III: Alive After Death‘.

It’s July 2021, and instead of talking about “F9,” “Black Widow,” or any of the summer blockbusters from this year, The Playlist Podcast is going back to the ‘80s to talk about two cult classic summer films, “Escape From New York” and “Big Trouble in Little China.” Why? Because they’re both celebrating big anniversaries. Oh, and because John Carpenter is one of the best filmmakers of all time and Kurt Russell is a national treasure.

John Carpenter has been known for speaking his mind and no pulling punches when talking about the film industry and his career. This attitude is refreshing to hear from a legendary filmmaker and definitely can be attributed to his status as one of the best American filmmakers of all time.

John Carpenter is many things. He’s one of the best filmmakers to ever live (I’ll argue this to my dying day).

BABYMETAL, saying that he feels his “life will be complete” if he gets publicly endorsed by the band.Halloween composer Carpenter spoke about his admiration of BABYMETAL while promoting his upcoming new album ‘Lost Themes III: Alive After Death’, which is set for release next week (February 5).Speaking to Kerrang! in a new interview, Carpenter confirmed that he is a metal fan and said that he especially loves Metallica.“But you know, my life will be complete if I get endorsed by the Japanese

It’s almost Halloween! Breathe it in, folks! It’s that time of year when you get to curl up with your loved ones and watch a scary movie, tell spooky stories, or, now, even lull your children into a cozy dreamlike state with the soothing tales of everyone’s favorite masked serial killer, Michael Myers.

Halloween filmmaker John Carpenter has said David Gordon Green’s upcoming sequel Halloween Kills is a “quintessential slasher film”.The veteran filmmaker returns as composer on the new film, after directing the original 1978 film, but praised Gordon Green for his new vision.“It’s the quintessential slasher film,” Carpenter told Bloody Disgusting during the virtual edition of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. “It is so intense…oh my god…it even stuns me how incredible it is.

For the beginning of its history, Blumhouse made a name for itself by launching new film franchises in the horror genre, including “Paranormal Activity,” “The Purge,” and “Insidious.” However, recently, the film studio has taken a look at popular IP that is ripe for rebooting, including “Fantasy Island,” “The Invisible Man,” and “Halloween.” And apparently, the rebooting is going to continue at Blumhouse with John Carpenter’s “The Thing.” Speaking at this year’s Fantasia Fest, John Carpenter was

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterBlumhouse Productions and filmmaker John Carpenter are developing a reboot of Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic “The Thing,” Variety has confirmed.

Fantasia Fest, much like the majority of film festivals in 2020, has been hit pretty hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, instead of canceling or moving forward with a potential in-person festival, Fantasia has decided to go digital this year and has finished announcing its complete lineup.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterMontreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival (August 20 – September 2), being held digitally this year due to the pandemic, has unveiled its final line-up.The fest has also announced that revered genre filmmaker John Carpenter will be the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award and will host an online masterclass as part of its virtual events.New pics selected include Kiel McNaughton’s Indigenous action-comedy The Legend Of Baron To’a, which closes the

The Thing filmmaker John Carpenter has paid tribute to the late Ennio Morricone’s work on his horror film.Carpenter, who usually scored his own films, was suggested “Maestro Morricone” by the film’s associate producer Stuart Cohen, due to Morricone’s experience in “experimental music, a strange place,” the filmmaker recalls.Read more: Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone’s 10 best film scoresCarpenter explained to IndieWire how The Thing theme came to be, through close collaboration “It was all way too

Today, it’s being reported that Oscar-winning composer and film legend Ennio Morricone has passed away at the age of 91, due to complications from a recent fall. To say that Morricone is one of the most influential composers in film history is an understatement.

Also Read: Ennio Morricone, Oscar-Winning Film Composer, Dies at 91“With great sadness, we say goodbye to a big master of cinema. His music will keep playing in our memories.

Great news, horror fans

John Carpenter’s classic 1982 film The Thing featured an original score from legendary composer Ennio Morricone. Carpenter himself provided some additional music cues for the film to supplement Morricone’s score, and a new release features a collection of Carpenter’s unreleased music from the film. Watch a preview below.