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The Next Bad Robert Rodriguez Movie Is…

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I’m prepared to go to war with you guys – but I feel strongly in my belief that Robert Rodriguez isn’t a good filmmaker. And I’m not excited for anything he does.

Other than his indie debut, El mariachi, and the sci-fi horror The Faculty, he’s never done anything good (or right) by himself – he’s always had Quentin Tarantino to lean on. Seriously, go take a look. Here’s a small list: From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City, Grindhouse and even Four Rooms. And Desperado can’t be included because the entire third act was missing because they went over budget (a lot of people don’t know this, but it’s true). What about the Spy Kids and Machete franchises? Garbage. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D? Pa-lease.

If the 1998 The Faculty was his last good movie (without Tarantino), that would mean it’s been 15 years since he’s done anything worthwhile. And I’m not expecting anything anytime soon.

Sony Pictures thinks they’re getting a franchise with a live-action version of the 1983 animated film Fire and Ice, which Rodriguez will direct, but I’d be willing to bet this movie never even happens.

It comes from a good place, at least, being that it’s Rodriguez’s homage to his friend, the late legendary animator Frank Frazetta, on whose works Frazetta and Ralph Bakshi based that original film.

The intention is for Fire and Ice to be the birth of a fantasy adventure franchise, informed by the dreamlike worlds Frazetta poured into his paintings, says Deadline.

In the original film, a small village is destroyed by a surging glacier domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. Sole survivor is a young warrior who vows vengeance, and when Nekron’s subhuman, apelike creatures kidnap a king’s daughter, the warrior becomes determined to track down and free her.

If the latest Sin City sequel and Machete Kills are any indication of the quality of cinema we should expect from Fire and Ice, man, this is going to be disastrous.

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Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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