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R.I.P. Veteran Stage and Film Actor Alan Rickman Passes at 69
God dammit… Seriously, fuck you cancer.
Yet another shocking death to report as Alan Rickman has passed away at 69 from cancer, according to a family statement: “The actor and director Alan Rickman has died from cancer at the age of 69. He was surrounded by family and friends.”
Horror fans would know him from his roles in the Tim Burton films Alice in Wonderland and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Rickman was also known to many for his roles in the Harry Potter films as well as Kevin Smith’s Dogma. However, I was first introduced to him in the 1988 action film Die Hard, where he played the fantastic villain Hans Gruber. I remember being 10 or so and watching that movie for the first time, sitting on the edge the couch with the widest of eyes, completely in disbelief at how fantastic the film was. Gruber was the ultimate villain for me. He was polished, urbane, intelligent, well dressed, and utterly maniacally insane. His completely casual nonchalance in killing people told me that he was beyond dangerous, someone that needed to be stopped. What a masterfully written and portrayed character.
As much as he will be missed, I’m happy that he’s no longer suffering. Rest peacefully, Mr. Rickman.
Paramount is heading to Sleepy Hollow with a brand new feature film take on the classic Headless Horseman tale, with Lindsey Anderson Beer (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines) announced to direct the movie back in 2022. But is that project still happening, now two years later?
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know this afternoon that Paramount Pictures has renewed its first-look deal with Lindsey Anderson Beer, and one of the projects on the upcoming slate is the aforementioned Sleepy Hollow movie that was originally announced two years ago.
THR details, “Additional projects on the development slate include… Sleepy Hollow with Anderson Beer attached to write, direct, and produce alongside Todd Garner of Broken Road.”
You can learn more about the slate over on The Hollywood Reporter. It also includes a supernatural thriller titled Here Comes the Dark from the writers of Don’t Worry Darling.
The origin of all things Sleepy Hollow is of course Washington Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which was first published in 1819. Tim Burton adapted the tale for the big screen in 1999, that film starring Johnny Depp as main character Ichabod Crane.
More recently, the FOX series “Sleepy Hollow” was also based on Washington Irving’s tale of Crane and the Headless Horseman. The series lasted four seasons, cancelled in 2017.
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