Bugs Bunny’s nemesis from our neighboring planet is getting a promotion. Elmer Fudd never got his own movie, but Marvin the Martian won’t be playing second fiddle to the carrot-chomping wise-rabbit when he headlines a live-action/CGI feature for Warner Bros. According to Variety, former Warner exec Steve Crystal “developed the pitch as a Christmas story, with Marvin coming to Earth to destroy Christmas but being prevented from doing so when he’s trapped in a gift box.” Gee, that sounds interesting, but we’ve already seen Santa Claus vs. the Martians.
The horror remake well must be running dry if Guillermo del Toro and Miramax are turning to a 1973 TV-movie for inspiration. Yet that is the case, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Del Toro is producing and co-writing Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, to be directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey. If you were out at a fondue party that evening in 1973, the story “centers on a young girl, sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend, who discovers sinister creatures that live underneath the stairs.”
Finally, Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards may have found a home. Variety reports that Univeral “is in negotiations to partner with the Weinstein Co. to bring the World War II drama to the bigscreen. Although deal points are still being ironed out, insiders say a pact is imminent.” Potential star Brad Pitt has yet to sign on the line that is dotted.
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