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Indicator follows up The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Volume One: 1955-1960 with, wait for it, Volume 2: 1961-1964, featuring three of Harryhausen’s most ambitious productions. Good news for fans, the UK company delivers another robust box set with beautiful transfers and an abundance of extras including newly produced interviews, a small treasure trove of promotional ephemera and a limited edition 80-page book with essays from Kim Newman and Tim Lucas. The set is region free, playable on Blu-ray devices worldwide.

The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Volume 2: 1961-1964

Blu-ray – Region Free

Indicator/Powerhouse

Street Date November 13, 2017

Starring Herbert Lom, Joan Greenwood, Niall MacGinnis, Nigel Green, Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd

Cinematography by Wilkie Cooper

Produced by Charles Schneer, Ray Harryhausen

Directed by Cy Endfield, Don Chaffey, Nathan Juran

Raging thunderstorms and a tempestuous score from Bernard Herrmann kick off 1961’s Mysterious Island as a water-logged crew of Union...

Perhaps one of the greatest sci-fi adventures novels ever written, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was a landmark book, one that was decades ahead of its time. The story follows the crew of the Nautilus, a submarine commanded by Captain Nemo, as they venture in search of a giant sea monster. It was […]

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Someone is about to be in the dog house!

French President Emmanuel Macron’s rescue pooch, Nemo, is often a fixture in presidential events and meetings, but on Sunday the two-year-old dog really stole the show.

The Labrador-Griffon cross decided to take a pee break during an important meeting between government members and his master. The hilarious moment was caught on camera by French TV TF1 and quickly went viral on Twitter.

Obviously a dog of fine taste, the President’s pup chose an ornate gilded fireplace in the 18th Century Élysée Palace as the perfect place to cock his leg.

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Regret is the theme of the latest Once Upon A Time season 6 instalment, Dark Waters...

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This might be the most emo episode of Once Upon A Time we’ve seen in a while. Hook is brooding, Belle doesn’t know what (or who) she wants anymore, Emma thinks she’s going to die every times she blinks, and a sea captain washes up full of regrets.

Hook has issues. Not like we didn’t already know a reformed sword-happy pirate captain with a hankering to skin himself a crocodile has issues. Being sold into servitude at a young...

Another famous captain will be joining Hook in the cast of Once Upon a Time for season 6. EW reports that Faran Tahir has been cast as Captain Nemo. Nemo is best known as one of main characters from the Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, based on the Jules Verne novel of the same name, where he captains a submarine named the Nautilus.

In this edition of Cast This we will be looking at casting one of the most famous literary characters of all time, Captain Nemo. The fictional character, created by the French science fiction author Jules Verne, has been in print as well as stage and screen. He’s know the world over as one of the best known antiheroes in fiction; he’s a mysterious figure who has been portrayed by a... Read More...

With X-Men: Apocalypse launched successfully into theaters, director Bryan Singer is ready to move on to his next project. Last September, he announced that he would next be tackling 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, based on the novel by Jules Verne about an undersea adventure. At the time, we knew that both Disney and Fox were developing movies based on Verne's classic tale. In February of this year, we learned that 20th Century Fox had boarded Singer's project and was aiming to begin production this fall. Singer said at the time that the movie will feature "not only the original characters of Captain Nemo, Ned Land and Professor Aronnax, but also some new and original characters and [sci-fi] plot twists."   Shortly thereafter, we heard that Disney had...

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James Mangold is a director with a slightly odd CV, and now he’ll be throwing yet another 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea film into the mix. It isn’t even the only one headed your way right now, as Bryan Singer recently took the helm for 20th Century Fox‘ version, which will stick with the classic title.

Mangold’s Disney version is Captain Nemo, and apparently focuses more on the character than the story we’re all familiar with. Apparently it’s something of an origin story. Perhaps the two films in development will play well back-to-back.

I suppose great minds think alike, but the need for a remake seems questionable, even if Singer is fantastically excited about the project.

On the other hand, if the Disney version is actually a departure from the story, at least we may be in for something new. In fact, there...

Shout Factory opens the crypt once more, for the last remaining UA and Aip fright movies starring our favorite gentleman of horror. The label lays on the extras, with Steve Haberman commentaries and episodes of Science Fiction Theater. Now where are the Vincent Price cooking shows? The Vincent Price Collection III Master of the World, The Tower of London, Diary of a Madman, An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe, Cry of the Banshee Blu-ray Scream (Shout!) Factory 1961-72 / B&W + Color / 1:85 & 1:66 widescreen / 420 min. / Street Date February 16, 2016 / 69.97 Starring Vincent Price Directed by William Witney, Roger Corman, Reginald Le Borg, Kenneth Johnson, Gordon Hessler.

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

Scream Factory now brings us Part Three of its Vincent Price collection, pretty much emptying the closet over at MGM. Not counting his twilight feature The Whales of August every Vincent Price film under the MGM banner will soon be out on Blu-ray.

Director James Mangold (Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma) will direct a Captain Nemo origin film for Walt Disney that will be an original story rather than a direct adaptation of the Jules Verne novel.  Sebastian Gutierrez (Hotel Noir and The Eye) is writing the script. Fearful Wolverine fans should rest easy as reports from all the Hollywood trades indicate that Mangold is still hard at work on prepping his shoot for The Wolverine sequel.   However, as luck would have, there's another X-Men director who plans on making a film starring Captain Nemo, Bryan Singer.   The X-Men: Apocalypse director has stated that 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will be his next film for Fox, following Apocalypse.  With Apocalypse set to hit theaters in May and The Wolverine 2 still set to shoot, it looks like Singer's version will hit theaters well before Mangold's take.  Another difference is that Singer's version will be...

Filmmaker James Mangold is set to direct "Captain Nemo," an origin story based on Jules Verne's classic nautical tale "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" at Disney Pictures.

Sebastian Gutierrez ("Hotel Noir," "The Eye") penned the latest draft, he and Mangold taking over for Andrew Kevin Walker and David Fincher respectively who were both previously attached to the project and were developing it before departing a few years back.

Disney, which previously adapted the property into the 1954 film starring James Mason and Kirk Douglas, will develop the new film along the lines of their other live-action reinventions of late such as "Maleficent" and "Alice in Wonderland," offering a different version of a classic story - in this case a full on prequel in which we see how Nemo created his battle submersible The Nautilus.

Mangold would do the project after he finishes the upcoming third and final Hugh Jackman-led standalone...

A loose adaptation of Jules Verne‘s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” is alive again at Disney. The film, titled Captain Nemo, took a hit back in 2013, when the studio pumped the breaks on David Fincher‘s (Gone Girl) vision. Two years later, they’ve found their replacement: James Mangold (The Wolverine). Learn more about the project after the jump. Mangold is preoccupied at […]

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Disney is finally moving forward with their 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea inspired movie, Captain Nemo. The studio has hired James Mangold to helm the film. He is the director of The Wolverine and the upcoming third and final Wolverine movie starring Hugh Jackman.

Disney has been trying to get this project made for years, and at one point David Fincher was famously attached. That would have been a version of the film I would have loved to see. But alas, it wasn't meant to be.

The latest draft of the script was written by Sebastian Gutierrez (Hotel Noir and The Eye), and I'm sure Mangold will do a fine job bring this story to life on the big screen again, but probably not as fine a job as Fincher would have done.

This isn't the only film based on the classic Jules Verne novel that is being developed. Bryan Singer...

In a sea of modern adaptations, sometimes it’s best to get back to the classics. Forget Katniss Everdeen and Harry Potter, it’s about time audiences became reacquainted with the likes of Captain Nemo and his iconic Nautilus. Luckily for fans of Jules Verne’s novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, we will soon see the legendary story once again brought to life on the silver screen. A new report from Deadline indicates that Disney has set their sights on a film adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. An origin story called Captain Nemo, the project remained stuck in development hell for some time under director David Fincher, who eventually dropped out in order to make Gone Girl. However, the project has gained new momentum by enlisting the directing talents of James Mangold, who will take on the project ...

Disney has set James Mangold to direct “Captain Nemo,” an origin story about the heroic protagonist of Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” that is not a straight adaptation of that classic novel, multiple individuals familiar with the long-gestating project have told TheWrap. This is not the same “20,000 Leagues” project that David Fincher was developing at Disney before he set it aside to direct “Gone Girl,” according to a studio insider. Instead, it’s a new project that Sebastian Gutierrez is writing as Mangold preps the final “Wolverine” movie starring Hugh Jackman. Also Read: Bryan Singer Stays at Fox...

James Mangold’s hotly-anticipated and indeed R-rated Wolverine sequel has been making waves of late, though Deadline reports that Mangold will really be hitting the high seas further down the line with Disney’s long-gestating maritime adventure, Captain Nemo.

Pitched as an origins tale to H.G. Wells’ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the reboot is currently situated in pre-production where Sebastian Gutierrez (Hotel Noir, The Eye) is busy whipping a script into shape. As one of the studio’s first live-action feature films, Leagues holds a tremendous amount of historical value for the House of Mouse. Originally released in 1954, Captain Nemo was the core anti-hero of the swashbuckling epic, and Disney is now hoping to weave a feature film out of Jules Verne’s story – one centering on the captain as he creates the Nautilus warship.

Not to be confused with Bryan Singer’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, it’s likely...

Last year, director Bryan Singer announced that he would be directing a big screen adaptation of Jules Verne's 1868 novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. This is been a dream project of his, and now he's set to shoot the film this fall. He previously said:

"It's my 50th birthday (ouch), and I just put the finishing touches on the script for my next film. A story I've wanted to retell since childhood. I promise this will be an epic and emotional adventure for all ages! An adventure very dear to my heart."

I really hope that Singer does bring us something epic. It's exciting that he's going to be able to do this, but I would have much rather seen David Fincher's version. Whenever Singer steps away from the X-Men franchise to do something else, you never know if those films are going to be good or not. Superman Returns...

Director Bryan Singer has closed a deal with 20th Century Fox to direct an adaptation of author Jules Verne's classic novel, "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea." Singer will begin prepping the film for a fall start date and produce the film through his Bad Hat Harry production banner alongside his partner Jason Taylor.

Two iterations of "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" have been in development over the years which included McG circling the project in 2009 and David Fincher came closest to directing an adaptation with Disney but had difficulty narrowing down a lead actor as the studio proposed a big name actor such as Brad Pitt to star in the film but Fincher was eyeing Channing Tatum or Chris Hemsworth which made the director and the studio scrap the film altogether.

Here is what Singer had to say:

“I’m incredibly excited to be working with my friends at Fox, with...

Five months after announcing his intentions to direct, 20th Century Fox has come onboard "X-Men" director Bryan Singer's upcoming new adaptation of Jules Verne's sci-fi classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".

The 1870 novel is in the public domain and has been adapted several times including the Disney 1954 classic with James Mason and Kirk Douglas. The story begins when several nations spot a mysterious sea monster destorying ships.

An investigating French marine biologist joins an expedition that includes a Canadian whaler and the biologist's servant. The three men are thrown overboard when the 'monster' attacks their ship, and they soon learn it is a submarine very far ahead of its era and commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo.

Singer will helm from his own script which he posted a picture of on his Instagram account in September. He's coming off "X-Men: Days of Future Past" which scored $748 million worldwide, and...

After a few false starts, it’s finally been confirmed that X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer has boarded 20th Century Fox’s big-screen adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic undersea adventure novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Singer has been teasing his involvement for a while now, but the news was made official by Deadline this afternoon. Here’s what the director had to say in his official statement to the site:

I’m incredibly excited to be working with my friends at Fox, with whom I’ve had such a long and fruitful relationship,” Singer said in a statement to Deadline. “Ever since I was a boy and first discovered the 1870 Jules Verne novel, I have dreamt of retelling this classic story. Without revealing too much, it contains not only the original characters of Captain Nemo, Ned Land and Professor Aronnax, but also some new and original characters and Sci-Fi...