Do the Right Thing

The spoof genre keeps refusing to die, as hard as Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg may try with their endless Date Movie-Disaster Movie-etc. series. But when it comes to spoofing the world of Tyler Perry, apparently even Friedberg and Seltzer aren't up for the job. For African-American Movie, described as "really funny send-up of the Tyler Perry set," a writer named Eric Daniel will be in charge. This week's Production Weekly mentions the project, with no other word on exactly who thought this movie was a good idea, or why Friedberg and Seltzer didn't think of it first. It's also unclear whether or not the screenwriter is this Eric Daniel, who has only directed two shorts and has just one writing credit to his name. Oh, and he was a Pa on the set of Do The Right Thing. Does that give him the credentials to parody black culture?

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Universal continues developing a feature remake of The Thing, directed by Matthijs Van Heijningen, adapting the 1938 Astounding Magazine 'novella' Who Goes There, by author John W. Campbell Jr. The short story was the basis of a 1980's feature by director John Carpenter and the 1951 theatrical release The Thing From Another World by director Howard Hawks. Premise of the original story follows a group of scientific researchers, isolated in Antarctica, who discover an alien spaceship buried in the ice. Recovering the alien pilot, the team quickly realize the deadly creature can assume the shape, memories and personality of any living being. Strike Entertainment's Eric Newman and Marc Abraham will produce the new film with David Foster executive producing...

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With the upcoming release of the 20th Anniversary edition of Spike Lee’s amazing Do The Right Thing, we have some special tidbits for you from the Blu-Ray release.
Below is a quick list of what we can find on the June 30th released Blu-Ray:
Over 4 hours of Bonus Features including a New documentary by Spike Lee
20th Anniversary Edition Feature Commentary with Director Spike Lee Feature Commentary with Director Spike Lee, Director of Photography Ernest Dickerson, Production Designer Wynn Thomas and Actor Joie Lee Do The Right Thing: 20 Years Later – New retrospective documentary with the cast and crew Deleted & Extended Scenes – 11 newly discovered scenes cut from the final version of the film Behind the Scenes – Spike Lee’s personal video footage from the set of the film Making Do The Right Thing – In-depth documentary on the making of the film Editor Berry Brown – Interview with the editor of
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