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Post by phantomdroid on Jun 26, 2007 22:56:53 GMT 10
UPDATE: I've just recently learned that there actually IS a soundtrack to 'The Gate'. It is an extremely rare 44 track synthesizer score by film composer J. Peter Robinson and is usually only avaliable at conventions. If you are a true fan of this movie, you simply must have this highly enjoyable and brilliantly nostalgic CD. Here's the end titles music from 'The Gate' soundtrack as featured in a brilliant photo montage video by JudeMaris... Mystic Journey (Theme from "The Gate") Enjoy!
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Post by phantomdroid on Dec 14, 2007 23:21:04 GMT 10
UPDATE: DarkHorizons.com has reported that special effects guru Randall William Cook ('The Gate', 'Gate II', 'King Kong', 'The Lord of the Rings' Trilogy) is all set to direct a 3D remake of 'The Gate'. No word yet on who will be penning the film or what studio will be releasing it. I'll bring you all more news as it becomes avaliable! Here's the report... Cook helming "The Gate" remake by Dark Horizons And here's the original JoBlo article... The Gate Remake? at JoBlo.com
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Post by phantomdroid on Apr 1, 2008 11:00:36 GMT 10
Believe it or not...The Gate actually spawned a sequel. Gate II: Trespassers aka Gate II: Return to the Nightmare (Australian release title) was filmed in 1989 but, due to a distribution problem, remained unreleased until 1992. Here's the trailer... Gate II: Trespassers on youtube Unlike the original however, Gate II did not perform well at the box-office and was relegated to home video soon after it's initial theatrical release. It's by no means a perfect film but I highly recommend it to lovers of low-budget cult cinema.
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Post by Owen Watkin on Apr 8, 2008 10:41:28 GMT 10
Great info, thanks PhatPants!
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Post by phantomdroid on May 16, 2008 11:19:51 GMT 10
UPDATE: This just in from Cannes. H20 Motion Pictures (Gate producer Andras Hamori's company) have officially greenlit a third Gate film. The new installment will be produced under the title 'The Gate: 20 Years Later'. As mentioned earlier, Oscar winning FX master Randall William Cook will helm the project (his directorial debut) which, as you might guess, takes place two decades after the original film (I think it's safe to assume that it will ignore the inferior sequel 'Gate II: Trespassers' aka 'Gate II: Return to the Nightmare'.) Will Stephen Dorff, Louis Tripp and Christa Denton be back to battle the pint-sized demonic Minions once again? Well, I certainly hope so! Lol!
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Post by Owen Watkin on May 20, 2008 15:55:20 GMT 10
A third Gate film!...thats great news.
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Post by phantomdroid on May 23, 2008 20:11:32 GMT 10
UPDATE: Apparently, Louis Tripp (Terry) wanted to distance himself from showbusiness so badly that he recently changed his name (legally) to 'Twelve Twenty'. ('L' is the 12th letter of the alphabet and 'T' is the 20th...you get the idea.) He lived in St Catherines, Ontario, Canada for many years but has now moved away to another province.
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Post by phantomdroid on Sept 24, 2008 0:29:10 GMT 10
UPDATE: Randall William Cook has left the new Gate sequel project. Here's the unfortunate news from iconsoffright.com: "Randy Cook was present for a recent Fright Night commentary session for ICONS OF FRIGHT, which took place prior to the Fright Night reunion screening at the Nuart Theater and admitted to ICONS staffer Tim Sullivan that The Gate sequel wasn't happening anymore. At least not with his involvement. Apparently, the "script was terrible" and the producers putting the project together wouldn't give Cook the opportunity to work on it further to get it more to his liking. Looks like we'll just have to break out the original movie if we want our Gate fix." Man...I'm literally weeping right now.
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Post by phantomdroid on Mar 4, 2009 0:42:09 GMT 10
UPDATE: Several months ago, WETA FX guru Randall William Cook let the word out that he was no longer attached to direct the new film 'The Gate: 20 Years Later'. Since then a frustrating uncertainty has surrounded the production. The project was reported to be at first a 3D remake, then a regular 2D sequel and then finally was relegated to production limbo seemingly for good...that is, until a post on ProductionWeekly.com fired things up again. The publication says that actor/ director Alex Winter is now attached to direct. While most genre fans may recognize Winter's work in front of the camera in such films as 'The Lost Boys', 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure' and 'Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'...the former actor eventually made the segue into directing with his weird-fest debut 'Freaked' and later followed it up with the highly underrated 'Fever' starring 'E.T.'s' Henry Thomas. Most recently, Winter directed several episodes of the Cartoon Network's 'Ben 10' animated series as well as it's live-action counterpart 'Race Against Time!' Hmmmm. Sounds interesting...although unfortunately the new information cannot be substantiated at this time. Stay tuned...I'll see what else I can dig up.
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Post by phantomdroid on Mar 27, 2009 21:31:40 GMT 10
UPDATE: The IMDb (Internet Movie Database) has a new movie board for The Gate remake up and running. You can view it here... The Gate (2010) <-- Click on link Enjoy!
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Post by phantomdroid on Jul 19, 2009 4:27:55 GMT 10
HOT NEWS - Lionsgate has just announced that they will be releasing a Special Edition DVD of The Gate. The DVD will feature an anamorphic widescreen transfer of the film, complete with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The release will also include a commentary track by director Tibor Takács as well as interviews with cast and crew members. You will also find a photo gallery on the disc and the movie’s theatrical trailer. “The Gate: Monstrous Special Edition” will arrive in stores on October 6th 2009 for $19.98 USD. Sadly, no Blu-Ray Disc version of the title has been announced. This is EPIC news!!! Finally The Gate gets the Special Edition DVD treatment it so richly deserves. I cannot wait to buy this!
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