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From The Craft and The Birds to The Fugitive and She's All That, the many film reboots and remakes currently in the works...

Over the years that Den Of Geek has been going, we've regularly been charting the assortment of reboots and remakes that are making their way through the Hollywood system. This, then, is the current state of play. We've removed a bunch of projects that seem utterly dead - the once mooted remakes of Videodrome and Timecrimes, for instance - but we'll keep this list up to date as and when we hear of more.

Without further ado, here's what's coming up...

Akira

One of Hollywood's most on and off projects, the current state of the live action Akira remake is that it's back in the works. Marco J Ramirez, the showrunner for season 2 of Netflix's Daredevil show, has been hired to pen a screenplay. Warner Bros is still backing the film,...

Every now and again something so incredibly absurd and charming comes our way that we get excited to share it with you. Simon McKeon's new indie film Christmas at Draculas is just such a movie! Check out this trailer, and just try not to fall under its spell!

The film stars Conor Dwane (doing a damned fine Lugosi-inspired Count), Michael O. Dowd, Noelle Clarke, Jonathan O'Dwyer, Jerry O. Mullane, Art Kelleher, John Browne, Lorraine Comisky, Dave McGuire, Conor Slattery, and Lochlainn McKenna.

Synopsis

Told through the eyes of The Invisible Man, Count Dracula has hit rock bottom, so with the help of his noble companion Igor, he decides to throw the greatest Christmas party of all time. He invites The Wolf Man, Medusa, The Wicked Witch, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll, and The Invisible Man. But when two killers arrive at the door, things slowly begin to spiral out of control.

Amazon has kindly been cataloging classic books and offering them for their Kindle device and app at no charge. You can now download a number of genre staples for free, including Shelley’s Frankenstein, Stoker’s Dracula and Leroux’s Phantom Of The Opera, just for starters. For those with a smart phone (iPhone, droid) but no Kindle pad, you can download the Kindle app for free.

Below is a list of just a few titles of interest you can put in your pocket for absolutely no charge, to enjoy whenever is convenient. Interesting that stories 100+ years old are serving as gateways from tangible print to digital “print.”

It is easy: 1. Download the Kindle app to your smart phone from iTunes or your droid store; 2. Go to Amazon.com on your computer and “buy” any of the titles below just like you would normally shop on the site (again, they...

Today we've lost a true icon. The great Jackie Cooper, whom you should instantly recognize, has passed away at the age of 88. Though he only dabbled in our genre a few times, we'd be remiss not to honor this legend.

Known for countless TV shows such as "The Rockford Files", "Operation Petticoat", "Police Story", and genre fare such as "The Twilight Zone", "The Invisible Man", and "Journey into Fear", Cooper is probably most recognizable to fans as Perry White in the Superman films.

We here at Dread Central would like to take this time to honor the memory of Cooper and to extend our sincerest of condolences to his many friends, family members, and constituents.

Thanks for the memories, sir. You will be missed.

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Michael Pataki was a leading character actor from the 1960s, who was best known for his roles in cult horror films. Pataki starred as Caleb Croft, a vicious vampire rapist whose offspring (William Smith) seeks his destruction in 1974’s Grave of the Vampire, and was Count Dracula and his modern-day descendant Michael Drake in Albert Band’s cult classic Dracula’s Dog (aka Zoltan, Hound of Dracula).

Pataki was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on January 16, 1938. He studied drama and political science at the University of Southern California. He made his film debut in the late 1950s, and appeared frequently on television, often in villainous roles. He was featured in episodes of The Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, My Favorite Martian, Batman as bat-villain King Tut’s henchman Amenophis Tewfik, Mission: Impossible, and Mr. Terrific. He starred as Korax, the Klingon, in the classic Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,...

Criminal investigation meets Greek mythology when current primetime television stars David McCallum and Marg Helgenberger assume the voices of Zeus and Hera, respectively, for Wonder Woman, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 films, débuting March 3 in multiple formats.

McCallum, known to current TV audiences as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the hit CBS series Navy NCIS (Navel Criminal Investigative Service), adds Wonder Woman to an animation resume that already includes the DC Universe movie Batman Gotham Knight and TV series Ben 10 and The Replacements. Animation is but a side gig for McCallum, though, the actor having achieved legendary status for his two best known roles – in film as Lt.-Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt in The Great Escape and on TV as super spy Illya Kuryakin in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. During his 62-year career, McCallum has played many notable characters in fanboy TV favorites like Jeremiah,...