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Movie Review: ‘You Should Have Left’

Out of all the movies I’ve been excited about, You Should Have Left has been at the top of the list. Now that I’ve seen it I would like to share my thoughts with you. Kevin Bacon stars as Theo whose dark past haunts him, as does his nightmares. Filled with anger and jealousy, he tries to find some peace in the home he and his wife have rented for a getaway, but his life begins to unravel and something begins to manipulate his reality. As always, Bacon is fantastic. While he’s known for his roles in films like Tremors, he’s so great in serious roles and has a way of really making you feel what his character is experiencing. He reunited with director David Koepp for the film, who he worked with on the brilliant 1999 horror Stir of Echoes. They two are a great combo. Amanda Seyfried plays the role of Susanna, Theo’s much younger, beautiful, actress wife

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
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‘Bride Of Frankenstein’ Is Still Alive

Okay, let’s face it, we are all disappointed that the attempt to revive the golden age of horror has not gone well.. Universal Studios has all but shelved the whole Dark Universe plan. However, the gem of “The Invisible Man” has shown that there is hope! David Koepp (Jurrasic Park, Stir of Echos), who had a script penned for “The Bride of Frankenstein” remake, has told Collider : “That was one thing I did during quarantine – I brought back Bride of Frankenstein into a place where I kind of always wanted it to be. Universal was very gracious to let me try again. Because they had geared up and shut down famously in the Dark Universe fiasco. Well, not fiasco, but disappointment. So I have a version now and they have a version that we all really like. I think they’re talking to directors now…It’s not the great big, $150 million extravaganza with giant movie stars. It’s not as

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Capt McNeely
Jun 19, 2020
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‘Jurassic Park’ Screenwriter David Koepp’s Debut Novel To Be Adapted For Film

Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Stir of Echoes, The Mummy, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Ron Howard‘s Inferno, and Spider-Man, just a few of the films from screenwriter turned author David Koepp. Koepp’s debut novel Cold Storage has now been completed. Before it could even be released, Paramount has already swooped in and scored the rights to adapt it into a feature film, beating out multiple studios. In the book, “ a virus stored in a government facility that gets out and wreaks havoc on the world.” Variety reports. Koepp is expected to both write the adaptation and produce alongside Gavin Polone. Cold Storage is set to be published in 2019 by HarperCollins’ Ecco Press. Image By: Melissa A. Thomas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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Amanda Seyfried Joins Kevin Bacon For ‘You Should Have Left’

Amanda Seyfried (Jennifer’s Body, Ted 2) has boarded You Should Have Left, the supernatural thriller from Blumhouse, and will star opposite Kevin Bacon (Tremors). David Koepp, the screenwriter behind Jurassic Park and Spider-Man, will direct the project set to begin filming later this year, THR reports. You Should Have Left is based on the novel of the same name penned by Daniel Kehlmann. Blumhouse described the film as “the unsettling story of a wealthy man with a younger wife and a 6-year-old child. Mistrust and suspicion characterize their marriage while they are in a remote location that may or may not be obeying all the physical laws of the universe.” Seyfried will play the role of an actress with a secret and the wife of Bacon‘s character. Bacon will serve as producer along with Jason Blum of Blumhouse.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 8, 2018
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Kevin Bacon To Star In ‘You Should Have Left’ Adaptation

David Koepp and Blumhouse, along with Kevin Bacon, are teaming up for the film adaptation of the international best-selling novel You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann, THR is reporting. Termors star Kevin Bacon will be both starring and producing the film which begins production later this year. Koepp, who penned the script, will be in the director’s chair. Bacon found the book and the two teamed up to option the story. This isn’t the first time the two have worked together, Koepp directed Bacon on the set of 1999’s supernatural thriller Stir of Echoes. Koepp’s screenwriting credits also include Jurassic Park, Panic Room, and Spider-Man. The book tells of, “a screenwriter who holes up in a remote house in the Alps with his wife and daughter so he can work on a sequel to his big hit. But in shades of The Shining, the classic Stephen King novel that was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick, the writer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 26, 2018

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Movie Review: ‘You Should Have Left’

Out of all the movies I’ve been excited about, You Should Have Left has been at the top of the list. Now that I’ve seen it I would like to share my thoughts with you. Kevin Bacon stars as Theo whose dark past haunts him, as does his nightmares. Filled with anger and jealousy, he tries to find some peace in the home he and his wife have rented for a getaway, but his life begins to unravel and something begins to manipulate his reality. As always, Bacon is fantastic. While he’s known for his roles in films like Tremors, he’s so great in serious roles and has a way of really making you feel what his character is experiencing. He reunited with director David Koepp for the film, who he worked with on the brilliant 1999 horror Stir of Echoes. They two are a great combo. Amanda Seyfried plays the role of Susanna, Theo’s much younger, beautiful, actress wife

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘Bride Of Frankenstein’ Is Still Alive

Okay, let’s face it, we are all disappointed that the attempt to revive the golden age of horror has not gone well.. Universal Studios has all but shelved the whole Dark Universe plan. However, the gem of “The Invisible Man” has shown that there is hope! David Koepp (Jurrasic Park, Stir of Echos), who had a script penned for “The Bride of Frankenstein” remake, has told Collider : “That was one thing I did during quarantine – I brought back Bride of Frankenstein into a place where I kind of always wanted it to be. Universal was very gracious to let me try again. Because they had geared up and shut down famously in the Dark Universe fiasco. Well, not fiasco, but disappointment. So I have a version now and they have a version that we all really like. I think they’re talking to directors now…It’s not the great big, $150 million extravaganza with giant movie stars. It’s not as

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 19, 2020
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‘Jurassic Park’ Screenwriter David Koepp’s Debut Novel To Be Adapted For Film

Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Stir of Echoes, The Mummy, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Ron Howard‘s Inferno, and Spider-Man, just a few of the films from screenwriter turned author David Koepp. Koepp’s debut novel Cold Storage has now been completed. Before it could even be released, Paramount has already swooped in and scored the rights to adapt it into a feature film, beating out multiple studios. In the book, “ a virus stored in a government facility that gets out and wreaks havoc on the world.” Variety reports. Koepp is expected to both write the adaptation and produce alongside Gavin Polone. Cold Storage is set to be published in 2019 by HarperCollins’ Ecco Press. Image By: Melissa A. Thomas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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Amanda Seyfried Joins Kevin Bacon For ‘You Should Have Left’

Amanda Seyfried (Jennifer’s Body, Ted 2) has boarded You Should Have Left, the supernatural thriller from Blumhouse, and will star opposite Kevin Bacon (Tremors). David Koepp, the screenwriter behind Jurassic Park and Spider-Man, will direct the project set to begin filming later this year, THR reports. You Should Have Left is based on the novel of the same name penned by Daniel Kehlmann. Blumhouse described the film as “the unsettling story of a wealthy man with a younger wife and a 6-year-old child. Mistrust and suspicion characterize their marriage while they are in a remote location that may or may not be obeying all the physical laws of the universe.” Seyfried will play the role of an actress with a secret and the wife of Bacon‘s character. Bacon will serve as producer along with Jason Blum of Blumhouse.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 8, 2018
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Kevin Bacon To Star In ‘You Should Have Left’ Adaptation

David Koepp and Blumhouse, along with Kevin Bacon, are teaming up for the film adaptation of the international best-selling novel You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann, THR is reporting. Termors star Kevin Bacon will be both starring and producing the film which begins production later this year. Koepp, who penned the script, will be in the director’s chair. Bacon found the book and the two teamed up to option the story. This isn’t the first time the two have worked together, Koepp directed Bacon on the set of 1999’s supernatural thriller Stir of Echoes. Koepp’s screenwriting credits also include Jurassic Park, Panic Room, and Spider-Man. The book tells of, “a screenwriter who holes up in a remote house in the Alps with his wife and daughter so he can work on a sequel to his big hit. But in shades of The Shining, the classic Stephen King novel that was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick, the writer

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 26, 2018