John Hurt, the esteemed British actor known for his burry voice and weathered visage — one that was kept hidden for his most acclaimed role, that of the deformed John Merrick in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man — died Friday in London. He was 77.
The two-time Oscar nominee's six-decade career also included turns on the BBC’s Doctor Who and in A Man for All Seasons (1966), Midnight Express (1978) and three Harry Potter films.
Hurt announced in June 2015 that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
On screens big and small, Hurt died what seemed a thousand deaths. “I think I’ve got the record,” he once said. “It got to a point where my children wouldn’t ask me if I died, but rather how do you die?”
On his YouTube page, a video titled “The Many Deaths of John Hurt” compiled his cinematic demises in 4 minutes and 30 seconds, from The...
The two-time Oscar nominee's six-decade career also included turns on the BBC’s Doctor Who and in A Man for All Seasons (1966), Midnight Express (1978) and three Harry Potter films.
Hurt announced in June 2015 that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
On screens big and small, Hurt died what seemed a thousand deaths. “I think I’ve got the record,” he once said. “It got to a point where my children wouldn’t ask me if I died, but rather how do you die?”
On his YouTube page, a video titled “The Many Deaths of John Hurt” compiled his cinematic demises in 4 minutes and 30 seconds, from The...
- 1/27/2017
- by Cheryl Cheng and Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Just a couple of weeks after it was announced that Universal would be turning the upcoming Electronic Arts video game Dante’S Inferno into a feature film, now Variety reports that Starz Media will produce an animated Inferno movie through its Film Roman division. Anchor Bay will release it on DVD.
The project reps a reunion of Starz/Film Roman/Anchor Bay, EA and producer Joe Goyette from last year’s game tie-in flick Dead Space: Downfall. Dante’S Inferno will be directed by Victor Cook, who helmed Anchor Bay’s Hellboy Animated: Blood And Iron, from a script by Iron Man: Armored Adventures’ Brandon Auman. Like the game, it will follow the titular hero as he ventures through the nine circles of hell in a quest to rescue his true love, Beatrice.
“The animated feature will be a great companion piece to the game,” Jonathan Knight, Dante’S Inferno...
The project reps a reunion of Starz/Film Roman/Anchor Bay, EA and producer Joe Goyette from last year’s game tie-in flick Dead Space: Downfall. Dante’S Inferno will be directed by Victor Cook, who helmed Anchor Bay’s Hellboy Animated: Blood And Iron, from a script by Iron Man: Armored Adventures’ Brandon Auman. Like the game, it will follow the titular hero as he ventures through the nine circles of hell in a quest to rescue his true love, Beatrice.
“The animated feature will be a great companion piece to the game,” Jonathan Knight, Dante’S Inferno...
- 3/30/2009
- Fangoria
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