Burke and Hare

John Landis Criticizes Chris Nolan

Chris Nolan’s star is shining very bright indeed right now. Has the man actually made a bad movie yet? Certainly not recently, with The Dark Knight and Inception being his last two epic productions. Add in The Prestige and Memento and his genius is obvious for all to see. Well, not quite all. John Landis,...
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Simon Pegg: Andy Serkis Replacing David Tennant On ‘Burke & Hare’

In August it was revealed that John Landis was working on a new movie project. It was to be called Burke and Hare and tell the story of these two Scottish killers who committed the West Port murders. Simon Pegg landed one of the lead roles immediately, before David Tennant was chosen for the other...
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Tennant and Pegg Are ‘Burke and Hare’

I’m getting more excited by the prospect of Burke and Hare by the day. In August it was revealed that John Landis, he of The Blues Brothers, Animal House, and American Werewolf In London fame, was working on a film based on the Burke and Hare killings, otherwise known as the West Port murders. At...
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Simon Pegg In For ‘Burke and Hare’

Murders, particularly those carried out by serial killers, grab the public’s attention like no other crime. This is true in the immediate aftermath and it’s true decades later. Think of Jack the Ripper, Fred and Rosemary West, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy. And then there is William Burke and William Hare. These two were...
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