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DAMMIT: John Landis Says Fox Wants “Chronicle 2″ To Be “Chronicle” All Over Again

Between yesterday’s news of Taken 3 moving forward and this, I think it’s safe to say whoever is making decisions at Fox is sitting atop the UTG shitlist.

John Landis’ son, Max Landis, became a must-know name earlier this year when his found footage superhero film, Chronicle, made a big splash with February moviegoers. The film was so successful that Fox decided almost immediately to move ahead with a sequel, and for once it actually made sense to do so as a handful of characters in the original are clearly setup to have future storylines worth exploring. However, some …

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MOVIE REVIEW: Chronicle

Film: Chronicle
Starring: Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell
Directed by: Josh Trank

Found footage films are very polarizing things. People either love them or hate them. Filmmaking this way can either be used as a well thought out gimmick (Cloverfield, The Blair Witch Project) or they can be a way to make a cheap movie without much effort (The Devil Inside). No matter which side of the debate you are on found footage films are going to keep getting made and Chronicle has a fresh new way to use the method to tell a …

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MOVIE TRAILER: Chronicle

Hollywood is about to go big budget with found footage in Chronicle and UTG has your first look at the trailer.

The plot, according to the official Youtube page, is as follows:

Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.

Does it sound ridiculous? Very much so. Will we still be lining up to attend? Definitely. From the looks of it, Chronicle