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FROM MTV.COM: The story of the two Coreys — Feldman and Haim, the latter of whom died at the age of 38 on Wednesday (March 10) — goes back a long way. Much farther than their canceled A&E reality series, "The Two Coreys," might have you believe.

The same-aged actors first met during their teen years when they were auditioning for what turned out to be notable early roles. Both read for "The Goonies" and "Lucas," with Feldman landing the former role and Haim the latter. But it wasn't until 1987 that the duo came together for Joel Schumacher's teen-vampire classic, "The Lost Boys."

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Oh "Arrested Development." Why do you continue to taunt us with your refusal to exist?

The on-again, off-again, on-again, off-again, on-again, off-ag... you get the idea-- the highly anticipated big screen revival of Mitch Hurwitz's unjustly canceled Fox comedy series has been careening towards a theatrical feature for some time now. Fans refuse to give up the ghost and entertainment journalists -- many of whom are themselves fans -- won't stop asking for updates. Journalists like MTV's Josh Horowitz, who chatted with series star Jason Bateman briefly on the red carpet at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony.

Bateman kept his response brief and to the point. "Nothing new. We're hoping for the end of the year," he said. Hoping? We heard in January that shooting would commence before the end of the year.

If there's a delay, you can blame "Arrested" star Will Arnett. He's busy working with Hurwitz on a new comedy series. So how will that impact the "Arrested" movie plans?

"His show with [Will] Arnett has pushed it another few months," Bateman said in reference to the new Hurwitz project. Bateman wants the faithful to hang onto their hopes though. "['Arrested' is] still coming," he promised.

Have you abandoned all hope of an "Arrested Development" movie? Are you starting to understand what an abused lover must feel like?

Perhaps the biggest release this month is "Alice in Wonderland," Tim Burton's sequel (get over it; that's what it is) to the 1951 Disney classic. The movie opened to Burton's biggest-ever opening weekend and it remains popular going into its second week.

You know what that means, right? Sequel! That's how these things work. Movie with established name and franchise potential opens, performs well, gets a follow-up. Only that might not be the case with "Alice." Not as far as star Mia Wasikowska is concerned.

"I think it's left in a really good place and I don't think it really needs [a sequel]," she told MTV's Josh Horowitz on the red carpet at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards. "I think it's good how it is."

Does Wasikowska's apparent lack of interest in a sequel spell doom for the franchise before its even been picked up for more? Not necessarily. It's entirely possible that Disney will simply re-cast the role. Maybe even take a similar approach that Burton did with his movie, go for someone even older next time around.

Alternatively, there's also the possibility of a prequel. There are a few, brief flashback moments in Burton's movie which recreate scenes from the original "Alice." With reboot fever gripping Hollywood already, perhaps Disney's next move will be to produce a live-action remake of the animated 1951 classic.

Frankly, I'd almost prefer to see a live-action re-telling of Lewis Carroll's story. If nothing else, it would offer the opportunity to make things a little darker. The little bits of footage in Burton's movie definitely captured the oddball absurdity of the original tale; one could only imagine how classic story elements like "The Walrus and the Carpenter" and Alice's trial would look.

What do you think? Should Disney go for a sequel? A prequel? Start and end with Burton's "Alice"?

The last time MTV News caught up with Corey Haim in July of 2007 he seemed by most accounts to be in a pretty good place. Everything is relative of course. Haim wasn’t exactly on top of the world. But he was back in the public eye, and for the first time in a long while he was clearly relieved it wasn’t related to bad news.

He was promoting “The Two Coreys,” a show that A&E was calling a reality/hybrid at the time. The truth is whatever it was, it certainly captured a fair amount of the reality of Haim and Feldman’s oddball relationship. Inextricably linked since their heyday in the '80s, the two were forever wrestling with what they meant to each other. Throughout my interview with Haim he called Feldman both a brother and a backstabber. I’d accuse him of playing up the rift at the time for the benefit of the cameras but that clearly wasn’t who Haim was. If I had to sum up the 40 plus minute interview he gave us that day in one word it would be: raw.

He was by turns goofy, melancholy, resigned, optimistic and open. His speech was odd, affected seemingly by his years of self-abuse. Truthfully it took me watching the tape afterwards to decipher some of what he was talking about (a particularly bizarre exchange involved his description of how lost so much weight, “watermelon and the disc,” he said—that’s Frisbee you see).

We covered a fair amount of ground in the interview. When the subject moved to his past drug use he was clearly nervous saying he was clean but admitting “they built rehabs because of me.” All of it came with a smile and boyish giggle. He knew that everybody was aware of the baggage he’d accumulated through years of rehab and sub-par projects. All he wanted was another shot. A disturbingly off-kilter cameo in a forgettable direct to DVD sequel, “The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe,” certainly didn’t end up being it.

When the interview ended, Haim came up to me and thanked me for a “gentle” interview. He gave me a big hug that felt less like a perfunctory note of thanks than an honest-to-goodness thirst for human affection and approval.

He was a big kid who never quite grew up. He needed help. He acknowledged that. He spoke about new opportunities that day and hoped for the best. Of acting he said, "It's my life. My passion." He was putting the past behind him even as he knew he had to cash in on it. The second act of Corey Haim’s career never quite came together. An unfinished life. Rest in peace.

Before “Twilight,” before “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” there was “The Lost Boys.”

The seminal 1987 teen vampire flick starred Corey Haim as a confused teenager battling a band of leather-clad alterna-vampires in his new hometown of Santa Carla, California. The role helped establish Haim as a legitimate movie heartthrob in the wake of his first semi-hit, 1986’s weepy “Lucas,” and it kicked off a career-long association and friendship with fellow troubled teen actor and co-star, Corey Feldman.

The 38-year-old Haim, who was found dead of a suspected drug overdose on Wednesday in Los Angeles, played Sam Emerson in the film, a nerdy, excitable teen forced to move to the mysterious coastal California town after his mother’s divorce. Shortly after their arrival, older brother Michael (Jason Patric), falls for the sensuous Star (Jamie Gertz) and is seduced into joining the pre-Hot Topic-looking vamp gang led by David (Kiefer Sutherland), while Haim’s character hooks up with comic book geek Edgar (Feldman), a self-proclaimed vampire hunter.

What followed was an epic battle between the outcast vampire-stalking teenage boys and the sexy teen undead, with Haim torn between helping his brother and following Feldman’s advice to kill him and vamp boss David.

The film, directed by veteran Joel Schumacher (“Batman Forever,” “8MM”), quickly became a cult favorite and a touchstone for a generation of teenage gore fans. It also spawned a sequel, 2008’s “Lost Boys: The Tribe,” which featured Haim and Feldman as well as Sutherland’s half-brother, Angus Sutherland. Haim's involvement in the sequel was relegated to a cameo and he was not slated to be part of the cast of another in-process sequel, “Lost Boys: The Thirst,” which Feldman is is executive producing and starring in.

None of that takes away from "The Lost Boys," however. From its dark look and focus on teenage undead to a gothy soundtrack highlighted by the haunting use of Echo & the Bunnymen’s cover of the Doors’ “People Are Strange” and it’s flip, hip tagline, “Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire,” the original movie announced itself as a new kind of horror flick aimed directly at savvy teens.

In the years since, in addition to becoming a midnight movie and DVD favorite, “The Lost Boys” has been elevated from a low-budget genre flick to one of the seminal teen horror movies of the modern era, taking its place alongside such classics as the original “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream,” while undoubtedly helping to inspire such modern spins as the “Twilight” series.

The debut trailer for "Eclipse" arrives this Friday in front of "Remember Me." That's a lot of hours from now, and you don't want to wait that long. Right?

What if we have a 10 second tease for you? Does that sweeten the deal? Yeah, you don't want to wait that long. So why are you still waiting? Hit play already!