It's here in the Archives section that you will find the news of the last three months.
----- July 22, 2010 -----
** DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK remake: Following the tradition of the Mike Mignola posters for HELLBOY, HELLBOY II and PANS LABYRINTH, here's the first look at Troy Nixey's Comic Con exclusive give away poster for the DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK remake, his live action feature debut as a filmmaker, a movie starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, and a whole slew of vicious little monsters. The film arrives in theaters on January 21, 2011. (thanks to CHUD.com)
** SAW 3D: Check out this cool new animated poster for the upcoming sequel.
** DRIVE ANGRY 3D: Summit Entertainment has released the first official stills from Patrick Lussier's film that feature the stunning Amber Heard. In theaters February 11, the story centers on a man (Nicolas Cage) driven by rage who is chasing the people who killed his daughter and kidnapped her baby. The vendetta/rescue spins out of control as the chase gets bloodier by the mile, leaving bodies strewn along the highway. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com, HitFlix.com & JoBlo.com)
----- July 21, 2010 -----
** HALLOWEEN 3: Director Patrick Lussier and co-scripter Todd Farmer recently had this to say about the sequel they were supposed to do. "I think there's not many who don't know that we did HALLOWEEN 3 and we would still, Patrick and I both, would still very much love to doHALLOWEEN 3...We have written a first draft of that and so now it's in the capable hands of the Weinstein Company." The subject still seemed a little raw for Lussier, though. When I asked him about it, his answer was very short and very curt: "I know nothing about HALLOWEEN 3," he snapped. "My last involvement with the project was Christmas. My last conversation with the Weinsteins was at that time. Beyond that I know nothing. You know as much as I do." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** SAW 3D: Here's a cool teaser art for the upcoming sequel. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** David Hackl (SAW V) is attached to direct the bear thriller THE RED MACHINE. Jack Reher's script follows two estranged brothers on a camping trip who find themselves under attack by a relentless bear with no fear of humans. No producers are yet attached. Hackl remains attached to direct an adaptation of Vince Churchill's novel THE BUTCHER BRIDE also penned by Reher. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** ROAD KILL: Dean Francis’s Australian, supernatural horror will be dropping onto R1 DVD onSeptember 28th from Fangoria. Four young friends on a camping adventure are run off the road by an erratically driven road train - a massive three-trailer truck. With their own vehicle wrecked and the road train stopped, the friends march off to vent their anger at the driver. But the truck is empty. Suddenly, the silence is broken by the sound of gunshots. To escape, the friends commandeer the road train. What they discover inside the vehicle’s trailers proves more terrifying than anything out there on that lonely road. The next town is only three short hours away, but will they ever reach it? (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
------ July 20, 2010 -----
** Criterion are going to release Nobuhiko Obayashi's HAUSU (HOUSE), and it looks like it'll be arriving just in time for Halloween on DVD and Blu-Ray! Look at this list of special features:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- Constructing a House, a new video piece featuring interviews with director Nobuhiko Obayashi, story scenarist and daughter of the director Chigumi Obayashi, and screenwriter Chiho Katsura
- Emotion, a 1966 experimental film by Obayashi
- New video appreciation by director Ti West
- Theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by Chuck Stephens
(thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
** TETSUO THE BULLET MAN: IFC films have announced they've picked up the North American rights to the third and latest instalment in Shinya Tsukamoto’s cult Japanese, sci-fi, cyberpunk series, with a look to releasing it in the new year. (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
** PAINTED SKIN sequel: Shooting has just started on the sequel to director Gordon Chen's fantasy horror story. The second instalment will be heavier on the action and adventure, rather than a love tale, and tells of when the couple's son grows up and makes a journey to the west to seek the source of eternal youth for his parents. During the trip, he conquers many difficulties which are given to him by some powerful demons. As we subtly eluded too earlier, Donnie Yen is set to return to the cast, as does Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun and Sun Li. The sequel is set for release next year. (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
---- July 19, 2010 -----
** LET ME IN: Here's a new still from the upcoming remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** SAW 3D: Here's the first official still from the highly anticipated sequel. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Lionsgate Blu-ray releases: Arriving on October 5, horror fans can kick-start their Blu-ray Disc collections as Lionsgate releases fan favorites in 1080P High Definition Widescreen for the first time. OPEN WATER and OPEN WATER 2 ADRIFT hits shelves as a Blu-ray Disc double feature, along with 2001 MANIACS, directed by Tim Sullivan, HIGH TENSION and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE WOMAN IN BLACK: Daniel Radcliffe is confirmed to be starring in THE WOMAN IN BLACK for Hammer Films and Alliance Films. This adaptation of Susan Hill's gothic supernatural horror novel follows a young solicitor (Radcliffe) who takes up a short residence at Eel Marsh House, a desolate and secluded coastal mansion cut off at high tide from the nearby market town in rural England. Alone and sorting out the affairs of the elderly widow owner who recently died, the lawyer is spooked by unexplained noises and visions of a mysterious woman in black. The book has been adapted into a memorable stage play that has been done around the world for over two decades.
It also exists as a hard-to-find 1989 ITV low-budget TV movie which is in such demand that there's a minor black market in illegal copies of the short-lived DVD release. Much like 70's TV movie DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, the 'Woman' TV movie scores praise for its effective unsettling atmosphere created through premise, sound and suggestion. Jane Goldman adapted the script while James Watkins will direct. Colin Farrell and Michael Fassbender have previously been linked to the project. Plans to shoot the film in 3D have also been put on hold. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** FRIGHT NIGHT remake: Sandra Vergara has joined the cast of the remake at DreamWorks Pictures. Vergara will play the girlfriend and assistant to Peter Vincent (David Tennant). (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** BUBBA NOSFERATU: It has been 8 years since Don Coscarelli's BUBBA HOP-TEP came out. Ron Perlman was mentioned as a possible replacement for Bruce Campbell as Elvis, while Paul Giamatti became attached as Colonel Tom Parker. Giamatti remains as enthusiastic about the project as ever, telling MTV News that UBBA NOSFERATU will definitely get off the ground -- eventually.
"We've been trying to make that for two, three years, and we're going to get it done at some point," Giamatti told MTV about the status of "Nosferatu." "I'm going to f---ing break my spine in half if I have to to get that thing done." "We've been trying so hard and we've had so many near-misses," he continued. "It's almost come together like 15 freaking times and then it falls apart. At some point we're going to get that done because it's a great script. We'll get it done at some point."
The main problem is getting investors behind the project. "I think it's just the atmosphere of movies right now, smaller movies. Nobody has the balls to make a movie for under -- it's got to be a $40 million comedy or a $200 million AVATAR, and that's it," he said. "Those are the only things anybody wants to make right now. Nobody wants to do anything else. Everybody's terrified of doing anything else except that kind of thing. So that movie is deemed way too bizarre and outside the box right now. Which is stupid, because there's an audience for that movie, totally." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PRIEST: Here's some nmew stills from the upcoming film. (thanks to SlashFilm.com)
----- July 15, 2010 -----
** GRINDHOUSE: As rumoured last week, the complete GRINDHOUSE is coming to Blu-ray on October 5th. Exact specs and supplements haven't been confirmed yet, but the suggested list price for the 2-disc Blu-ray set is only $19.97. (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** COLD PREY III: Premiering in Norway on October 15 is Mikkel Sandemose's FRIT VILT III, a prequel to the first two movies shot in Jotunheimen, Norway. The movie will focus more on the killer's childhood and youth. The second slasher is still looking for U.S. distribution. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE WALKING DEAD: AMC TV will be airing the first six episodes of their new live-action series adapted from the Robert Kirkman zombie comic that stars Jon Bernthal, Andrew Lincoln, Jeffrey DeMunn, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Steven Yeun, Michael Rooker, Chandler Riggs, Linds Edwards, Jim Coleman, and Emma Bell. THE WALKING DEAD tells the story of the weeks and months that follow a pandemic zombie apocalypse. County Sheriff Rick Grimes travels with his family and a small group of survivors, constantly in search of a safe and secure home. But the constant pressure of fighting off death on a daily basis takes a heavy toll, sending many to the lowest depths of human cruelty. As Rick struggles to keep his family alive, he will discover that the overwhelming fear of the survivors can be far more dangerous than the mindless walkers roaming the earth. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PIRANHA 3D: Check out this rather interesting viral site.
** ALIEN ANTHOLOGY: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents one of the most successful and terrifying film franchises of all time when the ALIEN ANTHOLOGY debuts on Blu-ray for the first time ever from October 25 internationally and on October 26 in North America. All four ALIEN films have been reinvigorated for an intense Blu-ray high-definition viewing experience. The release also marks the debut of MU-TH-UR Mode, a fully interactive companion that takes the extensive materials in the ALIEN ANTHOLOGY and puts them in the user's hand -- connecting fans to special features on all six discs and instantly providing an index of all available ALIEN content, including over 60 hours of special features and over 12,000 images.
The ALIEN ANTHOLOGY is a truly unique home entertainment experience. For the first time ever, the studio has united the material from every home video release of the ALIEN saga including the 1991/1992 laserdisc releases, the 1999 "Legacy" release and 2003's groundbreaking ALIEN QUADRILOGY release into one complete Blu-ray collection. The set also includes two versions of each film and over four hours of previously unreleased exclusive material such as original screentests of Sigourney Weaver prior to filming the original ALIEN, unseen deleted scenes, thousands of still photographs from the Fox archives, the previously unseen original cut of "Wreckage and Rage: The Making of ALIEN(3)," and much, much more.
The ALIEN ANTHOLOGY will be available for a suggested retail price of $139.99 U.S. / $179.99 Canada.
Disc One: ALIEN
1979 Theatrical Version
2003 Director's Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction
Audio commentaries:
Director Ridley Scott, writer Dan O'Bannon, executive producer Ronald Shusett, editor Terry Rawlings, and actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt
Ridley Scott (on theatrical cut only)
Final theatrical isolated score by Jerry Goldsmith
Composer's original isolated score by Jerry Goldsmith
Deleted and extended scenes
MU-TH-UR Mode interactive experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream
Disc Two: ALIENS
1986 Theatrical Version
1991 Special Edition with James Cameron introduction
Audio commentary by director James Cameron, producer Gale Anne Hurd, alien effects creator Stan Winston, visual effects supervisors Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak, miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung, and actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn and Christopher Henn
Final theatrical isolated score by James Horner
Composer's original isolated score by James Horner
Deleted and extended scenes
MU-TH-UR Mode interactive experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream
Disc Three: ALIEN3
1992 Theatrical Version
2003 Special Edition (Restored Workprint Version)
Audio commentary by cinematographer Alex Thomson, B.S.C., editor Terry Rawlings, alien effects designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., visual effects producer Richard Edlund, A.S.C., and actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen
Final theatrical isolated score by Elliot Goldenthal
Deleted and extended scenes
MU-TH-UR Mode interactive experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream
Disc Four: ALIEN RESSURECTION
1997 Theatrical Version
2003 Special Edition with Jean-Pierre Jeunet introduction
Audio commentary by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, editor Herve Schneid, A.C.E., alien effects creators Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., visual effects supervisor Pitof, conceptual artist Sylvain Despretz, and actors Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser
Final theatrical isolated score by John Frizzell
Deleted and extended scenes
MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream
Disc Five: Making the Anthology
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Star Beast: Developing the Story
The Visualists: Direction and Design
Truckers in Space: Casting
Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978
The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and Alien Planet
The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design
Future Tense: Editing and Music
Outward Bound: Visual Effects
A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film
Enhancement Pods
Superior Firepower: Making Aliens
57 Years Later: Continuing the Story
Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction
Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization
This Time It's War: Pinewood Studios, 1985
The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action
Bug Hunt: Creature Design
Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien
Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn
The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound
The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects
Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film
Enhancement Pods
Wreckage and Rage: Making Alien3
Development Hell: Concluding the Story
Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward's Vision
Stasis Interrupted: David Fincher's Vision
Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger's Redesign
The Color of Blood: Pinewood Studios, 1991
Adaptive Organism: Creature Design
The Downward Spiral: Creative Differences
Where the Sun Burns Cold: Fox Studios, L.A. 1992
Optical Fury: Visual Effects
Requiem for a Scream: Music, Editing and Sound
Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film
Enhancement Pods
One Step Beyond: Making Alien Resurrection
From the Ashes: Reviving the Story
French Twist: Direction and Design
Under the Skin: Casting and Characterization
Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996
In the Zone: The Basketball Scene
Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design
Genetic Composition: Music
Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery
A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography
Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film
Enhancement Pods
MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience to Access and Control Enhancement Pods
Disc Six: The Anthology Archives
Alien
Pre-Production
First Draft Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon
Ridleygrams: Original Thumbnails and Notes
Storyboard Archive
The Art of Alien: Conceptual Art Portfolio
Sigourney Weaver Screen Tests with Select Director Commentary
Cast Portrait Gallery
Production
The Chestbuster: Multi-Angle Sequence with Commentary
Video Graphics Gallery
Production Image Galleries
Continuity Polaroids
The Sets of Alien
H.R. Giger's Workshop Gallery
Post-Production and Aftermath
Additional Deleted Scenes
Image & Poster Galleries
Experience in Terror
Special Collector's Edition LaserDisc Archive
The Alien Legacy
American Cinematheque: Ridley Scott Q&A
Trailers & TV Spots
Aliens
Pre-Production
Original Treatment by James Cameron
Pre-Visualizations: Multi-Angle Videomatics with Commentary
Storyboard Archive
The Art of Aliens: Image Galleries
Cast Portrait Gallery
Production
Production Image Galleries
Continuity Polaroids
Weapons and Vehicles
Stan Winston's Workshop
Colonial Marine Helmet Cameras
Video Graphics Gallery
Weyland-Yutani Inquest: Nostromo Dossiers
Post-Production and Aftermath
Deleted Scene: Burke Cocooned
Deleted Scene Montage
Image Galleries
Special Collector's Edition LaserDisc Archive
Main Title Exploration
Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright
Trailers & TV Spots
Alien3
Pre-Production
Storyboard Archive
The Art of Arceon
The Art of Fiorina
Production
Furnace Construction: Time-Lapse Sequence
EEV Bioscan: Multi-Angle Vignette with Commentary
Production Image Galleries
A.D.I.'s Workshop
Post-Production and Aftermath
Visual Effects Gallery
Special Shoot: Promotional Photo Archive
Alien3 Advance Featurette
The Making of Alien3 Promotional Featurette
Trailers & TV Spots
Alien Resurrection
Pre-Production
First Draft Screenplay by Joss Whedon
Test Footage: A.D.I. Creature Shop with Commentary
Test Footage: Costumes, Hair and Makeup
Pre-Visualizations: Multi-Angle Rehearsals
Storyboard Archive
The Marc Caro Portfolio: Character Designs
The Art of Resurrection: Image Galleries
Production
Production Image Galleries
A.D.I.'s Workshop
Post-Production and Aftermath
Visual Effects Gallery
Special Shoot: Promotional Photo Archive
HBO First Look: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Alien Resurrection Promotional Featurette
Trailers & TV Spots
Anthology
Two Versions of Alien Evolution
The Alien Saga
Patches and Logos Gallery
Aliens 3D Attraction Scripts and Gallery
Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection
Parodies
Dark Horse Cover Gallery
Patches and Logos Gallery
MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience
(thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- July 14, 2010 -----
** SUSPIRIA remake: Marco Morabito spoke to Italian press recently and addressed the remake of Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA, a project announced with director David Gordon Green. According to the producer, Argento himself has signed off on the rights to allow the picture to happen. And even though Green has been courted with many other film offers, it looks like shooting will begin in early 2011.
But for those following the progress of the redo, they know the start date is a fickle one as, in 2009, another producer, Luca Guadagnino, said shooting would take place this year. Green has YOUR HIGNESS hitting theaters later this year. And no, Marilyn Manson, says Morabito, is not going to appear in SUSPIRIA a if it ever happens. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** DEXTER: Peter Weller (ROBOCOP has joined the cast of the upcoming fifth season of Showtime’s DEXTER. Weller will be playing a troubled Miami Metro police officer caught up in an internal affairs investigation, and will appear in eight of the twelve episodes. He joins several other new cast members this season including Julia Stiles, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jonny Lee Miller and Shawn Hatosy. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE: On October 5th, 2010, as part of their Roger Corman's Cult Classics collection, Shout! Factory will release all three SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE films on DVD. (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** M. Night Shyamalan's DEVIL: The trailer is now online.
** Paul Naschy: Luis Rosales, of SciFi World, is producting THE MAN WHO SAW FRANKENSTEIN CRY, a Naschy doc directed by Angel Agudo. They scored Mick Garris to host the piece and roped in John Landis, Caroline Munro, Jorge Grau, Naschy family members, horror experts and many more for interviews to reflect on the man and his films. The Sitges Film Festival this October is the place to see the premiere of the documentary. Nasch died at the age of 75, after a fight with cancer, last December. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** PIRANHA 3D: Here's the english version of the ultra cool french poster posted days ago. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- July 12, 2010 -----
** MACHETE: Here's more characters posters. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: Here's a new poster for the upcoming remake. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** SAW VII: The film has been renamed SAW 3D. The $17 million project will hit cinemas on October 22nd. The tagline is "The Trap that come alive". I loved the last one so I simply can't wait to see this "last" one. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** FROZEN: Anchor Bay Entertainment will release Adam Green's thriller on DVD and Blu-Ray September 28. The standard definition DVD release includes a feature-length audio commentary with the stars and filmmakers, four insightful behind-the-scenes featurettes, the theatrical trailer and deleted scenes. The Blu-ray adds all the DVD bonus features, plus an additional format-exclusive audio commentary with writer/director Adam Green, cinematographer Will Barratt and editor Ed Marx.
Starring Kevin Zegers, Shawn Ashmore and Emma Bell, Frozen charts the nightmare of three snowboarders when they get stranded on a ski chairlift taking them to the last run of the day. When the ski patrol switches off the night lights, the threesome realize with growing panic and dread that they've been left behind, dangling high off the ground with no way down. With the resort closed until the following weekend, and frostbite and hypothermia already setting in, the trio is forced to take desperate measures to escape off the mountain before they freeze to death. Once they make their move, they discover with horror that they have much more to fear than just the frigid cold. As they combat the unrelenting forces of nature and other unexpected obstacles, they start to question if their will to survive is strong enough to overcome the worst ways to die. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** Mya Communications: Here's some DVD covers of their upcoming releases for September 2010.
** I SAW THE DEVIL: The trailer mentioned last week and now available here embedded. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
----- July 9, 2010 -----
** MACHETE: Here's two new character poster for the upcoming film. (thanks to CHUD.com & JoBlo.com)
** Kim Ji-Woon’s I SAW THE DEVIL: The full trailer is now online for the highly anticipated South Korean horror film.
** 30 DAYS OF NIGHT DARK DAYS: Directed by Ben Ketai, the sequel is hitting DVD and a Blu-ray + DVD combo pack on October 5th. It’s been almost a year since the Alaskan town of Barrow’s population was decimated by vampires during its annual month-long sunset. Riddled with grief over the death of her husband, bound by nightmares and void of all emotions beyond hate and sorrow, Stella has spent the past months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist. Met with skepticism and laughter, Stella is ready to throw in the towel when a group of lost souls offers an incredible opportunity: the chance to exact revenge upon Lilith, the vampire queen responsible for the assault on Stella’s sleepy Alaskan town. With nothing remaining to live for, and nothing left to fear, Stella joins their mission and ventures into the uncharted underbelly of Los Angeles where she pushes herself to the most extreme limits to stop the evil from striking again.
Both the DVD and Blu-ray + DVD combo pack contain special features that include a filmmaker commentary and The Gritty Realism of Dark Days, a new featurette that provides an all access behind-the-scenes exploration of the production design, make-up effects and cinematography used to create the gory war on the vampires. The Blu-ray + DVD combo pack is also enhanced with an exclusive Blu-ray interactive featurette, Graphic Inspirations: From Comic to Film, which compares and contrasts the visuals of the graphic novel with the imagery from the film, with discussion by director Ben Ketai. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** VERBO: From the producers of THE ORPHANAGE and PAN'S LABYRINTH. Here's the trailer. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
----- July 8, 2010 -----
** SAW VII 3D: Canadian distributor Maple Pictures posted a brief interview with SAW VII 3D star Sean Patrick Flanery who talks a bit about the way 3-D is utilized in the seventh film, while also revealing there is in fact another twist. Lionsgate/Maple Pictures begin Jigsaw's latest game on October 22.
Actor Sean Patrick Flanery has revealed what fans can expect from the horror franchise's first foray into 3D. "Three-dimensional blood and gore - yeah!" the actor laughed. "I'm excited to see that, I think it'll be neat. It's not shot in 3D so that you can, per se, see blood coming directly at you." He went on: "It's in 3D for the texture and the depth, for the architecture, to get a sense that you're in the scene but there's no 'we want to see blood coming at the lens' it's nothing like that. But I think we made a good movie."
He added: "I haven't seen the final product yet but the script was really cool, it really is." In the seventh movie we see a deadly battle rage over the Jigsaw Killer's brutal legacy, while a group of survivors gather to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, played by Flanery. The actor hinted fans should expect yet another unexpected twist. "There is, I can't really reveal it, but there is," he laughed. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** LET ME IN: Composer Michael Giacchino (UP, STAR TREK remake, THE INCREDIBLES) will provide the score for the upcoming remake of acclaimed Swedish thriller LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE DIVIDE: Director Xavier Gens follows his $99 Million grossing HITMAN with THE DIVIDE - a high concept post-apocalyptic thriller that opens with pandemonium and a chaotic sprint towards the basement of a New York apartment building, just moments before the city outside is decimated…
When a cataclysmic explosion devastates New York, eight strangers take refuge in the basement of their apartment building, a converted fallout shelter designed by their paranoid superintendent Mickey. With just three connecting rooms it’s barely big enough, but with stockpiles of food and water, the group are at least safe from the horrors outside, and they settle in and attempt to fathom the catastrophe that has ended the lives of so many of their loved ones.
But suddenly men in HAZMAT suits storm their shelter and open fire. The strangers join forces in a desperate bid to take on this enemy, with no-one understanding what these HAZMATS are looking for, and what drives them to be so merciless.
With fatalities on both sides and the remaining HAZMATS temporarily pushed back and locked out, the worst is yet to come for the group. Cabin fever sets in as the perception of the shelter shifts from safe-haven to claustrophobic rat-trap. Fear of radiation-poisoning and dwindling supplies play on their minds, while the young, beautiful Eva has more immediate worries… Her fiancé Sam is weaker than the other males, who are slowly starting to regress into ruthless, violent, predators.
As tension mounts their sanctuary becomes a living hell, and with Sam powerless to protect Eva, she must rely on her wits to save herself from becoming the mercy of the pack in a thrilling final act.
With twists and turns throughout, and no way of knowing who will make it out alive, THE DIVIDE is an action packed psychological thriller that combines ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 with LORD OF THE FLIES. To survive the end of the world, you first must survive each other..." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- July 7, 2010 -----
** NIGHTMARE: Code Red's most troubled production will finally hit the streets soon. In their official blog, they explain why it's not out yet and what to expect in terms of picture quality, supplements etc. "In any event, the long wait is finally over. NIGHTMARE is coming to DVD in 2010 in its best possible presentation." The release date has yet to be determined. (thanks to DVDSleuth.blogspot.com)
** THE EVIL DEAD Blu-ray: Easily one of the most requested titles for Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment’s unparalleled library of horror films, Sam Raimi’s 1981 cult classic THE EVIL DEAD will officially make its high definition debut on August 31st with THE EVIL DEAD Blu-ray. For the release, two all-new 1080p anamorphic transfers in 1.85 and the original director-composed 1.33 aspect ratio, have been prepared and personally supervised by director/writer Raimi, presented in high-resolution Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio, as well as a brand new commentary track with Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and star Bruce Campbell! In addition, many of the bonus features, released on previous DVD editions, will once again be available on a special, limited edition DVD included with the Blu-ray™. SRP is a very collectible $29.99 and pre-book is August 4th.
THE EVIL DEAD (Disc 1) contains an all-NEW audio commentary with Writer/Director Sam Raimi, Producer Robert Tapert and Star Bruce Campbell. A standard DVD (Disc 2) contains the following bonus features, many returning for the first time in years, and available only for a limited time.
Special Features:
All-NEW audio commentary with writer/director Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and star Bruce Campbell
One By One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead featurette
The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor featurette
The Ladies Of The Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell featurette
Book of The Dead: The Other Pages featurette
Discovering The Evil Dead featurette
Unconventional featurette
At The Drive-In featurette
(thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** SAW VII 3D: Director Kevin Greutert posted some behind-the-scenes stills from the upcoming sequel. The director had to say that, "The movie is a sledgehammer of SAWishness, with more traps, more craziness, and more die-mensions than we've ever tried before, and I can’t wait for everyone to see it.
** DEATH BELL 2: The trailer is now online for the South Korean horror sequel.
** Yann Gozlan's CAPTIFS (CAGED): Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Carole is a young nurse with a humanitarian aid group that has reached the end of its mission. But just then, the young woman and her two colleagues are kidnapped by strangers for mysterious reasons. Held captive, cared for and kept alive in an oppressive and sinister setting, the three prisoners soon discover with horror what their kidnappers truly have in store for them... Here's the trailer for the upcoming French horror film. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
----- July 6, 2010 -----
** HOSTEL PART 3: A third film in the series is in the works. Michael Weiss penned the script which is set in Las Vegas where a bachelor party goes horribly wrong. The setting and tone sounds notably different from the first two which used European locales as a big element of their production. At present the title will go direct-to-DVD and writer/director Eli Roth will only be involved as producer, Scott Spiegel is taking over the director's chair. There is "some speculation" it may go theatrical. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** GRINDHOUSE: Edgar Wright revealed via his Twitter account that he's sitting down this week to record an audio commentary for DON'T, the faux trailer sandwiched between PLANET TERROR and DEATHPROOF during the theatrical run. "Some of you will know what that means is finally happening," Wright says following his announcement. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** SCRE4M: Ehren Kruger (SCREAM 3) had been brought onboard for some rewrites of Kevin Williamson's script and claims that Williamson himself is 'out of the picture' which calls into question the fate of further sequels. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Rogue Pictures has moved up the release date of the M. Night Shyamalan-produced THE NIGHT CHRONICLES DEVIL from February 11th next year to September 17th this year. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Joe Lynch's THE KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM: Shooting is expected to begin soon on the dark metal horror pic. Here's the official synopsis. After being dumped by his sexy girlfriend Beth, Joe reluctantly decides to join Eric and his LARPing friends in the woods rather than stay behind and feel sorry for his newly single status. There he meets hot, ass-kicking, intimidating LARPer Gwen, and finds himself plunged into a surreal adventure wilder than he ever imagined when a make-believe wizard casts an all-too-real spell from an ancient book. That spell releases an actual demon with a taste for human blood -- and souls -- that starts systematically decimating the players in this suddenly deadly "game." Will our guys become the heroes they have been pretending to be before time runs out? (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Synapse Films is releasing a DVD of Barbara Bell and Anna Lorentzon's highly controversial documentary GRAPHIC SEXUAL HORROR on August 23, 2010. The subject of the film is Brent PD Scott, creator of a U.S. based bondage and S&M site called INSEX.COM. By the time the site was shut down by the Department of Homeland Security, it had accumulated 35,000 members who paid $60 a month for access. After premiering at Slamdance in 2009, the film played a number of festivals including Hot Docs, Fantasia, and CineKink. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
----- July 5, 2010 -----
** LET ME IN official synopsis: Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from KICK ASS) stars as Abby, a secretive 12-year old girl, who moves next door to Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee from THE ROAD). Owen is a social outcast who is viciously bullied at school and in his loneliness, forms a profound bond with his new neighbour. Owen can’t help noticing that Abby is like no one he has ever met before. As a string of grisly murders occupy the town, Owen has to confront the reality that this seemingly innocent girl is really a savage vampire. Here's the new poster for the upcoming remake. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PIRANHA 3D: Here's a superb french poster for the upcoming remake. (thanks to IMPAwards.com)
** SCRE4M: Voice actor Roger L. Jackson will return as "Ghostface" for the sequel, marking his 4th consecutive appearance in the horror franchise. Adam Brody, Marley Shelton and Erik Knudsen have joined the cast. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com & DarkHorizons.com)
** THE THING prequel is coming to theaters April 29th, 2011. Here's the official synopsis. Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The shape-shifting creature, accidentally unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but inside, it remains inhuman. In the thriller THE THING, paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers as they’re infected, one by one, by a mystery from another planet. Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up. When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew’s pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** IT remake: The Stephen King fansite Lilja's Library had a very interesting conversation with screenwriter Dave Kajganich about his approach to the project which, as of now, is steadily moving forward. "In all of my talks with the studio, it has only ever been discussed as a single feature film," says Kajganich. "The book's length is clearly more suited to a mini-series and I understand very well why they went that route the last time around, but I think the book's content is really more appropriate for cinema. I told the studio from the beginning that I felt I needed to be able to write for an R rating, since I wanted to be as candid as the novel about the terrible things the characters go through as kids. They agreed and off I went."
Kajganich also spoke on the seemingly impossible (and unenviable) task of consolidating the novel without losing sight of the story: "I think the biggest difference is that we're working with about two-thirds the onscreen time they had for the miniseries, Kajganich continues. "That sounds dire, I know, but it doesn't necessarily mean two-thirds the amount of story. I'm finding as many ways as I can to make certain scenes redundant by deepening and doubling others. To me, this is an interesting process because it has the effect of thematically intensifying the whole, but it can lead to dramatic surprises. Certain scenes I thought would be crucial to the coherence of the whole ended up cut, while other scenes, which were somewhat cursory in the book, ended up being pivotal in the script." (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** Hideo Nakata's THE INCITE MILL: The trailer is now online for the new film from the director of RING. (thanks to NipponCinema.com)
----- July 1st, 2010 -----
** LET ME IN: Here's the trailer for the remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, possibly the greatest vampire film of all time. After directing the amazing CLOVERFIELD, Matt Reeves is back.
** PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2: Here's the teaser trailer for the sequel to the highly successful first film last year.
** SAW VII 3D is getting an R rating "for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and language." (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** SCRE4M: The cast is dropping like flies before their characters (possibly) get killed in the upcoming sequel. Actress Lauren Graham's is out of the Wes Craven sequel. Graham isn't the first to walk away. Lake Bell departed the project last week. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** IFC will release TORMENTED on August 31, COFFIN ROCK and DOGHOUSE on October 12 and MUTANTS on October 26. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** Vivendi Home Entertainment is shouldering the duties of ushering the Dimension Films library out onto Blu-Ray. Exciting, depending on what films you are looking forward to. PULSE is set to street on September 7. This will be followed by FEAST on September 14, PREY hits September 28 and the 2006 remake of BLACK CHRISTMAS arrives on October 19. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: A sneak peek of the script to the sequel of the recent remake is now online.
** The 2010 Fantasia Film Festival: The full schedule is now online!
----- June 30, 2010 -----
** THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE: The twisted flick will be coming out to DVD on October 5th from IFC. This is a must buy for all horror fans.
** Neil Marshall's BURST: The Sam Raimi produced 3D film will be next for the director of THE DESCENT. So far all that is known from the story is that humans will be fighthing aliens, good enough for me! (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** 5NAL DESTINATION: It looks like this going to be the title for the upcoming sequel in which the opening disaster will be a suspension bridge collapses. The film slated for release in 3-D on August 26, 2011. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE remake: Anchor Bay has a set a release date for the redo to roll into a limited theatrical release on October 8. Directed by Steven Monroe, this time it's Sarah Butler who dishes revenge after being repeatedly attacked in her remote cabin. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** SCREAM 4: Funworld's (owner, licensor, and manufacturer of Ghostface) R.J. Torbert posted a few "tweets" that reveal something quite interesting about Wes Craven's fourth film: "I expect there to be 2 diff masks, however I will say this, things changing very often – difficult to say without giving it away," he explains adding, "Sent out additional GHOSTFACE to the SET today, a very interesting opening scene." But here's the biggie: "Lets just say, the town of Woodsboro, has an obsession. There is your hint." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** The 2010 Fantasia Film Festival: The official web site is now online! Lots of must see films will be shows such as BLACK DEATH, THE DEVILS, THE LAST EXORCISM, POSSESSED, A SERBIAN FILM, THE PACK, MESRINE L'INSTINCT DE MORT, MESRINE L'ENNEMI PUBLIC NO.1, WE ARE WHAT WE EAT, CENTURION, REC 2, THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE and more!
----- June 29, 2010 -----
** Code Red DVDs in September: Up for pre-order are NIGHT CHILD (Il medaglione insanguinato, Massimo Dallamano 1975) and EXTERMINATORS OF THE YEAR 3000 (Gli sterminatori dell'anno 3000, Giuliano Carnimeo 1983). The release dates are September 7 and September 21. (thanks to DVDSleuth.blogspot.com)
** DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK remake: Gearing up for the San Diego Comic Con, Miramax has announced a January 21, 2011 release for the Guillermo del Toro produced remake starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, and Bailee Madison. Del Toro and Matthew Robbins penned the adaptation of a 1973 ABC telepic. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** M. Night Shyamalan has set the second feature to be made through his genre producing banner The Night Chronicles. Shyamalan and Media Rights Capital have set Chris Sparling to write TWELVES STRANGERS, a thriller that involves a jury deliberating a case involving the supernatural. Sparling scripted BURIED, the Rodrigo Cortes-directed Ryan Reynolds-in-a-coffin thriller snapped up by Lionsgate after a raucous midnight premiere screening at Sundance. The first Night Chronicles, DEVIL, arrives in theaters next February from Universal Pictures. It was directed by the Dowdle brothers (QUARANTINE) and is still shrouded in mystery. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- June 28, 2010 -----
** DEXTER Season 5: According to Variety, Jonny Lee Miller (HACKERS) -- who nearly scored the leading role in AMC's THE WALKING DEAD - is joining Showtime's forthcoming fifth season of DEXTER and will have a multiepside arc. He'll portray a mysterious man who ends up tangled in a storyline with Julia Stiles, who is beginning her first season on the skein. April Lee Hernandez joins fellow season 5 newbies Julia Stiles (as Dex's new pal), Maria Doyle Kennedy (as an Irish nanny), and Shawn Hatosy (as the latest villain), alongside star Michael C. Hall as a like-able Miami police forensics expert who moonlights as a serial killer of criminals who he believes have escaped justice. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Backstage at the Saturn Awards Thursday night, Guillermo del Toro did updating us on future projects including his hoped-for adaptation of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN. "I'm presenting the storyline to Universal...but I think that I wanna be if possible shooting in May next year," said del Toro. "So I need something that's ready to go into pre-production immediately."
In fact, the project is so achingly close they're even already doing makeup tests with Doug Jones, set to play the Monster in the remake: "We're doing tests we did all the sculpting already. He's completely done, the body, the face, all the parts, including the nuts, which are something to behold. [Laughter] But we are doing a test with Doug very soon."
Of course, there's that whole thing about needing a screenplay to actually make a movie (well, usually), and on that front (sounds like he's really going for a faithful adaptation of the novel) del Toro still doesn't feel it's quite there: "The screenplay's not ready. That's the problem it's not an easy screenplay to crack. There's been so many versions, and I really would love to bring something new, and I believe what we're doing is something new, without changing the novel. That's the curious thing. I think by endearing ourselves to what the novel proposes is just the approach that is new. But if I say what it is, I spoil it completely."
He also explained why H.P. Lovecraft adaptation AT THE MOUNTAIN OF MADNESS hasn't come to fruition, and why it may never (thanks a lot, Hollywood): "I'm like a broken record, I'd love to be doing Mountains of Madness. But still, even now, it's very difficult for the studios to take the step of doing an R-rated, tentpole movie with a tough ending, no love story, set in period from a writer [who has] a readership as big as any best-seller, but it's [tough] to quantify because his works are in the public domain. But...they have been reprinted for so many decades and they have captured the imagination of so many filmmakers is how powerful this guys is. But since it doesn't look like I can do Mountains of Madness, I have now [narrowed down] the projects that I am interested in to three."
So when will we know which it is? "The announcement may come at Comic-con or a little after Comic-con. But right around that time, I'm not sure still." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** JACOB'S LADDER: Adrian Lyne's highly-effective 1990 film is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a Blu-Ray debut on September 14, courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The disc will include a 1080p Hi-Def transfer, an audio commentary with Lyne, deleted scenes, a "Building Jacob's Ladder" featurette and a theatrical trailer. Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena and Danny Aiello star in this head trip about a Vietnam vet suffering from visions of "demons" trailing his every move. Terrific stuff definitely worth revisiting. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** At the Saturn Award, Sam Raimi "answered" questions about the long rumoured THE EVIL DEAD 4 sequel and the possible remake. So, Sam, can we expect an EVIL DEAD 4 sometime in the near future? "I’d love to make one, but I just don’t know what the future holds regarding that," he said grimly.
How about that EVIL DEAD remake news that been bandied around for the last few years? "I mean, that movie was made 31 years ago. And it was shot in 16 millimeter. It was never really seen on the big screen, only 60 prints were made, they were bicycled around to different theaters, very few people saw it. It was X-rated, very few people saw it. Many movie theaters...wouldn’t show it, newspapers wouldn’t run the advertisements because it was X-rated so people haven’t really ever seen that movie on the big screen, I think that actually is a good reason to remake it." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** JONAH HEX dropped to the tenth spot the box office with only $1.6 million for a total of only $9.1 million so far.
----- June 24, 2010 -----
** NIGHT OF THE DEMONS remake: E1 Entertainment has announced an October 19, 2010 release for Adam Gierasch's remake on both DVD and Blu-ray. Starring the delicious and favorite of mine Diora Baird, Shannon Elizabeth, Monica Keena, Bobbi Sue Luther, Jonathan Beach, Michael Copon, Tiffany Shepis, and Edward Furlong, the film follows Angela Feld throwing the Halloween party to end all Halloween parties at the infamous Broussard Mansion in New Orleans, where dark events transpired almost a century ago. But when the packed party gets busted by the police, Angela and her friends Maddie, Lily, Suzanne, Colin, Dex and Jason are the only ones left behind. Soon Colin and Angela make a grisly discovery in the basement and inexplicable events start to take place. With the mansion gates mysteriously locked, the seven find themselves trapped for the night...and soon they're fighting ancient demons for their very souls. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** QUARANTINE 2: Mercedes Masohn and Josh Cooke are starring in Sony Screen Gems' direct-to-disc sequel now filming in the Los Angeles area. Being directed by John Pogue (GHOST SHIP) from his own script, the sequel to the 2008 film is said to take the infection to an airport. The Dowdle brothers' feature was a remake of the Spanish REC franchise, which will see its sequel in theaters July 9. Two more sequel are being developed in Spain. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PIRANHA 3D: Here's some new stills from the upcoming "remake".
----- June 23, 2010 -----
** PIRANHA 3D: Finally here's a cool poster for the upcoming remake.
** THE HOWLING REBORN: Moonstone has released the official plot synopsis for Joe Nimziki's film, their reboot of the werewolf franchise that featured some groundbreaking FX work. "On the eve of his high school graduation, unremarkable Will Kidman finally bonds with the girl he has long yearned for, reclusive Eliana Wynter. But he also discovers a dark secret from his past... that he is about to become a werewolf. Now, in an effort to fight destiny and save their love as well as their lives, they must battle not only Will's growing blood lust but an army of fearsome beasts bent on killing them... and then, us all." Shooting begins in Montreal, Canada this year. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE LAST EXORCISM: The MPAA announced that it's given this new chiller a PG-13 "for disturbing violent content and terror, some sexual references and thematic material for the forthcoming Lionsgate film previously known as COTTON. (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** Magnet Releasing is giving George A. Romero's SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD a DVD and Blu-Ray release on August 24. Here's what to look for in the 2-disc set and on Blu-Ray "Ultimate Undead Edition":
• Dual-option menus: Human vs. zombie
• Introduction by Romero (with the option to play it before the film)
• Audio commentary by Romero, actor Kenneth Welsh, executive producer Peter Grunwald, film editor/executive producer Michael Doherty and stunt coordinator/2nd-unit director/actor Matt Birman
• Audio commentary by Romero and Dread Central's Steve Barton
• “Time With George” featurette
• HDNet: A Look at SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD
• “Walking After Midnight” full-length documentary
• “Sarge” short film
• Fangoria.com interviews with Romero
• “A Minute of Your Time” shorts:
-A Message to Sitges
-Midnight Madness
-Zombie Walks
-Welsh Wisdom
-A Bloody Mess
-Horsing Around
-Getting to Location
-Undead Interview
-A Just Reward
-Bang Your Head
-A Man in Uniform
-Fanboy at Heart
-A Little Swim
• Storyboard Comparisons
• “How to Create Your Own Zombie Bite” by Backyard FX
(thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
----- June 22, 2010 -----
** FRIGHT NIGHT 3D: DreamWorks has announced that they plan on releasing Craig Gillespie's remake in theaters on October 7, 2011. Penned by Marti Noxon, the redo will star Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, Toni Collette, David Tennant, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** TRUE BLOOD: HBO has renewed the hit show for a 12-episode fourth season, it was announcedby Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Created by Alan Ball, the series will begin production of new episodes early next year in Los Angeles, with debut set for summer 2011. Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, "True Blood" follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who can hear people’s thoughts, and her boyfriend, 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), who went missing at the end of season two, and is now the object of a frantic search. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Festival season is gearing up in earnest for the genre film world and the Sitges Festival - the largest and most important genre event in Europe - have just dropped their opening titles. Leading off opening night on October 7th will be the Guillermo Del Toro produced chiller JULIA'S EYES by director Guillem Morales. On the international front, the Official Fantastic Selection will kick off with LET ME IN, the American remake of Swedish vampire hit LET THE RIGHT ONE IN by CLOVERFIELD director Matt Reeves. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** JONAH HEX opened at the 8th spot at the box office with only $5.1 million.
----- June 21, 2010 -----
** MONSTER SQUAD remake: Paramount Pictures is still moving forward on the remake tapping screenwriting cousins Mark and Brian Gunn. Rob Cohen, who produced the original film, will still produce and direct the new version. The 1987 original, which Fred Dekker directed from a script he co-wrote with Shane Black, concerns a group of kids who discover a plot by Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Gill Man and The Mummy to try and take over the world. The studio is looking to the family-oriented property as a potential franchise. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** DEATH BELL 2: Here's two posters for the upcoming South Korean sequel. (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
** SCREAM 4: Entertainment Weekly appears to have a stranglehold on the Scream IV casting as they've not only confirmed the near addition of Lauren Graham, but they also report that Anthony Anderson and and Marielle Jaffe. Dimension will release it in theaters on April 15, 2011. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** GODZILLA 3D producer Brian Rogers made the following statement: "CLASH OF THE TITANS is important here...because it made the industry realize that you cannot do substandard 3D and charge full pricing." He also noted how well Clash did at the box office, but it's nice to know that some people are more focused on providing a quality product. A+! Being produced by Legendary Pictures, the big green monster is still quite a ways a way from arriving in theaters as a writer hasn't even been hired. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** FRIGHT NIGHT 3D: Imogen Pootsis in final talks to star as "Amy", a popular high school senior who "needs to get nasty" by the finale, in DreamWorks' remake. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Summer Glau is the first fem to join the cast of Joe Lynch's THE KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM. She joins Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, Peter Dinklage, and Danny Pudi. Penned by Kevin Dreyfuss and Matt Wall, the black comedy follows a group of costumed LARPers (Live Action Role Players) who accidentally release a real-life Heavy Metal demon. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Major Spanish producers Rodar Y Rodar (THE ORPHANAGE) are set to make a new $7m thriller/horror called EL HOMBRE HUECO (Hollow Man) with Guillem Morales and Oriol Paolo, the writing/directing duo of JULIA'S EYES. Paolo will take on directing duties and co-write the script with Morales, which will be a Spanish-language film set in a remote town where a young professor tries to solve a load of unexplained murders leading to mysterious happenings involving ghosts. "Shooting is due to take place in either 2011 or 2012 in Spain," Joaquin Padro told the ScreenDaily web site. "We are looking for financing with the intention of having a quality international cast for the project." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** RESIDENT EVIL AFTERLIFE: A second trailer is now online for the upcoming sequel.
----- June 17, 2010 -----
** MANIAC on Blu-ray: Arriving on high def Blu-ray October 26 from Blue Underground is William Lustig's awesome slasher, which features a slew of brand new interviews to go along with features from the previous releases. Frank Zito (a career performance by co-writer/ co-executive producer Joe Spinell of ROCKY and THE GODFATHER fame) is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now Frank has begun a relationship with a beautiful photographer (Caroline Munro), yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a Maniac. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE CABIN IN THE WOODS: In a new article over at the Hollywood Reporter chatting about MGM's recent hunt for a new CEO, they reveal that the studio could be pushing THE CABIN IN THE WOODS out of the January 14, 2011 date. Originally slated for release last year, the Drew Goddard directed creature feature was delayed to post-covert it to 3D. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE THING prequel: Universal Pictures has announced an April 29, 2011 release for the Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. directed "prequel" to John Carpenter's classic from 1982. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Dennis Storhøi, the action takes place in a remote Antarctica outpost, an alien spaceship is discovered far beneath the ice. When a group of ambitious scientists decide to thaw out one of the creatures inside, they're in for the terrifying fight of their lives. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PRIEST: Scott Stewart's film has been pushed back again from Sony. It is now set to be release May 13, 2011. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** DEXTER Season 5: April Lee Hernandez has landed what Entertainment Weekly calls the last new recurring role of DEXTER's upcoming fifth season. The actress - best known for her supporting work as Nurse Inez on ER - will play a new cop (presumably) working in Miami Metro’s homicide department. Hernandez joins fellow season 5 newbies Julia Stiles (as Dex's new pal), Maria Doyle Kennedy (as an Irish nanny), and Shawn Hatosy (as the latest villain), alongside star Michael C. Hall as a like-able Miami police forensics expert who moonlights as a serial killer of criminals who he believes have escaped justice. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Universal Home Entertainment has revealed the cover art for their October 19 Blu-Ray release of PSYCHO. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** DEATH BELL 2: Here's the trailer for the South Korean sequel.
** PREDATORS: Here's some new stills from the upcoming film.
----- June 16, 2010 -----
GOREZONE is 12 years old!!
I've always loved films that were scary, gory, atmospheric and just plain vile. Back in June 1998, I decided to start GOREZONE because of the lack of coverage for the horror genre on the Internet. There was tons of sites dedicated to STAR WARS and STAR TREK, yet apart from a few good horror sites such as HorrorMovies.com and HouseofHorrors.com, the net was leaving me wanting for more. The very first news update of GOREZONE featured the poster of H20 which was infact a GOREZONE exclusive, the poster didn't appeared anywhere else online before, some rumours about FREDDY VS JASON and Fantasia Film Festival 1998. The logo on top now is actually the very first logo I created for the site!
The history of GOREZONE is a long and wild one. The site first started on the now defunt Xoom.com free hosting, then switched to Geocities.com, then back to Xoom to finaly find a little spot over at Horror.net. That's when things really started for the site. At the same time because of the lack of time I decided to close the French section of the site. I started to get more involved in the horror community, meeting actors, directors and people working behind-the-scenes. I did the Unnoficial Fantasia film festival because of the lack of news and update on the official one. Tim Roach of the great Fistful of Dario web site and I started the first ever web site dedicated to horror movies on DVD, the DVD CRYPT. And how could anyone forget those wild days over at the Inside The Web board! Then all of the sudden, Horror.net disapeared...
I then decided it was finaly time for GOREZONE to be on its own, hence the birth of Gorezone.net. At the time my personal life was going down the toilet, things were a mess, I was broke, basically I was fucked. Then emails started to pop from readers and lovers of the site who wanted to help me, and help me they did! Thanks to YOU, I was able to register the name's domain and pay for the hosting. I will never forget this.
So here we are now, twelve years later... its crazy!
GOREZONE is still alive and kicking. And unlike most sites out there we never sold out.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to read, talk or promote the site.
I appreciate it and consider you all familly.
----- June 15, 2010 -----
** MARTYRS remake: Producer Wyck Godfrey is pursuing TWILIGHT star Kristen Stewart to star in a remake of 2009 French-Canadian horror masterpiece and my favorite film of last year. Wyck Godfrey dropped a few nuggets of laugh-out-loud information. "I think it's not remake-able in its form for an American audience." "We're doing it for an American audience with an American cast," dropping this brilliant casting idea out there, "I would love for Kristen to do it." When he says "Kristen" he's referring to that lovable and charming Kristen Stewart. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com & Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** ALIEN prequel: Talking at the L.A. Times Hero Complex Film Festival, director Ridley Scott revealed that the script for the prequel has been completed and pre-production is currently underway according to FearNet. As previously reported, the focus will be on the origin of the 'Space Jockey', the unknown alien pilot of the crashed ship carrying the more familiar xenomorph alien eggs in the original 1979 film. Surprising news though is that this prequel may not be the only one with Scott commenting that a second prequel is planned as events will take place well before the events of "Alien".
Scott says "If you explain who he [Spacey Jockey] was and where he came from, then that will deal with the savagery of this version, which will be pretty savage. Then you may want to find out where they came from, the place where his people come from." Scott has done a lot of underwater research for the upcoming movies which will cover different ground - "The first Alien was honestly The Old Dark House -- seven people in the old dark house with a visitor. This will go further into the world of terraforming. We're thinking about doing it. In fact, if Kennedy had been allowed to continue his space program, we'd probably be on Mars now with a population of nine-thousand people. That's how far we should have gone." (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Director Breck Eisner (THE CRAZIES remake) will apparently helm a film adaptation of the graphic novel BLOOD OF INNOCENT reports Fearnet. The period piece pits Dracula against Jack the Ripper, taking an imaginative spin on fictional events in Bram Stoker's vampire novel and the real life Ripper murders which are actually quite close dates wise.
Co-creator Mark Wheatley told the site that some studios want Jack, in the comics speculated to be an insane Prince Albert Victor, to become a vampire - something they will not do. There will however be a romantic subplot between Dracula and a woman. Eisner is expected to work on the project once he wraps his commitment to the ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK remake. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Casting is officially underway for Dusan Strugar's NIGHT WINGS, a new supernatural thriller aimed at "tweens" and being shot in 3-D. Paul A. Birkett, who penned the made-for-TV movie HELLHOUNDS and Anchor Bay's forthcoming ALTITUDE, wrote the screenplay that begins on a redeye flight over the Atlantic, a twelve-year-old boy tries to convince the crew that a vampire is among them, but no one believes him. Shooting begins this October in New Orleans. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- June 14, 2010 -----
** THE WALKING DEAD: Here's the first look at the zombies from the highly anticipated upcoming TV series. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** Guillermo Del Toro's VAN HELSING: With the bittersweet decision to leave the THE HOBBIT behind him, Guillermo Del Toro is now surveying the landscape of potential projects. Del Toro apparently has a treatment for an action-horror film surrounding the vampire killer. But it has no connection to Stephen Sommers' film starring Hugh Jackman. Del Toro offered a statement to the Latino Review web site about the project. He says, "On the record. There is no deal set." (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** DEATH BELL sequel is currently in production with director Sun-dong Yoon this time causing more trouble in the school halls. Here's the synopsis: Find the answer to survive! The killing game begins again. Se-hee is haunted by her step sister Tae-yeon who used to be a promising swimmer but suddenly killed herself in a swimming pool two years ago. During the summer vacation, she joins the study camp at school for upcoming college entrance exam. On the first night, the succession of cruel killings occurs whenever the students fail to answer the given questions in time. Meanwhile, the hidden truth behind Tae-yeon's suicide is slowly revealed and terrified students struggle to undo the puzzle before they become the next victim. The first film was acquired for an American release last October by IFC Films. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** THE HOUSE THAT WEPT BLOOD: Genre favorite David Hess is set to star in the new indie feature for director Stanley Scott Bullock, along side Meggie Maddock, Jimmy Drain, and Amanda Sides. Here's the synopsis: "Deborah Laymon prayed that life would normalize once her husband, Chris, returned home from a tour of duty in combat. To her horror, she discovers that some things aren't as they seem and others will never be the same again." (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** SCREAM 4: THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE star Nico Tortorella announced via her been locked in for a role in the sequel that reteams Wes Craven with screenwriter Kevin Williamson to kick off a brand new trilogy. On April 15, 2011, the returning cast will join a group of young teens who can hopefully stay alive long enough to figure out the new rules to this one-of-a-kind horror franchise. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE TWILIGHT SAGA BREAKING DAWN: Though we've all known about it for a while, Summit Entertainment finally confirmed that THE TWILIGHT SAGA BREAKING DAWN will be released as two separate films. In fact they even announced the release date for 'Part One' as November 18th 2011. No doubt Part Two will hit late June 2012 if the film series holds to the current patterns. Bill Condon will direct both films and all the key cast will return including all the members of the Cullen family. Shooting on the project kicks off in the Fall. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** DEXTER Season 5: Actress Maria Doyle Kennedy (THE TUDORS) will have a recurring role in the Showtime series. She'll play a nanny hired by Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) to watch his kids since, well, you know. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** RESIDENT EVIL AFTERLIFE: Here's another new poster for the upcoming sequel.
** PIRANHA 3D: Here's an extremely boring North American poster for the upcoming remake to be out August 20th. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- June 11, 2010 -----
** THE WALKING DEAD: HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER star Michael Rooker's career is still booming. After starring in James Gunn's horror comedy SLiTHER a few years back, he has since landed the leading role in Dark Sky Films' HYPOTHERMIA and now AMC TV's highly anticipated adaptation of Robert Kirkman's comic book series THE WALKING DEAD. Rooker writes on his Twitter, "on my way to Atlanta soon to work with my new best friend Frank Darabont on 'THE WALKING DEAD. Consider that confirmed. He joins the previously announced Jon Bernthal, Andrew Lincoln, Jeffrey DeMunn, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, and Steven Yeun in the project set among a group of zombie survivors of an apocalypse who are led by a police officer, Rick Grimes, in search of a safe place to live. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** DEXTER Season 5: Shawn Hatosy (THE FACULTY) is making a pit stop in Miami as sources confirm to Entertainment Weekly exclusively that Hatosy has booked a multi-episode arc on the forthcoming fifth season of Showtime's DEXTER. They add that he will be playing "a bad guy". He joins the latest addition of Julia Stiles, with Julie Benz making some sort of return alongside Michael C. Hall as a like-able Miami police forensics expert who moonlights as a serial killer of criminals who he believes have escaped justice. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PIRANHA 3D has been moved forward to a August 20th release.
** SPLATTER SISTERS: MTV caught up with Adam Bhala Lough, the man who will be directing both Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood in his 80's homage, a sexploitation-serial-killer-slasher-road-movie circa 1989 dubbed "Skinemax Cinema." We now have a plot crunch: "It's about two 18 year old beautiful drifter girls who go on a murderous rampage across California, killing scores of teenage boys," he tells MTV. "And they're under mind control by the leader of this death metal band, this underground death metal band." Manson will be starting his own metal band to score the film. He'll be playing "Lars", the rock leader who is also a samurai, while Wood takes on the role of one of the titular Splatter Sisters. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- June 10, 2010 -----
** FRIGHT NIGHT remake: Former DOCTOR WHO star David Tennant and rising young these Christopher Mintz-Plasse (KICK ASS) have joined the cast of the remake for Dreamworks Pictures. Filming kicks off in July. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** PIRANHA 3D: Here's the South Korean poster for the upcoming remake which hits the screen August 27th. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** Neil Marshall's CENTURION: The new action-thriller acquired by Magnet for release this summer. Below is the official U.S. poster. The film is set during the war between Roman soldiers and Pict tribesmen during the 2nd century Roman conquest of Britain. Fassbender stars as Quintus Dias, Roman centurion and son of a legendary gladiator who leads a group of soldiers on a raid of a Pict camp to rescue a captured general. The son of the Pict leader is murdered during the raid, and the Romans find themselves hunted by a seemingly unstoppable group of the Pict's most vicious and skilled warriors, led by a beautiful and deadly tracker, who are hell bent on revenge. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE WALKING DEAD: After all of the anticipation and all of the buzz, director Frank Darabont is officially on set filming the first of six episodes of THE WALKING DEAD, the AMC TV adaptation of the incredible Robert Kirkman zombie comic series from Image. After a decade of unique and different zombie films - one of the first questions we all want to know is: will these zombies walk or run? Darabont is looking to George A. Romero's groundbreaking 1968 film NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD for inspiration. Read about it below.
In an interview with AMC, director Frank Darabont explains how he'll be deciding if the zombies in THE WALKING DEAD will walk, run, or even jog. "I've always wanted to do my take on the zombie mythos, since I was a kid and I saw Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - the 1968 black and white version," he tells AMC. "For our zombie show I'm calling that the Book of Genesis, and whenever there's a question about zombie behavior I go back to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD."
He continues, "Here's my favorite thing: the endless debate among the fans about how fast a zombie can move. There are the folks who just can't stand seeing zombies running. I'm kind of in that camp, but if you look at the very first zombie in Night - the one in the cemetery chasing Barbara, he gets up to a pretty good jog. I'm keying our zombie behavior off of that film: Whether they're in a very languid state or they're on the attack, they'll move no faster than that first zombie in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD."
THE WALKING DEAD is set among a group of zombie survivors of an apocalypse who are led by a police officer, Rick Grimes, in search of a safe place to live. Jon Bernthal, Andrew Lincoln, Jeffrey DeMunn, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, and Steven Yeun all star. AMC will premiere it this October. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- June 9, 2010 -----
** FINAL DESTINATION 5: Steven Quale, the second unit director for AVATAR, has been tapped to helm the latest installment in New Line's horror franchise. An interesting choice on the cusp of rumors that David R. Ellis didn't know how to shoot 3-D with THE FINAL DESTINATION. Eric Heisserer wrote the script, and Craig Perry is producing the pic, which has a September 13 start date in Vancouver. Quale is a James Cameron protege, having started as a PA on the director's 1989 sci-fi movie THE ABYSS. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Max Minghella (AGORA) is headed for THE DARKEST HOUR, toplining the New Regency-Summit supernatural project opposite Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, and Joel Kinnaman. The film is set to shoot this summer in Moscow. Chris Gorak, who directed the chilling RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR, is directing the $40 million pic, which revolves around a group of kids struggling to survive in Russia after an alien invasion. Les Bohem and Jon Spaihts penned the screenplay. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** DEXTER Season 5: As rumoured last week, Julia Stiles has officially joined the cast of the Showtime series. Stiles will appear in ten episodes in the upcoming fifth season as a mysterious young woman who forms a unique relationship with Dexter (Michael C. Hall) in the wake of his wife's death last year. Filming kicks off this month with the new season premiering in the Fall. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
----- June 8, 2010 -----
** DEXTER Season 5: Guess who's coming back?! Julie Benz. You read that right. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the actress will be reprising her role as Dexter's wife Rita in Showtime's forthcoming season. How can this be? Give her - SPOILERS! SPOILERS! - demise at the hands of the Trinity killer (John Lithgow) last season, she can't possibly be back, can she? (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** FRIGHT NIGHT remake: In Variety's article about women in Hollywood, they reveal some new info on DreamWorks' redo that is in pre-production for a July shoot. Marti Noxon, a former BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER showrunner, has returned to the supernatural. Her modern-day remake is set in Las Vegas, with a more badass vampire than the current vogue. "He's a much more 'Jaws'-like vampire in the Amblin tradition," Noxon says. Colin Farrell will play the vampire Jerry. Chris Sarandon played the role in the 1985 horror comedy about a teenager who discovers that his neighbors are vampires. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** BAD LUCK: In an interview over at Moviehole.net director David R. Ellis reveals that RESIDENT EVIL star Milla Jovovich will be starring in his $30 million dollar horror BAD LUCK, a pic that tells of a group of friends find their lives changed when the superstitions they don't believe in begin to come true. The screenplay was penned by David Schow (THE CROW). No word on a start date. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** SUICIDEGIRLS MUST DIE!: First Look Studios proudly announces the June 29 DVD release of SUICIDEGIRLS MUST DIE!, the first reality horror movie. When twelve nude models from the infamous SuicideGirls.com begin disappearing from a remote cabin, the calendar video they are shooting becomes a fun SuicideGirls' getaway gone dangerously wrong. SUICIDEGIRLS MUST DIE! is a blend of black humor and unnerving horror - with no actors and no script - it's all true. Except for the killings of course, but the girls don't know that! It is a scantily clad hellride that will leave you in stitches. Special Features include: Trailer, Rigel Confession (Unrated Version Only), Photo Gallery, English SDH & Spanish Subtitles and Previews. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE HUNT: Here's the trailer for the upcoming french horror film. (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
----- June 7, 2010 -----
** John Carpenter's FANGLAND: Based on a Mark Wheaton script, adapted from the novel by John Marks. It's centered on a New York-based producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer, who turns out to be a modern-day Dracula. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** BURIED: Here's a very cool new poster for the upcoming film. (thanks to MTV.com)
** HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET: Jennifer Lawrence and Max Thieriot are starring in the upcoming horror thriller from FilmNation and A Bigger Boat being directed by Mark Tonderai. The film centers on a teen girl (Lawrence) who moves with her mom to a new town and learns that their home is across the street from a house where a double murder took place. Complications ensue when the teen befriends the massacre's sole surviving son (Thieriot). Jonathan Mostow wrote the story on which the script, written by David Loucka, is based. Producers are looking at a mid-July start in Ottawa.
** BIG TITS ZOMBIE 3D: Terracotta Distribution in the UK has picked up the Sola Aoi starring BIG TITS ZOMBIE 3D and has plans for limited theatrical exhibition. (thanks to 24Framespersecond.net)
** DJINNS: Directed by Hugues and Sandra Martin, the horror film follows a platoon of French soldiers on a rescue mission in North Africa confront invisible evil creatures. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** 2001 MANIACS FIELD OF SCREAMS: Here's the trailer for the upcoming sequel.
** THE REEF: Here's the trailer for the upcoming Australian killer shark flick.
----- June 3rd, 2010 -----
** Julian Gilbey's newly titled directorial debut A LONELY PLACE TO DIE. In the thriller starring Melissa George (30 DAYS OF NIGHT) and Ed Speleers, a group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** French model-godess Laetitia Casta will topline BEHIND THE WALLS, a 3D low-budget suspenser directed by Pascal Sid and Julien Lacombe. The 1922-set fantasy thriller turns on a young novelist who moves to a creepy village to write a book and falls victim to terrifying hallucinations and nightmares. The film is produced by Paris-based Sombrero Films' Alain Benguigui and Thomas Verhaeghe, via their new label Studio Mad, which is dedicated to genre films. The $5 million pic will be distributed by Bac Films during the first trimester of 2011. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- June 2nd, 2010 -----
** KING KONG on Blu-ray: According to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog, "KING KONG, the master of all movie beasts and one of the more important movies of the 20th century, will make its Blu-ray debut Sept. 28, 2010. Warner Home Video is behind the Blu-ray iteration of the 1933 RKO classic, which will have all of the extras from the highly rated two-disc DVD special edition released in 2005 coinciding with the Peter Jackson remake. The Blu-ray will come with a 32-page booklet featuring rare photographs and trivia written by film historian Rudy Behlmer, who apparently personally interviewed 'Kong' creator Merian C. Cooper back in the day." (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** I SAW THE DEVIL: According to the ScreenDaily web site - on the strength of seeing just 18 minutes of promo footage at Cannes - UK distributor Optimum Releasing have announced they’ve nabbed the UK rights to director Kim Ji-Woon’s hard core serial killer thriller. That’s our English subtitled DVD source sorted. The film opens in Korea late summer. (thanks to 24FramesPerSecond.net)
** Madhouse Entertainment (THE INVASION) is currently developing a new spin on PETER AND THE WOLF, Sergei Prokofiev's Russian fairy tale from 1936. In order to save the love of his life and confront his own past, Peter, with the help of two very unlikely allies, sets out to trap a cunning serial killer who has returned to the college town he once terrorized. The screenplay was penned by Paul Busenitz. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** GUINEA PIGS: Vertigo Films and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) have started principal photography on a micro-budget film that's an atmospheric horror about volunteers fighting for their lives after a drug trial goes wrong. Ian Clark writes and directs. The cast features Aneurin Barnard, Alex Reid, Amit Shah and Steve Evets. The project, which started shooting today, is the first film from Vertigo and NFTS' Schools Project slate. Protagonist Pictures will handle international sales and Vertigo will release in the UK in 2011. The Vertigo Schools Project gives three teams of students/graduates the opportunity to make micro-budget features with a budget of £100,000. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** George A. Romero's SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD: Last week, we told you George Romero's sequel was coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on August 24. Here's a look at the art for both releases. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
----- June 1st, 2010 -----
** RESIDENT EVIL AFTERLIFE: Milla Jovovich told her fans, via her Twitter account yesterday: "So to answer many of your questions in one fell swoop, yes! The gorgeous and talented Sienna Guillory is back as Jill Valentine in RE4!!!" And here's a new poster for the upcoming 3D sequel. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** THE LOST BOYS 3 THE THIRST: Probably the only good thing coming out of this sequel will be the casting of the gorgeous South African model turned actress Tanit Phoenix. Here's what she had to say in a recent interview: "What I found very interesting about the Lost Boys script was that it showcases vampires how they really are, blood-sucking and evil, which somewhat dances around the fact that TWILIGHT made their vampires seem beautiful, but they really are not."
As for working with Corey Feldman, who is reprising his role as vampire hunter Edgar Frog in the film, Phoenix opined, "Corey is very sweet. He takes his work seriously. But he is just a big kid!" When asked if maybe her character, Gwen Lieber, a wealthy vampire-romance novelist, ends up a little bruised and battered in her dealings with Frog, she laughed and said, "I wanted to play a bad girl, and I finally got my chance, [but] the most physical I got was getting into skimpy outfits." She is also starring in DEATH RACE FRANKENSTEIN LIVES. (thanks to MovieHole.net)
----- May 31, 2007 -----
** DEXTER Season 5: Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Julia Stiles is in advanced talks to play a major, top secret role in the show's upcoming fifth season. Based on what new showrunner Chip Johannessen told EW a few weeks back, it's safe to say Stiles won't be following in the footsteps of last season’s very scary guest star, John Lithgow. "We're not going to have a single Big Bad this season," revealed Johannessen. "We don't want to try and top John Lithgow, so we’re going to change up the forces that Dexter's going to be dealing with." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** SCREAM 4: Emma Roberts has been confirmed to be playing Jill, the cousin of Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) in the upcoming fourth SCREAM film reports EW. TWILIGHT actress Ashley Greene was first mentioned for the role last week, the status of her involvement now remains uncertain (MTV contacted her reps who only replied "no comment"). The Jill character is said to be one of the lead heroines in the film. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Christian Bale is in talks to star and Aussie filmmaker John Hillcoat (THE ROAD) is lined up to direct period revenge tale THE REVENANT for Anonymous Content. Based on the novel by Michael Punke, the story follows solider/adventurer Hugh Glass who, after being attacked by a bear along the Missouri River and left for dead by his friends, sets out to hunt them down for leaving him behind. Mark L. Smith (VACANCY) is penning the script and is also at work on the latest draft of a remake of French horror film MARTYRS. Samuel L. Jackson was previously attached to the project when Park Chan-Wook was slated to direct years ago. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PACIFIC RIM: Legendary Pictures has closed a high-six figure preemptive acquisition, a film that will be written by Travis Beacham. Beacham was the original writer of CLASH OF THE TITANS, the remake which has grossed $475 million worldwide for Legendary and Warner Bros. Pictures. Set in a future in which malevolent creatures threaten the earth, the planet must band together and use highly advanced technology to eradicate the growing menace. The deal was made on the basis of a detailed 25-page treatment. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** UNDYING: Jon Amiel will direct the upcoming film starring Kurt Russel. "I'm truly excited to be involved with this project," Amiel says. "'Undying' is a wondrously original movie - part gumshoe noir, part supernatural thriller - it manages to combine richly detailed and real characters with all the wild, dark visuals of a graphic novel. Kurt Russell as Virgil Lone will be extraordinary I think. He's an actor who's widely loved and widely admired for two obvious reasons - he's a really good guy and he's a very fine actor!" (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
----- May 27, 2007 -----
** HISSS: Here's two new posters for Jennifer Lynch's horror film starring Mallika Sherawat that tackles the ancient Eastern myth of the snake woman who can take on various forms. Even after AFM, Berlin and Cannes the flick is still available in the States. Visual effects for the film were handled by Precinct 13's Robert Kurtzman. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE COMPOUND: In the vein of CUJO comes Corey Brandenstein's film. Jennifer Lynch is producing the project which is in an early stage of pre-production. Brandenstein's script follows a pack of prized pit bulls who turn on a professional underground dog fighter then turn on a single mother, struggling to raise her son. The two are then put through the ultimate test for survival. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** Roger Corman's classics on DVD: Joe Dante’s PIRANHA and HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP, directed by Barbara Peters, debut August 3, 2010 for the first time on Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD from Shout! Factory, in association with New Horizons Picture Corporation. These two definitive Special Edition home entertainment releases from Roger Corman’s Cult Classics are sure to cause a feeding frenzy among thrill seekers and loyal fans of Roger Corman and Joe Dante. PIRANHA Special Edition offers 2 highly collectible covers: the Blu-ray and DVD both feature the iconic vintage cover art from the film’s original 1978 movie poster and the spectacular art from the original international poster for the reverse cover; and the Special Edition DVD is further sparkled with a visually stunning 3-D lenticular exterior packaging. HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP Special Edition also boasts a reversible cover featuring vintage art from the U.S. and international movie posters.
Both Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD releases feature anamorphic widescreen presentation of the movie and a spectacular array of special bonus content, including all-new in-depth interviews and commentaries with cast and crew, rare behind-the-scenes footage, reversible cover and more. Each Blu-ray and DVD is sold separately. Blu-ray is priced to own at $26.97 and $19.93 for the DVD.
PIRANHA Special edition Blu-ray and DVD features:
• New anamorphic widescreen presentation (1.78:1)
• Audio commentary with director Joe Dante and producer Jon Davison
• Behind-the-scenes footage
• “The Making of Piranha” featurette with new interviews from Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Dick Miller, Belinda Balaski and many More
• Bloopers and outtakes
• Piranha trailer with commentary by producer Jon Davison – Courtesy of Trailers From Hell
• Stills gallery with photos and posters from around the world
• Behind-the-scenes stills gallery featuring photos from Phil Tippett’s personal collection
• Additional scenes from the network television version
• Radio and TV spots
• New World trailers
HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP Special edition Blu-ray and DVD features:
• New high-definition transfer of the Uncut international version presented in anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1)
• Never-before-seen deleted scenes
• Trailer, TV and radio spots
• Leonard Maltin’s interviews with Roger Corman on the making of the film
• “The Making of Humanoids from the Deep,” featuring new interviews with composer James Horner, second unit/assistant director James Sbardellati, editor Mark Goldblatt and more!
• New World trailers
(thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE LAST EXORCISM: Here's the trailer for the upcoming film from Daniel Stamm, produced by Eli Roth and previously known as COTTON. The film follows Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) who invites a film crew to document his final fraudulent days as an exorcist. Soon his faith is truly tested when a desperate plea from the father of a possessed girl (Ashley Bell) brings him face to face with the devil himself. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- May 26, 2010 -----
** MARTYRS remake: Writer Mark L. Smith revealed that he is working on a script for an American remake of the best film of 2009, MARTYRS. It will be produce by the same people as the TWILIGHT serie. Seriously this is the most ridiculous news in twelve years of doing GOREZONE! (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Quentin Tarantino's DRACULA: After supposedly wanting to direct his very of FRIDAY THE 13TH a few year ago, two local tabloids write that Tarantino will be visiting Vienna, Austria in order to location scout a new DRACULA movie! (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE DEVIL'S REJECTS 2?!: With Rob Zombie's Gruesome Twosome Tour all said and done, the rocker could be heading back to the director's chair any for any one of variety of films. There's THE BLOB remake, the badass biker vs wrestler flick TYRANNOSAURUS REX and a potential full feature version of WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE SS. Yet Zombie asked his readers on his official blogspot what movie they'd like to see next. All of the above are mentioned alongside THE DEVIL'S REJECTS 2. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE THING prequel: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, best known to me as the badass Simon Adebisi in HBO's OZ and Mr. Eko in LOST, has landed the role of "Derek Jameson" in Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment's THE THING prequel that's now underway in Toronto, Canada. Akinnuoye-Agbaje also starred in G.I.JOE RISE OF COBRA. Being directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., he'll star alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton. The prequel to John Carpenter's 1981 remake takes us to a remote Antarctica outpost where an alien spaceship is discovered far beneath the ice. When a group of ambitious scientists decide to thaw out one of the creatures inside, they're in for the terrifying fight of their lives. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Patrick Tatopoulos (UNDERWORLD RISE OF THE LYCANS) is in negotiations to direct the eco-horror adventure THE COLONY for Participant Media and Summit Entertainment. The story follows a group of survivors forced underground by an encroaching ice age. There fight to preserve humanity against a savage threat. David Lee Johnson, Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner penned the script. Shooting kicks off this Fall. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** ALTITUDE: Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired supernatural thriller for distribution in the US, the UK and Australia/New Zealand on the Anchor Bay Films label. Directed by award-winning graphic novelist Kaare Andrews and written by Paul A Birkett, the film follows a group of teens on a weekend plane trip that turns into a battle with a supernatural force. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Shinya Tsukamoto's TETSUO THE BULLET MAN: Calm office worker Anthony, son of an American father and a Japanese mother, lives in Tokyo with his wife, Yuriko, and their little son Tom. Since Anthony's mother died of cancer, his scientist father has been overly fearful for his son's and grandson's health and rigidly subjects Anthony and Tom to monthly physicals.
Walking home one day, Tom is killed in a hit and run before Anthony's eyes. Losing their boy pushes Yuriko over the edge and triggers violent emotions in Anthony, whose body begins to transform. Little by little, his cells turn into iron. When the driver who killed Tom reappears and Anthony learns the truth about his father's past experiments on human guinea pigs and about his mother's death, Anthony mutates into a mass of metal--a human weapon fueled by an uncontrollable rage. Here's a clip from the upcoming sequel. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
----- May 25, 2010 -----
** Kim Ji-Woon's I SAW THE DEVIL: From the director of THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD and A BITTERSWEET LIFE comes this new South Korean thriller starring Lee Byung-Hyun and Choi Min-Sik! Story? Lee plays a cop driven to take vengeance after Choi's character kills his fiance. Movie of the year? Possibly! (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** CAPTIFS: This is yet another french horror film coming from France. CAGED is from first timer director Yann Gozlan, stars Zoe Felix, Eric Savin and Arie Elmaleh and is due for release October 2010. Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Carole is a young nurse with a humanitarian aid group that has reached the end of its mission. But just then, the young woman and her two colleagues are kidnapped by strangers for mysterious reasons. Held captive, cared for and kept alive in an oppressive and sinister setting, the three prisoners soon discover with horror what their kidnappers truly have in store for them. (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
** WE ARE WHAT WE ARE: IFC Films has purchased North American rights to Jorge Michel Grau's cannibal drama. No firm word on where North American audiences will get their first shot at seeing it yet but expect it to roll out on the festival circuit soon. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** SWAMP THING remake: Though they came very close to doing a remake recently, the project fell apart as Warners Bros. doesn't have all the film rights. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** George A. Romero's SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD: Magnolia is preparing a Ultimate Undead Edition for Blu-ray on August 24. The movie was filmed in Ontario, Canada and hits theaters on Friday. Specs and supplements haven't been revealed yet, but the suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $29.98. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE PACK: Some new stills are now online for this upcoming french horror film. (thanks to FilmStarts.de)
** GOTHIC AND LOLITA PSYCHO: Here's the trailer for the upcoming Japanese film. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** THE TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE: Here's yet another poster for the upcoming sequel. (thanks to DscReview.com)
----- May 24, 2010 -----
** George A. Romero not remaking Dario Argento's DEEP RED: Fans around the world where furious with last week's Variety's announcement that PROFONDO ROSSO was being remade in 3D with George Romero in the director's chair. And the more we hear, the more it sounds like Variety was off the mark big time. Last week, Romero himself said there was no deal. Now Argento is speaking out about the project. He told an audience, quite simply, at the Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors yesterday that the DEEP RED remake is "not true. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** Xavier Gens THE DIVIDE: The new film from the director of FRONTIER(S). When a cataclysmic explosion devastates New York, eight strangers take refuge in the basement of their apartment building, a converted fallout shelter designed by their paranoid superintendent Mickey. With just three connecting rooms it's barely big enough, but with stockpiles of food and water, the group are at least safe from the horrors outside, and they settle in and attempt to fathom the catastrophe that has ended the lives of so many of their loved ones.
But suddenly men in HAZMAT suits storm their shelter and open fire. The strangers join forces in a desperate bid to take on this enemy, with no-one understanding what these HAZMATS are looking for, and what drives them to be so merciless. Here's the teaser trailer.
** SCREAM 4: Lake Bell is in negotiations while Ashley Greene, Hayden Panettiere and Rory Culkinhave all been offered key starring roles in the upcoming sequel for Dimension Films. The film reunites director Wes Craven, writer Kevin Williamson and three of the original stars of the late 90's trilogy - Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox.
Greene would play Campbell’s cousin Jill who essentially serves as the heroine of the movie. Panettiere would play her best friend and the new trilogy's equivalent of Randy (the film geek). Bell play a police officer who knew Sidney (Campbell) from high school, while Culkin would play a potential love interest for Jill. Due to the script's secrecy, casting is going slowly as actors are only allowed to see character descriptions rather than whole scripts. Filming is aiming to kick off in July in Michigan. Here's the new poster for the upcoming sequel. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com & ShockYa.com)
** A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake took the 8th spot at the box office with $2.3 million for a total of $59.9 million.
** RESIDENT EVIL AFTERLIFE: Here's some new stills of Chris Redfield, his sister Claire and Alice in the fourth entry in the series is comin' at you in 3D and IMAX on September 10. (thanks to UGO.com)
** Sion Sono's COLD FISH: Here's the Cannes festival flyer for the new film from the director of SUICIDE CLUB and EXTE HAIR EXTENSION. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
----- May 21, 2010 -----
** SAW 3D: With the San Diego Comic Con quickly approaching, Lionsgate is sure to release the first trailer and one sheet for the Kevin Greutert directed SAW 3D. Until we get something official here in the States, you'll find a tease for the seventh game from Spain that leaves off the roman numerals. Penned once again by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, as a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror. Carey Elwes returns as Dr. Gordon on October 22. This is a film I will be seeing the day it comes out! (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Jess Franco's SINNER: Next up in Mondo Macabro's Jess Franco series is SINNER - THE SECRET OF A NYMPHOMANIAC (Le journal intime d'une nymphomane, 1973) - expected release around September 28. (thanks to DVDSleuth.blogspot.com)
** RUBBER: Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired US rights to RUBBER, a cult hit at Cannes Critic's Week that tells the unlikely story of a murderous tire (yes, a tire) with terrifying telepathic powers. Directed by Quentin Dupieux, RUBBER is the story of Robert, an inanimate tire that has been abandoned in the desert, and suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert roams the bleak landscape, he discovers that he possesses telepathic powers that give him the ability to destroy anything he wishes without having to move. At first content to wreak havoc on small desert creatures and various lost items, his attention soon turns to humans, resulting in the most gory vehicular-related mayhem inflicted on screen by an "inanimate" object since Christine. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Kenta Fukasaku’s BLACK RAT: After delivering YO-YO GIRL COP and X-CROSS, Japanese director Kenta Fukasaku is back with another nut-job weird horror creation BLACK RAT, featuring high school students in a battle for survival against a Rat masked maniac killer. Six classmates received an e-mail from Asuka who should have committed suicide, when they were to get together in a classroom that night. At 1 a.m., a person wearing a bloody rat-mask appears, ferociously attacking them, saying "I'm going to avenge Aska!" Will this be the end of them all!? And who is the rat-masked person!? (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
** Paramount's looking for more monsters, setting up an untitled horror project penned by Mark L. Smith (VACANCY) with Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form along with Room 101's Steven Schneider. Per the usual, the logline's under wraps other than the story being in the vein of I AM LEGEND, ALIENS and THE DESCENT. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Wes Craven's MY SOUL TO TAKE: Box Office Mojo is reporting that Rogue Pictures is going to post-convert Wes Craven's film so that it arrives in theaters October 29th in 3-D. In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE DARKEST HOUR: Rachael Taylor (SHUTTER remake) and Joel Kinnaman have been cast alongside Olivia Thirlby and Emile Hirsch in Summit Entertainment's alien-invasion thriller. THE DARKEST HOUR is described as a 28 DAYS LATER-like thriller is set in Moscow and follows a group of Americans traveling in the city when an alien invasion occurs. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** JUAN OF THE DEAD: The Hollywood trade papers are reporting 5ta Avenida Producciones and La Zanfona Producciones are going to produce JUAN OF THE DEAD, a Cuban zombie film from director Alejandro Brugues. Shooting begins this September. According to Variety, actor "Alexis Diaz de Villegas is a 40-year-old slacker named Juan who notices that people are beginning to turn violent. As a zombie epidemic spreads through Havana, he decides to make a quick buck, offering to slay people's infected relatives. But as the zombie plague reaches national proportions Juan has to concentrate on his survival." Although the budget comes in for $2.7 million, that's said to be a big deal for a Cuban production. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** THE TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE: Here's yet another poster for the upcoming sequel.
----- May 20, 2010 -----
** George A. Romero remakes Dario Argento's DEEP RED: Last Sunday at the Cannes festival, Claudio Argento announced George A. Romero was going to remake Dario Argento's classic. But wait just a minute, says Romero. In an interview with Fangoria, he told Tony Timpone that there "is no deal" locked for him to direct. Furthermore, he won't do it "if Dario doesn't approve." (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** THE EVIL DEAD on Blu-ray: Starz/Anchor Bay Entertainment has confirmed an August 31st Blu-ray release of Sam Raimi's classic starring Bruce Campbell. No specs and/or supplemental materials have been announced yet. (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** BLACK FRIDAY 3D: According to sources at Cannes, Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura will be getting behind the camera for BLACK FRIDAY 3D, with the ever delicious Lindsay Lohan attached to star. The film is said to follow a couple that's viciously assaulted. A brother and friends seek out the murderer and come face to face with the infamous serial killer known as Tyler Hillburg! Kitamura is best known for his genre-blending VERSUS, GODZILLA FINAL WARS and the adaptation of Clive Barker's THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN. Kane Hodder was once rumored to be playing Tyler Hillburg, although nothing is certain at this point. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** WAR MONKEYS: David R. Ellis is in negotiations to replace Kyle Newman in the $20 million comicbook adaptation. Printed by Dark Horse Comics, the story follows a janitor who, during a Christmas holiday, gets trapped in an underground research facility with military-trained Rhesus monkeys. Ellis is developing SHARK NIGHT 3D after getting behind the camera for THE FINAL DESTINATION and SNAKES ON A PLANE. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** DAY OF THE DEAD remake take 2 in 3D: Taurus Entertainment already tortured us back in 2008 when the Steve Miner directed redo of George A. Romero's classic hit video. Now, the company behind CREEPSHOW 3 and DAY OF THE DEAD CONTAGIUM is gearing up for another Day remake, this time in 3-D. Variety reports, "Producer James Dudelson of horror-focused Taurus Entertainment, is currently producing a remake of George A. Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD in 3D and said many buyers have requested 3D conversions of classic 2D movies because '3D works well for certain genres, like horror.' But, he cautioned, 'You can't just slap a 3D conversion on the wrong type of film.'" (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** JULIA'S EYES: Here's the poster for Guillem Morales' Spanish-language horror flick LOS OJOS DE JULIA. The film tells the story of a woman slowly going blind as she investigates the mysterious death of her twin sister. "Eyes" is shot from Julia's POV, so the scare tactics include panic attacks as the protag's sight fails. Can't wait to see this one! (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PREDATORS: Here's two international posters for the upcoming sequel. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- May 19, 2010 -----
** SE7EN: David Fincher's amazing serial killer flick is coming to Blu-ray on September 14th and will features tons of extras:
Four audio commentary tracks:
- Stars commentary with director David Fincher and actors Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman
- Story commentary with Fincher, author Richard Dyer, screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, editor Richard Francis-Bruce, and New Line president of production Michael De Luca
- Picture commentary with Fincher, director of photography Darius Khondji, production designer Arthur Max, editor Richard Francis-Bruce, and author Richard Dyer
- Sound commentary with Fincher, sound designer Ren Klyce, composer Howard Shore, and author Richard Dyer
Additional/extended scenes
Alternate endings
Exploration of the opening title sequence from multiple video angles with various audio mixes and two commentary tracks
Production design and still photographs with commentaries
The Notebooks: Full motion video details "John Doe's" writings
Thirty-two-page booklet
Theatrical trailer
(thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** DEXTER: The fourth season is coming out to DVD and Blu-ray on August 17th.
** MELANCHOLIA: John Hurt has joined the cast of controversial director Lars Von Trier's psychological disaster film says The Hollywood Reporter. The $7.5 million-budgeted sci-fi feature apparently revolves around another planet entering the Earth's orbit, which threatens to destroy our planet. Worldwide panic ensues. Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Stellan Skarsgård, Alexander Skarsgård, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling and Udo Kier star. Filming kicks off in Sweden in July and will likely premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next May - the same place Von Trier's ANTICHRIST debuted last year to intense reaction. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** BLOOD OATH: Warp Films has picked up the film rights to Christopher Farnsworth's vampire novel BLOOD OATH. The story follows ambitious young White House staffer Zach Barrows who finds himself partnered with Nathaniel Cade, a secret agent sworn to protect the President. Cade however is a vampire, bound by a special blood oath to battle supernatural enemies before they break into the daylight world. Farnsworth is already writing a sequel novel "Black Site" and will develop scripts for them simultaneously. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** StudioCanal's German unit Kinowelt has boarded its first three German films as part of its mandate to acquire and produce local language product. One of the film is Stefan Ruzowitzky's (ANATOMIE) thriller BRAINCOPY which is being produced by Claussen+Wobke+Putz for German-speaking rights. BRAINCOPY is the story of a scientist who discovers a formula to allow old and sick people to transfer their brains onto young and healthy bodies. Ruzowitzky is also attached to direct THE LAST VOYAGE OF DEMETER, a new spin on the Dracula mytho. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- May 18, 2010 -----
** BATTLE ROYALE 3D: At the Cannes it was revealed that Japanese studio Toei is preparing a 3D conversion of Kinji Fukasaku's cult action thriller BATTLE ROYALE, which is one of the widest selling movies ever from Japan. Fukasaku's son, Kenta Fukasaku, is supervising the 2D to 3D conversion in Tokyo through this production company Fukasaku-Gumi. Kinji Fukasaku passed away in 2003 and is sure to be rolling over and over again in his grave. In case you want to see it: the 3D version of the original will be ready for market screenings in October and released in Japan on November 20. Like the original, the 3D version will have an R-15 rating in Japan. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Fabrice du Welz's ALLELUIA: The genius behind CALVAIRE and VINYAN will be telling the tale of real-life serial killers, which will be based on the true story of 1940s serial killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. The director is planning a road movie based on the true story of 1940s serial killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. Du Welz has co-written the script with Vincent Tavier and has cast Beatrice Dalle, Bouli Lanners and Virginie Efira. He will begin shooting in early 2011. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE NEIGHBOR NUMBER 13 remake: The creator and director of the film FINAL DESTINATION, James Wong, is set to write and direct the film, THE NEIGHBOR NUMBER 13. This is a remake of Yasuuo Inoue's movie RINJIN 13-GO. James Wong said of the remake: "I was seized by the concept after one viewing of Yasuo Inoue's movie, and it hasn't left me for a moment since. I think we have found a very unique way to frame the story and bring a heroic twist to it that is fresh and surprising and will take audiences on a very thrilling journey." (thanks to GeekTyrant.com)
** Mark Hamill (STAR WARS) is directing a bigscreen adaptation of his comicbook miniseries THE DARK PEARL through new production and finance outfit Berkeley Square Films. The project was originally penned for the big screen 14 years ago but then turned into a comicbook. The $7 million live-action pic is adapted by Hamill and Paul Tamasy and writing partner Eric Johnson. Hamill said the comic, which was published by Dark Horse Comics in 1996 and penned by Hamill and Johnson, is a "dark, edgy thriller" that the company hopes will receive an R rating. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** John Landis is lining up the financing for GHOULISHLY YOURS, WILLIAM M GAINES, a biopic of movie about EC Comics publisher Bill Gaines, the man who turned Mad Magazine into a satirical powerhouse of the 20th century. Joel Eisenberg has written the screenplay. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** AND SOON THE DARKNESS remake: Some very interesting news out of Cannes as Anchor Bay Films has acquired North American rights to Marcos Efron's remake of the 1970 British thriller starring the delicious Amber Heard and the dropdead gorgeous Odette Yustman in a reported seven-figure deal. Karl Urban and Adriana Barraza also star in the story about two girls whose bike tour through a remote part of Argentina becomes a terrifying ordeal after one of them goes missing. Jennifer Derwingson co-wrote the screenplay with Efron. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD: Check out some very cool never before puplished behind-the-scenes on the classic!
** A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake dropped to the sixth spot at the box office with $4.7 million for a total of $56.1 million.
----- May 17, 2010 -----
** George A. Romero remakes Dario Argento's DEEP RED: Romero is in advanced negotiations to helm a completely unnecessary stereoscopic remake in English of Argento's cult classic. The 1975 masterpiece DEEP RED, about a string of supernatural splatter murders, is considered Argento's gem giallo and the film that established his international standing. Claudio Argento, who is Dario's brother and regular producer, has penned the screenplay for Romero's redo. Plan is to start shooting this fall in Canada. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE TALL MAN: MARTYRS director Pascal Laugier is finally set to tell his tale of THE TALL MAN! The delicious Jessica Biel will star in the French director's English-language debut! The film is a suspenseful thriller in the vein of the early films of M. Night Shyamalan. Biel plays a woman who must grapple with and track the mysterious figure of The Tall Man who has kidnapped her child. Laugier, who also wrote the film, says "I like to think of The Tall Man as a sort of Panic Room... outside! It is a 'woman in jeopardy' movie with a lot of twists and a strong female character that you feel very connected to." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Marilyn Manson and his fiancee Evan Rachel Wood are attached to star in Adam Bhala Lough's SPLATTER SISTERS, a film described as a "late 80's sexploitation-serial-killer-slasher-road-movie". (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** FRIGHT NIGHT remake 3D: DreamWorks is taking FRIGHT NIGHT into the third dimension. Being directed by Craig Gillespie, Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, and Toni Collette all star. The original FRIGHT NIGHT, written and directed by Tom Holland in 1985, was a horror comedy about a teenager who discovers that his neighbors are vampires. Farrell plays the neighborhood vamp in the redo. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Warner Bros. Pictures is lining up their slate for 2011 and will kick the year off with not one, but two horror films. The long-delayed Dark Castle production THE FACTORY, which stars John Cusack as a cop who goes all out to get the killer of his daughter, has been completely removed from their plans. Taking its place will be THE RITE, arriving in theaters January 28, 2011. Starring Anthony Hopkins, the story centers on a disillusioned American seminary student who attends exorcism school at the Vatican and ultimately finds his faith through encounters with demonic forces. Lastly, Warners locked down a January 7, 2011 date for UNKNOWN WHITE MALE, the latest genre film from HOUSE OF WAX and ORPHAN director Jaume Collet-Serra. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** MOTHER'S DAY remake: Here's the promo poster at the Cannes festival. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** JONAH HEX: Here's four cool character posters from the upcoming horror western. (thanks to MySpace.com)
----- May 14, 2010 -----
** Dario Argento's DRACULA 3D: FrightFest's Alan Jones just posted some major news on Twitter that reveals that Dario Argento will be the latest to bring Dracula back from the grave. He writes, "Just announced, Dario Argento's DRACULA in 3D, filming in Italy January, period setting." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** SHARK NIGHT 3D: First details have been released for David R. Ellis' film, which they hope will be JAWS for the 3D generation. Penned by Jesse Studenberg and Will Hayes, the story revolves around a group of college friends who spend the weekend at a lake, only to discover that danger lurks beneath its waters. Ellis also directed THE FINAL DESTINATION, FINAL DESTINATION 2 and SNAKES ON A PLANE. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** BURKE & HARE: "True Love Costs An Arm And A Leg." That's the tagline on the Cannes sales art for the new horror-comedy from AN AMERICAN WEREWOFL IN LONDON) director John Landis entitled BURKE & HARE. The pic is based on the true story a pair of the U.K.'s earliest serial killers, William Burke (Simon Pegg) and William Hare (Andy Serkis), gravediggers who lucratively sold the corpses of their victims to a medical college for dissection. Isla Fisher, Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Lee and even Tim Curry star! (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** JACK: Brad Anderson (SESSION 9) is set to direct the thriller JACK for Bold Films reports Variety. The story follows a serial killer who gets amnesia and can't remember any of the lives he has taken. As a romance blooms with a doctor, his true memories start to resurface and he must decide whether to keep his new life or return to his true nature. Anderson will helm from a script by David Venable. Filming kicks off August 30th. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** REC 2: Here's the American poster for the upcoming sequel. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** RESIDENT EVIL AFTERLIFE: IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Releasing today announced that the fourth installment of the popular film series based on the video game which will be released to digital IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film's wide release on September 10th. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE LAST EXORCISM: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine "exorcism" on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy.
Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers with their money, Cotton and his crew plan to film a confessionary documentary of this, his last exorcism. But upon arriving at the already blood drenched family farm, it is soon clear that nothing could have prepared him for the true evil he encounters there. Now, too late to turn back, Reverend Marcus’ own beliefs are shaken to the core when he and his crew must find a way to save Nell – and themselves – before it is too late. THE LAST EXORCISM is written by Huck Botko & Andrew Gurland and directed by Daniel Stamm. Its coming out in theaters August 27th from Lionsgate. Check out the official web site.
----- May 13, 2010 -----
** Xavier Gens' THE DIVIDE (formerly THE FALLOUT), is finally in production outside the Millennium Centre building on Main Street in Winnipeg, Canada. THE DIVIDE stars Michael Biehn and Milo Ventimiglia. The two may not be playing the heroes, says the Winnipeg Free Press. The film is as post-apocalyptic thriller set mostly in an apartment building fallout shelter, a serial-killer thriller about a woman afflicted with "face blindness" and a coming-of-age story about a young girl seeking out her birth mother. The film also stars Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance and Lauren German. German's character is at the centre of the film, set in New York, which is virtually destroyed in a mysterious explosion in the first act. Eight survivors take refuge in the fallout shelter of an apartment building, where they are menaced first by mysterious men in HazMat suits and eventually by each other. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE PACK: The CNC (French National Film Board) censorship committee has "required the prohibition of the open and free screening of THE PACK at the Cannes festival." While the film will still be shown to press and buyers, the public screening has been officially canceled because "the film might have a strong restriction when released in theaters." In Franck Richard debut feature, while driving through a northern rural wasteland, Charlotte picks up Max, a hitchhiker. They stop in a truck-stop restaurant run by a woman named Spack. When Max disappears in the bar, Charlotte decides to investigate and things take a turn for the worse. Charlotte finds herself in Spack's gruesome human farm, with other prisoners, semi-alive or dead, reared for their blood to feed Spack's "kids"- a pack of blood thirsty ghouls, who come out of the earth each night to be fed fresh human blood. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** MOSS: Check out the teaser trailer for the upcoming South Korean murder mystery MOSS. (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
** PREDATOR: Fox Home Entertainment is preparing another Blu-Ray release for PREDATOR on June 29, just in time for PREDATORS. Special features have not been announced, but rumor has it that it will be importing all of the special features from the previous DVD special edition. Hopefully, it will sport a new transfer, too. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
----- May 12, 2010 -----
** Two more DEAD films from Romero: Hinging solely on the success of SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD (in theaters May 28 and now on VOD), iconic filmmaker George A. Romero recently said that there is an end in sight for his 42 year zombie franchise. The plan is to film 2 more "Dead" features back-to-back, each focusing on a minor character from DIARY OF THE DEAD. SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD focuses on Alan Van Sprang's "Sarge 'Nicotine' Crocket", a hard-headed Army vet featured in Diary. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** FRIGHT NIGHT remake: Irish hunk Colin Farrell and Aussie actress Toni Collette have both joined the remake of 1985 cult vampire classic for Dreamworks Pictures. The story follows Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin), a young man who is convinced his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire. Collette will play Yelchin's mom, who at first disapproves of the new arrival but changes her attitude when she meets the magnetic man and doesn't believe her son.
Chris Sarandon played the vampire role in the original and the project marks Farrell's first major studio effort in several years. The mother role was very minor in the original, though it sounds like it might be expanded this time out. Craig Gillespie (LARS AN THE REAL GIRL) directs from a script by writer Marti Noxon. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** SHELTER: The Weinstein Company has picked up domestic distribution for Nala Films' horror pic starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Julianne Moore. A late 2010 release is planned. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** DYLAN DOG: Director Kevin Munroe alerted us to his latest blog entry here that reveals DEAD OF NIGHT is now being called DYLAN DOG DEAD OF NIGHT! Munroe says, "Some very important people had to give their blessing to make this possible, so a big thank you to everyone who did." We presume those "important people" are those involved in the Italian comic book upon which the film is based. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN: Here's a behind-the-scenes on the upcoming feature film.
----- May 11, 2010 -----
** Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO is making its way to Blu-Ray on October 19 in a restored 50th Anniversary Edition. Naturally, it will boast a new picture and audio transfer. Here's the breakdown on the special features:
• Feature-length audio commentary with Stephen Rebello (Author of Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho)
• The Making of Psycho: A feature-length documentary on Hitchcock's most shocking film
• In the Master's Shadow – Hitchcock's Legacy: Some of Hollywood's top filmmakers discuss Hitchcock's influence and why his movies continue to thrill audiences.
• Hitchcock/Truffaut Interviews: Excerpts from a 1962 audio interview with Alfred Hitchcock.
• Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho: Vintage newsreel on the unique policy Alfred Hitchcock insisted upon for the release of the film.
• The Shower Scene: A look at the impact of music on the infamous "shower scene."
• The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass: Original storyboard design.
• Production Notes: Read an essay on the making of the film.
• The Psycho Archives: See the gallery of on-set photo stills from the film's production.
• Posters and Psycho Ads: See a gallery of original posters and ads from the theatrical campaign.
• Lobby Cards: View a gallery of promotional lobby cards from the film's theatrical campaign.
• Behind-The-Scenes Photographs: View rare photos showing the cast and crew at work.
• Psycho Sound: A never-before-seen piece that looks at the re-mastering process required to create a 5.1 mix from the original mono elements using Audionamix technology.
• Theatrical Trailer: Watch the original promotional trailer from the film's theatrical campaign.
• Re-Release Trailers: Watch the promotional trailer created for the re-release of the film. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** Check out this PIRANHA remake viral site (NSFW!).
** LET ME IN: Here's the very first two stills from the upcoming American remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.
** A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake took the second spot at the box office with $9.2 million for $48.5 million.
** Julian McMahon (FANTASTIC FOUR) has been cast alongside Milla Jovovich (RESIDENT EVIL) in Julien Magnat's FACES IN THE CROWD. Penned by Magnat, the story centers on a woman who barely survives an attack by a serial killer and wakes up in hospital with a head injury that leaves her "face-blind." No longer able to recognize faces, she must navigate a world in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them. All the while the killer is closing in, determined to eliminate the potential witness. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad's JINN has now begun principal photography with Ray Park (STAR WARS THE PHANTOM MENACE), Faran Tahir, Serinda Swan, William Atherton, Dominic Rains, Ele Bardha and Milica Govich all attached to star. JINN will be Ahmad's first feature film created under the banner of the production company Exxodus Pictures. Already known and believed by almost two billion people globally, the "Jinn" franchise will introduce the accurate mythological concept of the jinn to western audiences. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Hideo Nakata's CHATROOM: Here's the trailer for the new horror film from the director of RING. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (SOMOS LO QUE HAY): Here's the trailer for this Mexican cannibals film. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
----- May 7, 2010 -----
** Roger Corman Collection: Shout! Factory will be releasing both FORBIDDEN WORLD and GALAXY OF TERROR on DVD and Blu-ray. Space, the final frontier ... it’s also the fiercest, most fearful frontier. No one can hear you scream ... but now they can hear you shout! This summer Shout! Factory, in association with New Horizons Picture Corporation, has a treat in store for aficionados of sci-fi, horror classics, and Roger Corman fans when FORBIDDEN WORLD and GALAXY OF TERROR debut for the first time on Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD on July 20, 2010. Forbidden World 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD contain two versions of the movie – the newly remastered theatrical version and the never-before-seen unrated director’s cut.
Each Blu-ray and DVD boasts a shocking selection of extensive bonus content including all-new interviews and audio commentaries with cast and crew, rare behind-the-scenes footage, and much more. These two inter-stellar shockers mark the latest installments from fan favorite Roger Corman's Cult Classics home entertainment series from Shout! Factory. Each Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD is sold separately. Blu-ray is priced to own at $26.97; and DVD is available at $19.93.
Special Features: FORBIDDEN WORLD
Disc 1:
New anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) in high definition transfer from the Inter-Positive films elements of the R-rated theatrical cut
Interview with producer Roger Corman
Interviews with cast and crew
A look at the special effects of Forbidden World featurette
Original theatrical trailer
Additional New World trailers
Disc 2:
The never-before-seen, unrated Director’s Cut (4:3 - Full Frame)
Audio commentary with director Allan Holzman
Special Features: GALAXY OF TERROR
Commentary with Cast and Crew
New Worlds featurette
The Crew Of The Quest featurette
Planet Of Horrors featurette
Future King featurette
Launch Sequence featurette
Extensive photo galleries
Theatrical trailer with commentary from writer/director Joel Olsen
Original screenplay
** J.J. Abrams' SUPER 8: J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg began collaborating on a hush-hush project a year ago. Abrams has written the original script and will direct the film this Fall. The budget will be in the $45 million-$50 million range. Paramount Pictures will release the film next Summer. Amblin and Bad Robot are producing. The film HAS NOTHING to do with CLOVERFIELD. It will be shot traditionally, NOT handicam style. The 90-second trailer was shot independently of the actual film shot about a month ago and has been put assembled in the past few weeks. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Sony Screen Gems has shifted dates for their animated horror project, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, also confirming that the Jill Culton directed pic will in fact be 3D. Originally slated for release in February of 2012, it will now hit cinemas on September 21, 2012. In the story, a sort of "Romeo and Juliet" with monsters penned by Kevin and Daniel Hageman, Simon Van Helsing -- the youngest in a long line of monster hunters -- falls in love with Dracula's daughter. Upon the discovery that they are enemies, the couple attempt to bring peace between the monsters and humans. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- May 6, 2010 -----
** MACHETE: Here's the trailer for the upcoming feature film based on the GRINDHOUSE trailer! (thanks to AICN.com)
** SUPER 8: The top secret J.J. Abrams trailer to premiere on Friday with IRON MAN 2 will show "a bunch of kids who are shooting a movie with a Super 8 camera in the 70's/80's". "When they develop the film, they notice that there’s an alien creature in the frame." So how in the hell does that relate to 2008's CLOVERFIELD? Sources said that SUPER 8 is "absolutely connected" and is "possibly a prequel, but not a sequel". Still presently no word as yet when the trailer will find itself online, though one suspects bootlegs will show up by Friday should the studio not put a decent version online first. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** CASTLEVANIA: Creature designer Aaron Sims (CLASH OF THE TITANS remake) said that the CASTLEVANIA film adaptation is on hold until director James Wan finishes the supernatural thriller INSIDIOUS. "[They've] been trying to find the right financing for it. It's a big film with a giant fan base. They're not going through a big studio so it's about finding the right investors. James and I went to Romania and scouted locations" says Sims. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** THE TWILIGHT SAGA BREAKING DAWN: Summit Entertainment has announced a November 18th 2011 release date for the much anticipated final chapter. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
----- May 5, 2010 -----
** DEADLY FRIEND remake: Warner Bros. is developing a 3-D remake of Wes Craven's 1986 chiller . The original film is the tale about a lonely teenage genius whose overwhelming love for a young girl compels him to use all of his scientific knowledge to keep her with him. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** SCARS: Rodar y Rodar (THE ORPHANAGE) is in pre-production on a new Spanish-language horror thriller entitled SCARS that will be directed by Sergi Viscaino. Penned by Daniel Padro, the pic follows a group of university students, lead by Angela, who set up camp in an abandoned town to investigate possible paranormal occurrences. Events take a turn with the appearance of a specter that harasses them incessantly, a specter only Angela's sister Diana, is able to perceive.
** Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER: Weed Road and Imagine Entertainment are looking into film rights to Stephen King's seven-book fantasy series. The story is set in alternate world that resembles the Old West but with magical elements, and focuses on the last member of an ancient order of "gunslingers" and his quest toward a tower that's a nexus to various universes.
The plan is to essentially use the same team that adapted Dan Brown's THE DA VINCI CODE - Akiva Goldsman writing, Brian Grazer producing and Ron Howard directing. At present both a film trilogy and a TV series are being developed out of the property. J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot was previously developing the property but handed back the rights to King. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO director Niels Arden Oplev is now attached to get behind the camera for THE KEEP, Ehren Kruger's adaptation of Jennifer Egan's novella. Published by Knopf, Keep is a supernatural thriller set in a haunted castle in which a woman is seduced by a mysterious prisoner. Rogue Pictures will produce the pic.
"Two cousins, irreversibly damaged by a childhood prank whose devastating consequences changed both their lives, reunite twenty years later to renovate a medieval castle in Eastern Europe, a castle steeped in blood lore and family pride. Built over a secret system of caves and tunnels, the castle and its violent history invoke and subvert all the elements of a gothic past: twins, a pool, an old baroness, a fearsome tower. In an environment of extreme paranoia, cut off from the outside world, the men reenact the signal event of their youth, with even more catastrophic results. And as the full horror of their predicament unfolds, a prisoner, in jail for an unnamed crime, recounts an unforgettable story - a story about two cousins who unite to renovate a castle - that brings the crimes of the past and present into piercing relation." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** US company VCI Entertainment will release a double feature on May 25 with these two titles:
SUPERSONIC MAN (Juan Piquer Simón, 1979)
The alien Kronos is sent to the Earth, under the identity of Supersonic Man, in order to save it from Dr. Gulik's evil plans, namely rule the planet and kidnap Patricia, an eminent scientist's daughter and Supersonic's love interest, which involve such dangerous methods that could "break the Galaxy's equilibrium". This superhero possesses mighty powers such as flying, extraordinary strength, throwing fire and transforming handguns into bananas; he is also given a human identity, Paul, a reporter who can change back to superhero by activating a watch device and saying: "May the Great Force of the Galaxy be with me".
88 min / Color / 1.85:1 / NR / 1979
WAR OF THE ROBOTS (La guerra dei robot, Alfonso Brescia 1978)
An alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.
99 min / Color / 1.33:1 / NR / 1978
----- May 4, 2010 -----
** [REC] sequels: Directors Paco Plaza and Jaume Balaguero will split directing responsibilities for two further films in the Spanish-language "[REC]" horror franchise for Filmax International. The pair previously co-directed the first two films and while they will co-develop the next two, they will solo direct one each. Plaza directs and co-wrote the third film [REC] GENESIS with Luis Berdejo which will explore the origins of the diabolic zombie mutant virus.
Balaguero will direct the fourth and final film [REC] APOCALYPSE. The films will open Fall 2011 and Fall 2012 respectively. The first film [REC] opened in Fall 2007 and was a major hit, scoring an American remake with QUARANTINE. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE remake: Here's the trailer for the upcoming remake.
** SLEEP TIGHT: Filmax has announced that they've retitled Jaume Balagueró's Spanish-language thriller FLATMATE to a more eerie SLEEP TIGHT. Now in pre-production, the residents of the building where Cesar works as a doorman are not aware of the overtime he has been putting in. Apparently, he is at their service both day and night. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** VERBO: Another Spanish-language thriller in post-production from Filmax International and Apaches Entertainment is Eduardo Chapero-Jackson's VERBO, which stars Alba Garcia and Miguel Angel Silvestre. Garcia stars as Sara, a teenager who just does not understand the world in which she lives. Her search for meaning will lead her to a secret place where she will embark on a great adventure towards life, or death. Apaches Entertainment is also behind INTRUDERS, which is to be directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 WEEKS LATER). (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake took the number one spot at the box office with $32.3 million.
** US company Code Red continue to deliver - on July 13 they will release Armando Crispino's L'ETRUSCO UCCI ANCORA aka THE DEAD ARE ALIVE, directed in 1972 and starring Alex Cord and Samantha Eggar. They will also released VIVO PER LA TUA MORTE (A Long Ride From Hell, Camillo Bazzoni, 1968) August 3 and PRIMAL RAGE (Vittorio Rambaldi, 1988) July 13. (thanks to DVDSleuth.blogspot.com)
** Mya Communication August releases:
FORBIDDEN DREAMS (Sogni proibiti di Don Galeazzo curato di campagna, Emanuele Di Cola 1973)
SEXY RADIO (L'escot, Antoni Verdaguer 1987). (thanks to DVDSleuth.blogspot.com)
----- May 3, 2010 -----
** I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE remake: Here's the new poster for the remake of the controversial 1979 cult classic, which is coming this fall from Anchor Bay and director Steven Monroe. (thanks to ShockTillYoudrop.com)
** MARTIN remake: George A. Romero's realistic vampire drama is being developed for a remake. While they're billing it more as a sequel of the original 1976 film, the new version will be about a young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges. Not sure how a sequel could tell the exact same story. Nice try. The film is to be produced by Richard P. Rubinstein, the man behind the 2004 version of DAWN OF THE DEAD, the original PET SEMETARY, DAWN OF THE DEAD, DAY OF THE DEAD and MARTIN. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake sequel: With the remake looking to top $35m this opening weekend, buzz from inside New Line Cinema is that a 3D sequel is already being discussed, while Platinum Dunes producer added more fuel to the fire via Twitter by adding that a sequel is "already in the works." A similar situation happened when Platinum Dune's reboot of FRIDAY THE 13TH opened to $40m before dropping a whopping 80% the following weekend. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** PIRANHA 3D: Here's the trailer for the upcoming remake.
** THE HOLE: Here's the trailer for Joe Dante's 3D horror film.
** BELOW ZERO: Edward Furlong (TERMINATOR 2) is the latest signed on to star in Justin Thomas Ostensen's BELOW ZERO 3-D. He'll star alongside the previously announced Michael Berryman. Penned by Signe Olynyk, BELOW ZERO is the true-life story of Jack the Hack, a screenwriter with writer's block who arranges to have himself locked in a meat cooler in order to meet a looming deadline. As the temperature drops, the lines between reality and fiction blur, and Jack’s story comes to life, exposing him to a world of horror that only a meat freezer can inspire. Casting is still underway for the flick now filming in Alberta, Canada. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE RITE: Alice Braga (PREDATORS), Ciaran Hinds and Toby Jones have joined that cast of New Line's exorcism drama opposite Anthony Hopkins and Colin O'Donoghue. Contrafilm's Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson are producing and Mikael Hafstrom is directing from Michael Petroni's screenplay. The story centers on a seminary student who attends exorcism school and Hopkins will play an expert in exorcisms. Hinds and Jones will portray priests. Script's adapted from Matt Baglio's "The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
