----- March 9, 2010 -----

** FRIGHT NIGHT remake: After years in development and moving fro studio to studio, DreamWorks has finally locked a director to bring FRIGHT NIGHT back to the big screen -- with the studio placing the remake on high-priority. According to the LA Times, Craig Gillespi will be getting behind the camera to bring Marti Noxon's (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) screenplay to life. Gillespie also has a relationship with DreamWorks principal Steven Spielberg via THE UNITED STATES OF TARA the Showtime series that DreamWorks Television produced and on which Gillespie has served as director and producer. Michael De Luca and Alison Rosenzweig are producing. 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. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)

** DEXTER Season 5 : Executive producer Sara Colleton tells EW that the fifth season of the series, scheduled to air in the Fall, will avoid the big guest-star antagonist next season it seems. "John Lithgow is a tough act to follow. If there was ever a year that we could take a step back from the big bad formula and go deeper into Dexter and his psychology, this would be that year" says Colleton, who is quick to add our favourite serial killer will still do some murdering. More immediate though will be dealing with the emotional fallout from the last scene of the fourth season finale. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)

** PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2: An interesting conversation took place this weekend at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards ceremony between MTV and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY star Micah Sloat who talks as if he'll be returning in Paramount Pictures' PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2. "All I can tell you is I'm very excited for the project, it's really cool, it's gonna be really interesting and it's not gonna suck, which most horror sequels...would. This is gonna be good." Also explaining, "We have money now, but we're staying true to the heart of the movie, to the spirit of it, to the vision." Does this mean the original cast will be returning? Paramount still has the film slated for release on October 22. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)

** XTRO 4: In an interview with Fangoria director Harry Bromley Davenport dropped the following nugget of news on them: "I am going to be starting XTRO 4 this summer; you are the first to receive this shattering news,” Davenport tells Fango. “A script by Daryl Haney is in the works, and my sales guys are salivating. It’s going to be a very odd movie indeed. Sort of back to the roots of the first one, but much stranger and, hopefully, more uncomfortable.” (thanks to DreadCentral.com)

----- March 8, 2010 -----

** DEXTER Season 5: Still staggering from the killer conclusion of DEXTER season 4? If you HAVE NOT caught up on the Showtime series, DO NOT read on. EW spoke with exec producer Sara Colleton about what's to come in season 5 and it appears they're going to pick up right where 4 left off: With the death of Dexter Morgan's wife, Rita.

"We have spent the last month sitting around, talking and really debating how best to deal with the aftermath of [Rita's death]," Colleton says. "We uniformly decided that we don’t want to jump ahead. We need to see Dexter go through the process that we’d all have to go through if such a horrible thing had happened to us. We need to see him doing everything from the big emotional things like grieving the loss, to the mundane things like arranging a funeral, getting the kids dressed, and all the other things that are usually done for men because their wives or mothers do them. They have no idea how to handle all of these things. As we saw, Rita was really the caretaker of their baby. It would be cheating the audience of their catharsis to not see Dexter go through that mourning period and see how it affects him or to not see him dealing with the blowback of what he essentially caused. So we will not jump to Harrison as a 5 year old yet." (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)

** PET SEMATARY remake: After success with 1408, scribe Matthew Greenberg is adapting another Stephen King property, the PET SEMATARY remake at Paramount Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter. This long-gestating new adaptation of King's 1983 novel follows a family who move to a small Maine town along a highway often used by high-speed trucks. Nearby lies a pet cemetery and further beyond that an ancient indian burial ground which can resurrect the dead, but those who come back aren't quite right. When the toddler son is killed in an auto accident, the grieving father uses that power - but at the cost of several lives and his own sanity. Paramount previously adapted the book in 1989 starring Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby and Fred Gwynne. George Clooney at one time was apparently circling this remake. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)

** ALIEN prequel in 3D: In a recent interview with art-director Roger Christian, he let slip that 20th Century Fox will release their ALIEN prequel in 3D. "Ridley's doing the next ALIEN in 3D," Christian said adding, "Ridley told me some of his ideas when we were here in Toronto. He has a very clear understanding of where this should go. They kind of stopped dead one of the greatest horror franchises there's ever been, and it had legs to go on. So I'm hoping he'll revive another three. The world certainly wants it, and the fans want it - everybody." Ridley Scott, who brought the first ALIEN into the world, will be going back behind the camera for the untitled prequel being penned by Jon Spaihts. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)

** ZOMBIELAND 2: Director Ruben Fleischer regarding the forthcoming 3-D sequel. "We have been talking to the studio and we pitched them some ideas that they seemed to really like. We are definitely doing the film in 3D,"Fleischer said. "Sony has their own 3D division now and we are going to go get a little tour of that on Tuesday (3/2/2010), of the 3D department. I know that the cast are all excited to be a part of the sequel, so it should be a great, fun movie to make! The script is about to be written and hopefully we will shoot it sometime towards the end of the year or early next year." I can't wait to see the next "death of the week". (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)

** IN THEIR SLEEP (DANS TON SOMMEIL): Here's the trailer for the upcoming french film. (thanks to AlloCine.fr)

** LORNA THE EXORCIST: Here's the DVD cover for the upcoming Mondo Macabro release of the 1974 Jess Franco film. (thanks to DVDSleuth.blogspot.com)

** Giancarlo Soldi's 1992 black comedy NERO, based on the novel by Tiziano Sclavi and co-produced by Claudio Argento, has been released in Italy by Ripley's Home Video in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen with Italian audio and English subtitles. (thanks to DVDSleuth.blogspot.com)

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