** MANIAC remake: Alexandre Aja (HIGH TENSION) is considering developing a remake of William Lustig's brutal 1980 film which his partner Greg Levasseur would direct. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** LET ME IN: Here's the red band trailer for the upcoming remake.
** On September 14, MGM is reaching into the vaults for two titles making their Blu-Ray debut. Philip Kaufman's '70s remake of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS will street that day along with RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** UNDERWORLD: The extremely hot Kate Beckinsale is in fact set to return as Selene in the next UNDERWORLD film. IGN caught up with franchise creator Len Wiseman who updated the status of UNDERWORLD 4, and the news of Beckinsale's return. "It's all being written and talked about and hopefully all comes together. So we're seeing how things happen. But we're all keeping our fingers crossed." When I asked Wiseman if Beckinsale would indeed be back, he replied, "Yes. That's the plan. We're both waiting to see what kind of story comes together. It's just getting the script to a certain place where we're both happy with it. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE FISHMEN & THEIR QUEEN: Mya Communication will release Sergio Martino's 1995 film sequel to ISLAND OF THE FISHMEN, and the release date is November 23. (thanks to DVDSleuth.blogspot.com)
** RED STATE: Michael Parks has signed on for Kevin Smith's horror film. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET: Elisabeth Shue has joined the cast of the PSYCHO-esque thriller HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET for FilmNation and A Bigger Boat says The Hollywood Reporter. The story follows a teenage girl (Jennifer Lawrence) who moves to a new town and learns that a double murder took place in the house across the street. Things get complicated when she befriends the massacre's sole surviving son (Max Thieriot). Shue will play the girl's mother. David Loucka wrote the script from a story by Jonathan Mostow while Mark Tonderai is directing. Filming kicks off next month in Ottawa. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** SAW 3D: San Diego Comic Con details. Eleven traps dominate the seventh and what is claimed to be the final film in the series. Sean Patrick Flannery's leading character gets more torture both physical and psychological than any of the previous film leads. Despite the legal wrangling that forced him back on the project, director Kevin Greutert put on a brave front while actor Tobin Bell and the producers spent time reflecting on the series as a whole.
A SAW panel though is all about the footage and the opening sequence was shown with two guys and a woman shackled together around a buzz saw in a department store window. The challenge is that both men broke the law for the woman whom they've both been seeing and so one of the three must die when the buzzsaw switches on in 60 seconds. Just before that we quickly see Dr. Gordon (Cary Elwes) just after the events of the first film, crawling and then cauterising his leg stump on a steam pipe. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
----- July 27, 2010 -----
** LET ME IN: Here's the awesome trailer for the upcoming remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.
** MACHETE: A crazy, bloody and violent red band trailer is here! I seriously can't wait to see this one! (thanks to IGN.com)
** SAW 3D: At the San Diego Comic-Con, actor Tobin Bell and director Kevin Greutert received the Guinness World Record for the most succesful horror franchise. They talked about the next and supposedly final film. One interesting new element in this entry is that for the first time, we get to see bystanders react to a trap, as it is placed in a glass case in the middle of a park. Greutert said: "We had 400 extras and it started to rain. It was a difficult shoot, but it was so fun. It's just so different than the rest of SAW. We wanted to go way over the top and do something very exciting." Bell adds, "No trap has ever had spectators. The slightest change in dynamic, going outside, makes you go 'Wow!' - that's on a whole new level in a certain way, it certainly changes the perspective." Greutert reveals that there are quite a few exterior scenes in the film, as opposed to the previous entries which were all primary soundstages. SAW 3D now opens October 29th, putting it up against Wes Craven's MY SOUL TO TAKE instead of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (which original opening date of October 22nd). (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** HATCHET II: At the San Diego Comic-Con where Dark Sky Films revealed plans to unroll Adam Green's sequel in theaters completely unrated. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** LET ME IN: Here's a new poster for the upcoming remake. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** COLD PREY III: Here's the poster for the upcoming prequel.
** DRIVE ANGRY 3D: The teaser trailer is now here! (thanks to YouTube.com)
** 30 DAYS OF NIGHT DARK DAYS: The trailer is now here! (thanks to YouTube.com)
** COLD PREY III: The teaser trailer is now here for the upcoming prequel! (thanks to YouTube.com)
** South Korea's Lee Cheol-ha's DESERTED HOUSE: In 42 years, 6 people have disappeared! 8 people have died! There have been 11 murders! Everyone is afraid of the deserted house with the ghosts. It is prohibited to enter if you are alive. But three deserted home society members and three filming team members enter the deserted house. They break the taboo of deserted homes and enter the world of spirits. But they disappear one day... And there is only a video they left behind. Here's the poster and trailer just below. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
----- July 26, 2010 -----
** DEXTER Season 5: Here's the teaser trailer that payed at the San Diego Comic Con.
** LET ME IN: Here's a superb new poster for the upcoming remake. (thanks to MTV.com)
** SAW 3D: Here's the teaser trailer for the upcoming sequel.
** WORLD WAR Z: MTV just landed the beefiest scoop of the week. While chatting up WORLD WAR Z author Max Brooks at the booth for comic publisher Avatar Press, the writer confirmed to MTV News that the adaption of his novel about the zombie apocalypse is not only moving forward, but Brad Pitt is now officially attached to star in the film. The book is a sober telling of the aftermath of a war fought against a legion of humans who were inflicted with a virus, died and were reanimated into flesh-eating zombies. Additionally, Brooks revealed that Paramount has optioned the movie rights to two more of his projects: THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE and THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE RECORDED ATTACKS graphic novel. (thanks to Bloody-Digusting.com)
** SAW 3D: Here's a better look at the image posted here last week and USA Today scored a look at yet another two stills from Lionsgate's upcoming sequel, one of which features potential victim Jon Cor facing down a blade in a potential public execution! The second pic displays Hoffman and some bizarre car trap(?). "It's time to stop. We have told the story we wanted to tell, and this is going to be a great farewell," Twisted Pictures producer Oren Koules said. In theaters this October from SAW VI director Kevin Greutert, 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. (thanks to Bloody-Digusting.com)
** THE POSSESSION OF EMMA EVANS: Here's a new poster for the upcoming Filmax film. (thanks to Bloody-Digusting.com)
