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Horror Brain News -- June 6, 2007
Trailers: ‘ROVDYR’ & ‘LAKE DEAD’
Twitchfilm.net now has up links to two new trailers for two upcoming horror flicks. Click on the individual links below to watch each trailer:
- Rovdyr (Predator)
- Lake Dead (3rd Trailer)
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Incredible New Images From Dario Argento's 'MOTHER OF TEARS' Revealed!
Nocturno.it now has up some insanely cool new pictures from Dario Argento's upcoming flick The Mother of Tears, the third and final film in the "Three Mothers" trilogy; "Suspiria" and "Inferno" makeup the other two films in the trilogy. Check out the new pics!
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Is This The Teaser Poster For ’30 DAYS OF NIGHT’?!
Over on comic book writer Steve Niles’ official myspace page, the writer has posted what could possibly be the official teaser one sheet for David Slade’s forthcoming adaptation of his popular graphic novel 30 Days of Night, which will be hitting theaters on October 19th. Check it out!
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‘HELLBOY 2’ Casting Choices Unveiled!
Deltorofilms.com reports that Guillermo Del Toro stopped by their message boards to reveal the casting choices for Hellboy 2. Here is what he had to say:
John Hurt is back for a cameo.
Myers is not back (see Rupie in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN in the London stage!!).
Universal has NOT authorized a brief Kroenen cameo/ epilogue- yet.
Johann will be played by John Alexander (body) and Tomas Kretschmann (voice).
Dougie will play 4 characters.
Brian Steele will play 4 characters.
Anna Walton is the actress playing Princess Nuala.
Luke Goss plays Prince Nuada. Silverlance.
Roy Dotrice plays King Balor
He went on to add that "The names of the characters come from the Tuatha Dé Danann but their function and characteristics in the film (the characters being of Elvish lineage) is completely different."
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Official Website For Rob Zombie’s ‘HALLOWEEN’ Goes Live!
You can now visit the newly launched official website for Rob Zombie’s forthcoming remake of the classic horror flick Halloween. On the site you can check out what appears to be the first teaser poster for the flick. Enjoy!
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Horror Brain News -- June 5, 2007
Trailer: ‘UNHOLY NIGHT’
Twitchfilm.net now has up a link to a trailer for the Icelandic horror short “Orstutt Jol†aka Unholy Night. Check it out!
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Amy Smart Joins Cast of Alexandre Aja's 'MIRRORS' Remake
Bloody-Disgusting.com reports that the beautiful Amy Smart ("Crank", "The Butterfly Effect", "Strangeland") has been cast alongside Kiefer Sutherland and Paula Patton in Alex Aja's ("High Tension," "The Hills Have Eyes") in 20th Century Fox's remake of the Korean horror film Mirrors, which is currently in production in Romania.
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Anchor Bay Set To Release An 'UNHOLY' DVD This September!
DreadCentral.com reports that the filmmakers behind Unholy, the Nicholas Brendan/Adrienne Barbeau vehicle that’s been rolling around for a few years now, are happy to announce that the film has officially been picked up by Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) for release this September 4th, 2007 onto DVD!
While Starz/Anchor Bay will be making their own announcement very soon, the filmmakers got the go-ahead to give Dread Central the first word on this very exciting announcement.
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DVD Cover Art For First Look's 'ISOLATION' Revealed!
If you head on over to the official website for First Look Studios, you check out the newly released DVD artwork for their acclaimed horror flick Isolation. The Billy O'Brien directed film will be hitting retailers on June 26th.
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Brash Entertainment Has Begun Working On 'SAW' Videogames!
Variety.com reports that Hollywood has its first resident videogame publisher.
Brash Entertainment, the private equity-backed game publisher co-founded by Legendary Pictures' Thomas Tull, is coming out of stealth mode today with the news it has raised $400 million and will focus exclusively on games developed from movie, TV and music licenses.
Company has projects in the works based on movies from five studios and has multigame deals with several of them. It's already working on a dozen movie-based titles, including one based on Lionsgate's Saw franchise and another, sources confirmed, based on "300." First games will come out this holiday season. While Brash is remaining tight-lipped about its initial release slate, one title will almost certainly be tied to "Saw 3."
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BUG - Review
By: Joe Click
 “…It either is or isn’t. Like the sign outside says: vacancy or no-vacancy, it doesn’t say possible vacancy.†- Jerry Goss
Director: William Friedkin
Writer: Tracy Letts (based on his own play)
Producer: Kimberly C. Anderson
Cast:
Ashley Judd - Agnes White
Michael Shannon - Peter Evans
Lynn Collins - R.C.
Brian F. O’Byrne - Dr. Sweet
Harry Connick Jr. - Jerry Goss
Running Time: 102 min.
Release Date: May 25th, 2007
Budget: ?
Box Office Take-In of Opening Weekend: $5 million
This little film came to my attention when I attended a comic book convention last August and immediately I was intrigued. I waited when it had a limited release and my town didn’t get it. I know what you’re thinking and yes, I was really pissed and felt that I would have to wait for the DVD. Then when that didn’t happen I was confused quite a bit but I was soon given a great gift - it was given a wide release! So when May 25th came around I felt great and I quickly made my way to the theater. What I found was a film that didn’t let me down in the least. So without further ado, let’s get infested as I review the film Bug.
Synopsis: Tired and confused from a life of abuse, Agnes (Judd) is done with men, that is until nice Jerry (Shannon) enters the scene. The two become friends and soon Agnes has gone from hell to heaven. Then the bugs came…
Direction: William Friedkin, the man behind the classic horror film “The Exorcistâ€, directed this little fright fest and let me tell you he did a great job. His directing is just superb and is an impressive feat seeing as all of the film - except for one scene - takes place in Agnes’s little motel room. He also has a great sense for pacing and knows where, or rather when, to pack his punch/s. Honestly, the last 20 or 30 minutes of this film are probably better than most of the films coming out this year. Friedkin just builds his audience on great filmmaking and then executes in a way that only a master can do.
Also, the writing is extremely smart and the film shows that Friedkin really was into this story. I mean the guy is as old as David Lopan, so you know he thought this was special... and it is. To put it to you bluntly, the script was crafted by a master of the pen and then handed to a master of the lens. All in all, Bug is well worth your money.
Acting: The acting in Bug is without-a-doubt the best acting you will see on screen this year. Ashley Judd hits the mark perfectly but the show is stolen by Harry Connick Jr. When this man is on screen you fucking know that his character is going to be in your face 100 % of the time; even his repression is great. It’s really sad that he’s not in more films because this guy is a keeper. Like the whole film, his best moments are in the last 20 min. or so of the movie and it’s just wonderful stuff. You could easily compare this film to David Slade’s “Hard Candy†because they both contain a five-member cast and both are acting extravaganzas.
One scene in particular involves Michael Shannon’s character trying to get a “bug†from under his cap on his tooth because he believes that the government placed it there when he was in the military. The acting in said scene gives you “goosebumps†- Man those books were great! The “Haunted Mask†is my fav. and... what the fuck?! I am sorry my ADD is acting up again. Let’s get back on track. You just can’t go wrong with a film like Bug.
Gore and More: There is some blood - at one point a lot - but this is not that kind of film. Not that gore is bad, but to put it like the great Tommy Lee Wallace: “Most movies do their business with gore alone.†And it’s true especially in today’s film market.
There isn’t much in terms of the sets. The only other place we are taken to other than the motel room is a bar, and that is only for a brief amount of time. The motel room, itself, is perfect and it takes no imagination to believe that this woman lives there. That’s all I have to say about that. Can I get a hell yea?
Conclusion: Bug is that kind of movie you wished you had gone and seen at the theater after you check it out on DVD. So if you’re free, go down to the multiplexes and see this bad boy cause having bugs never felt so good. You have been informed!
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Horror Brain News -- June 4, 2007
Trailer: ‘THE DEMONOLOGY OF DESIRE’
Twitchfilm.net now has up a link to a teaser trailer for Rue Morgue Magazine founder Rodrigo Gudino’s second short flick, The Demonology of Desire. Check it out!
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First Set of Stills From Mark Young's Cannibal Flick 'TOOTH AND NAIL'
Twitchfilm.net also has up a batch of behind the scenes shots and the first released stills from Mark Young's post-apocalyptic cannibal survival film Tooth and Nail - which stars Michael Madsen and Vinnie Jones, among others.
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’THE TRIPPER’ Makes Its Way To DVD This October!
Bloody-Disgusting.com reports that David Arquette's very cool directorial debut, The Tripper, will be coming to DVD on October 23rd, courtesy of Fox Home Video. If you didn’t get a chance to see this awesome horror flick, mark October 23rd on your calendars as a day to check this flick out!
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Trailer: ‘WIZARD OF GORE’
If you head on over to the official website of Jeremy Kasten's remake of Wizard of Gore, you can check out a second full trailer for the flick.
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Two Japanese Horror Filmmakers Team Up To Create Something 'INHUMAN'
Hollywoodreporter.com reports that two of Japan's top moviemakers are teaming up for a horror project at 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises.
Hideo Nakata ("The Ring 2") is attached to direct Inhuman, which pairs him with "The Grudge" producer Taka Ichise, who is producing alongside Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee and Doug Davison.
Regency bought Eric Heisserer's horror pitch "Inhuman," which is loosely based on a Japanese murder case and was brought to Heisserer by Orion Prout, who is associate producing alongside Jennifer Fukasawa from Hideon Prods.
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Greenwalt Set To Executive Produce CBS Vampire Series 'MOONLIGHT'
Hollywoodreporter.com also reports that "Angel" co-creator/executive producer David Greenwalt has been tapped to serve as executive producer/showrunner on CBS' new drama series Moonlight.
The project, which was filmed as a presentation, will be retooled before a full-length pilot is shot. One of the two female leads already has been recast, and other casting changes are being considered.
"Moonlight," from Warner Bros. TV and Silver Pictures TV, centers on a private investigator (Alex O'Loughlin) who is a vampire. In his eternal life, he is joined by his former bride (Amber Valletta), a seductive vampire who bit him 60 years ago, as well as a deceitful ally (Rade Serbedzija) who also is undead. The PI's life is turned upside down when he falls for a beautiful mortal woman. In the presentation, Shannon Lucio played the part, which is now being recast.
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Horror Brain News -- June 1, 2007
Trailer: ‘COMPLEXX’
Twitchfilm.net now has up a trailer for Robert A. Jansen's Complexx. Check it out!
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New Images From ‘BURROWERS’, ‘DAYBREAKERS’, ‘MEAT TRAIN’ & ‘DOOMSDAY’!
Twitchfilm.net now has up a batch of new and exclusive stills from a couple of forthcoming Lionsgate flicks:
- Neil Marshall’s Doomsday
- Clive Barker’s Midnight Meat Train
- The Spierig Brothers’ Daybreakers
- J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers
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Two-Minutes of Footage From After Dark Films’ ‘CAPTIVITY’ Revealed!
AOL.com now has up a two-minute clip from Roland Joffe's controversial Captivity, which will be hitting theaters on June 22nd.
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Trailer: ‘THE ORPHANGE’
YouTube.com now has up the very first trailer for Juan Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage (Orfanato, El), which was Produced by Guillermo Del Toro. Check it out!
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Horror Brain News -- May 31, 2007
Trailer: 'LIVE EVIL'
Twitchfilm.net now has up a brand new teaser trailer for Jay Woelfel's vampire flick Live Evil.
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’MYSTIC PIZZA’ Scribe To Pen Remake of... ‘THE ENTITY’?
Moviehole.net reports that Amy Holden Jones (“Indecent Proposalâ€, “Mystic Pizzaâ€) has been hired to rewrite the remake of The Entity; as 'Paul' tells the site "it's actually a return to her roots! Her directorial debut was the 1982 slasher flick Slumber Party Massacre"- for Fox Atomic.
The pic, to be directed by Hideo Nakata, tells of a woman who is tormented and sexually molested by an invisible demon.
FOX Atomic will distribute the remake.
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Final Poster Design For Fox Searchlight’s ‘JOSHUA’ Unveiled!
Bloody-Disgusting.com now has up (courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures) the final official poster for George Ratliff's Joshua, which hits limited theaters on July 6th.
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First Images From ‘I SELL THE DEAD’ Revealed!
Ain’t It Cool News now has up the first pair of images from the period grave-robbing comedy/horror flick I Sell The Dead, which stars Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman and Angus Scrimm.
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Zooey Deschanel Set To Star In Shyamalan's 'THE HAPPENING'
Hollywoodreporter.com reports that Zooey Deschanel has signed on to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in M. Night Shyamalan's natural-disaster actioner The Happening for 20th Century Fox.
Penned by Shyamalan, the story revolves around a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity. With plot details being kept under wraps, the studio would only confirm that Deschanel will play the female lead.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in August in Philadelphia.
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Horror Brain News -- May 30, 2007
Trailer: ‘DAMN BASTARD!’
Twitchfilm.net now has up links to two trailers for Javi Camino's Damn Bastard! (¡Maldito Bastardo!). Check ‘em out!
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First Clip From After Dark's 'CAPTIVITY' Revealed!
Joblo.com/Arrow In The Head now has up an exclusive clip from After Dark Films' upcoming controversial thriller Captivity, which will be hitting theaters on June 22nd.
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Wes Craven Finds A Writer & Director To Stay At 'THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT'
Variety.com reports that Wes Craven has found a writer and director for the remake of his first pic, The Last House on the Left, which he is producing for Rogue under his Midnight Pictures shingle.
Midnight is finalizing a deal for Dennis Iliadis to direct the redo, with Adam Alleca on board to rewrite.
Craven is producing with Midnight cohort Marianne Maddalena and Sean S. Cunningham. Latter produced the 1972 original.
Craven said the remake will retain the spirit of the original, about killers who inadvertently seek refuge with the parents of one of their victims, but aim for a more realistic tone.
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Taurus Entertainment To Bring Us 'CREEPSHOW 4', Production Starts This Summer
Moviehole.net reports that that Taurus Entertainment has greenlit a Creepshow 4.
Over on the IMDB boards, a poster writes “I emailed Taurus to tell them that they need to stop making films immediately or they may end the world. I also complained that Creepshow 3 was crap and I got a response that "due to the success of Creepshow 3, Creepshow 4 will go into production this summer"â€.
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The Weinstein Co. Takes An Ultra-Violent Trip To The ‘INSIDE’
Bloody-Disgusting.com reports that they have learned that The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to a film called Inside (À l'intérieur), which is about a pregnant woman grieving over her recently deceased boyfriend, who becomes haunted by a mysterious woman. BD has been told by a few sources that this film is one of the most brutal things screened at the market.
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Shia LaBeouf To Star In Neil Gaiman’s ‘DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING’?
Filmick.co.uk reports that later this year - if all goes well - Neil Gaiman will be directing his first feature film. It's an adaptation of his Death: The High Cost of Living mini-series, and - of course - he's scripted it.
This was the film he was discussing with Guillermo del Toro at the meeting a couple of weeks back. Filmick has now had this 100% confirmed.
What more do they know? That the film will most likely shoot in late autumn, early winter, and in the UK, though the comic takes place (mainly) in the US. They’re also pretty sure that, as he's discussed before, Shia LaBeouf is almost certainly going to play the male lead (he certainly talks about it enough) - in the comics he was called Sexton Furnival; and that Death, or Didi as she calls herself in her mortal form, has snagged the interest of one famous young actress in particular. The Death hunt is done, if the deal works out, and soon she'll be named.
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Horror Brain News -- May 29, 2007
Trailer: 'WEREWOLF IN A WOMEN'S PRISON'
Twitchfilm.net now has up a link to a downloadable trailer for Jeff Leroy's Werewolf in a Women's Prison, which will be making its way on DVD September 4th.
WARNING: This trailer contains graphic violence, nudity, and ridiculous amounts of cheese and humor. A Must-See!
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Offical Synopsis To 'CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST' Sequel Revealed!
Bloody-Disgusting.com has been provided with the official synopsis for Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust companion piece, which he will return direct. The film is about Professor Harold Moore, a New York anthropologist traveling to the wild, inhospitable jungles of South America to find out what happened to a documentary film crew shooting a film about cannibal tribes. Ruggero Deodato can be seen in Eli Roth's "Hostel: Part II", which will be in theaters on June 8th.
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One of The Babysitter Twins Joins Cast of 'PEARBLOSSOM'
Variety.com reports that Electra Avellan, one of the Babysitter Twins from Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" section of "Grindhouse", has been cast in the horror pic Pearblossom. Film, directed by Ron Carlson, begins production this week. We will bring you more details on this flick as soon as more information is released.
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A Ton of New Images From 'RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION' Now Online!
Horror-Movies.ca now has up a massive batch of new stills from Sony Screen Gems' upcoming Resident Evil: Extinction, which will be hitting theaters on September 21st. Check 'em out!
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Horror Brain News -- May 28, 2007
Trailer: ‘X-CROSS’
Twitchfilm.net now has up a new downloadable link to a 4-minute trailer for Kenta Fukasaku's XX (XX (ekusu kurosu): makyô densetsu) - a.k.a. "X-Cross". Time to brush up on your Japanese.
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Trailer: Two Teasers For ‘THE KING IN YELLOW’
Twitchfilm.net also has up links to two downloadable teaser trailers for the creepy Italian flick The King In Yellow: Interludes, a Lovecraft-inspired multimedia project that may well end up as a web-serial.
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The Great Dee Wallace Joins The Cast of Dante Tomaselli’s ‘THE OCEAN’
Bloody-Disgusting.com has learned that Dee Wallace will join Vincent Pastore, Judith O'Dea, Felissa Rose, Lynn Lowry, John Fallon, Ellen Sandweiss and Edwin Neal in Dante Tomaselli's The Ocean.
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MGM To Finally Release ‘FROM BEYOND’, ‘THE BURNING’ and New ‘ROTLD’ DVDs!!
Fangoria.com reports that they have learned that MGM Home Entertainment has a whole batch of horror titles coming on DVD September 11 for the Halloween season, among them two of the year’s most eagerly awaited restorations/special editions.
One is the director’s cut of Stuart Gordon’s “From Beyond†that premiered last year on the high-definition channel Monsters HD, with a Gordon commentary and other extras to be announced. The other is the uncut version of the 1981 slasher film “The Burningâ€, an early credit for Miramax’s Harvey and Bob Weinstein as well as actors Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter, Fisher Stevens et al. That movie will be presented in a remastered hi-def widescreen transfer with all of Tom Savini’s gory FX intact, accompanied by commentary by director Tony Maylam and a featurette including a Savini interview and behind-the-scenes footage of his gory handiwork.
Also on the slate are the new “Return of the Living Dead†disc, with a cast/zombie commentary, that we first told you about here, a no-frills release of William Wesley’s “Scarecrows†and many more.
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The Weinstein’s Acquire Home Video Rights To British Thriller ‘WAZ’
Hollywoodreporter.com reports that the Weinstein Co. scored a triple play at the tail end of the Festival de Cannes, nabbing North American rights for Anton Corbijn's Joy Division biopic "Control," North American home video rights to Tom Shankland's detective thriller Waz and Australian rights to the animated "Persepolis."
Weinstein Co.'s video division picked up the British thriller "Waz," the story of a detective (Stellan Skarsgard) stalked by a serial killer. The film will be released in North America via the Genius home video label.
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Trailer: ‘THE TATTOOIST’, Poster and Stills Revealed!
Yahoo! Xtra now has up not only the first trailer for The Tattooist - which is being brought to us courtesy of the people behind “Black Sheep†and “The Ferryman†– but also a batch of stills and a poster for the flick.
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Trailer: ‘I KNOW WHO KILLED ME’
Yahoo! Movies now has up the first official trailer for Chris Sivertson's I Know Who Killed Me, which will be hitting theaters on July 27th.
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Horror Brain News -- May 25, 2007
Andy Serkis To Spend Some Time At Paul Andrew Williams' 'COTTAGE'
Variety.com reports that Andy Serkis will star in The Cottage, a black comedy-horror pic from writer-helmer Paul Andrew Williams ("London to Brighton"). Lensing is under way in the U.K. Story concerns two brothers who bungle the kidnapping of a crime boss' daughter. Ken Marshall is producing for Steel Mill Pictures, with Martin Pope of Magic Light Pictures exec producing.
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Simpsons Scribe Prepares To Tackle TV Zombie-Comedy 'THE LAST LARRY'
Variety.com also reports that "The Simpsons" scribe/co-exec producer Dana Gould has set up a pair of projects, including a zombie laffer at Comedy Central that he'll both write and star in.
Comedy Central project, meanwhile, is tentatively titled The Last Larry. Partially inspired by "Shaun of the Dead," half-hour is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which the few remaining survivors are trying to get on with their lives.
"It's a very traditional sitcom set in the world of a zombie holocaust," Gould said. "I felt fairly positive after I pitched it that I wouldn't hear a lot of 'Not that idea again.'"
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John Cusack & Samuel L. Jackson Give You The Evil Eye In New '1408' Poster
Ain't It Cool News now has up the final poster design for Dimension Films' upcoming Stephen King adaptation 1408, which will be hitting theaters on June 22nd.
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Uncut Video Footage From Lionsgate's 'BUG' Now Online!
YouTube.com now has up an intensely bloody three-minute sneak peak video for Lionsgate's and William Friedkin's flick Bug, which hits theaters TODAY! Check it out!
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New Clip From 'HOSTEL: PART 2' Gets A Bit... Nosey
Horror-Movies.ca now has up a new and exclusive, unrated and extended 1 minute clip from Eli Roth's upcoming sequel Hostel: Part 2.
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20th Century Fox Reveals First Batch of Steelbook and Lenticular Reissues
DVDactive.com reports that Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the release of a number of lenticular and steelbook reissues of some of its most popular titles for the 5th of June. Prices for titles will range from $14.98 and $22.98, while content will be identical to the previous releases. Click on the link above to check out the massive list as well as artwork for each individual release.
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Horror Brain News -- May 24, 2007
Sam Neil Joins Cast of Lionsate's Vampire Flick 'DAYBREAKERS'
Screendaily.com reports that Sam Neill has joined Ethan Hawke on the cast of Lionsgate's upcoming vampire thriller Daybreakers, which is set to begin filming in Australia in July.
The story takes place in 2017 as of a clandestine group of vampires discovers the key to saving the human race from a plague.
Peter and Michael Spierig wrote and will direct the film. New Zealand's Weta Workshop will create the effects on the project, which The Film Finance Corporation Australia is co-financing with Queensland's The Pacific Film & Television Commission.
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WB Acquires Film Rights To Derek Landy's 'SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT'
Variety.com reports that in its hunt for a new fantasy kids franchise, Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired the film rights to Irish author Derek Landy's debut novel Skulduggery Pleasant, as well as future titles in the planned nine-book series.
Peter Czernin and Graham Broadbent of U.K. Blueprint Pictures are attached to produce the comic-horror adventure.
Landy, who has penned several horror films, will adapt.
Warners' newly launched London-based production arm brought in the project, its biggest acquisition to date.
Book, set in contemporary Dublin, follows a wise-cracking skeleton detective and his young female accomplice, who together try to stop the return of the evil Faceless Ones.
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The Weinstein's Snag 'SUSPIRIA' For Launch of New Horror Label
Variety.com also reports that the Weinstein Co. has acquired the restored version of Dario Argento's 1977 horror pic Suspiria for the launch of one of its three new labels.
"Suspiria," which was unspooled in a special screening during Cannes, will be released on Dimension Extreme, a label for horror, comedy, thriller and sci-fi titles. The other two labels are the Miriam Collection for restorations, prestige and foreign pics and Kaleidoscope TWC for family fare.
All three will focus on direct-to-DVD efforts but will also occasionally do theatricals. Kaleidoscope TWC, for example, will handle all upcoming Weinstein Co. family titles.
All video titles will continue to go through Genius Products, TWC's sole video distrib.
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Horror Brain News -- May 23, 2007
Christopher Lee's Character Gets Cut From Burton's 'SWEENEY TOOD'
Cinematical.com reports that coming to theaters this holiday season, Sweeney Todd is an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical thriller about "the demon barber of Fleet Street." Aside from Burton's involvement, the most exciting aspect about this movie is the cast. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Alan Rickman are just a few of the names attached, and Dreamworks has confirmed that "All the stars will do their own singing from Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics."
When Cinematical reported on the film a few months ago, they mentioned that Burton regular Christopher Lee was a part of the cast. He was to play a "Gentleman Ghost," a character not in the original show. Sad news -- the "Gentleman Ghost" has now been cut from the film, along with several other characters.
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Removed Scenes From Quentin Tarantino's 'DEATH PROOF' Revealed!
Hollywoodreporter.com asks the question: So how does Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" look now that it has been liberated from the "Grindhouse" conceit? The opportunity to find out has come as his film, in a format designed for overseas distribution, is showing In Competition at the Festival de Cannes.
The gimmick of Death Proof, of course, was for Tarantino and his filmmaker buddy, Robert Rodriquez, to create two separate exploitation flicks that might have played together on a double bill at a grindhouse cinema in the 1970s, complete with missing scenes from beaten-up prints and Coming Attractions for other low-budget B movies.
Dimension Films suffered at the boxoffice when young audiences either didn't get the concept or simply didn't care. Also, a running time of more than three hours didn't help. The plan was always to release the two films, Tarantino's female revenge car-stunt movie "Death Proof" and Rodriquez's zombie horror film "Planet Terror," as individual movies in foreign territories. But "Grindhouse's" failure in North American certainly underscored the wisdom of that strategy.
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Horror Brain News -- May 22, 2007
Trailer: 'BRYAN LOVES YOU'
DreadCentral.com now has up a brand-new trailer for Shoreline Entertainment's very creepy and bizarre looking flick Bryan Loves You. Check it out!
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Trailer: 'THE LAST WINTER'
Bloody-Disgusting.com now has up the first trailer for Larry Fessenden's The Last Winter.
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Horror Brain News -- May 21, 2007
Michael Winterbottom To Helm His Own Horror Mystery Story 'GENOVA'
Hollywoodreporter.com reports that fresh from directing Angelina Jolie in the Out of Competition selection "A Mighty Heart," British director Michael Winterbottom will welcome Colin Firth, Hope Davis and Catherine Keener to lead his next project, Genova.
Winterbottom will shoot with his finalized cast at the end of June on location in the Italian city of Genova as well as in Boston, with postproduction taking place in the U.K.
"Genova" is written by Winterbottom and Laurence Coriat, with whom the director collaborated on both "A Mighty Heart" and "Wonderland" was co-developed with FilmFour.
Billed as a horror mystery story, the screenplay revolves around two American girls and their British father who move to Italy after their mother dies.
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First Poster Design For Uwe Boll’s ‘SEED’ Is Revealed!
IMPawards.com now has up the first official one sheet for Uwe Boll's forthcoming flick Seed.
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Maverick Red Discovers A New 'PARADISE LOST'... With Zombies!
Variety.com reports that Maverick Red, the L.A.-based genre arm of Maverick Pictures, has set Paradise Lost, a remake of a Swedish zombie horror pic, as the first production under its new alliance with Sweden's Grindhouse Pictures.
Producers on the retread are Maverick Red's Eric Thompson, Mark Morgan and Guy Oseary and Grindhouse's Christian Hallman. Location scouting for a South Carolina shoot is now under way.
"Lost" sees a brother searching for his missing sister, only to find she has been turned into a zombie.
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Things Get A Little Hairy As Lionsgate Travels Into 'WILD COUNTRY'
Variety.com also reports that at its second Cannes, fledgling U.K. sales outfit Jinga Films has closed North America for Craig Strachan's lycanthropic creature feature Wild Country with Lionsgate and Japan with Creative Axa.
Toplining Peter Capaldi and Martin Compston, the Scottish-set horror pics uses teenage pregnancy to put a new spin on the werewolf genre.
Jinga's new titles screening in the market include Julian Richards' confrontational coming-of-age thriller "Summer Scars," starring Kevin Howarth, and Gary Sherman's doc "39: Epitaph for a Serial Killer."
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'YOROI' To Take Japanese Horror In A New Direction
Variety.com also reports that Gaga Communications is backing producers Ryuhei Kitamura ("Godzilla Final Wars") and Shinya Kawai ("The Ring") to take Japanese horror in a new direction with upcoming pic Yoroi.
“Yoroi,' does not involve a girl with long hair, nor a videotape, cell phone or a camera. Rather it will go to the next level," Kitamura said.
Pic, about a hostage family, robberies and samurai zombies, is the directorial debut of Isao Kiriyama, a regular screenwriter for Kitamura's own helming projects.
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Horror Brain News -- May 18, 2007
Trailer: 'BLACK WATER'
If you head on over to the official website for Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich's Black Water, you can check out a trailer for this upcoming killer croc flick.
Special thanks to Twitchfilm.net for posting up a link to the official "Black Water" website.
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Trailer: 'THE ALPHABET KILLER'
If you head on over to the official website for Robert Schmidt's ("Wrong Turn") forthcoming thriller The Alphabet Killer, you can check out the very first trailer for the flick.
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Trailer: ‘STORM WARNING’
If you head on over to the official website for Dimenson Films’ upcoming horror/thriller Storm Warning, you can check out the full length trailer for the film.
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First Images From Dario Argento's 'THE MOTHER OF TEARS' Revealed!
Cineblog.it now has up the first batch of official stills from Dario Argento's second sequel in his "Three Mothers" trilogy, The Mother of Tears. Check 'em out!
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De Niro & Pacino Team Up To Hunt A Serial Killer In 'RIGHTEOUS KILL'!!
Hollywoodreporter.com reports that Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are teaming to play New York police investigators hunting a serial killer in Jon Avnet's $60 million thriller Righteous Kill for Avi Lerner's Millennium Films and Emmett/Furla Films.
The independently financed feature written by Russell Gewirtz ("Inside Man," the upcoming "Labyrinth") unites the longtime friends on screen for some 90% of the film -- unlike their one shared scene in Michael Mann's "Heat" and no shared scenes in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather Part II."
"You see those two icons onscreen together for virtually the whole film," Lerner said at his Festival de Cannes offices, "(something) never seen before in the history of cinema. It's one of the hardest deals we've ever done to put these two actors together."
Lerner and Randall Emmett closed negotiations on the CAA-packaged project late Thursday morning during the festival.
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Bold Films Joins With Orphanage FX To Produce Supernatural 'LEGION'
Variety.com reports that Bold Films is pairing with visual effects house the Orphanage to produce Legion, a supernatural thriller that marks the directorial debut of Scott Stewart. Shooting begins in the fall.
Stewart is the co-founder of the Orphanage, whose recent visual effects resume includes "Live Free and Die Hard," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," "Superman Returns" and "Sin City." Bold Films will finance the film, with Michel Litvak and David Lancaster producing and Gary Michael Walters exec producing.
Story follows a group of strangers stranded in a desert truckstop who must band together to stop an army of demonic creatures out to fulfill an ancient prophecy that opens the gates of hell.
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New Line Is Sent To A British 'SICK HOUSE'
Variety.com also reports that New Line Cinema has twitched for The Sick House a British horror movie about a man trapped in an abandoned hospital and preyed upon by an ancient incarnation of the plague.
Company acquired all North American rights from Darclight, the genre division of Oz-U.S. sales group Arclight Films.
Pic was helmed and co-scripted by Curtis Radclyffe ("Sweet Angel"). It stars Gina Phillips, "Jeepers Creepers").
Darclight previously handled "Wolf Creek," "Perfect Creature" and Snoop Dogg-starring horror comedy "Hood of Horror."
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First Sun Productions Now Set To Remake 'SUSPIRIA'
Variety also reports that new Italian production outfit First Sun has acquired the rights to remake Dario Argento's classic 1977 horror movie Suspiria as an English-language film.
The original is screening Friday at Cannes to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its release.
First Sun has been founded by director Luca Guadagnino ("Melissa P."), fashion designer Silvia Venturini Fendi and producers Carlo Antonelli, Marco Morabito and Massimilano Violante. The company says it will develop films with an international scope, inspired by the golden age of Italian filmmaking.
" 'Suspiria' has a unique style that we want to reinvent for today's generation," Guadagnino said. "We intend to create a concept that will encompass cinema, videogames, fashion and music and that revives the original for those who did not experience it. The Gothic resurgence is very strong around the world at the moment ... and we feel that a new version of 'Suspiria' will fit very well."
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