The other day B-D reporter BC chatted with legendary director George A. Romero about his forthcoming DVD release of Diary of the Dead, which streets on May 20 (more details here). During the interview something interesting came up where Romero teased the possibility of 'Bub' (from DAY OF THE DEAD) returning in his next zombie picture. Read on for the skinny. ...Read More
One of my favorite cult films of all-time is Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko - and still I find this news a little disturbing. According to Screen Daily Fox has recently scored North American rights to S. Darko, a sequel to the film, which picks up seven years after the last film left off. You can read all about the casting and story details by reading on. How do you guys feel about this one? Im stilly iffy... ...Read More
Here it is - the jackpot news of the month! Last month I did one thing besides work on the site and that was play a lil game by the name of Bioshock. It is by far the BEST video game I have ever played in my life and had often questioned why it hadn't already been announced as a feature film. Well, apparently Universal Pictures had the same thought as they've attached the great Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean) to direct the feature film adaptation! Read on for the press release, which also teases a game sequel in 2009! Go get this game NOW! ...Read More
Some pretty cool news this morning as V FOR VENDETTA helmer James McTeigue is attached to direct the thriller Revelations for Inferno. The story centers on a female journalist who is assigned to investigate a series of bizarre murders and discovers that the victims were all being treated by the head of an org that researches alien abductions. John Salvati penned the screenplay. I'm a pretty big fan of VENDETTA and think this is going to be one helluva project! But the question is, will Scully and Mulder make an appearance?
Lionsgate has picked up the rights to the comic book Deal With the Devil and has set scribe Kyle Ward to adapt. David Tischman and Lisa Brause are producing; Ward, who brought the comic to Lions¬gate, is co-producing. Published by Alias, the story centers on a Chicago detective who is forced to take on an unlikely new partner: the original serial killer. Ward, repped by CAA and Benderspink, wrote "Fiasco Heights," which is set up at Universal with Platinum Dunes producing, and is writing the video game adaptation "Kane & Lynch" for Lionsgate.
Inside you'll find the official teaser poster for Dark Sky Films' Plague Town, which is currently in post-production. Directed by David Gregory, the film tells the tale of a dysfunctional family’s vacation to the Irish countryside that encounters a village of diseased, deformed and decidedly homicidal residents. Read on for a look at the one sheet. ...Read More
Overture Films is boarding the sci-fi action film Pandorum, with Dennis Quaid (Legion, The Horsemen) and Ben Foster (30 Days of Night) in final negotiations to star. The movie is being produced by Germany's Constantin Film with its subsidiary Impact Pictures; the pair are behind the "Resident Evil" franchise. "Pandorum" centers on mysterious events aboard an abandoned space craft, with Quaid and Foster as crewmen who must discover what's happened to them and to the planet they're orbiting. German helmer Christian Alvart (Case 39, Antibodies) is directing from a script he wrote with Travis Milloy. The movie is scheduled to shoot this summer in Berlin; there was no word on whether Overture had acquired a waiver from SAG. Overture Films will release the film in North America.
Inside you'll find an exclusive teaser video from the set of Paul Solet's Grace, which features Producer Adam Green (Hatchet) and star Malcolm Stuart. GRACE revolves around Madeline Matheson, an eight months pregnant woman who is determined to deliver her unborn child, Grace, naturally. When an accident leaves Grace dead inside her, Madeline insists on carrying the baby to term. Weeks later, when Madeline delivers naturally, the child miraculously returns to life... ...Read More
As part of Pittsburgh's upcoming HorrorHound Weekened and Alamo Drafthouse's Traveling Roadshow, MONSTERS HD presents a special screening of Dawn of the Dead INSIDE the infamous Monroeville Mall! For the first time ever, George A. Romero's 1978 horror masterpiece, Dawn of the Dead will play on a big screen inside the famous Pittsburgh attraction where the movie was filmed! Beginning just one hour after the Mall closes on Saturday evening, June 21st, this special event tops an already stacked horror extravaganza planned for the upcoming HorrorHound Weekend event in Pennsylvania (located at the Pittsburgh ExpoMart in Monroeville, PA) the weekend of June 20-22nd, 2008! Read on for more info and the official flyer. JOINS US! ...Read More
Here's an interesting genre spin - Korean helmer Na Hong-jin's next pic will be THE MURDERER, which is the dark tale of a man forced to become a murderer to overcome starvation. Na's first film, "The Chaser," was the surprise hit of this year, and Warner Bros. has snapped it up for an English-language remake that may star Leonardo DiCaprio. "The Chaser" scored more than 5 million admissions at the Korean box office and gets its international preem in a midnight screening slot in Cannes' Official Selection. Na said he will finish the script after returning from Cannes. More info soon.
Myriad Pictures (Mother of Tears) will be producing, financing and handling worldwide sales for the horror film Drive the Night, written and to be directed by Bill Bennett. The story centers on a couple who gets lost on a haunted road in the Australian outback and spend the night fighting for their lives. It begins shooting in Australia this summer. "Drive the Night" is a collaboration between Myriad and comic book publisher Studio 407 as part of deal announced earlier in 2008. Studio 407 is currently determining a release plan for the comic book version of the property. Myriad's next release is Dario Argento's "Mother of Tears" starring Asia Argento and Udo Kier. It will go into limited release by Myriad and The Weinstein Co. in the U.S. on June 6.
It's almost shocking after the success of PAN'S LABYRINTH, but it was announced today that they will close shop on both Warner Independent Pictures and Picturehouse, which puts numerous titles' release in question - such as the long delayed Amusement, which is almost definitely going direct-to-DVD. Read on for the sad announcement. ...Read More
B-D Reader 'Bert H.' dropped us an e-mail, which we quickly confirmed, that Richard Burgi (Hostel: Part II, pictured inside) is heading out to Austin, Texas in the next couple days for a small role in Platinum Dunes' Friday the 13. Apparently he plays "a sheriff" in the remake, which is aiming for release on (you guessed it) Fridday, February 13, 2009. Directed by Marcus Nispel from a screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the film stars Jared Padalecki, Derek Mears, Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Travis Van Winkle, Willa Ford, Nick Mennell, Jonathan Sadowski, Nana Visitor, Arlen Escarpeta, Ryan Hansen and Julianna Guill. ...Read More
Fernanda Romero (The Eye), Reggie Lee, Alex Veadov, Bojana Novakovic and Bill E. Rogers will all join Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Jessica Lucas, Dileep Rao, Lorna Raver, David Paymer and Adriana Barraza in Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, which is currently lensing in Los Angeles, CA. The movie is a morality tale about the unwitting recipient of a supernatural curse. Sam calls it a 'spook-a-blast,' a wild ride with all the chills and spills that 'Evil Dead' delivered, without relying on the excessive violence of that film. ...Read More
Brandon Routh is returning to the world of comicbook heroes. The "Superman Returns" star will topline Dead of Night, based on the bestselling Italian comicbook series "Dylan Dog," for Hyde Park and Platinum Studios. Kevin Munroe will direct (news we broke a few weeks back) from a script by "Sahara" scribes Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly. Routh will play a private investigator who is drawn into the world of the undead. Created by Tiziano Sclavi, "Dylan Dog" was first published in 1986 and has been translated into 17 languages.
After years of releasing other company's productions, After Dark Films has finally decided to go solo announcing their first two original features, which will both be featured in this year's After Dark Horrofest, which will feature another "8 Films to Die For" this October or November. Read on for details on both productions. What do you guys think about After Dark's latest maneuver? ...Read More
If you head on over to Yahoo! Movies you can get your first look at Dimension Films' animated horror-family film Igor, which arrives in theaters September 19. Featuring the voice talents of Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, Jennifer Coolidge, Molly Shannon, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, John Cusack and Sean Hayes, "Igor" is a twist on the monster genre, following a mad scientist's hunchbacked lab assistant who has big dreams of winning the Evil Science Fair.
Bloody-Disgusting learned exclusively this morning that Julianna Guill has joined the growing cast of Platinum Dunes' Friday the 13th remake, which hits theaters February 13, 2009. She will join the previously announced cast of Jared Padalecki, Derek Mears, Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Travis Van Winkle, Willa Ford, Nick Mennell, Jonathan Sadowski, Nana Visitor, Arlen Escarpeta, Ryan Hansen. Being directed by Marcus Nispel, the remake will focus on Jason Voorhees -- who will wear the mask and kill -- and keep the famous setting of Crystal Lake. The film is now shooting in Austin, Texas. ...Read More
Genre "cool-dude" Tom Atkins (Halloween III : Season of the Witch, Escape from New York, The Fog, The Ninth Configuration ) has snagged a role in the Patrick Lussier-directed remake of My Bloody Valentine 3-D, according to Moviehole.net. He joins Jensen Ackles and Jaime King for the film, set to lens shortly in Pittsburgh. Ten years ago the sleepy town of Harmony, Montana was the setting for a series of grisly murders on Valentine's night. Now, it seems the killer is back... or is he? The film is slated for release on January 23, 2009.
Spanish production-sales giant Filmax has taken most international rights on INVITATION ONLY produced by Taiwanese shingle Three Dots Ent., its first Asian pickup. Territories excluded from the deal are Asia, where Three Dots retains rights, Germany, Poland and Spain. As with many of Filmax's Spanish pics, helmer Kevin Ko is a first-timer. The film is about five young friends unexpectedly invited to an upscale party, which turns out to be an invitation to torture and murder. Now in post, and shot in Mandarin and English, "Invitation Only" is written by Carolyn Lin and Sung In. The film sounds like a twist on early Hitchcock if you ask me.
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