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‘Trick ‘r Treat’ Hits the Road in July, DVD/Blu-ray in October!
At long last some word on when we might be able to see Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat (review, set visit), the horror anthology from Warner Bros. that has been fighting for a release for quite some time now. After hitting the road in July for a limited theatrical run, you’ll finally be able to pick the film up at a retailer near you on either Blu-ray or DVD this October. Read on for the confirmed tour dates thus far (more to come, I hope!) and some other news.
Dougherty e-mailed us with the following dates:
“More dates and cities TBA, and if there’s a festival or venue that readers want to suggest, they can shout out via twitter or myspace:”
twitter.com/trickrtreat
myspace.com/officialmikedougherty
1. Fantasia Film Festival
Montreal
July 9-27
http://www.fantasiafest.com/pre2009/
2. Toronto After Dark
Toronto
Aug 14-21
http://torontoafterdark.com/2009/
3. Fantasy Film Fest
Berlin, Hamburg, Koln, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Stuggart, Munich
Aug 18-Sept 9
http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/
4. FantasticFest
Austin TX
Sept 24 – Oct 1
http://www.fantasticfest.com/
5. MorbidoFest
Mexico City
http://www.morbidofest.com/
6. LA Screamfest
Oct 16-25
http://www.screamfestla.com/
Also arriving in September will be the soundtrack and DC/Wildstorm’s new four-issue comic book based on the film that features four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; and a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.
The TPB will arrive in stores in October.
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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