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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.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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