Oh thats good, So we will have hellraiser plus 8 sequels of hellraiser every 8 months. Thanks but no thaks. I love remakes but i hate hellraiser and saw, And that fact that there is a new saw movie every 2-3 months makes it even more wrong.

Not the biggest SAW fan, so I don't really know what to think of this news.

The Weinsteins and Dimension simply put do not want a Barker vision or the intriguing Bustillo/Maury vision they want their own money making Saw franchise starring Pinhead. Forget a really creative experience or kickass disturbing horror film we are going to get nothing but a supernatural version of Saw. Only scary thing is it will make tons of cash.

can someone plz tell me why the fuck those crazy french directors left the project. i was stoked casue "inside" was the shit!

NO. NO. NO. I'm stoked for Repo, but c'mon. He is not the guy for the project. fuck

horror is officially dead

This news truely ****ing sucks! FOR CHRISTSAKES GET BERNARD ROSE TO DO IT, he GETS Barker's unique vision.

The Weinsteins haven't dissappointed me yet. Maybe that's because I'm exceptionally easy to please. I think there's a chance here for something really very interesting/f'd. If this goes into sequel critical mass production then I'd say that it's gone a bit too bar. I think you get one shot on this one.

Has Bousman even gotten started on his 'Scanners' remake yet? As far as I can tell, he hasn't even finished filming his 'Fear Itself' episode either. If the Weinsteins do want Bousman to direct this, then they'll have to wait a while before he's even available to start pre-production.

I know most people will blast me for this comment, but, I do think Rob Zombie would be an amazing choice for the role. I mean think about it. Both Rob and Clive Barker are talented artists and Hellraiser has a very artisitc feel to it (if you really think about it). They both enjoy torture in their movies, which is the basis of the Cenobites. I dunno, I really think Rob could pull it off. And considering (I feel) Saw went downhill after James Wan stopped directing (part 1), I don't have too much faith in Bousman. Oh well...time will tell I guess. But, for the love of God, Barker had BETTER BE writing or supervising the script or I will just plain riot.

when u say saw director i still think james wan

hmmm....dont know how I feel about this one. Could be good....

Remake: The Killing off of Creativity.

NO FUCKING WAY! One of the WORST issues of the SAW films was the direction for pits sake!!!! Hell even Madonna could do a better job directing than him. Sorry if i offend the SAW fan boys but every time i saw a..SAW film i would ALWAYS say : it would have been sooo much better if the director wasn't so crap. Geez, way to go..

You're absolutely right, Mr. appleOFdiscord. While some actors may be better than others, there are directors who are more demanding and know how to get a better performance out of their cast. Not to mention angles, lighting and atmosphere. That's definitely what set Saw apart from its sequels. And when someone handed this guy the piece-of-cake, par-for-the-course, run-of-the-mill screenplays for the Saw sequels and he fucked them up this bad, just imagine how out of his league he's going to be when Clive Barker hands him the screenplay he wrote (or at least co-wrote) himself. Still, I have to admit that such a situation is still more hopeful than waiting for a 4 year old baboon to crack cold fusion.

What a horrible idea.

The thing about saw 2-4 is, they sucked. Saw one was great. But Bousman is NOT the guy for this project, there are worst directors, but they need a real visionary, someone extremely creative and original, thats not him at all. Clive Barker was extremely creative, not just a point and shoot director, there was a method to his madness. Typical of Dimension, no clue what the f*ck they are doing, like hey lets remake Halloween...who can we get....rob zombie, great idea! Yeesh, i hate dimension, they suck.

great this is going to fucking blow just like saw 2 and 4

Does everyone forget Hellraisers III- infinity? Each successive film moved further from the source material and they all SUCKED! A re-boot could borrow a director from Hannah Montana and be no worse than the crap we've already endured. Bousman may not be everyones first choice but he is established, his track record is commercially successful and he works in the hard R arena a Hellraiser movie needs. Say what you want but he won't make a "safe" Hellraiser.

Mr. tszilla, you have hit the nail on the dick man! Everyone seems to have forgotten the fact that the latter Hellraiser movies were total shit bags. No matter who they bring to direct, the remake is going to be a hell of a lot better than most of the previous sequels and from a marketing point of view, Bousman is a correct choice. I mean, he at least aint Uwe Boll , right?

All the Hellraiser movies suck,they should never have made any of them,the first one was the most dull,boring horror movie ever made. None of them made any money because they were made on very low budgets. Dimemsion should save money and time and stop making this stupid movie. Dimension you will have no success with this remake,it's a waste of time putting it on the big screen,just stop making or send it to dvd stores. A saw2 remake would have more success.

He's quite possibly the worst modern horror director around... terrible news.

Also to the moron above me, the first Hellraiser film made tonnes of money unexpectedly. Learn the facts before you spout nonsense.

Please God no.

The first hellraiser made around 15 million dollers,it was not a smash hit and did not deserve to have seven sequels and a remake. I do not understand why Dimension think remaking Hellraiser is a good idea. It will come out the same month as Friday the 13th next year, most horror fans will see Jason and not care about Pinhead. If Darren Lynn Bousman does agree to direct this film he may bring some success because his saw films were all smash hits,Something the Hellraiser Franchise has never had.