Archive for July, 2008
Posted by bob in Comics, Films, News on July 31st, 2008
Everyone is anxious for details on Sony’s fourth Spider-Man film, already announced for 2011 so fans got surprised when Variety reported this morning that the studio is now focused first on a Venom spinoff project.
Jacob Estes (Mean Creek) had been assigned the unenviable task of writing a screenplay featuring the monstrous alien symbiote that ruins people’s lives while consuming other people. After his draft, the production execs have decided to go in a different direction so he’s off and a new writer has yet to be named. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 31st, 2008
Amy Lynn Best, Debbie Rochon, Brinke Stevens, Robyn Griggs, Lilith Stabs, Nikki McCrea and Sofiya Mina Smirnova, Rachelle Williams, Aaron Bernard, and Henrique Coto all began performing before the cameras last Friday when Coventry Lanes began principal photography in Pennsylvania. The quick production is already targeted for a December release.
Best told Fangoria the film “is something very different for us, especially in recent years. It’s very much like the sexy horror/comedies of the ’80s, like something you’d catch on USA’s Up All Night. It’s going to be fun.”
Posted by bob in News on July 31st, 2008
Author Derek Gunn’s sequel to his Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder novel, Descent into Chaos, is coming this fall from Black Death Books.The first book in the Vampire Apocalypse universe was published in September 2006, and was optioned by producer/screenwriter Richard Finney. Finney co-wrote a screen adaptation with Franklin Guerrero, Jr. and is currently seeking financing. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 31st, 2008
Wes Craven likes to stay busy as seen by his current slate of projects. He told ShockTillYouDrop.com that after the remake of Last House on the Left and 25/8, he and Rogue Pictures are likely to tackle a remake of his 1991 film The People Under the Stairs.
“It will be a remake, not directed by me, but something Marianne Maddalena will produce after she completes The Last House on the Left,” he told the site. Both films in the works will be out in 2009. (more…)
Posted by bob in Games, News on July 31st, 2008
While waiting for the next Gears of War game or the feature film, you can settle back and enjoy the first of three novels set in that realm. DelRey has signed a deal with Epic Games and best-selling Star Wars novelist Karen Traviss has written the first book.
will go on sale October 28 followed a week or so later on November 7 when The Gears of War 2 video game for the Xbox 360 is on sale. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 31st, 2008
Platinum Dunes has opened the official website to their remake of Friday the 13th. It’s got little new to offer but bookmark it and see what develops.
The award winning Swedish film Let the Right One In has been scheduled by Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing for a limited run in October before a DVD release. The same outfit will then release Timecrimes in the same manner this December. Both are part of a series Magnet is calling Six Shooter Film Series that also encompasses Eden Log, Special, Big Man Japan and Donkey Punch. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 31st, 2008
John Carpenter’s eagerly awaited next film may well be a thriller without horror elements. According to iF Magazine, Carpenter will direct Nicholas Cage in Scared Straight for Nu Image/Millennium Films.
If the film sounds familiar, it’s because it had been previously announced as coming from New Line and director Rob Cohen but it wound up floundering and being made available. The film features juvenile delinquents trapped inside a prison during a “Scared Straight” program when a large-scale riot breaks out. Cage plays an inmate who winds up protecting the kids from the carnage. So this is more than Halloween territory.
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 31st, 2008
With little explanation, Lionsgate seems to have placed their adaptation of Clive Barker’s Midnight Meat Train in second run or independent theaters, making it a challenge to climb aboard for the thrill ride. As a courtesy to fans, here’s a list of known theaters, courtesy of Bloody-Disgusting, that will screen the film when it opens tomorrow: (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 31st, 2008
The Home is a small film from producer Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity) and director Kristoffer Aaron Morgan (Blind). The story features a firefighter who is sent to a nursing home to get over psychological issues raised after nearly dying during a fire. As he settles in, he first thinks his fellow patients are all psychotic but then realizes the things that they fear are all too real.
What’s interesting about this horror tale is that the creatures that prey on the patients are being designed by WETA, usually known for high budget projects from big name directors. Apparently, they still make time to work with deserving filmmakers who need a hand. We remain curious to see the outcome.
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 31st, 2008
The Shortcut is the scary quick route in a small town but it’s avoided by the local kids since some people using the access point go missing. A group of adults return to their hometown determined to learn what happens when one takes the shortcut. The thriller from Happy Madison productions just wrapped shooting in Regina, Canada and Fangoria’s set report indicates it was a happy time for one and all.
Leomax Entertainment coproduced the film and has been the primary source for low budget projects in the Saskatchewan province, providing plenty of work for the local acting population.
This production features Shannon Jardine, Andrew Seeley (Campus Confidential), Dave Franco (Bad Meat) and Shannon Woodward (The Riches). It was written by Scott Sandler and Dan Hannon with Nicholaus Goossen (Grandma’s Boy) directing.
“Nicholaus certainly embraced the humor when I worked with him, but only where it was appropriate,” Jardine told the magazine about the level of humor versus horror.
Everyone is anxious for details on Sony’s fourth Spider-Man film, already announced for 2011 so fans got surprised when Variety reported this morning that the studio is now focused first on a Venom spinoff project.
