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North Wind Blows toward Feature Film

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North Wind, a BOOM! Studios comic book about a futuristic Los Angeles in the wake of the devastating effects of Global Warming, has been optioned by Davis Entertainment. The five-issue miniseries debuted in January in both print and on MySpace from writer David DiGilio (Traveler) and artist Alex Cal (Spider-Man). DiGilio is said to be… [Continue Reading]

Creepy Casting

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The remake of My Bloody Valentine 3-D will now be toplined by Supernatural’s . He’ll star opposite Jamie King (Sin City) in the film, shooting shortly and due out January 23, 2009. Rashad Strik (The Hills Have Eyes 2) will star in Hong Kong director Fruit Chan’s Don’t Look Up. Richard T. Jones (Sarah Connor… [Continue Reading]

Terror Tidbits

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Trick ‘r Treat has officially removed from Warner Bros.’ 2008 release schedule. The film, from Legendary Pictures, stars Brian Cox (Zodiac), Leslie Bibb (The Midnight Meat Train), Dylan Baker (Across the Universe), Rochelle Aytes (13 Graves) and Anna Paquin (X-Men) and may be seeking a new distributor. Transformers fans can look forward to more robots… [Continue Reading]

Seed goes Direct to DVD

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Seed, from director  (BloodRayne), will go right to DVD according to Vivendi Entertainment. They describe the feature this way: “Sam Seed, an insane mass murderer, is scheduled for execution at the hands of Warden Wright. Before the executioner throws the switch, Wright steps in front of Seed, ‘Do you have any last words?’ Seed, ‘I’ll… [Continue Reading]

Shock Festival Coming in October

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Shock Festival, from madman Stephen Romano, has been picked up for release by IDW Publishing, which will cobrand this with Raw Entertainment, the packaging company headed by painter Tim Bradtsreet (Hellblazer) and actor Thomas Jane (The Punisher). Coming October 25th, the $39.99 book is a full color 350 page book measuring 9” x 12” and… [Continue Reading]

Sweeney Todd on DVD

Revised Sweeny Todd

Sweeney Todd has become a piece of English mythology, springing forth in the eighteenth century as mass media was beginning to take hold in Europe. His grisly exploits made for great storytelling and as the penny dreadfuls gained hold among the populace, he became a recurring figure. Jump to 1979 and the musical production with… [Continue Reading]

Twilight Zone’s “Countdown” to Become Feature

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In a first, an episode of the original Twilight Zone has been optioned to become a feature film. “Countdown,” adapted by Richard Matheson (I am Legend) from his own short story, will now come to the screen courtesy of Summit Films, which tapped screenwriter Michael Brandt (3:10 to Yuma) who will make his directorial debut.The… [Continue Reading]

Rockoff’s Next Projects

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Adam Rockoff will follow his script for Wicked Lake with additional thrillers. One is the sequel to the 2003 film Flesh for the Beast and the other is an original anthology Tales for Sleepless Nights. The latter is a result of his aborted attempt to sell stories to the third Creepshow film and the ideas… [Continue Reading]

More from Sam Raimi, but it’s not a Horror

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Sam Raimi has to be the hardest working man in Hollywood. Not only is he developing television properties, not only is he still talking to Sony about a fourth go-round on Spider-Man , not only is he helming Universal Studios’ Drag me to Hell, but now he’s resurrecting the Jack Ryan franchise for the studio.Tom… [Continue Reading]

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