Really Scary Horror Movie News: Really Scary: Horror Movie News, Video Games, Comics, Books, Music, Art and TV: June 2004

Robert Guillaume, Lou Gossett Jr., Robert Culp and Star Trek's Michelle Forbes will voice the upcoming video-game sequel Half-Life 2, the GameSpot Web site reported (via Sci Fi Wire).

The game's hero, Gordon Freeman, will again be the strong and completely silent type. But the supporting roles will be played by Guillaume (Dr. Eli Vance), Forbes (Judith Mossman), Culp (Dr. Wallace Breen) and Gossett (Vortigaunt). Alyx will be voiced by newcomer Merle Dandridge, and British actor Jim French will play Father Grigori, the site reported. Two members of the original Half-Life voice cast will also be back: Mike Shapiro (G-Man and Barney Calhoun) and Harry S. Robins (Dr. Isaac Kleiner).

Cheech Marin Directing Senor Dracula

Cheech Marin, remembered primarily as one half of the iconic stoner duo Cheech and Chong and occasionally spotted these days being killed and/or touting sexual services in Robert Rodriguez pictures, is now taking his first jaunt behind the camera since 1987, directing a Spanish take on a famous legend with Senor Dracula.

Senor Dracula is a film about the Spanish-language version of the 1931 horror classic. Shot at the same studio as the Bela Lugosi film -- at the same time and on the same sets -- the Spanish Dracula told the same tale but in an entirely different language. Marin's film will recount the tale of this production double-bill. [Source: Empire Magazine]

MGM Seduced by Succubus

MGM has tapped thesps-turned-scribes Mark Famiglietti and Lane Garrison to pen horror comedy Succubus, based on an idea by Daredevil director Mark Steven Johnson.

Project's launching point is the legend of a cult of female demons, called succubae, who use their supermodel looks to seduce and steal men's souls to rule the planet. Story concerns two twentysomething best friends, one a ladies man, the other a nerd, whose lives are turned upside down when the nerd miraculously starts dating a supermodel. When the handsome friend discovers the supermodel is actually a succubus, he takes action and attempts to bring down the race of beautiful but evil succubae.

Johnson is on board to produce "Succubus" and may direct the film once he completes the comicbook actioner "Ghost Rider," starring Nicolas Cage. [Source: Variety]

Hollywood Film Festival Focusing On Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Hollywood Film Festival has formed an alliance with Film Threat and its founder Chris Gore as part of the fest's focus this year on the horror, sci-fi and fantasy genres. Gore noted that the Oct. 12-18 event will provide an outlet for genre films often left out of festivals.

"How will we discover the next Peter Jackson if festivals do not support young filmmakers who create fantastic visions?," he said. "Teaming with Carlos de Abreu and the Hollywood Film Festival will be a great way to showcase the best new work from indie genre filmmakers." [Source: Variety]

Ronny Yu Directing Snakes on Planes

Ronny Yu is on board to direct the thriller Snakes on a Plane for New Line Cinema. Don Granger is producing. "Snakes" centers on a ruthless assassin who unleashes a crate full of lethal snakes aboard a packed passenger jet over the Pacific Ocean in order to eliminate a witness in protective custody. The rookie pilot and frightened passengers must band together to survive. The John Heffernan and David Loucka script was first set up at MTV Films before making its way to New Line. Yu helmed last year's Freddy vs. Jason for New Line. He made a name for himself in Hong Kong with such fare as The Bride With White Hair before coming to the United States, where he received attention for Bride of Chucky. [Source: Hollywood Reporter]

House of Wax Filming Gets Hotter Than Expected

Australia's Courier Mail reports special effects involving life-sized wax figures have been blamed for a $10 million blaze on the set of the movie House Of Wax (Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton) at the Gold Coast's Warner Roadshow studios.

Molten wax from the figures is believed to have come in contact with a gas burner, sparking a fire on the sound stage where the final scene of the remake of the 1953 horror movie classic was being shot. About 75 cast members and crew were inside when the building exploded in flames on Saturday night.

All managed to flee unscathed but the sound stage, reportedly controversially built by film giants Warner Bros and Village Roadshow two years ago with an $8 million low-interest loan from the Beattie Government, was destroyed.

Fire investigator Gordon Hemphrey said movie-makers were using gas burners to melt two wax figures when the fire broke out. "They were apparently filming the final burning of the House of Wax," Mr Hemphrey said.

"Molten wax and gas burners were being used to get the effect they wanted but the wax ran over a vat and made contact with the burners. They had all the precautions in place, including safety pits filled with water under the stage to catch the hot wax but something went wrong. The set was made from timber and polystyrene, so it was a very, very high fuel load and it went up very quickly."

Hemphrey said the building was engulfed within minutes and cast and crew members were lucky to escape unhurt. Exploding gas cylinders heightened the danger.

"We've lost three sets and some of our camera and sound equipment," House Of Wax spokeswoman Fiona Searson said. She confirmed a "burning sequence" was being filmed "when things got out of hand." She said filming would be delayed for several days but would not say whether actors including Cuthbert, star of the TV series 24, were on the set at the time. Hilton left Queensland earlier this month after finishing filming on the House Of Wax.

Really Scary Reviews: Cabin Fever & Full Metal Yakuza

Be sure to check out our latest Really Scary reviews. Ray Garton takes a peek at Cabin Fever in this installment of his Bloodshot Eye Movie Reviews. And if you've been procrastinating, time's running out to buy an autographed copy of Ray's Bloodshot Eye Movie Reviews hardcover, exclusively from Shocklines. Remember, Shocklines will only publish as many books as they get pre-orders for, making this limited edition an instant tough find. The deadline to pre-order is July 1, don't miss it!

And although she doesn't have her own book coming out, throw some love Valarie Thorpe's way and check out her review of Takashi Miike's Full Metal Yakuza.

Anchor Bay Launches Dawn of the Dead Site

Fango reports Anchor Bay Entertainment has launched a website specifically for its four-DVD set of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead. The site features separate pages for each of the four discs and will be continually updated; look for brief interview clips with Romero, Tom Savini and Gaylen Ross by the end of this week and the final packaging early next, plus menu screenshots and more. Click here for a looksee.

Anchor Bay also told Fango that the set, which streets Sept. 7 for just $49.98 retail, will also include a mini-edition of the first IDW Dawn of the Dead comic book.

Donnie Darko Director's Cut Trailer

Apple's posted the trailer for the Director's Cut of Donnie Darko - click'm!

Friday the 13th DVD Set Release Date Announced

The Digital Bits reports Sept. 14 has been set as the official release date for the DVD set Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan - The Ultimate DVD Collection (includes the first eight films, plus a bonus disc of extras).

Wrestler Joins Horror Flick Cast

WrestleNow.com reports Bill Goldberg (of WWE fame) will be filming a horror movie by the name of Thou Shalt Not Live. Goldberg is listed fourth in the cast. No other details on the film.

King Kong Cast Grows & Koontz Frankenstein News

Thomas Kretschmann is in negotiations to join the cast of Peter Jackson's update of the 1933 classic King Kong for Universal Pictures, sources said, as well as another classic movie redo, Dean Koontz's Frankenstein for cable unit USA Network.

Kretschmann (The Pianist) would join a "Kong" cast that already includes Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody to play the boat captain who transports the king-sized gorilla of the film's title to America. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]

Clint Eastwood Daugher Raising the Dead

Alison Eastwood, daughter of Clint, has come on board to star in and produce the indie feature Raising the Dead. The project, written by Julie Koehnen, centers on a restaurant manager (Eastwood) whose reunion with her siblings at their father's funeral brings out a dark secret. Isaac Eaton is directing, with Peer J. Oppenheimer producing. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]

Set Report from Devil's Rejects

The crew over at Bloody Disgusting has posted a set report from Rob Zombie's latest flick, Devil's Rejects. Click here to check it out.

Featurette, TV Spot & Trailer for Shyamalan's The Village

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Debbie Rochon To Host Werewolf Trio DVD

Debbie Rochon will host Hocus Focus Productions "The Lunar Pack DVD" due out in October. Rochon will be creating the character Mistress Misty, a woman with a history of fraternizing with some familiar monsters...and she has the babies to prove it! The Mistress will be the cohesive force holding the three short werewolf films together.

"I grew up in New York," Director Jason Liquori stated, "and never got to enjoy those late night shows with old horror films being introduced by a colorful character on local T.V., so I decided to produce my own." Liquori feels that a horror veteran like Rochon will be able to breathe life into the Mistress and help horror fans relate to the string of monster movies.

The three shorts are Dark Rose: 700 Year Itch, Sheep's Clothing and Crying Wolf. You can find out more about THE LUNAR PACK DVD and other Hocus Focus Productions films at www.hocfocprod.com.

Grudge Remake Trailer Online

Yahoo Movies has posted the trailer for the remake of The Grudge. Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Clea Duvall and Bill Pullman, the original film is probably our favorite asian horror flick so far, hopefully they do a good job with the do-over. Click here for the trailer.

After seeing the trailer, we can tell you one thing though - they definitely recognize which scenes from the original are the most powerful as they used the three best in the trailer (watch for elevator, stairs, then shower). This isn't entirely surprising though, as the original director is directing this version as well.

Nightmare on Elm Street Reality Series?

This one sounds a little weird but the New York Daily News reports (via Sci Fi) CBS has ordered a reality show based on Wes Craven's horror franchise Nightmare on Elm Street. Nightmare on Elm Street: Real Nightmares will star Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, who will help contestants (or "victims") recount and confront their fears in live situations for cash prizes.

Romero's Crazies Getting Remake

Screenwriter Scott Kosar, who penned the remakes Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Amityville Horror, has been tapped by Paramount to adapt yet another remake, an update of George Romero's 1972 horror-thriller The Crazies. [Source: Variety & Sci Fi]

Amityville Cast Taking Shape

Ryan Reynolds, who stars in the upcoming Blade sequel, is set to star in the remake of The Amityville Horror, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Reynolds, newly engaged to singer Alanis Morissette, will play the young father of a family that moves into a haunted house.

The MGM/Dimension film, based on the 1979 film of the same name, was written by Scott Kosar, who also penned last year's remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. British commercials veteran Andrew Douglas will make his feature film debut as director. The project is set to begin shooting in July for release in early 2005. [Source: Sci Fi Wire]

Google Search Box on Really Scary

We've added a new Google search box down at the bottom of the page - you can search just the Really Scary site with it, or search the web. Based on the words you search on, text ads may appear at the top of the search results page. That's what's payin' for our server costs so if you see something interesting, definitely give it a click. We get a couple of bits everytime you click on those ads so muchos grassyass. We don't say it enough but...*sniff* damnit, we love you - we love you all!

Shyamalan Documentary Involvement?

Here's a bit more regarding the M. Night Shyamalan brewhuhu we mentioned yesterday. A bunch of news sites are running the AP piece, including folks like MSNBC and the like. We can't help it, blame it on our suspicious nature but this feels like marketing to us. Sci Fi Channel even ran a press release about it on PRNewswire. So talking about themselves, they had these comments in the press release:

In an unprecedented move, SCI FI Channel will broadcast a controversial look at Academy Award-nominated writer/director M. Night Shyamalan

SCI FI Channel viewers will witness extraordinary unguarded moments, as well as attempts by the acclaimed filmmaker to shut down the production.

Sounds the teensiest bit like 'reality' TV -- and we all know that's never staged. Anyhoo, to had fuel to our fire (like we needed that), we just received a tip. This comes from a source we've not heard from before so we don't the reliability but here's what the tipster had to say:

"M. Night Shyamalan is actually the producer and writer of the documentary The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan. The news stories currently circulating are designed to cover up Shyamalan's involvement (bank-roling and creative control) of the documentary about him."

Sarah Michelle Gellar Stopping by San Diego Comic-Con

Sarah Michelle Gellar will make an appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con with a sneak peek of her new flick The Grudge. The convention runs from July 22 - 25. This is her first appearance at the San Diego shindig. Joining Gellar on stage is her Grudge co-star Jason Behr (Roswell).

M. Night Shyamalan & Sci Fi Channel: Feud or Marketing?

The Sci Fi Channel was thrilled when M. Night Shyamalan agreed last fall to open his world to a documentarian's cameras. Then it reportedly all went sour.

CNN says Shyamalan quit on-screen, and an expected benign profile has become a three-hour expose, The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan. Sci Fi has scheduled a July 18 air date.

Shyamalan had said having the cameras turned on himself was something new, alluding to it when the documentary was announced. "Agreeing to give unlimited access is a new experience for me," he said.

Different agendas might have been there from the start. While Shyamalan said last December he hoped the project "will demystify some of the mysteries of the filmmaking experience," Sci Fi said it wanted to dig out the source of his inspiration. It was all tied to the release this summer of The Village, Shyamalan's latest film.

After documentarians Nathaniel Kahn and Callum Greene started, the project became less about filmmaking and more about the filmmaker, said Greene, who also produced Lost in Translation (for which Sofia Coppola won an original-screenplay Oscar) and was approved by Shyamalan to work on this project.

Greene said he started to go off the "suggested" list of friends to speak to and contacted others in Shyamalan's life. The filmmaker was angered by the personal nature of what they were asking, he said.

"Slowly, his cooperation dried up," Greene said. "We saw that as a challenge and just didn't let go."

A spokeswoman for Shyamalan, Leslee Dart, said Shyamalan would not comment on the documentary.

The tension reached the point where Shyamalan walked away during an interview and hasn't done any others for them.

Greene said he recorded "unguarded moments" that revealed what Shyamalan was like. Neither he nor the Sci Fi Channel would be specific about what they found, and wouldn't say what the "buried secret" was.

"We feel completely confident we are on solid ground in getting this on the air, in a legal way," Sci Fi spokesman David Westover said. "If the project reveals more than Night was comfortable with, that was an inherent gamble that he was aware of long before this was started."

Yet there may be an element of hardball at play.

Going public with an air date and title "is part of a strategy to apply some pressure to help us with what we need to accomplish," Westover said. Things could change if Shyamalan sat down for another interview; Westover said the program's content isn't completely locked.

New Alien vs. Predator & Constantine Trailers

Trailers, trailers and more trailes. Here's the latest for Constantine according to the Apple trailer site, although we know we ran across this somewhere else already.

And here's one Apple says is their new exclusive trailer for Alien vs. Predator.

Uncensored Trailer for Saw

iFilm has an uncensored trailer for Saw, starring Danny Glover and Cary Elwes. This one looks seriously damaged, and by that we mean great! Click'm.

Blade 3 Film Clip Online

The Movie Box has got a clip from Blade 3. Check it out here.

Fred Krueger as the Springwood Slasher Action Figure

Before the scent of burned flesh hit the air, The Springwood Slasher was a twisted sociopath who serially tortured and killed children. The neighborhood parents of Elm Street took justice into their own hands and made him the dream walking, teen slashing, burn victim we all know as Freddy Krueger.

This summer NECA will offer an exclusive Fred Krueger, The Springwood Slasher action figure at the San Diego ComiCon, Wizard Chicago, and Monster Mania, NJ. It will feature the unharmed Fred Krueger's head as well as come with the alternate Freddy (Burned) head and hand. It will also come with Freddy's hat and a rag doll from a scene in the beginning of Freddy Vs. Jason. Here's some images and here's the packaging!

Photos of Gellar in The Grudge Remake

MTV is all over the horror movie news lately. Creature Corner discovered an article the music television site ran about the fifty nanozillion horror movies getting made that are actually remakes of Asian horror flicks (whew, thank goodness MTV covered that -- now the tweeners will know what horror fans have known for a couple damn years now). Here's the link-o (you can also find some first pics of Sarah Michelle Gellar in the remake of Ju-On - The Grudge).

George Romero & DC Comics Team Up on Toe Tags

While preproduction moves forward on George Romero's Diamond Dead, the living-dead master is also heading into the comics world this October when DC will release the graphic novel George Romero Presents "Toe Tags."

Romero has created an original horror story (for mature readers) in a six-issue miniseries, illustrated by Tommy Castillo with covers by Berni Wrightson. Plans are for this miniseries to be followed by others under the Toe Tags name, written by different horror celebrities and drawn by different artists. [Source: Fangoria]

Exorcist Trailer Sneak on MTV Site

Cinescape reports MTV has an interview online with Exorcist Prequel director Renny Harlin and a sneak at the trailer. Click here.

Lou Reed's The Raven Net Version

You need to check out something Lou Reed (Velvet Underground) created for his site - it's called "Lou Reed's The Raven Net Version," taken from Reed's album The Raven, in turn inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. Dario Picciau created the art and Willem Dafoe narrates. It's stunning, check it out here.

Horror Writers Association Announces Stoker Awards

This past weekend, the Horror Writers Association (HWA) honored excellence in horror, suspense and dark fantasy by presenting this year's Bram Stoker Awards at its annual banquet ceremony in New York. Bestselling author Peter Straub was on hand to receive the night's top honor in the Novel category with last year's lost boy lost girl.

"The active members of the HWA consider hundreds of works annually, and the new talent emerging year by year is just overwhelming," said Joe Nassise, President of the Horror Writers Association. "For those writers who take home the Stoker, it is an acknowledgement by their peers that they have created a work that is truly outstanding."

Others honored at the banquet included Brian Keene for his first novel, The Rising; Jack Ketchum took home awards for his story "Closing Time" and his fiction collection Peaceable Kingdom; Gary A. Braunbeck was awarded for his story "Duty;" Tom and Elizabeth Monteleone received the Bram Stoker Award for the anthology Borderlands 5, and Mr. Monteleone won a second award for his non-fiction collection The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association; Neil Gaiman received the Illustrated Narrative award for The Sandman: Endless Nights; J. K. Rowling won for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; indie filmmaker Don Coscarelli took home an award for his Bubba-Ho Tep screenplay; Bruce Boston received the award in poetry; and Michael Arnzen was honored in Alternate Forms for his work "The Goreletter."

In conjunction with this year's awards, the Horror Writers Association held a benefit auction for legendary author and editor Charles L. Grant, who has been hospitalized indefinitely with severe cardiopulmonary disease and emphysema. Contributors included Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Peter Straub and Leisure Books. The event raised over $10,000 for Mr. Grant.

This year, the Horror Writers Association presented Lifetime Achievement awards to both bestselling author Anne Rice and to award-winning editor Martin H. Greenberg.

Exorcist Prequel Web Site Launches

Warner Bros. and Morgan Creek have launched the official website for Exorcist: The Beginning, the prequel to William Friedkin's classic (opening August 20) that was completely reshot over the past year by Renny Harlin, after Paul Schrader's previous version proved unsatisfactory to studio brass. [Source: Fangoria]

Evil Dead Musical Hitting Montreal Festival

Christopher Bond, the director and co-creator of Evil Dead 1&2 - The Musical, dropped us a line to let us know the Evil Dead Musical is going to be featured at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal from July 2 - 26. There will also be a week of previews in Toronto.

Visit www.evildeadthemusical.com for details and tickets.

Tilly Previewing Seed of Chucky on Tonight Show

Creature Corner reports that Jennifer Tilly will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35 p.m. tonight, where she’ll be previewing Seed of Chucky. The actress will bring along a personal video diary she shot on the set.

Seed of Chucky opens Oct. 29 from the Rogue Pictures division of Focus Features. [Source: Creature Corner]

Underworld 2 Underway

Underworld writer Danny McBride told the Trades Web site that he's at work on a sequel to the vampire-vs.-werewolf movie. McBride told the site that shooting will begin in the fall for a 2005 release.

Stars Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman have signed on to reprise their Underworld roles, McBride added. He is currently preparing the outline for the second draft of the sequel, and the production team is in the middle of the development stages, the site reported. "The new film will carry the story further as well as incorporate a few prequel sequences, which should be extremely cool," McBride said. "Patrick Tatopoulos [the creature designer] has, par for [the] course, created some fantastic new designs for the film. [Director] Len [Wiseman] has been busy storyboarding and is gearing up for location scouting." [Source: Sci Fi Wire]

Casting for The Dead Will Tell

Jonathan LaPaglia and Kathleen Quinlan have been tapped to star opposite Anne Heche in CBS' original movie The Dead Will Tell, which Stephen Kay has come on board to direct. The supernatural thriller, inspired by readings of psychic James Van Praagh, centers on a woman (Heche) who starts to have visions of a beautiful young woman shortly after her fiance (LaPaglia) gives her an antique engagement ring. Quinlan will play the fiance's mother. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]

Ju-On: The Grudge Video Clips Online

Yahoo Trailers has some clips from "Ju-On: The Grudge," the third film in a series of popular underground releases in Japan. It's the story of a social worker who happens upon some truly frightening discoveries as she is faced with the wrath of a vengeful spirit. Click here for clips.

Look for Really Scary's review of this flick coming soon!

Lemony Snicket Trailer Online

The trailer for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is live now. Has a certain Burtonesque feel to it. Check it >out here.

First Photos of Clive Barker's Infernal Parade Figures

Spawn.com has released the first photos of the Todd McFarlane and Clive Barker figure line "Clive Barker's Infernal Parade." They're listed as not for children under 17.

The six figures are The Sabbaticus, Bethany Bled, Family of Freaks, Tom Requiem, Mary Slaughter, Golem Elijah. Click here to find links to the photos.

As he did with the first Tortured Souls line, Barker is writing a new story in conjunction with the release. Each figure will have a portion of the text inside the packaging; collect all six for the complete and exclusive new Clive Barker fiction.

Anchor Bay Working on DVD Release of Argento's Trauma

Anchor Bay rep, Michael Felsher, has announced that the company plans on releasing Dario Argento's Trauma sometime in 2005. The version will be widescreen and will come packed, like many of Anchor Bay's other Argento discs, with plenty of extras. The company is currently trying to locate a useable transfer of the extended cut of the film, which has been circulating around Europe in various releases for some time. If anything though, Felsher promises that this new disc will "certainly [be] the longest one seen in North America." [Source: Horror DVDs]

Doom Game Getting Film Treatment

Universal Pictures has optioned the sci-fi/horror video game Doom for Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and John Wells, along with Edna McCallion making his directorial debut. It will specifically be based on the id Software game Doom 3 which is currently set to release July 15. The script is currently being written by Dave Callaham.

The movie and game will revolve around the story of a Mars space station where a military aerospace firm is conduction top-secret experiments, of course. Something goes hideously wrong and a demonic force is unleashed, laying waste to the facility and releasing untold horrors. [Source: Variety]

Duchovny Talks X-Files 2 Movie

David Duchovny told the British Teletext Web site that a second X-Files movie is in the works. "We're all on the same page," Duchovny (Fox Mulder) told the site. "Gillian Anderson [Dana Scully] wants to do it. I want to do it. [The X-Files creator] Chris Carter, who would write and produce the film, wants to do it. And I believe Fox the studio wants to do it."

Duchovny added, "When you have the four major players in the enterprise wanting to do it, it will happen. It's just a matter of when. I hope it happens within the next year." The 43-year-old star quit the TV show before it was canceled, but said he was eager to play Mulder again. "I think it would be fun at this point, a few years removed, to get back into it and do it," he told the site. [Source: Sci Fi Wire]

Criterion Collection Videodrome Cover & Details

Criterion Collection has released the details and cover for their upcoming release of Videodrome. Set for stores sometime in August, here's the skinny:

New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions
Audio commentaries by director David Cronenberg, actors James Woods and Deborah Harry, and director of photography Mark Irwin
Camera, a short film starring Videodrome's Les Carlson, written and directed by David Cronenberg in 2000 as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Toronto Film Festival
Forging the New Flesh, a new half-hour documentary featurette by video effects artist Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome's landmark video and prosthetic makeup effects, featuring new interviews with Rick Baker and others
Samurai Dreams, the complete and unedited faux Japanese AV feature seen in the film
Fear on Film, a 26-minute roundtable discussion from 1982 between filmmakers David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Mick Garris about censorship, special effects makeup, and horror cinema
Original theatrical trailers, plus a promotional featurette
Stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production photos, special effects makeup tests, and publicity photos, many never before seen
Essays by film critic Carrie Rickey and Videodrome expert Tim Lucas

Y: The Last Man Comic Getting Movie Treatment

Screenwriter Jeff Vintar (I, Robot) is adaptating Brian K. Vaughan's comic book Y: The Last Man for the big screen. The series focuses on the aftermath of a plague that wipes out all but one male, leaving him and the race of remaining women to figure out what happened. Vintar said in an interview with Sci Fi Wire that the challenge will be creating a satisfying ending, since the comic series is ongoing.

"Brian probably only has a vague idea of how it's going to end, because he's got three more years writing it," Vintar said. "The world may not be saved. The men are not going to come back. [Like] in a zombie film, you know the zombies are not going to go away, and yet at the end of the film, you want to feel like you've reached a dramatic high. It's not always easy. Not every film does it."

David Goyer (Blade III) is producing the film. [Source: Sci Fi Wire]

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Voice Cast Announced for Video Game Half-Life 2