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April 23, 2006
Del Toro Signs Exec Producing Chilean Horror Tale Guillermo del Toro has come on board to executive produce Jorge Olguin's horror film The Call of the Sea. The film, which marks Chilean helmer Olguin's third feature, stars Leonor Varela (Innocent Voices) and Santiago Cabrera (Empire). Chile Films is financing. Penned by Olguin, Call of the Sea is based on a legend about a ghost ship that navigates the cold waters of a mysterious Chilean island in search of the souls of local fisherman. The story centers on a marine biologist (Varela) who discovers that many of the legends are related to her family's past.
Dan O'Bannon Back To Horror Variety reports Dan O'Bannon, Alien and Total Recall scribe, is back - and he's looking to hop into the director's chair for the first time since 1992's The Resurrected. He's developing a sci-fi thriller called They Bite. There's no word on plot yet. They Bite was O'Bannon's original title for Alien.
April 17, 2006
Jay Hernandez in Hostel 2? Really Scary's Daniel Robert Epstein talked with Hostel Director Eli Roth who tells Really Scary that if he has his way, Jay Hernandez will be back for Hostel 2.
"Yeah, Jay's going to be in it, if I can afford him," Roth said. "After Hostel, he just shot Oliver Stone's World Trade Center and now he's starring in something [Boys Don't Cry director] Kimberly Peirce is shooting. If he's available and I can afford him, he'll be in it otherwise I'm going to have to figure out another storyline."
Roth also tells Daniel about his plans for adapting Stephen King's Cell to the big screen, whatever happened to Rotten Fruit and was anything really left out of Hostel's theatrical release. Check out the interview here.
April 15, 2006
Sneak at Hostel DVD Multi-Angle Feature The unrated version of Hostel hits DVD next week. Here's a couple of the multi-angled special features that were added to the DVD - check 'em out here:
Special Feature - Angle A
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Special Feature - Angle B
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Here's a few more of the extras that'll be included:
- Four Commentary Tracks including Commentary by Director Eli Roth and Executive Producer Quentin Tarantino
- Hostel Dissected Behind-the-Scenes featurette
- Kill the Car Multi-angle interactive Feature
New Directors for Masters of Horror Season 2 About Horror reports new directors have been named to the Masters of Horror line-up for season two. They include Brad Anderson (The Machinist, Session 9), Earnest Dickerson (Bones, Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight), and Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play).
New Mrs. Voorhees for Friday the 13th Remake? Our bud Staci over at About Horror reports whispers abound that Patricia Clarkson is in talks with New Line Cinema to take on the role of Pamela Voorhees in the Friday The 13th remake. The script was written by Mark Wheaton (The Messengers) and helmed by Jonathan Liebesman (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning).
Director Named for DePalma's Sisters Remake Variety reports (via DH) Douglas Buck is helming a remake of the Brian DePalma film Sisters with French thesp Lou Doillon joining Chloe Sevigny and Stephen Rea. Production is under way in Vancouver reports Variety.
Script was written by Buck and John Freitas and centers on a young woman, played by Doillon, who leads a disturbingly sheltered existence at the hand of her controlling psychiatrist (Rea). Margot Kidder played the lead role in DePalma's original. A reporter (Sevigny), suspicious of the doctor's motives, gets involved, leading to her witnessing a homicide.
Of his take on Sisters, Buck says: "In the original film, which I love, DePalma chose style over substance. I'm interested in exploring all the other stuff that's there -- the perversity, the tragedy, the sadness. All those character traits make it, to me, more interesting. I want to make the characters more alive."
April 11, 2006
Comcast & Sony Announce Horror Cable Brand Reuters reports Comcast Corp. and Sony Pictures Entertainment are scheduled to unveil a joint venture to launch a horror/thriller-themed cable brand at the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. convention on Monday.
Scheduled to launch next Halloween, the untitled horror venture is the first offshoot of the Comcast-Sony linkage, with library titles including Hostel, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Panic Room.
"I think it's a great genre when you look at how successful the movies are at the boxoffice and on the retail side," Sony Pictures Television president Steve Mosko said. "It's one that's really been untapped on the channel side."
But the joint venture will not spawn a linear cable channel. Instead, the brand will exist as a collection of video-on-demand offerings free of charge to Comcast digital subscribers. Advertising is included. The company is seeking distribution with other cable operators as well.
In addition, the brand will have a heavy presence on the Internet and wireless platforms. Original programing is expected to become part of the mix eventually, though in smaller formats more conducive to Internet consumption rather than as full-fledged movies or series.
April 06, 2006
We've Got the Nightmares & Dreamscapes Trailer TNT has set Nightmares & Dreamscapes to air in July and we've also gotten our hands on the teaser trailer for the miniseries based on several works by Stephen King. William H. Macy is highlighted a bit in the teaser, and looks like he could really help make this a great King adaptation. Here's the Nightmares & Dreamscapes trailer.
"Do you know what's Really Scary? You want to forget something. Totally wipe it off your mind. But you never can. It can't go away, you see. And... and it follows you around like a ghost."
--Eun-ju, A Tale of Two Sisters
'Well, we need to nip this thing in the
bud. I mean, otherwise, things are going to get Really Scary.'
--Cordelia Chase, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
'From here on, it gets Really Scary.'
--Geoffrey Rush, House on Haunted Hill
'Wanna see something Really Scary?'
--Dan Aykroyd, Twilight Zone The Movie
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