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June 19, 2009
Summit Picks Up Rights to The Conjuring Variety reports Summit Entertainment paid mid- against high-six figures for The Conjuring, a thriller pitch from the writer brothers Chad and Carey Hayes.Deal comes with life rights to the Perron family, whose experiences in their Rhode Island home informs the film, and Ed and Lorraine Warren, experts in paranormal activities who investigated and battled the activities occurring in the Perron household and did the same in the cases that inspired The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut. The bidding was reportedly aggressive, with New Line and Screen Gems also in the mix.
April 28, 2009
Ving Rhames Joins Richard Dreyfuss in Piranha 3D! EurNews reports Ving Rhames returns to the big screen in Dimension Films' upcoming Piranha 3D, a remake of the 1978 film that followed the accidental release of a genetically-altered species of piranha into lakes, rivers and even swimming pools. Rhames joins Richard Dreyfuss, Elisabeth Shue and Adam Scott in the film. Director Alexandre Aja starts shooting next month in Arizona for release next March.
Nightmare on Elm Street in Chicago 'Burbs Students at two Chicago suburban high schools will have the chance be in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, according to the Daily Herald. New Line Cinema wants to use Elk Grove High School and Hersey High School in Arlington Heights for an upcoming remake of the classic horror movie, said Elk Grove High Principal Nancy Holman.
"They contacted, I think, schools all over the nation," she said, adding that New Line was looking for a site that had a pool. In addition to the pool, the film will show the exterior of the building, she said. Filming will include students swimming in the pool, with students auditioning for the chance. For those looking for a few more filming bits of info, apparently 200 students would be needed for an outdoor scene and only boys would be needed for the pool scene.
Universal Remaking Videodrome - Worst Idea Ever? Universal Pictures will remake the 1983 David Cronenberg-directed Videodrome, with Ehren Kruger set to write the script and produce with partner Daniel Bobker.
According to Variety, the producers tracked down the rights to Canadian distribution vet Rene Malo, who will be exec producer. Universal distributed the original and had first refusal on a remake, and the studio snapped up the opportunity. The original starred James Woods as the head of Civic TV Channel 83, who makes his station relevant by programming "Videodrome," a series that depicts torture and murder that transfixes viewers.
The new picture will modernize the concept with the possibilities of nano-technology and blow it up into a large-scale sci-fi action thriller. Cronenberg has no role in the film as yet.
We're not crazy about this idea. The original is classic horror noir. If a movie has been made into a DVD by Criterion, then you should probably leave it alone.
Just Because We Like Typing Alien Mother & Rednecks Variety reports David R. Ellis has been tapped to direct Humpty Dumpty, a 3-D sci-fi horror pic is about a half-human, half-alien creature who embarks on a murderous rampage after his alien mother is abused by two rednecks in the Deep South.
Dimension Films Picks Up Rights to Audrey's Door Variety reports Dimension Films has bought feature rights to Sarah Langan's yet-to-be published horror novel "Audrey's Door" in a preemptive purchase.Story centers on a young architect who, after breaking off her engagement, finds the perfect Manhattan apartment. She begins to lose her grip on reality and finds herself battling the building's ghosts as well as the cultish tenants, forcing her to build a door that will connect to a nightmarish netherworld. HarperCollins will publish "Audrey's Door" in September.
April 20, 2009
Handful of Horror Movies Hitting Cannes Film Festival A handful of horror flicks look to be making debuts at the upcoming Cannes film festival. Variety reports an almost certain midnight attraction will be Sam Raimi's horror-thriller "Drag Me to Hell," starring Justin Long and Alison Lohman. This was reportedly very well received in incomplete form at the recent SXSW Film Festival. Cannes regular Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" will also hit screens. Antichrist stars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a couple who retreat to a secluded forest cabin after the death of their son. South Korea will be heavily represented this year. "The Host" director Bong's "Mother," a thriller about a woman's attempt to determine who framed her antisocial son for a ghastly murder, and "Oldboy" helmer Park Chan-wook's "Thirst" a vampire tale about a small-town priest transformed into a neck-biter by a medical experiment gone wrong.
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--Eun-ju, A Tale of Two Sisters
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bud. I mean, otherwise, things are going to get Really Scary.'
--Cordelia Chase, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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