According to The Hollywood Reporter (via Zen), Dennis Hopper, Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers) and Lance Henrikson will star in the indie psychological thriller
Unspeakable.
Now shooting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Unspeakable centers on
a female psychologist combating a serial killer who has
escaped the electric chair.
All Souls Cancelled
In another case of quick kill, Zen reports UPN has cancelled its supernatural medical drama All Souls after two episodes.
Halloween 8 Shooting Rumors
Dark Horizons got some interesting news/rumor from an anonymous source about the shooting of Halloween 8. Here it goes:
Trancas International Films, the production company, is in overdrive, trying to get the thing shooting before the SAG strike. However, there's a bit of a standoff in the company.
Moustapha Akkad, series 'overlord,' is in a bit of a tussel with Paul Freeman, who is producing his fourth film. Akkad wants to hold off the film until next year and use a different script, having taken fan reactions of the story to heart. However, Freeman wants to shoot with what they have and get it out this October. (Freeman also rushed the shoot of Halloween: H20 and altered much of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.) Right now, however, it appears Akkad has the favor of Miramax. He has pitched a separate story which would tie the entire series (minus Halloween III: Season of the Witch) into the same world of thought.
While known for being stubborn, Disney has given the early thumbs-up to his story, as it has the potential to "set the world on fire the same way Scream did," or so says an employee at Trancas International.
04.30.01
New Bubba Ho-Tep Cast Addition
Fangoria reports Daniel Roebuck (Final Destination) has joined the cast of Don Coscarelli's Bubba Ho-Tep (based on Joe Lansdale's tale) as an ambulance driver. "Shooting is going well," Coscarelli tells Fango. "Bruce Campbell is absolutely fantastic as Elvis!"
Petition to Save Laurie Strode
JoBlo.com reports Halloween Fans United has announced the creation of an online petition protesting the rumored death of Laurie Strode, Jamie Lee Curtis' character, in the next Halloween film. Want to voice your disapproval? Click here.
More Additions to Halloween 8
Corona reports that the official site for Halloween 8 has posted the addition of rapper Busta Rhymes to the film's cast. The site also states that model Tyra Banks is still in negotiations to star in the film, and it's expected her contact will close successfully.
04.29.01
New Favorite Scary Tunes Sites!
We just got a letter from a new Really Scary favorite. Charles from Straitjacket dropped us a line to tell us about a site that's absolutely loaded with psychobilly goodness! Run by Mark Splatter, definitely give Death Rock a go-see at http://www.deathrock.com. And don't forget to check out Straitjacket's site at http://hacked.todeath.net/straitjacket.
Lots of Stephen King News
Brian Freeman's got a bunch of news at his Stephen King News site. Here's the top stories. A judge ruled that Stephen King didn't steal Desperation from another
writer; Firestarter 2 has started production; and Children of the Corn 7 will be out this fall.
Click here to see the full write-ups.
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Set for October
We got a great reminder email from Andrew at Beyond Books. Here 'tis:
Don't forget to mention the annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival held
every year in Portland Oregon. This year we hope to show DAGON with
guest Stuart Gordon. Dates are October 19-21 at the Hollywood Theatre in
Portland. Website is being updated: http://www.hplfilmfestival.com
We also have previous festival films for sell: http://www.beyond-
books.com/catalog
cheers
Andrew Migliore
BEYOND BOOKS / H.P. LOVECRAFT FILM FESTIVAL
Thanks Andrew and consider it not forgotten. Keep us posted on what's all you've got going as the date approaches.
04.27.01
Ghost Rider Movie Update
Hellnotes reports David Goyer, the writer of the upcoming Ghost Rider film, told fans at
last week's WonderCon comics convention in California that the movie may
begin filming this summer, depending on what happens with a possible
industry strike. A 2003 release is being planned. Goyer also said that
Nicholas Cage is "circling the drain" to star in the film but has not yet
reached a final agreement. The $80 million film will be directed by Stephen
Norrington (Blade). The movie will be based on the Marvel Comics series,
but Goyer said it will also have a more realistic model: Clint Eastwood's
1992 western Unforgiven.
Carrie Special Edition DVD Coming?
According to Hellnotes, several online sources have reported that Carrie: The Special Edition will be released on DVD this summer. The disc, which will include a "making of"
documentary and features on Stephen King and Carrie: The Musical, should be
in stores in August.
04.26.01
Newmarket Picks Up Poe Project
Variety reports Craig Rosenberg has scared up a Newmarket (the company that put out the current Guy Pearce hit Memento) deal to write and direct Nevermore: The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe, a thriller in which the famous writer plays the prime role in a murder mystery.
The Neal Moritz-produced film puts Poe in the action much the way the Bard was used in Shakespeare in Love. Grieving the traumatic death of his wife in Baltimore, Poe watches as a series of murders unfold, replicating exact details from his fictional horror. The mystery is populated with characters from his own books, as he stays with Roderick Usher from Fall of the House of Usher.
Time Machine Scenes Have to Be Reshot
Showbiz Ireland reports that Irish pop star Samantha Mumba will have to
reshoot all of her scenes in The Time Machine, the Guy Pearce-led remake of the HG Wells classic. Director Stephen Spielberg decided to change the storyline. Mumba had been filming.
"He (Spielberg) decided that he wanted to change a few things so now we've got to re-shoot everything," she said. "Everything has gone back to square one but its all for the best I suppose. Both Omero and I were initially gutted because we had worked so hard. But we're all in it together and everyone wants to get the movie back on track."
Latest Project for M. Night Shylaman
Variety reports that the story of "the sudden appearance of a 500-foot array of circles and lines found mysteriously carved into the crops of a farm family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania" will be the next film from Sixth Sense Director M. Night Shylaman. Shylaman completed the script this past weekend, which Disney snapped right up. Shooting begins this Fall.
Where the Wild Things Are Coming to Theaters
According to The Hollywood Reporter (via Zen), David Reynolds
(Emperor's New Groove) will adapt Maurice Sendak's
children's book Where the Wild Things Are.
Tom Hanks is producing the adaptation for Uiversal Pictures.
Malcolm McDowell Signs On for Indie Flick
Zentertainment reports Indie producer & distributor Prophecy Enterainment has
begun production on its off-beat thriller The Barber. Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) plays the title role of a barber/serial killer terrorizing a small Alaska
town in the dead of winter. Jeremy Rachford (Unforgiven),
Garwin Sanford (Unforgettable), and Brenda James (See Spot Run) also star.
04.25.01
Japanese Horror Flick Secures Distribution
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's official Cannes selection Kairo (aka Pulse) has been acquired in a low-seven-figure deal for theatrical distribution in nearly all English-speaking territories, exception the United Kingdom, by independent production outfit Distant Horizon.
Distant Horizon CEO Anant Singh said the company hopes to secure a fall U.S. release for the Japanese-language horror film, which was made on a $3.6 million budget.
Kairo follows an Internet rumor about a ghost Web site. As more and more people tap into the site's frightening images of the dead, a supernatural force controlling it begins to dominate the people's lives. The film stars Haruhiko Kato and Kumiko Aso.
The Creech Returns to Image Comics
Greg Capullo's brings back The Creech in a three-issue miniseries due out from Image Comics.
The Creech: Out for Blood will mark Greg Capullo’s return to his popular creator-owned character. The book will be written, pencilled and inked by Capullo; this will be the first time he has inked his own pencils.
Capullo enjoyed his new role as inker. "It’s really cool to challenge myself; this time I tried inking. Although I’ve never inked my own pencils before, I think fans will like it. The stuff looks bombastic."
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