The official Halloween Movies site reports Jacinda Barrett is no longer in Halloween 8 and that Bianca Kajlich will be playing the character Sara.
Click here to get a look at Tyra Banks and Busta Rhymes preparing for a shoot on the set of Halloween 8.
05.31.01
MGM DVD Release Rundown - The Fog, Carrie, More
HorrorDVDs.com just ran a great rundown of all the DVDs to expect from MGM this year and an update on The Fog's release. Click here to get the full list of news including updates on Carrie, The Howling, Candyman 2 and more!
Vin Diesel Starring in Hellboy
The Oregonian reports (via Gorezone and Dark Horizons) that Vin Diesel will star in the adaptation of Mike Mingola's Hellboy.
Desperado 2 Gets Underway with Star Power
4Filmmakers report Robert Rodriguez has lined up his cast and is in prodcution for Once Upon a Time in Mexico: Desperado 2. The cast includes Antonio Banderas, Quentin Tarantino, Salma Hayek, Mickey Rourke, Johnny Depp, Eva Mendez, Ruben Blades, Willem Dafoe, Marco Leonardi, Cheech Marin and Enrique Iglesias.
Wachowski Brothers Signing On to Conan?
The 4Filmmakers site lists the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix) as signing on as writers for the planned Conan the Barbarian movie from Stan Lee. Based on characters created by Robert Howard, the property is licensed from Stan Lee Media and therefore on hold given their investigation, the site says. Warner Bros is the reported studio attached with John Milius getting the nod at director.
Staind Debuts at Top of Charts
Record buyers reached for the hard stuff once again this week, as Staind unseated fellow hard rockers Tool and came within a hair's breadth of setting a year-to-date sales record.
Variety reports Staind's second album on Elektra, "Break the Cycle," bowed at No. 1 for the week ended Sunday, selling just over 716,000 copies, according to data compiled by SoundScan. That's just 16,000 short of the best debut so far in 2001, Dave Matthews Band's Everyday (RCA).
Resident Evil Hitting Theaters Next Spring
A number of sites including Corona and Upcoming Movies report Sony has announced that you can expect Resident Evil to hit cinemas in the spring of next year.
05.30.01
Night Visions Gets Tentative Airdate
Fangoria reports that Fox's Night Visions horror anthology series finally has an airdate for the summer. Co-creator Dan Angel says the show is tentatively set for Thursday, July 12 at 8 p.m., with a two-hour premiere (four segments).
"We really want fans to discover Night Visions," Angel says. "Tobe Hooper directed a particularly horrific one that they will love. This is the first pure horror anthology in over a decade."
05.29.01
Whedon Talks More Buffy & Angel
Spoilers for Non-US Readers Ahead. Dark Horizons reports Joss Whedon once again is talking about Buffy and Angel on the official site messageboards, this time the subject of crossovers: "No plans for one right now, but they are not ruled out forever. Better to let the shows get started on there own, but someday...in the meanwhile, I have a thrilling noncrossover planned that should drive you guys insane. As far as continuity, Angel will
deal with the ramifications of Buffy's death and all that comes after, but we'll definitely be focussing on the unbelievably intense problems he's gonna have at home. i.e. Non Buffy watchers will still get the show, but we'll be true to the past."
Jamie Lee Curtis Talks Halloween 8
Dark Horizons ran across an interview with Jamie Lee Curtis over at the Vancouver Sun. Curtis says she is proud of her horror films and the fact that the industry and fans still find her viable in them.
"When Tony Perkins made the Psycho sequel 20 years later, his viability within the marketplace was no longer strong, and although it was kind of cool that he was doing that again, it didn't have the same business weight," Curtis said. "So, I'm quite frankly very proud of these films, despite the fact that they're, quote, horror films."
Click here for her comments about bringing back Laurie Strode in Halloween 8.
Also, check out the official Halloween movies site where they've added a few more shots of the crew hard at work. Click'm.
Bram Stoker Award Winners
Here's the Stoker award winners that were announced at this past weekend's Horror con in Seattle.
- Novel: Richard Laymon for Traveling Vampire Show
- First Novel: Brian A. Hopkins for Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club
- Long Fiction: The Man on the Ceiling by Melanie & Steve Rasnic Tem
- Short Fiction: Jack Ketchum for Gone
- Collection: Magic Terror by Peter Straub
- Anthology: TYBF&H, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling
- Nonfiction: On Writiing by Stephen King
- Illustrated Fiction: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (written by Alan Moore)
- Screenplay: Requiem for a Dream
- Work for Young Readers: The Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy
- Poetry: Student of Hell by Tom Piccirilli
- Other Media: Chiaroscuro (Brett Savory, Sandra Kasturi, Steve Eller)
- Special Awards: William K. Schafer of Subterranean Press
- The first Richard Laymon Award: Judi Rohrig and Kathy Ptacek
- The Trustees awarded the Hammer Award to Nancy Etchemendy for her years of
service to the HWA
- Also, Nigel Kneale (The Quartermass Experiment) was awarded the Lifetime
Achievement Award
05.28.01
Planet of the Apes Scavenger Hunt
Corona reports 20th Century Fox has launched a new promotion for its Planet of the Apes film: using global positioning satellite (GPS) technology, fans can get involved in an interactive scavenger hunt search for hidden caches of props that were used in the film. The first person to successfully find out the location of the cache and reach it will get to keep the authentic prop!
Fox is calling this contest "Project A.P.E." (www.projectape.com -- the A.P.E. standing for "Alternative Primate Evolution"), and officially launched it Friday. Using the new online gaming technology called Geocaching, every Friday the film's Official website will supply new coordinates which can be used to determine the location of the latest hidden cache. The contest will run for 13 weeks, allowing a lucky thirteen individuals the chance to be the first to walk away with the exclusive Apes goodies. For those of
you who don't have GPS system right now, every Friday the website will also give away a Garmin eTrex GPS unit to a randomly selected winner.
There's also some hidden clues embedded in the Project A.P.E. game that, we're told, are important to the film's storyline. These secrets will "unlock long-hidden secrets that could present a clue to our past - or a key to our future," said the studio.
This week's operation is called "Devil's Spoon" and is located in California at the coordinates N 37° 50.759 W 121° 56.041. You can view maps and discover clues about the location of the cache by visiting the Project A.P.E. website, as well as finding out what was in the cache when its eventually discovered. Remember, if you missed out on this week's hunt, every Friday a new location will be announced for the
next three months!
05.25.01
Evil Dead DVD U.S. Release News
Dark Horizons reports the Necronomicon book-looking German DVD box cover for the upcoming R2 "Evil Dead" release will be out in the United States next year, courtesy of the dudes at Anchor Bay.
Vin Diesel Talks Pitch Black 2
Dark Horizons reports Vin Diesel attended the inaugural World Stunt Awards this week and Zap2It caught up with him to ask about his next projects: "I'm training right now for Pitch
Black 2. David Hayter, the guy who wrote X-Men is writing the sequel. It's gonna be called The Chronicle of Riddick, so it should be exciting". He played coy about his rumoured T3 involvement - neither confirming or denying rumours he'll play the villain in the next Arnie film.
Lord of the Rings Latest Trailer Online
The full trailer that's hitting theaters this weekend for Lord of the Rings in now online. This site has a bunch of mirrored links to it. It's only in Real Player currently, no Quicktime but it's definitely worth a looksee...precioussssss.
Shatner in American Psycho 2?
Coming Attractions reports (via Dark Horizons) that William Shatner is set to play Professor
Robert Strickland in the psycho sequel. Strickland is "the most revered hunter of the serial-killers the FBI ever produced" and after his final case which involved Patrick Bateman, he now teaches a class at York University which Rachelle Newman (Milla Kundis) attends. The actual shoot is taking place at the Glendon College Campus in Toronto.
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