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Rob Hall's Almost Human FX on 'Crazies' Remake
7 January 2009 11:03 AM, PST
We learned this past weekend that Rob Hall's Almost Human FX will be tackling Overture Films' The Crazies, their remake of the classic George A. Romero film being helmed by Breck Eisner. Almost Human is responsible for the FX in Quarantine, Vacancy, Pineapple Express and the ongoing Terminator series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles. "As a fan of the original we are super excited to be working on this re-imagining of the cult film," Hall tells B-d when we called to confirm the news. "The script is excellent. One of the best I've read in recent memory and there's more than plenty to keep us busy. It definitely delivers." Starring Timothy Olyphant, the film is slated for release on September 25th. Click here for all of Almost Human's credits. Rob Hal's directorial effort Laid To Rest is looking for a release from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
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B-d Reveals What's in the 'Valentine' Chocolate Box
7 January 2009 10:15 AM, PST
This morning we scored three exclusive stills from Lionsgate's My Bloody Valentine 3D, which hits Us and UK cinemas on January 16th. In the new images, you'll find out what's inside the Valentine's Day candy box, which was teased in a previous clip. Beyond the break you'll find the pics, along with a brand new long synopsis for Patrick Lussier's film, which will hit 900+ theaters in 3-D. Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry Warden wanted revenge. Exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day, he woke up... and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed.
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Fincher Touches on Se7en Sequel 'Ei8ht'
7 January 2009 9:29 AM, PST
What about a sequel to SE7EN, David Fincher? "I would be less interested in that than I would in having cigarettes put out in my eyes," the director confided to an inquisitive fan at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's "Curious Case of Benjamin Button" talkback. "I keep trying to get out from under my own shadow," he adds later in the chat. "I don't want to do the same shit over and over." Not even for, say, EI8HT." While Fincher says he doesn't want to be involved in a sequel to the Brad Pitt horror-thriller, it doesn't mean a studio won't go forth with one without him.
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Tom Cruise Chimes in on 'Cabin in the Woods'
7 January 2009 9:14 AM, PST
Say what you will about that looney toon Tom Cruise, but I'm a fan. And hearing that Cruise sat down and chatted with Joss Whedon about his forthcoming horror film, The Cabin In THe Woods, has got me excited beyond belief. If the fact that Whdeon is already collaborating with Cloverfield director Drew Goddard wasn't cool enough, this has escalated the film to new heights. Whedon, who wrote the upcoming horror movie Cabin In The Woods with former Buffy writer Drew Goddard, met with Cruise as head of United Artists now that UA has taken over the MGM film as part of UA's takeover of the lion studio, reports Sci Fi Wire.
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27 Hi-Res Images From 'Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'
6 January 2009 8:17 PM, PST
Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans delves into the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires, known as Death Dealers, and the barbaric Lycans (werewolves). In the film arriving in theaters January 23, a young Lycan, Lucian (Michael Sheen), emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Bill Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has persecuted them for hundreds of years. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, the beautiful vampire Sonja (Rhona Mitra), in his battle to free the Lycans from their brutal enslavement. Read on for a look at a whopping 27 hi-res images from the Patrick Tatopoulos directed prequel.
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Hi-Res DVD Cover Art For 'Twilight'
6 January 2009 7:45 PM, PST
We got our hands on the DVD cover art for Twilight, which arrives on DVD March 21st from Summit Entertainment. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) doesnt expect much when she moves to the small town of Forks, Washington, until she meets the mysterious and handsome Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson)a boy whos hiding a dark secret: hes a vampire. As their worlds and hearts collide, Edward must battle the bloodlust raging inside him as well as a coterie of undead that would make Bella their prey. Based on the #1 New York Times best-selling sensation by Stephenie Meyer, Twilight adds a dangerous twist to the classic story of star-crossed lovers.
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Magnet Acquires Thomas Jane Starrer 'Mutant Chronicles'
6 January 2009 3:18 PM, PST
Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired Us rights to the sci-fi/action epic, Mutant Chronicles. With an impressive ensemble cast, including Thomas Jane (The Mist), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Devon Aoki (Sin City) and John Malkovich, Mutant Chronicles boasts incredible special effects and riveting, action-packed battle sequences in a painstakingly crafted post-apocalyptic landscape. As part of the Wagner/Cuban Companies Ultra VOD program, Mutant Chronicles will premiere on VOD on Friday, March 27th, 2009, followed by a theatrical release in select cities on Friday, April 24th. Mutant Chronicles is set in the year 2707, on an unrecognizable Earth where a war is raging between four giant corporations who control the planet as they battle over the planet's dwindling resources. This war is soon rendered irrelevant when an errant bomb shatters an ancient buried seal, releasing a horrific mutant army from its prison deep within the earth.
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First Two TV Spots For 'The Uninvited'
6 January 2009 3:13 PM, PST
B-d reader 'Joey M.' sent us a link to the first two TV Spots for DreamWorks' The Uninvited, which arrives in theaters January 30th. The remake of A Tale Of Two Sisters revolves around Anna (Emily Browning), who returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father (David Strathairn) has become engaged to her mothers former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks). That night, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her of Rachel's intentions. Together, Anna and her sister (Arielle Kebbel) try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.
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New 'The Last House on the Left' Remake Images
6 January 2009 2:58 PM, PST
Another Wes Craven movie getting released by Rogue Pictures in 2009 in The Last House On The Left, the Dennis Iliadis directed remake of Craven's first film from 1972. Starring Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Martha MacIssac and Riki Lindhome, today we were provided with three hi-res images from the film, alongside the synopsis that can both be viewed beyond the break. No release date has been announced yet. Masters of horror Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham revisit their landmark film that launched Craven's directing career and influenced decades of horror films to follow: The Last House on the Left. Bringing one of the most notorious thrillers of all time to a new generation, they produce the story that explores how far two ordinary people will go to exact revenge on the sociopaths who harmed their child.
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Rogue Pictures Unloads First Two Images From Craven's '25/8'
6 January 2009 2:51 PM, PST
From writer/director Wes Craven comes a suspense thriller that warns us evil is working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And if you have any chance at beating it, you'll have to fight for your life 25/8. Beyond the break you can check out the first two official images from the film, alongside the full synopsis. In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer....
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Sundance '09: New 'Dead Snow' Clip Lets the Blood Flow!
6 January 2009 12:02 PM, PST
Not only has the film's official website been updates with loads of new photos, beyond the break you can check out the third clip from Dead Snow, the Norwegian horror film playing at this month's Sundance Film Festival. The clip features a bloody battle with a zombie Nazi that results in an insanely bloody amputation! In the film a group of teenagers had all they needed for a successful ski vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains had other plans.
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Bdtv: Promo Trailer For Moseley Starrer 'The Devil's Tomb'
6 January 2009 10:12 AM, PST
Over at Bdtv you'll find the promo trailer for Jason Connery's (Sean Connery's son) The Devil's Tomb, which stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Taryn Manning, Ron Perlman, Henry Rollins, Valerie Cruz, Ray Winstone and Bill Moseley. A team of mercenaries under the command of hard-charging war veteran Mack (Gooding Jr.), are contracted by a mysterious CIA operative named Elissa (Valerie Cruz) to rescue a scientist (Perlman) working on an archeological discovery deep under the Middle Eastern desert. With the help of a mysterious priest (Henry Rollins) Mack and his team soon discover the true secret of what lies beneath the sands. A secret that has been protected for thousands of years. A secret that is not of this Earth.
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Bdtv: Promo Trailer For Killer Car Flick 'Hybrid'
6 January 2009 10:12 AM, PST
If you click on over to Bdtv you can check out a promo trailer for Eric (One MIssed Call) Valette's Hybrid, which looks like it was filmed at the same location as P2. The film stars Oded Fehr (from the 'Resident Evil' films) and Shannon Beckner. Late one night, a mysterious car is brought into the Chicago police impound garage after a deadly traffic accident. The garage's female mechanic, Tilda, and her young, hip fellow mechanics soon discover the car has a mind of its own: it morphs into different cars to confuse them and instead of needing an engine to run, it breathes. It's a killing machine that is capable of outrunning and outwitting humans. In a high-octane fight to the death, it's our group of determined humans versus the car in this supernatural action-adventure in the vein of Stephen King's Christine and Transformers.
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Bdtv: Promo Trailer For 'The Thaw'!
6 January 2009 10:12 AM, PST
This afternoon we got our hands on a promo trailer for Mark A. Lewis' The Thaw, a film which reminds me of the classic Shawnee Smith episode of X-Files. You can check it out over at Bdtv, while beyond the break you can also take a look at a new poster and a long synopsis. Evelyn has always had a volatile relationship with her father, Dr. David Kruipen, a world-renowned expert in climate change. When Dr. Kruipen discovers the carcass of a woolly mammoth in a melting polar ice cap, he arranges for Evelyn to travel with a group of ecology students to his remote Arctic research station and celebrate the discovery that will draw attention to his life-long cause creating awareness and promoting real change amid the global warming crisis. Though skeptical that any kind of change is possible, Evelyn reluctantly agrees to go.
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FilmNation Launches With Poe's 'Raven' Tale
5 January 2009 10:16 PM, PST
FilmNation Entertainment, launched by Glen Basner as a foreign sales company, has established a production arm and set Aaron Ryder to run it. FilmNation gets started with two projects, one of which is The Raven, the Hannah Shakespeare/Ben Livingston-penned thriller set in the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation. Ryder originated the project at Endgame, which will co-produce and split the development costs with FilmNation, with Endgame financing production. Ryder will acquire properties, with the emphasis on scripts over books and pitches because the development cycle will be shorter, allowing Basner to begin lining up production financing that much sooner. Let's hope for more horror.
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Warner Bros. Finds Their 'Jonah Hex' Replacement
5 January 2009 10:09 PM, PST
After the previous chaos that nearly halted the progress of the film, Warner Bros. Pictures have officially found a replacement to get behind the camera for their adaptation of the comic book Jonah Hex. Replacing Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank) is Jimmy Hayward, who directed the animated Horton Hears A Who!. Josh Brolin is attached to star in the film, which previously had Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor ("Crank") on board as directors. The duo, who also wrote the script, bowed out over creative differences in November. The studio, which hopes to put the movie into production in March or April, went on a fast-track search, putting together a short list that included such names as Andy Fickman and McG before narrowing it down to Hayward.
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Promo Trailer and Synopsis for '...Of The Dead'!
5 January 2009 8:37 PM, PST
Are you guys ready? We just got our grubby little hands on the promo trailer for George A. Romero'S ...Of The Dead, which currently wrapped filming in Toronto, Canada. You can take a look at the first footage from the film by clicking over to Bdtv. What do you guys think? Talk about it below. Starring Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick, Stefano Colacitti and Athena Karkanis, the film was written and directed by Romero. On a small island off North America's coast, the dead rise to menace the living. Yet...the islanders can't bring themselves to exterminate their loved ones, despite the growing danger from those the once held dear. A rebel among them hunts down all the zombies he can find, only to be banished from the island for assassinating his neighbors and friends.
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Platinum Dunes Listening to Fan Feedback For 'Elm Street'
5 January 2009 6:01 PM, PST
Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller is back again with a new post over at his official webpage where he talks a bit about The Unborn being rated PG-13 and how he tried to make a film scary without using buckets of blood. In addition, he has made it known that your feedback for their remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street is actually helping them with the film. So head on over to the blog post and leave some feedback, now is the time to let your voice be heard! The Unborn hits theaters everywhere this Friday from Rogue Pictures.
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Several Images From 'The Descent: Part II'
5 January 2009 5:14 PM, PST
The first batch of glorious stills from The Descent: Part II have found their way online and can be viewed beyond the break! It looks as if we'll have some new creatures joining in on the fun. Jon Harris directs the sequel to the Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers) smash-hit from a screenplay by Eden Lake's James Watkins. The sequel will continue the story of Sarah, who as the only survivor of an all-female caving expedition gone horrifically wrong, suffers severe psychological trauma. Unable to speak, she accompanies a rescue team back to the cave, but events once again take a sinister turn.
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New 'My Bloody Valentine' Clip Teases Holiday Box
5 January 2009 5:04 PM, PST
The second clip from Lionsgate's My Bloody Valentine 3D is now available for viewing inside and features Twilight star Edi Gathegi, who receives a potentially gruesome package. If you missed the first clip it can be found here. The film rolls in 3-D to 900+ theaters on January 16th, everywhere else will hit the viewer with the lackluster 2-D version. In the remake directed by Patrick Lussier, Tom (Jensen Ackles) returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the life of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders.
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