ABC Nabs Rosemary's Baby Sequel Rights
Media Drome reports that's no the case any longer.
Having discovered that Paramount (which made the feature) didn't own television or sequel rights, producer Barbara Lieberman took the concept over to ABC, whch jumped at the chance. The new version will initially follow the same track as the feature, before jumping forward to Rosemary's baby's teenage years, gleaned from Levin's own sequel Son of Rosemary.
ABC is eyeing a 2005 debut.
Ringu Novel Author Sells New Film Rights
The film spawned several sequels as well as the American remake The Ring, which grossed $250 million worldwide.
Adrift, which was in the library of Kadokawa Pictures, is the story of a crew of fishermen who come across an abandoned yacht only to discover that it is haunted. The studio is in negotiations with Ring producers Neal Edelstein and Mike Macari of Macari/Edelstein Films.
Kadokawa's Jennie Lew Tugend and Lauren C. Weissman will also produce.
Neil Gaiman's Coraline Film Rights Picked Up
In other film purchasing news, ABC Family bought the TV film rights for Lois Duncan's Locked in Time (author of I Know What You Did Last Summer).
The story is about a girl who after her mother's death, goes to live with her stepmother's spooky family. They also purchased her title The Third Eye, about a teenage psychic who spends her summer working with the police to find missing children.
Complete Eerie Indiana Series Hitting DVD
Each DVD has been digitally remastered in 5.1 Surround Sound and has instant episode access and full motion interactive menus.
The series centers on the exploits of thirteen-year-old Marshall Teller and his confidant, ten-year-old Simon Holmes.
Together they explore and record all the "Eerie" happenings in Eerie, Indiana.
Horror Movie Poll
This time around it's Blockbuster with their press release announcing a recent poll they commissioned. They chose 15 movies and asked which would you be least likely to watch alone? And here's the responses with the Exorcist winning in a landslide, although there are definitely some top horror flicks missing from that poll set:
1.
"The Exorcist" 23%
2. "The Blair Witch Project" 9%
3. "Nightmare on Elm Street" 8%
4.
"The Ring" 8%
5. "The Silence of the Lambs" 8%
6. "Hannibal" 6%
7.
"The Shining" 6%
8. "Children of the Corn" 5%
9. "Friday the 13th" 5%
10.
"Evil Dead" 5%
11. "Halloween" 4%
12. "Poltergeist" 4%
13.
"Psycho" 4%
14. "Rosemary's Baby" 4%
15. "The Omen" 2%
Paramount Picks New Scribe for Pet Sematary Redux
Kajganich left his post as an English prof at Miami U. of Ohio last year after selling his spec Town Creek to Warner Bros.
He's also been hired to write the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers for Warner and an update of 1979 ghost tale The Changeling for Focus Features.
Earlier this year Paramount hired the scripting team of Mike Werb and Michael Colleary to pen a reimagining of Pet Sematary. Studio released the original, based on Stephen King's story of a family moving to a small Maine town with a pet cemetery and an Indian burial ground, in 1989.
King also wrote the screenplay for the original, directed by Mary Lambert and starring Denise Crosby, Dale Midkiff and Fred Gwynne. That pic grossed more than $57 million domestically.
Werner Herzog Directing Grizzly Man
Grizzly Man is the first feature from Lions Gate's newly formed documentary unit. Production on the project is under way in Alaska.
The documentary will follow Treadwell's trek to Alaska, where he spent years living with and photographing grizzly bears in an effort to rally support for establishing wildlife preserves for the bears. In October, Treadwell and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were killed by a grizzly.
Grizzly Man is expected to be released theatrically in the spring and will premiere on Discovery Channel in fall 2005.
Devil's Rejects Action Figures Hitting January
The line will feature characters from both the original hit film and the upcoming sequel.
Series 1 will include:
All American Captain Spaulding
Corpses Otis with skull face and lantern
Dr. Satan with torture tools and mask
Tiny with stump and removable hood
Rejects Otis with knife and guns
Baby with shotgun and knife
All six figures will feature multiple points of articulation and clamshell packaging.
Suggested retail price is to be decided. Also be on the look out for an 18" Epic Scale Talking Mr. Spaulding in January as well.
to see a preview ad.
Harsher Rating for Revenge of the Sith?
The sixth Star Wars film (actually Episode III in the mythical timeline) details how Anakin Skywalker falls prey to "the dark side" and becomes Darth Vader.
"This is the darkest of them all," says Lucas, speaking at a New York event to promote the recent release of his THX 1138 DVD. "I don't think it's going to be rated like the other ones.
It's just more emotionally intense."
[Possible spoilers ahead] The PG-13 rating makes sense, considering the story line, says Scott Chitwood of TheForce.Net, a Star Wars news Web site.
"From the original trilogy, we know that in Episode III, Anakin is horribly burned, Padme (Amidala, the queen and senator who becomes the mother of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia) dies, Mace Windu dies, Luke and Leia are separated, and the Jedi are wiped out," he says. "It would be hard to do them justice without the film being PG-13."
[End possible spoilers]
Lucas wrapped filming Sith earlier this month in London.
"So the final shot of Star Wars has been shot, and never will the cameras roll again," he says.
The 60-year-old filmmaker is ready to move on. While he might explore the stories in animation and book form, he has no plans for any new Star Wars films.
"I've been working on it over the last 30 years," he says. "When you do a trilogy, it's a 10-year run. That's a lot of your life.
"
Shaun of the Dead Creators Talk Zombie Stuff
On George Romero
Simon Pegg: This film is as much our love letter to him as anything.
On Ken Foree, star of the original Dawn of the Dead and inspiration for Shaun's workplace, Foree Electronics
Pegg: Before he'd seen it, he was at a convention in England, and three guys came up to him dressed as me, with the white shirts, the blood, the red ties and the badges that say Foree Electronics. He asked, ''What's that?'' and they explained it.
So at the San Diego ComicCon, when I went up to him very gingerly and said, ''Hi, Mr. Foree, I'm a big fan and we made this film . .
. ,'' he shouted, ''Oh, MAAAAAAAAAAN!'' and hugged me and lifted me off the ground.
Wright: He gave us Ken Foree shot glasses, with a picture of him on them. We shipped them home because we were afraid if we put them in our suitcases they'd get broken.
On 28 Days Later
Edgar Wright: I liked the first half of it.
But I had a slight problem with [director] Danny Boyle going out of his way to slag off the George Romero films. Boyle said, ''This is something really different, with sociological subtext and satire.'' I thought, Have you even seen the original Dawn of the Dead?
It has more satire in five minutes than you have in the whole film!
On the new Dawn of the Dead
Wright: Slickly directed, got some good bits in it. But it's like the Bud Lite of horror.
Like, you liked Dawn of the Dead. Now here it is with less carbs!
Pegg: It also misses the point of the original completely.
It doesn't have the extended middle sequence where the characters hole up and fail to let go of their ingrained materialism, which juxtaposes with the zombies outside trying to get back into the place they loved in their lives.
Nick Frost: But the zombie baby was pretty great.
Pegg: In the original script it ate itself out of the mother.
Frost: Ahhh. Even better.
On Zombie Flesh Eaters
Wright: A classic.
The restaurant where Shaun tries to get reservations is named Fulci's, after the director, Lucio Fulci.
for the whole thing.
Marilyn Manson's Drummer Injured in Fall
Drummer Ginger Fish was taken to a hospital in Cologne for treatment after the incident Friday night and was released Saturday, the Viva television channel said in a statement.
Fish, whose real name is Kenny Wilson, fell off the stage as the band performed a cover version of Depeche Mode 's "Personal Jesus" at an award ceremony at the city's Koelnarena.
It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the fall. [Source: Launch]
Schwarzenegger Back for T4?
John Brancato and Michael Ferris, the writers who penned Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines have finished a script with T3 director Jonathan Mostow, who took over the franchise from James Cameron.
What is up in the air is the cast. It remains to be seen if several key players will return, including Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl and Claire Danes. No official word on whether the two younger stars have been approached, but Variety reports that neither is believed to have signed an option agreement when they took on the roles of John Connor and Kate Miller in T3.
The biggest question mark, however, remains the supermachine himself. Schwarzenegger has reportedly been approached for the project, but if he does sign on, it will likely only be in a limited capacity. The buzz on T4 is that the story will revolve around a brand-new, bigger, badder even more indestructible killing machine.
Sound of Thunder Riding the Bullet Trailers
And Apple has the full-length trailer for , based on the Ray Bradbury story.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Producer Talks Prequel
But there will be a group of teen and young adults in their 20s who make an unfortunate decision to end up in this town." Fuller is currently on the set of the "Amityville" remake. [Source: Dark Horizons]
Studios Fighting for Strange Novel
8 in the United States and debuted at number nine on the New York Times best-seller list before rising to number three this week.
Nick Marston, Clarke's agent at Curtis Brown, told the trade paper that he's being bombarded with calls and e-mails from Hollywood producers. Lord of the Rings producer New Line, Harry Potter studio Warner Brothers, DreamWorks and Sony are among the studios in contention, the trade paper reported.
Jonathan Strange took Clarke, a 43-year-old editor of cookbooks, a decade to write. She's now working on a follow-up with some of the same characters, making the book even more tempting to filmmakers as a potential franchise.
Screenwriter Blogs About Silent Hill Movie
"Silent Hill, Silent Hill, Silent Hill..
.my life is consumed by it. The soundtrack to Silent Hill 2, the graphic novel, fan art, and of course, the games.
I'm mostly spending the evenings re-playing Silent Hill 2 (my favorite of the series) on my French PS2, and then watching various DVDs that Christophe suggests are similar to the Silent Hill feel. Then, every morning at 10AM, a car picks me up from my apartment in St.-Germain-des-Pres to deliver me to the palatial offices of Samuel Hadida (which we call KGB Central) where Christophe and I feverishly work alongside each other.
We have the entire 4th Floor production suite to ourselves. Christophe is obsessed with all sorts of obscure Italian soundtracks, which we listen to (along with the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack and heavy doses of Serge Gainsbourg) while we write. We've had a game system brought into the office so that we can take breaks to play.
...
By night, I'm back to my little apartment -- typically French, with beams in the ceiling and creaky wood floors -- to continue trolling the Silent Hill universe for hidden clues. This may just be the best writing experience I've ever had."
Criterion Releasing New Edition of Fritz Lang's M
And in other Criterion news, the DVD releases of Paul Morrisey's Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula are now out of print. They will be available only for as long as supplies last in stores.
Nicholas Cage Talks Ghost Rider Movie
"What I love about this idea for a comic book is that, if you think about it, it's really complex. Obviously the movie should be fun and it has to have humour but if you think about a superhero who's using the powers of hell for good..
. I mean, that is a very profound, complicated concept for a superhero," said Cage.
And if that has you thinking Hellboy, then Cage is happy to set you straight.
"Hellboy is a later character," he said. "Ghost Rider's been cursed by the devil but he's not going to let the devil win. He sold his soul out of love, he was trying to save his father's life, and then he got tricked by the trickster.
But because he did it out of love the devil can't get him. He can outfox the devil and use his powers for love and good, which is interesting."
Cage revealed that the Rider's face will be largely CG.
"But it's important to the filmmaker that there's still moments in the CGI of the face where you can still see my own expressions, so I can work that out with them. It's hard to have a skull make facial expressions."
Early reports suggest that the movie will see Ghost Rider take on Blackheart, the son of the Devil, and Cage is looking forward to the challenge of his first comic book movie.
"Ghost Rider is one of the original American Marvel comic icons. He was sort of the icon for motorcyclists that the Silver Surfer was for surfers. Imagine Evel Knievel with a flaming skull for a head.
It should be fun."
Full Trailers for Seed of Chucky Final Cut
Yahoo Trailers has got the full trailer for .
Ghost Rider Shooting in Oz?
Nicolas Cage is still rumored to be in negotiations for the lead role as a motorcycle stuntman who does a deal with an evil character to gain supernatural powers.
Shooting is scheduled for five months from January next year and will take place at the Central City Studios and on location in the city and regional areas. The film is scheduled to be Columbia Pictures' major summer release for 2006.
Fangoria Creates GoreZone Film Label
The Last Horror Movie, the story of a wedding photographer-turned-serial killer, will be the new label's first title to hit retail shelves Dec. 9, said Hart Sharp Video president Joe Amodei.
"We plan to release four to six titles a year under the Fangoria Presents: GoreZone label." [Source: Hollywood Reporter]
Fantastic Four War of the Worlds Clash July 4
Fox was first to plant its banner on the holiday: Late last year, it announced that its adaptation of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four -- starring Michael Chiklis and directed by Tim Story -- would open Friday, July 1, the beginning of the four-day holiday weekend next year as the Fourth falls on a Monday.
But Paramount Pictures is now moving onto the same territory with plans to open its War of the Worlds -- a Paramount/DreamWorks co-production based on the H.G.
Wells novel, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise -- on Wednesday, June 29, two days before Four's scheduled opening.
And, so far, neither studio is backing down. [Source: Hollywood Reporter]
Sam Raimi Producing Pang Bros. Film
Scarecrow follows the lives of a family moving into a run-down sunflower farm who begin to notice uncomfortable and alarming changes in their father's behavior. The screenplay was written by Stuart Beattie (Collateral), from an original script by Todd Farmer. "I'm thrilled that the Pang brothers have agreed to direct Scarecrow," Raimi said.
"I've been a big fan ever since The Eye. Danny and Oxide have an exciting and unique vision and are at the forefront of the neo-horror movement in Asian filmmaking." Production is scheduled to begin this spring.
Casting Begins for Doom Film
Urban will play John Grimm, the leader of a special ops team that is at the center of the futuristic action-adventure film.
When dealing with alien demons, he is forced to cross paths with the organization responsible for his parents' deaths.
Andrzej Bartkowiak (Cradle 2 the Grave) will direct. Production is slated to begin late next month, with an Aug.
5 release planned.
New Zealand-born Urban gained international attention playing Eomer in the Lord of the Rings movies. He also starred in The Chronicles of Riddick.
[Source: Hollywood Reporter]
Disney Picks Up Clive Barker's Abarat Rights
Abarat is the story of the young Candy Quackenbush who is mysteriously transported to the archipelago of Abarat where each of the magical islands represent a different hour of the day and is characterised by that time of day (ie.
the night ones are creepy).
Of his involvement, Barker says "The screenwriter is a man called John Harrison, who I respect enormously and he tells me the script is loyal to the books and I'm delighted that's so. I don't want to get too close to the creative process.
I still have two more Abarat books to write. If I start to get involved in the film I'll be drawn back into the material from books one and two when in fact, as a writer, I should be looking forward. My job is to finish the story I have begun in very a spectacular fashion.
" [Source: Dark Horizons]
Frank Darabont to Produce The Thing Remake
Campbell's short story "Who Goes There?" than the 1951 Thing. It'll be a four-hour, two-part movie produced by NBC Universal Television.
David Leslie Johnson is scripting the new adaptation, and David Foster (one of the producers of the Carpenter film) will co-executive produce with Darabont. A director for the project has yet to be announced. [Source: Fangoria]
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Satan) and three from the upcoming sequel, The Devil's Rejects.
Ray Garton Signing at Borderlands in San Fran!
There will be an interview with a Q A session, a reading, then a signing. This is Ray's first signing appearance in many years so definitely don't pass this up. Oh, and tell him Really Scary sends him a big hug.
He'll love that...
heheh. Borderlands is at 866 Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District.
Ghost in the Shell 2 Photo Gallery News
Mid-Atlantic Horror Professionals Chapbook 2004!
It premiered at the Baltimore Horrorfind Weekend and now you have a chance to pick this baby up for a mere $7 even if you couldn't make it to Balto.
The Shocklines store is offering these beauties with autographs from several of the contributors, including Brian Keene (The Rising), Elizabeth Massie (Wire Mesh Mothers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Matthew Warner (Organ Donor) and many more! And did we mention it's only $7 for more than 110 pages of horror goodness?
to check it out.
Peter Jackson Talks King Kong
Speaking to reporters Thursday at his studio in the New Zealand capital, the director said his first attempt to film King Kong was as a youngster. It involved a Super 8 camera and a cardboard model of the Empire State Building.
"It's great to be able to finally get the film made.
It's a film which I've loved ever since I was a child. It really inspired me to want to become a film-maker," he said.
A screaming, vine-swinging special effects extravaganza, Jackson's "King Kong" will also be a character-driven psychological study of a monster -- and, of course, a love story.
Jackson says he will pay homage to the original, which starred Fay Wray, who died on Aug. 8 aged 96, and retain the "mystery and romance of a bygone era." However, the characters -- including Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts), Carl Denham (Jack Black) and Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) -- will not be carbon copies of those in the original film.
"To put modern political beliefs onto something that was made in 1933 is obviously putting a spin on it that doesn't really exist. It was a product of its time," he said. "We're really just attempting to make a wonderful, mysterious adventure film .
.. it's about gorillas, it's about dinosaurs, and lost islands, and this relationship.
"
Watts said she accepted the part without seeing the script.
"This story is very simplistic and very human, so that's why I'm here," she said. [Source: Reuters]
Wes Craven Casts Red Eye
McAdams will star as a woman held captive by a stranger (Murphy) on an airliner. The man threatens to kill her father unless she helps him arrange the assassination of a wealthy businessman. Craven is helming from a script by Carl Ellsworth.
[Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Theron's Injury Puts Aeon Flux in Flux
Theron had been working in Berlin, where production on Flux began Aug.
16. The injury happened while Theron was performing stunts in wire-hanging action, according to unit publicist Jeanmarie Carrasco, quoted in an Associated Press report.
According to sources close to the film, Theron hurt her neck while performing stunts on a trampoline late last week.
She was taken to a hospital for examination and flew back Tuesday to Los Angeles, where she is expected to meet with her personal doctors to further evaluate the situation.
Because it is anticipated doctors might want to monitor Theron's condition over the next several weeks, the production will not resume for a minimum of six weeks, sources said.
Aeon Flux, budgeted at less than $55 million, is considered a physically demanding project for Theron, who stars as a top assassin who is part of a rebellion sent to kill a government leader.
It's based on Peter Chung's futuristic MTV animated series. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
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