Some Early Pics from Rip Cage
"i visit deviantart quite often and i came upon something really interesting. if you head on over to rip cage co-writer, vanessa mason's website: you can actually see 8 pics from the opening sequence of the film! follow the 'film' link at the top, then click on the teaser poster.at the very top of the new page it says: click here for rip cage content exclusive to xvx-01.tk! there's also some other rip cage stuff at the site.
looks as if there's some awesome gothic artwork in the film! i can't wait!"
Thanks Gavin, very nice!
Skeleton Key Begins Shooting
Hudson plays Caroline, a live-in nurse caring for the elderly husband (Hurt) of a New Orleans couple. Intrigued by the husband and wife's old Gothic mansion in the Lousiana delta, Caroline explores the dark rooms using a skeleton key that can unlock every door in the house. When she discovers a hidden attic room, she accidentally unlocks a deadly secret.
[Source: Cinescape]
Dawn of the Dead Actor Prince of Afghan Province
But should the acting work dry up, he could always attempt to reclaim his birthright as the "Prince of Ghor", a remote province in western Afghanistan.
It transpires that Reiniger is the great-great-great grandson of the 19th-century American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title as the result of a treaty he signed with the local Hazara population in 1839. The area then known as Ghor is now divided between the modern provinces of Ghowr and surrounding areas.
Reiniger only discovered his royal lineage last month, after reading reviews of Ben MacIntyre's recent biography of Harlan, The Man Who Would be King: The First American in Afghanistan. "My reaction initially was that it seemed incredibly surreal," he told the BBC World Service.
However, Reiniger seems keen to pass his crown down to his younger brother, Harlan Reiniger.
"He has the name and he's the historian in the family," he explained. "So I think he really should have the title."
In the meantime, Ben MacIntyre suggests that Harlan's treaty could turn out to be a poisoned chalice, with modern-day Afghanistan hardly the most stable or desirable of kingdoms.
"The treaty remains in effect," he says. "Although it would be a brave man who attempted to reassert his claim to be prince of Ghor at this stage." [Source: UK's Guardian]
Shyamalan Filming New Ending for Village?
Disney did not confirm reports given by unknown crew members that the material being filmed was a new ending, but given that the ending to Shyamalan's script has been spoiled and is available on the Internet for months, maybe someone wants to try and keep this secret in the box.
The Ring Virus Getting US DVD Release
S. market Aug. 16.
This 1999 Korean adaptation of the Koji Suzuki novel Ringu and the subsequent Japanese film by Hideo Nakata was written and directed by Kim Dong-Bin and casts Shin Eun-Kyung as Sun-Ju, a journalist investigating the mysterious death of her cousin who comes across the deadly videotape that kills anyone who watches it within seven days. Tai Seng's disc will present the movie letterboxed with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, in both Korean and Mandarin languages with removable English and Chinese subtitles.
[Source: Fangoria]
Dark Materials Director Named
Weitz, the co-director of American Pie and About a Boy will take on the first of a series of books that revolve around two children who live in parallel worlds surrounded by a cast of shape-shifting creatures.
Described as darker in tone than the Harry Potter books, the series tackles themes of childhood, innocence and sin, and combines magic, science and theology.
UK's Horror Channel Expands Hours
Beginning May 31, the channel's start time will be brought forward from 6pm to 2pm daily.
The move comes after ratings figures show that 3.45 million viewers tuned in during the first 16 days.
Managing director Tony Hazell said: "The Horror Channel's phenomenal 0.06 percent audience share is in addition to nearly one million hits on our website. This clearly shows the horror genre's broad appeal as it makes its bold resurgence into the mainstream.
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New Interviews, Bloodshot Eye Review Scary Voices!
brings us a brand new Bloodshot Eyeball Movie Review of Van Helsing, TNT sends us some Q A interviews with the cast of the and takes us back to a movie theater in 1968 for a flick that would change everything.
Calling on Really Scary-ites...Because You Rule
"Some years ago, 6 or 7 maybe, a friend told me to watch some new show channel 22 (which is kind of a cultural and very decent channel over here in mexico) had on saturdays at night, it was called "los archivos secretos" or "los archivos prohibidos" or something like that in spanish, wich means "the secret files" or "the secret archives" or maybe "the forbidden files(or archives)"?
I don't know the real name of the show, because it was a french production, with a french narrator in the background, a french name and just some spanish subtitles. I swear it is the most scary thing I've ever seen in my life, they showed a lot of videos suppossed to be true which were kept hidden for years by the government and decided finally to show them, some really shocking supernatural things.I've been looking for years for this show and haven't been able to find it because I don't even know the name."
Jorge's letter brought "In Search Of" to mind but Leonard Nimoy would probably not be confused for a French narrator so we're fairly certain that's not it. Any ideas out here?
E-mail us at . Thank you brilliant audience!
Criterion Giving Special Treatment to Videodrome
Audio commentary by Cronenberg and cinematographer Mark Irwin
Audio commentary by stars James Woods and Deborah Harry
Cronenberg's short film Camera, created for the Toronto Film Festival in 2000 and starring Videodrome's Les Carlson
A new 30-minute documentary by Videodrome video FX artist Michael Lennick about the movie's landmark makeup and special FX
Fear on Film, a half-hour roundtable discussion from 1982 between Cronenberg, John Carpenter and John Landis (all of whom were working on Universal horror films at the time), hosted by director-to-be Mick Garris
Short promotional featurette from 1982, also created by Garris
Trailers
Extensive galleries with makeup test shots, behind-the-scenes photos, publicity stills, marketing materials, etc.
Samurai Dreams - the fake Japanese soft-porn film seen in the movie, presented in its entirety
Seed of Chucky Teaser Trailer
Full Stepford Wives Trailer Live
It looks like they're definitely going for the black comedy angle as opposed to a true horror flick like the first one back in the '70s. Might still be interesting, but we don't see much in the way of scares here - .
Return of the Living Dead 4 5 Begin Shooting
The Hollywood Reporter says both films have been fully financed by a $35 million equity fund that Anatoly Fradis (Eight Legged Freaks) set up last year.
Titled Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis and Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave From the Grave the films were written by William Butler and Aaron Strongoni and feature a relatively unknown cast drawn from TV.
Special effects will be done by Optic Nerve Studios. [Source: Coming Soon]
Benicio Del Toro Clive Owen Head for Sin City
Rodriguez wrote the script and is co-directing the screen version of the graphic novel series with its creator Frank Miller.
The noir drama is divided into three chapters named for titles in the Miller series: "Sin City," "That Yellow Bastard" and "The Big Fat Kill." Del Toro and Owen will be seen in the last segment, along with Brittany Murphy.
The film cast also includes Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Jessica Alba, Elijah Wood, Carla Gugino, Jaime King and Marley Shelton.
The trade adds that Rodriguez still hopes to draft Quentin Tarantino to direct at least part of that segment, once the "Kill Bill" helmer returns from presiding over the Cannes Film Festival jury. "City" is shooting in Austin, Texas.
Entertainment Tonight also gave a brief look at the set of the film on Wednesday, a clip which you can download . It shows Jessica Alba as stripper Nancy with all the right moves, Bruce Willis as Hartigan and more. [Source: Variety Coming Soon]
Elfman Talks Charlie the Chocolate Factory
"As soon as I'm done with Spider-Man 2, I jump right into both Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and another animated Tim Burton film called The Corpse Bride," Elfman said.
Elfman, who previously composed the music for such Burton films as Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Big Fish, sounded particularly excited about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
"It just looks like it's going to be tons of fun," he said. "The first attempt at writing a first idea for a song [was] so whacked out. I just sat there writing this crazy thing in the middle of the night and put 20 voices on it myself as a demo.
I sent it out there, and Tim liked it."
Elfman added, "[The film] is going to be really great. It seems like really fertile ground.
The script is good. I like Johnny Depp a lot. So I think doing an adaptation from the book could be great.
I know it's always dangerous doing a remake of something that's much loved. I've been down this road before. I just hope it gets a shot at being its own thing.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, based on the Roald Dahl children's book, is in preproduction now with an eye toward a July 2005 release.
Demi Moore Joins Supernatural Flick
Based on Rosenberg's original screenplay, the movie centers on Rachel Carlson, a successful mystery novelist whose life falls apart when her 5-year-old son drowns at her country home. A year later, in an effort to heal her wounds and help her to start writing again, her best friend rents her a secluded cottage in a remote fishing village, where events unfold that rock the tranquil village and cause Rachel to fear for her sanity and her life.
Rosenberg will also direct the movie, which will be produced by Joel B.
Michaels. [Source: Sci Fi Wire]
Dimension Takes on Brothers Grimm Distribution
Terry Gilliam's supernatural action/fantasy, with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger playing the tale-spinning siblings as fake exorcists who are forced to take on real demons, was originally a co-production between Dimension and MGM, with the latter handling international distribution. The studio's departure is said to have been motivated by the heavy slate it has on tap for the next year.
The trade reports that the shoot was rough, with Gilliam and Harvey and Bob Weinstein locking horns and the latter replacing the first cinematographer.
The budget is said to be $75-85 million, and the result will hit U.S. screens November 19.
[Source: Fangoria]
Constantine Teaser Trailer Live
Straight to Hell also has news of a Constantine video game. UK's Bits Corp announced that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc.
and Vertigo/DC Comics have granted them the license to develop a video game for the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures film Constantine and to publish and distribute such game together with a publisher to be approved by Warner Bros.
The game will be based on the film release of the same name featuring John Constantine, the lead character in DC Comics/Vertigo publication, Hellblazer.
The game will feature an original storyline based around the film and is being developed for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
Romero's Crazies Getting Remake
The original was set in a sleepy Pennsylvania small town that was unfortunate enough to be ground zero of a biological disaster: a plane, containing a military nerve agent, crashed just outside the town and the bio-weapon escaped into the town's drinking water.
Screenwriter Dean Georgaris (Paycheck) and Michael Aguilar will produce the remake via their production company, Penn Station. [Source: Cinescape]
Xanth Novels Headed to Big Screen
A Spell For Chameleon tells the story of Bink, a boy born into the magical world of Xanth.
Every inhabitant of his land is supposed to have a magical power, and unless Bink can discover what his ability is, he will have to leave his land.
Wolfgang Petersen and David Benioff, the writer and director behind Troy, are set to produce, but they will recruit someone else to write and to direct.
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