Fans of Stephanie Myer going to see The Hunger Games this weekend will be pleased to see the first teaser for The Host. Those of us sitting out the plight of Katniss and her Battle Royale-lite will be able to catch a glimpse of the trailer thanks to Yahoo! Movies.
The Host is the film version of Myers' post-Twilight sci-fi novel, adapted and directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, Jake Abel, William Hurt, Frances Fisher, and Max Irons. It will be in theaters March 29, 2013.
The teaser is clearly going for a shocking false-utopia message with a Social Network style photo montage capping it off, but, you know, with extraterrestrial implications. Listen, I don't think it's a rip off of the Social Network trailer. I think it's a rip off of the Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Social Network trailers combined, with Invasion of the Body Snatchers style aliens replacing RE's zombies for good measure.
Rip-off or not, the teaser is impressively put together (sans those cheesy photos, which lack David Fincher's sensitive touch) and the teenage girl in me is really digging the post-apocalyptic synopsis. So long as there's no sparkling vampires or shirtless werewolf hunks, I'm down.
And while you're still here, why not compare the RE: Apocalypse and The Social Network trailer with The Host's teaser and test my theory?
Hollywood Reporter has reported that Friday the 13th (2009) and Freddy Vs. Jason scribes Damian Shannon and Mark Swift have signed a deal with Paramount to write and direct a new, currently untitled horror film. The specifics of the story are being kept under pretty tight wraps, but we do know "it is known to contain a high school setting." Pacific Rimproducer Mary Parent is set to develop the property. Okay, this isn't exactly breaking news. No one's going to be scrambling to their computers to share this piece of information like a Dark Knight Rises viral trailer or Avengers action figure photo, but I think horror screenwriters, Damian Shannon and Mark Swift especially, deserve to have some noise made about their upcoming projects.
While I wasn't totally in love with some of the directions the duo took the Friday the 13th series, their love for the series permeated every inch of their screenplays, respecting the mythology of the series while also striving to address fan expectations. Whether or not they were entirely successful is a debate I leave to the forums, but these guys brought Elm Street and Friday the 13th universes together in a way that made sense (well, slasher movie sense anyway) and pulled the film up out of ten years of development hell.
Franchise fans owe these guys some serious respect, and I thoroughly look forward to their upcoming projects. Extra Tidbit: Monica Keena (above) starred in Freddy Vs. Jason and delivered most of it's cheesiest lines.
Stephen King's Salem's Lot mini sequel, "One For The Road," has received a short film adaptation by director Paul Ward and producer Tim Sullivan. Now, the film's official Facebook has announced it's acceptance at Cannes this year. The film stars Phantasm veteran Reggie Bannister.
Taken from the film's IMDB Page "One For The Road" is "... narrated in the first person by Booth, an elderly resident of a small town that neighbors Jerusalem's Lot, Maine. The main part of the story is set a couple of years after the events of 'Salem's Lot. Booth describes a winter's night years ago, when he and his friend, a bar owner named Herb Tooklander (Tookey), attempted to rescue the family of a motorist named Gerard Lumley, whose vehicle had become stranded in a ferocious blizzard. At first mildly contemptuous of Lumley for driving in such weather, both men are horrified when they realize that Lumley's vehicle is stranded in Jerusalem's Lot. It is widely known that "the Lot" has gone bad, but they still decide to drive out in a snow plough and attempt to save Lumley's family. Instead, they barely manage to save themselves from the man's wife and daughter, who have been turned into vampires..."
Every year, Stephen King options the rights to his short stories out through his dollar baby program. You can catch these at festivals or even online in some cases. Most of these adaptations don't get me too terribly excited, but "One For The Road" ranks among my favorite King stories and Lot among my favorite King novels. With the participation of the always reliable Bannister and the steady hand of Tim Sullivan overseeing production, there's no reason "Road" shouldn't rank among the greatest of King's dollar babies. Also, the score was written and performed by experimental musician (and Fangoria Editor-In-Chief) Chris Alexander, whose haunting, evocative music always elevates the indie horror films for which he contributes. Extra Tidbit: Originally published in King's Night Shift collection (along with the Salem's Lot prequel "Jerusalem's Lot") , "One For The Road" was adapted as a dollar baby in 2010, credited on Wikipedia to director Michael Floyd (there's no IMDB available) and is listed as in post-production.
After delving into historical drama with A Dangerous Method, it's good to see the father of body horror is getting back into science fiction, as shown in this teaser trailer and poster for Cosmopolis. Originally posted on the film's French Facebook page, the trailer shows us Cronenberg's return to a surrealistic form in 34 seconds of gun play, taser play, self inflicted gunshot wounds, limousine sex, giant rats, murder, and more sex.
Based on the novel by Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis posits "New York City, not-too-distant-future. Eric Packer, a 28 year-old finance golden boy dreaming of living in a civilization ahead of this one, watches a dark shadow cast over the firmament of the Wall Street galaxy, of which he is the uncontested king. As he is chauffeured across midtown Manhattan to get a haircut at his father's old barber, his anxious eyes are glued to the yuan's exchange rate: it is mounting against all expectations, destroying Eric's bet against it. Eric Packer is losing his empire with every tick of the clock. Meanwhile, an eruption of wild activity unfolds in the city's streets. Petrified as the threats of the real world infringe upon his cloud of virtual convictions, his paranoia intensifies during the course of his 24-hour cross-town odyssey. Packer starts to piece together clues that lead him to a most terrifying secret: his imminent assassination."
The film stars Twilight heart throb Robert Pattinson as the yuppie bad boy Eric, a role that will likely turn heads in how far removed it is from his iconic Edward Cullen. It may come as a surprise to some, but the guy has always been a competent thespian in my book and Cosmopolis looks like a perfect opportunity for him to show his range. Eric seems like the sort of unhinged antihero perfectly suited to Cronenberg's nihilistic brand of weird storytelling. A supporting cast including Samantha Morton, Jay Baruchel, Paul Giamatti, and and Juliette Binoche doesn't hurt matters either.
Though containing sci-fi elements, Cosmopolis doesn't appear to be a straightforward return to Cronenberg's specific brand of body horror. It does seem to be in line with the psychologically driven character pieces he's gained mainstream adulation for. That's fine with me, as films like A History of Violence and Eastern Promises tend to cover the same dramatic territory as The Fly or Videodrome-- they are all about characters being destroyed from within to macabre results, with or without tons of prosthetics and buckets of goo.
Body horror, psyche horror-- it's all gravy when David Cronenberg's involved.If Cosmopolis ishalf as crazy, inventive and disturbing as it looks, then it should leave all audiences satisfied.
The film opens May 23rd in France. There is no release date for the U.S., U.K., or Canada announced. Check out the official site here for more information, stills, and a higher quality version of the trailer.
Extra Tidbit: Samantha Morton played a Marilyn Monroe impersonator in Mister Lonely (2007) as seen above.
Variety has reported Dr. Dre (aka Andre Young), rapper, music producer and CEO of Aftermath Records, will be producing the upcoming horror thriller Thaw.The film is being developed under the banner of Dre's Crucial Films company and is based off a story by partner Daniel Schnider. Screenwriter Vik Weet will be writing the film, which is about "an ancient evil that emerges from the rapidly melting ice in the Yukon."
If made, Thaw will be Dre's first film producing credit since the 2001 comedy The Wash, in which he also starred. Otherwise, Dre's filmmaking experiences have been limited to directing music videos (including N.W.A.'s "Bitch Please") and grabbing supporting roles in movies like Training Day and Set It Off.
Dre has a reputation as a music studio perfectionist, a method that often generates epic results but extremely prolonged waiting. Case in point-- his upcoming album The Detox, has been in the making since 2001. That's eleven years, kids. Not quite Chinese Democracy, but damn close.
We'll have to wait and see whether or not this mentality will delay production on Thaw, but keep in mindDre's company signed a first look-deal with New Line back in 2007. That was one year before New Line was consolidated into Warner Bros, but still-- that's five years without a movie released. Playing devil's advocate, this careful consideration, however overboard it may seem, also means Dre isn't producing stuff like Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror. (We don't love them celluloid hoes, Snoop. No one does.)
Meanwhile, screenwriter Vik Weet is having another horror script about the Dyatlov Pass incident fast tracked by Renny Harlin. That film, still untitled, is about "a mysterious incident in 1959, when nine experienced hikers were found dead." As last updated, shooting was set to start this March. If all this comes to pass, 2012 should be a big year for Vik Weet.
And hey, remember Ben Folds' cover of "Bitches Ain't Shit"? I bet Dre does.
Extra Tidbit: Y'all motherfuckers act like you forgot about Folds.
News has broken that British filmmaker Robert Fuest has passed away at the age of 84. Fuest, best known as the director The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises Again, was active in the film and television industry until 1990.
After a stint in the Royal Air Force, Fuest would try his hand as an artist, teacher, and copywriter before becoming an art director on the 1961 spy series The Avengers. He would later parlay his position into feature filmmaking with Just Like A Woman in 1967. The opportunity to direct several episodes of the The Avengers followed in 1968. Fuest would step into the horror genre by partnering with Avengers producers Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell to make the paranoid 1970 classic And Soon The Darkness. A cult item of its kind, the film is arguably the first in a subgenre of backwoods horror films that remained popular throughout the decade. The same year, Fuest would tackle an adaptation of Emily Bronte's gothic romance Wurthering Heights, an AIP production starring a very young Timothy Dalton. That production would be labeled a box office dud, but would go on to earn compose Michel Legrand a Golden Globe nomination for best score.
The director would return to genre in 1971 with The Abominable Dr. Phibes, a classic of surrealist horror. In it, the titular Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price) would take revenge on a group of doctors he believes let his wife die following a devastating car accident. With murder plans inspired by the ten plagues of Egypt, Phibes bumps them off in elaborate, agonizing set-pieces. Phibes and it's sequel, Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) have been celebrated for their opulent art deco set designs, black sense of humor, and eye popping use of color. Of Fuest's brief filmography, these are his most celebrated films, influencing Price's own follow-up, Theatre of Blood, as well as the wildly popular Saw series (for more information, see the video review by James Rolfe, below). Fuest would follow Dr. Phibes Rises Again with The Last Days of Man on Earth in 1973, a film which he also wrote and directed for a very low budget. Following its lackluster reception, he would tackle The Devil's Rain, a film noteworthy among movie fans for its eclectic cast (William Shatner, John Travolta, Ernest Borgnine), hammy dialogue, bizarre occult storyline, and wildly over the top, face melting, church exploding ending. While a disappointment, the film's trademark Fuest-ian sets and style combined with a wacked-out screenplay makes it among the most celebrated "so-bad-they're-good" films of all time. Sadly, Fuest would cap his film career off with Aphrodite, a softcore porn film. The director would spend the remainder of the 1980s directing television, including the made-for-TV Return of the Stepford Wives. In a cyclical fashion, he would come back to the source material that gave him his start by directing The New Avengers before bowing out of the business in the 1990s.
Despite a relatively small filmography, Fuest's legacy has been secured among science fiction and horror lovers the world over. Our deepest condolences go out to his friends, family, and associates. May he rest in peace.
Extra Tidbit: Hammer horror starlet Caroline Munro (Captain Cronos: Vampire Hunter, below) makes an uncredited appearance as Phibes' wife in The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
Bloody-Disgusting learned that Robert Hall and his effects studio Almost Human, Inc. will be providing make-up and visual effects for William Brent Bell's mock-doc horror film Wer.
The film, written by Bell and producer Matthew Peterman, focuses on a criminal suspect transforming into a werewolf while inside a police station.
Hall, best known to film fans as the writer/director of the Laid To Rest franchise, has become a major proponent of marrying computer and make-up effects in creating his special brand of movie magic. Wer will continue his movement in this direction: "I've been trying to achieve the perfect balance of digital and practical on my films for years and so many folks have taken notice that we just cant keep it to ourselves anymore...it's growing, and making the company stronger."
Regarding Wer, Hall is excited about the effects opportunity the film will afford for Almost Human, Inc. "I've done several movies with [producer] Steven Schneider and I really loved the script for Wer. Matt, Brian and Morris [Paulson, producer] really know what they want and are not afraid to collaborate. I'm very excited about what we're making together on this picture."
Wer will be William Brent Bell's follow-up to The Devil Inside, a film already considered to be one of the worst of the year by fans and critics alike, sporting a whopping 7% on Rotten Tomatoes and 3.6 rating on IMDB. Before that, the duo collaborated on Stay Alive, a generic teen slasher that flopped in the box office and didn't exactly gain fan adoration, either.Wer sounds like a potentially fun ride, but given Bell/Peterman's creative output to date, I don't hold out a lot of hope.
Then again, I also wasn't floored by Hall'sLaid To Rest, a film which many of my gore geek contemporaries can't stop gushing over (pun intended). Regardless of my opinions of Hall as a filmmaker, it cannot be disputed that he is an amazing effects master who's contributed creature and gore effects to many highly regarded films and television shows. Should we trust his judgement on this one, or is this going to be another case of great effects, horrible movie?
Extra Tidbit: Bobbi Sue Luther (above, also Hall's ex-wife) starred in Laid To Rest.
The memory of Halloween franchise figurehead Moustapha Akkad was honored last February with a landmark dedication in Pasadena, California. Located on the corner of Laurie Strode's own street (Oxley and Fairview) a bench has been installed with a plaque devoted to his memory:
In Loving Memory of Moustapha Akkad Known to the world as the Godfather of the HALLOWEEN film series. Your Legacy lives on… Filmed in So. Pasadena 1978
Halloween Movies reports that Halloween 25th Anniversary convention organizer Paul Swearingen was instrumental in working with the city of Pasadena in getting the project off the ground and completed.“Being a former resident of South Pasadena, where the first movie was made, I knew when someone passed away, the city would, many times, have a bench or tree planted in the park, along with a memorial plaque,” shares Swearingen. “I asked the city if we could possibly do it near or on a location where the film was shot, and the city council agreed.”
Malek Akkad, who has since replaced his father as the producer of the Halloween series, has announced his sincerest thanks for honoring Moustapha Akkad's memory:“I am humbled by the generosity shown by the city of South Pasadena with the memorial to Moustapha,”he said, adding"The city was as much a character in the original Halloween as the cast, and this bench is a great way to celebrate our shared history and my father’s legacy. He would have been very proud.” Moustapha Akkad's life was cut short in 2005 during the terrorist coordinated bombing of five hotels in Amman, Jordan. His daughter, Rima Akkad Monla, was also a casualty.
Akkad will be remember among horror fans as the man who kept Michael Myers alive long after fans, critics, box office, and storylines dictated otherwise. Much like A Nightmare On Elm Street producer and former New Line head Bob Shaye, Akkad's legacy will be forever tied to a franchise that continues to strike fear into the hearts and imaginations of movie fans the world over. The landmark is a great reminder of his life and achievements, and a fitting thanks to Halloween's biggest supporter.
Photographer Robert Kerr provided pictures of the memorial, which can be seen below.
Extra Tidbit: Akkad is also well known for his Muslim themed historical epics Mohammed, Messenger of God and Lion of the Desert. The former's goal was to portray the prophet Mohammed on film in a way that respected the laws of Islam. Both are available on DVD.
Fangoriahas been granted behind the scenes stills for Stephen Wolfe's Doll Factory, a horror-comedy currently being shot in Houston, Texas. Starring Justin Herman, Nicole Elliott, Patrick Sane and Deke Anderson, the film tells the story of "a group of teenagers who inadvertently bring a bunch of baby dolls to murderous life and have to save their town from the possessed playthings."
I myself am a big fan of any movies with killer dolls, puppets, action figures, ventriloquist dummies, mannequins, etc. From Child's Play to Dolly Dearest, Tourist Trap to Dolls, Demonic Toys to Puppet Master-- if it has inanimate playthings stalking, slashing, and killing innocent victims in ridiculous ways, count me in.
Based on the stills and the concept trailer (below) Doll Factory looks to be a throwback to retro Charles Band (shouldn't he be producing this?) style killer doll movies mixed with your typical small town under siege plot. But, y'know, by killer baby dolls. Thus-- hilarious.
Listen, good indie horror films are hard to come by these days. Everyone and their grandmother have access to RED Cameras, friends, corn syrup, food dye, and Final Cut Pro, but rarely enough talent to maintain an entertaining feature length film. Even the smallest glimpse of Doll Factory's goofy and gory thrills is enough to turn my head in these perilous indie times.
Also, I really dig killer baby dolls. So sue me.
Extra Tidbit: I think we can all agree Jennifer Tilly (above) is a fan of killer dolls, too.
Shock Till You Drop scored an exclusive peak at the first poster for Lovely Molly,the latest offering from Blair Witch Project co-directorEduardo Sanchez. The poster features Alexandra Holden looking positively chilling and giving off some serious demon possession vibes.
Following the Ghost House Pictures distributed Seventh Moon, Lovely Molly will be Sanchez's fourth horror outing to date. The filmmaker is, in my mind, one of the few indie horror directors out there whose work is consistently well-crafted, intelligent and worth seeking out. Despite having co-created one of the biggest independent horror films of all time (Blair Witch), Sanchez refuses to rest on his laurels and follow the trend of Hollywood's current "found footage" love affair. Given the fact he helped generate the trend, one has to respect the man's integrity as a straight, no-gimmicks genre director.
Fans and critics seem to agree that Lovely Molly falls in among the filmmakers' finest work to date. It has garnered some very positive buzz at South By Southwest and is being distributed by Image Entertainment in limited theaters May 18th.
Check out the synopsis and trailer below for a better idea of what exactly makes Molly so lovely. Here's a hint: it's not her looks. (Okay, maybe it is, but some of use like to judge women for what's inside, rather that out. Especially if it's a malevolent supernatural entity.)
"When newlywed Molly Reynolds returns to her long-abandoned family home, frightful reminders of a nightmarish childhood begin seeping into her new life. She soon begins an inexorable descent into evil that blurs the lines between psychosis and possession."
Extra Tidbit: Alexandra Holden (above) also starred in the Edward Furlong vehicle Dark Reel.
According to Variety, Fallback Plan Productions andAbsentia writer/director Mike Flanagan are moving forward with Scare Dares, a horror film centering around the concept of a mobile app that can locate supernatural hot spots. The film will also reunite much of Absentia's cast, including Katie Parker, Morgan Peter Brown, Justin Gordon and Courtney Bell.
According to the source,"Scare Dares," described as an 'adrenalized homage to classic horror films,' centers on a smartphone app that leads users to known areas of paranormal phenomena in central California. Things go wrong when a group of estranged friends kick off a reunion weekend by visiting ghostly hotspots and engaging in occult dares."
In a meta marketing ploy, Fallback Plan is pursuing a real-life Scare Dares mobile app tie-in with the film. Whether or not it will be realized as a fully working, Ghostbusters style PKE-Meter app or simply a farcical novelty gag remains to be announced. The nine-year-old in me is really hoping for the former, rather than the latter, but this is the same kid who is still crossing his fingers for a Brainscan sequel, so...
Absentia, released March 13, 2012 and made for a paltry $70,000, was picked up by Phase 4 Films after accruing oodles of attention at festivals like Shriekfest and Chicago Horror Fest. The film is currently available on DVD and VOD. I have yet to see it, but based on the trailer (below) I am thoroughly intrigued.
Synopsis: A woman and her sister begin to link a mysterious tunnel to a series of disappearances, including that of her own husband.
Extra Tidbit: According to IMDB, Mike Flanagan wrote the first draft of Absentia in two sittings.
Synopsis: The film centers on an antiques collector who inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult of angels. As night falls, he comes to suspect that his mother’s oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house – especially the statues of angels – to contact him with an urgent message. The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh will feature a strikingly original narrative technique that glimpses into what the psychology of spirits.
The stills (below) feature Aaron Poole (as Leon Leigh) looking up at something presumably horrifying (and very much offscreen), a woman nailed to a doorway (the titular Rosalind Leigh?), and a behind-the-scenes still of Gudino directing Poole.
Since Rue Morgue's inception Gudino has steadily been cultivating his Canadian fright rag into an evolving multimedia empire, extending the company's creative pursuits into musical, podcast, convention, and short film endeavors. In 2010, Variety reported the company's first feature would be a remake of Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent's obscure Spanish western Cut-Throats Nine (1972), directed and co-written by Gudino with Harvey Keitel and Mads Mikkelson attached. The status of that film is as of yet unknown, though an August 2011 Twitch Film article cites complications steering the director into Rosalind Leigh as his first feature.
Rue Morgue Magazine has represented a gold standard for serious horror fans for several years now. Though Gudino has long since stepped down as the Editor-In-Chief, his imprint on the magazine remains. Rue Morgue has always been a unique, thoughtful, and fearless genre publication. I have little worry Rosalind Leigh will be anything less.
Extra Tidbit: Gudino was succeeded as Rue Morgue Editor-In-Chief by writer, filmmaker and tattoo enthusiast Jovanka Vuckovic (above).
It's official: Alice Cooper is in Dark Shadows. No, I'm not saying an Alice Cooper song is used in the latest Dark Shadows international trailer, I'm saying the man himself, Alice Cooper aka Vincent Furnier, is featured in person, performing "No More Mr. Nice Guy" as-- who else?-- himself.
The trailer, which can be found below or on the RuTube channel that premiered it, is more or less identical to the official trailer that premiered last week, except for the Cooper stinger (and the pretty hilarious Barnabas Collins' quip accompanying it). As such, it has made the prospects of Dark Shadows about a million times brighter, as Cooper's goofy/creepy/badass persona seems to play perfectly into the off-the-wall tone Burton and company are going for.
This isn't the first time Cooper has played himself (see Wayne's World and Roadie for previous meta Cooper cameos) or popped up in a horror movie ( Monster Dog and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness remain high points of his thespian career). Let's face it, the man's inclusion simply makes everything better, especially movies. Watch this fact demonstrated in the trailer below:
Dark Shadows, a tongue in cheek adaptation of Dan Curtis' supernatural soap opera of the same name, will hit theaters May 11th. The film marks Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's eighth collaboration together, from a script by Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). The film's ensemble cast includes Eva Green, Johnny Lee Miller, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jackie Earl Haley, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Burton muse Helena Bonham Carter.
Synopsis:
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Brouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.
Extra Tidbit: Check out the soundtrack for Wes Craven's Shocker for a killer Megadeth cover of "No More Mr. Nice Guy."
Variety reports that WWE Studios has signed a two picture deal with Lionsgate, one of which happens to be a remake of the seminal ninties slasher Leprechaun. The film will mark the third collaborations between WWE and Lionsgate, followingSee No Evil and The Condemned.
The original film, written and directed by Mark Jones (Triloquist), is remembered by most as the feature debut of Jennifer Aniston. In it, the former Friends star played Tory, a valley girl whose upheaval to a rural farmhouse is made more difficult by a killer Leprechaun (Willow star Warwick Davis) seeking his stolen pot of gold.
The film would spawn five sequels, all starring franchise stalwart Davis, and has haunted Jennifer Aniston's career indefinitely.
Regarding the decision to remake the property, WWE Studios head Michael Luisi has said "We have been looking for ways to continue our relationship with Lionsgate and we saw 'Leprechaun' as the perfect opportunity to take a well-known franchise and put a modern-day spin on it. This is a property that we believe our audience will respond to and we continue to look for ways to surprise and engage them." No talent, in front of or behind the camera, has yet been signed.
Whether or not the WWE and Lionsgate will see fit to have Davis return as the titular terror is unknown. In an interview it Dread Central the actor admitted to having little information on the project, stating "... No one has called me about it yet so I'm not sure what is happening with it exactly. I do know that if they did call me, I'd love to do a seventh Leprechaun movie."
While fans are surely hoping for the actor's return, WWE's track record gives this writer the sneaking suspicion that the deal may in fact be lined up to star the wrestling federation's own talent, specifically a leprechaun themed little person wrestler that goes by the name Hornswoggle (aka Dylan Post, below). I'm calling it right now, guys. Why in the hell else would Vince McMahon and his cronies sign on for a Leprechaun reboot of all things if not to push Post's career and popularity?
Regardless, the film appears to be on the fast track for a 2013 release date.
Extra Tidbit: I think we can all agree Jennifer Aniston's name will be no where near it.
In 2010 Alexandre Aja's Piranha jumped out of a sea of stale remakes and stole the hearts, minds, and genitalia of horror fans everywhere. By delivering insane amounts of gore, nudity, and over-the-top comedy, the film earned an impressive 73% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes and continues to be spoken of in horror circles as the ultimate experience in boobs and blood entertainment. Until now.
Aja's Piranha better watch its scaly ass, because the good folks at IGN have bestowed upon us a red band trailer for Piranha 3DD, a sequel that promises to outdo the original (er, remake) in just about every way. As expected, it has more blood, nudity and sex than Hustler’s This Ain’t Hellraiser XXX(if such a thing exists, God I hope so), so it goes without saying you should keep its NSFW glories away from the prying eyes of children and co-workers.
Check out the gory glory in the video or link below.
Piranha 3DD features Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future) and Paul Scheer (FX’s The League), returning from the original. Franchise newcomers include Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th remake, see below), Gary Busey (Predator 2) and David Hasselhoff (as "Himself" in full Baywatch regalia).
John Gulager directs from a script by his Feast filmmaking collaborators Marcus Dunston and Patrick Melton.
Synopsis: After the events at Lake Victoria, the pre-historic school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into a newly opened waterpark.
Extra Tidbit: Piranha 3DD marks the franchise's first full 3D shoot.
Fans of Stephanie Myer going to see The Hunger Games this weekend will be pleased to see the first teaser for The Host. Those of us sitting out the plight of Katniss and her Battle Royale-lite will be able to catch a glimpse of the trailer thanks to Yahoo! Movies. 
