The Wolfman: It's been announced that Universal Pictures is planning a reboot of the Wolfman franchise yet again. The previous film was released just a year ago and took home an Oscar for best makeup. While most reviews were disappointing and I personally found the film to be rather tedious and dull, apparently Universal plans on milking this one 'til it's dry. The rumor is that the company will release the film straight to DVD in hopes of starting a franchise like they've done with the Death Race films. Again, this is still a rumor, as their plan hasn't been confirmed yet. It has been stated though that it will still be a period piece. Here's hoping this one is a worthy successor to the 1941 classic.
Robocop: It's been reported that MGM has asked Josh Zetumer (Dune, The Infiltrator) to pen the reboot of its RoboCop franchise. While many people aren't familiar with his work yet, he has become a bit of a hot commodity in Hollywood. His script for The Infiltrator made the Hollywood blacklist and has Leonardo Dicaprio attached to star. He also wrote the screenplay for the fourth Bourne film.
The studio also signed Brazilian director Jose Padilha last week to direct Robocop. Oscar nominee Darren Aronofsky was previously attached to the project for quite a while. Here's hoping Padilha can fill his shoes!
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: It's been announced today that Trent Reznor has now dropped out of ALVH. He was set to score the film and appear as the vampire who kills Lincoln's mother, but has now backed out of the picture. His comment is as follows:
"Don't believe everything you read. As it turns out, I WON'T be working on (acting or scoring) ALVH after all. There's no juicy story here, it's just that when the news mysteriously leaked out about my involvement I hadn't made up my mind completely, because various aspects of the project were changing. I felt the need to say something earlier this week because my inbox was filling up with speculation, and at that moment I thought I would be doing it. Bottom line, I wish them the best with the film and I'm sure it will still be great," he added.
On a side note, "Year Zero" is still in the writing phase: "Also, in all the excitement of the last note I forgot to mention we're still fully engaged with the "Year Zero" mini-series, writing away."
Insidious: This film, from co-creator James Wan (Saw) has been garnering a lot of buzz. It has received positive feedback from those lucky enough to catch the screening and I, for one, am hotly anticipating this one. The premise is as follows: "Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) make the terrifying discovery that the body of their comatose boy has become a magnet for malevolent entities, while his consciousness lies trapped in the dark and insidious realm known as The Further."
Bloody Disgusting, one of the greatest horror sites around, just obtained a slew of images, including a shot of the demon character. It is indeed pretty bad-ass! Check it out!! Again, they did all the work on this one, I'm simply sharing it with you. I've also linked their page for the story below.
Bloody Disgusting's coverage of Insidious.
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