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casting and crewing has begun for Out of Oblivion! The available
positions are listed below:
A casting date will be set shortly. Each person auditioning for a character role in the film will be given an opportunity to read a monologue that they have prepared and brought with them. All auditions will be recorded for later review. Click here for more! (Thanks to Brian Brethauer) Source: creature-corner.com, bloody-disgusting.com Even though Guillermo del Toro is turning in a new draft of "At the Mountains of Madness" this week, it seems that he isn't expecting it to be his next project... According to creature-corner.com and bloody-disgusting.com, del Toro has been scouting locations around Sante Fe, New Mexico for a horror western he wants to make. The scooper heard rumors that it will revolve around a ghost town. Kris Kristofferson has been spotted at The Shed, the local hot spot for Mexican food, and Val Kilmer allegedly will have a cameo. These, of course, are also rumors... Then there is also Pan's Labyrinth that he has been talking about in recent interviews, "Pan's Labyrinth is, to me, the exact bookend to [The Devil's Backbone]. It's 1943 and the Fascists have won and it's the story of a fascist family that moves into an old house and the oldest daughter, who is twelve, falls in love with a fawn that lives in a ruined labyrinth behind the house. It's a little metaphor about fascism." I guess we'll find out
soon enough... dT: Right now I’m working on an adaptation of “At the Mountains of Madness,” the H.P. Lovecraft book. HR: Oh really? Cool! dT: Yeah, for Dreamworks and hopefully that may happen. HR: That would be interesting. dT: It’ll be. Source: creature-corner.com According to creature-corner.com, Avatar Press announced yesterday the publication of Yuggoth Creatures. Following the success of Alan Moore's The Courtyard and Yuggoth Culture, Avatar brought in Antony Johnston (who go-wrote Culture) to bring this new series to life. The three-issue mini-series follows the adventures of Anthropology Professor Anders Ericsson, as he leaves Miskatonic University in search of the truth of the universe. What he finds is that sometimes the truth can drive you mad. The stories will be illustrated by the likes of Jacen Burrows, Mike Wolfer, and Sebastian Fiumara. You can read Antony's comments here, and check out sample pages here. The series debuts in July. (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) ~Announcements and
discussion of the annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, including films,
guests, music, and more.~ April 21: Army of Darkness figures and comic news... Source: bloody-disgusting.com According to bloody-disgusting.com,
you can take a look at brand new images from the upcoming Army of
Darkness comic book over at Newsarama. It hits stores in July for
$2.99 per issue. J. Scott Campbell, Marc Silvestri, and Ben Templesmith
will each do a cover for the release, while a fourth cover will feature
a photo. Click here
to see a six-page preview of Ashes 2 Ashes! Don May, Jr. from Synapse Films, passed along the following information in regards to the upcoming Lemora, A Child's Tale of the Supernatural DVD. He also provided some excellent screen shots that can be found here! New Anamorphic (1.78:1)
Widescreen Version Mastered from the Original The release date should be announced soon, but I believe it is scheduled for the end of August! (Thanks to Don May, Jr.) April 20: Guillermo, Hellboy and Lovecraft... According to creature-corner.com, Guillermo del Toro announced on the Hellboy message boards that they [Guillermo and Mike Mignola] are in talks with Gonzo Anime to work on an anime series for Hellboy. They're also pursuing video game publishers for the inevitable video game release. Mike Mignola and Guillermo will both be involved in the development to make sure they stay true to the Hellboy mythos. He also confirmed that there will almost definitely be a sequel since they're relatively inexpensive to make, so Mignola and he are already working on ideas. He says it will most likely feature some of the "Almost Colossus" and "Conqueror Worm" storylines... And last but definitely not least, he's handing in a new draft of "At The Mountains of Madness" to Dreamworks in about a week! (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) April 20: 50 years of
the Creature Source: creature-corner.com According to AICN, it is possible that Universal may be releasing a Creature Legacy Collection (similar to the Dracula, Frankenstein, and Wolf Man collections arriving next week) later this year, timed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Although the main focus of the article is a documentary called Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man directed by Sam Borowski and Matt Crick. It clocks in at eighty-three minutes and features soundbytes from original Creature cast members - Julie Adams, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Ginger Stanley - and aficionados like David J. Schow and Bob Burns. There's also footage from Florida's CreatureFest. There's no guarantee that the documentary will be part of Universal's collection, but you can contact them here and voice your opinion that it be included. Otherwise, there's a good chance you won't see it anywhere else. (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) Source: http://www.reanimator.8m.com/ Since the DVD version of "An Imperfect Solution" is about to be released, Christian Matzke has decided to stop selling the VHS version. No details are available yet, but Christian promises that this is going to be one hell of a DVD! More information as it becomes available. (Thanks to Christian
Matzke) (Thanks to Christopher K. Philippo) April 16: The Pickman that never was... Some time ago I ran across a reference to an upcoming version of "Pickman's Model" written by John C. Hay. I've finally been able to contact Mr. Hay in regards to the film, and he had this to say: "While I did at one point do a script treatment for Pickman's Model, and we got as far as doing some lighting tests at various locations in which we intended to shoot, the director's wife was suddenly transferred out-of-state. As a result the project was (sadly) never completed..." He did say that he would keep me informed if something should develop... (Thanks to John C. Hay) April 16: Richard Corben's "Recognition" Richard Corben's CG short,
"Fungi from Yuggoth: Recognition" will be playing this
weekend (and next) according to the Kansas City Star. Below you will
find the listing for the film, but no theater location information is
given. Click here
for more (you will have to create an account first). ~Mystery & Imagination (3:45 p.m. Sunday, Westport CoffeeHouse; 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Tivoli) "Recognition" (Richard Corben): An animated tale based on an H.P. Lovecraft poem. A man relives his childhood, when he feared the unusual ruins in nearby woods.~ The short also played at last Octobers H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Mr. Corben's previous efforts include Dagon and The Canal... (Thanks to Steve Walker) As fangoria.com announced the other day (see below), Tobe Hooper’s next film will be a zombie opus called Mortuary. The film was scripted by Adam Gierasch and his partner Jace Anderson (based on a story that they and Tobe Hooper came up with). In regards to the film, Adam told Fango: "It’s not not a zombie movie, but it isn’t a zombie movie in the traditional sense of the word either,” he says. “There are zombies in it, but it’s based more on the Cthulhu mythos. It’s a Lovecraftian horror tale, based on his writings but not any specific story. It’s about a family whose dad buys a cemetery/mortuary in Arkham, Massachusetts, and spooky hijinx ensue.” Adam Gierasch also shared some more news about the people behind the film (which reunites the writers and Hooper with their Toolbox Murders producer Tony Didio). “There’s a wonderful company called Captive Audience [run by Greg Cannom and Keith Vanderlaan, which did the FX for The Passion of the Christ among others] that’s co-producing the movie and doing all the FX for us—and there are a lot of them. Evan Katz [writer/producer of the indie shocker Homesick, coming soon from Synapse Films] is a producer on it also. It’s going to be shot by Steve Yedlin, who did Toolbox and May.” As of now, no actors have been signed for the project: “There are so many FX, it’s so high in both special makeup and digital FX, that all that has to be planned before we ever think about casting.” Keep an eye on this space for further developments! (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/ and Dan Bailey) April 15: Tobe Hooper entering Mortuary According to fangoria.com,
at a screening for his new shocker Toolbox Murders, Tobe Hooper
announced that his next movie will be a zombie opus called Mortuary.
The project will reunite him with Toolbox producer Tony Didio and screenwriters
Adam Gierasch and Jace Anderson (who scripted Toolbox as well
as the director’s previous Crocodile). Since Mortuary
is moving forward, Hooper’s Brew project, has been put on
hold for now. April 15: 'Evil Dead' Bust and Figures Revealed! Source: figures.com, bloody-disgusting.com Click here to check out images of Palisades exclusive 2-pack that includes an Ash splitting-in-two figure as well as a Deadite Scout figure and a resin bust based on the "Evil Ash" character. The figures stand approximately
4" tall and feature 20 points of articulation. The 2-Pack also
includes various accessories, including Deadite mace, sword, dagger
and shield, a shotgun and holster, the Necronomicon, and separate bases
for each character! The 2-pack is scheduled to ship September 2004 for
$14.99. The statue was produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary
of Army of Darkness and is limited to 1993 pieces. The Dunwich Herald recently interviewed short film director K. Kempelin in regards to his upcoming adaptation of "The Music of Erich Zann" (covered here April 6th). According to the interview, the 20 min. film will be known simply as "Zann"... Check out the interview here. (Thanks to Edgar Allan
Lovecraft) Here's what's currently going on with Ken Hall's Lovecraftian film, "Halfway House"... There's a link on the news page of the website that goes to a page about the music video for "Halfway to Hell," an original song written for the movie by the Insecto Circus. They hope to have video completed and up on the web within the month. Check it out here. There's also some pics from the "Halfway House" world premier screening that took place February 14 at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival. You can view those here. There is no specific release date for the DVD yet, but a limited number of distributors received advance screeners this week and the response has been overwhelming. (Thanks to Ken Hall) April 9: Bring Carpenter back! Contributing Sources: creature-corner.com Polish off those unused Lovecraft scripts everyone! CS Daily, the online news service hosted by Creative Screenwriting, is offering a contest to it's members to write a script for John Carpenter to direct. They're asking for scripts that have that Carpenter "feel" to them. Anything not fitting those standards will be disposed of... The prize is a $500 option on their screenplay against a six-figure purchase price, and to see your script made into a film by John Carpenter. The only catch is that you have to be a subscriber to CS Daily in order to enter. You can become a subscriber by clicking here. (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) According to director James Raynor, his upcoming Lovecraft film "Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle" (based on Herbert West: Reanimator) is due to start shooting April 21st. James has also revamped and updated the website, which can be found here. On the site you'll find the film's trailer, a stills gallery and cast and crew info. Also of interest is a short biography of Lovecraft as part of a definitive making-of documentary that charts back through Lovecraft's life through the making of the Gordon/Yuzna trilogy and finally the making of Angry and Moist. The film will premiere at Hyde Park Cinema in Leeds on June 23rd. More as it becomes available. (Thanks to James Raynor) K. Kempelin sent along the following update in regards to his adaptation of "The Music of Erich Zann": "I am halfway through the second draft of the 'Zann' script... ...I have a choice of stunning Victorian houses to film in, a great choice of cast & a very good photographer on board." He went on to say that
he doesn't expect to have the film completed by the end of the year. (Thanks to K. Kempelin) April 6: Out of Oblivion update! Brian Brethauer has just informed me that his DarkWater FilmWorks site is now back online. In regards to his adaptation of Ex Oblivion, he had the following to say: "I am currently rounding up actors, and finishing off the props, costumes, and location stuff for Out of Oblivion... ...so things are proceeding
on track!" (Thanks to Brian Brethauer) April 6: Creature Corner's interview with Stuart Gordon! Creature-corner.com's interview with Re-Animator helmer, Stuart Gordon is online! In it he talks about researching Re-Animator, shooting Dagon, and the possibility that "The Thing on the Doorstep" could be his next Lovecraft adaptation (but not his next film). Here an excerpt: Axl: Any chances to see you work for Fantastic Factory again? SG: I hope so. I'd like to, I had a great time doing Dagon, and shooting in Spain, it was an amazing crew. So I should find the right project I think. Axl: Could it be your next Lovecraft adaptation, The Thing on the Doorstep? SG: Maybe. Axl: Could you tell us a bit more about it? SG: Well, it's from that story which is Lovecraft writing about his marriage, which is one of the scariest things. And what is unique about it is that Lovecraft never writes about women. This is the only one that has really strong roles for women. It's about a woman who's kind of a sorceress and she can change bodies with her husband and suddenly he finds himself in a woman's body, and she's in his body. He realizes that every time she does it it's for a longer duration and eventually she's gonna do it permanently, he's gonna lose his body to her and the only way to stop her is to kill her. Axl: That was what Lovecraft wrote about his marriage?? SG: [laughs] You know, it's funny, when you get married you start turning into the other person. You know I've been married now for 35 years and my wife and I, we're always thinking the same thing at the same time. She'll say something and I'll say I can't believe you said that, I was just thinking it! So that's what happens and when we first got married she was very cautious and I was always the one who said, oh come on, let's do it and now it's the opposite, now I've become her and she's become me. Check out the rest here! (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) Source: Bloody-Disgusting.com Bloody-Disgusting.com, Lions Gate Films and RickWJ234 have come together once again to bring you another fun trivia contest where you can win some great Lions Gate DVDs or just show your horror knowledge off. If you head on over to Rick's Trivia Forum and scroll down, you can take a look at 14 images taken form horror films - do you know from which ones? Winner will receive two DVD's based on HP Lovecraft stories: Beyond Re-animator and Dagon. Only registered B-D members can enter, click here to register. Either way - check it out, it's a fun game! (Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/) Ain't It Cool News caught up with "Hellboy" director Guillermo del Toro, and among the things they discussed are the Lovecraftian elements of the film. He also had this to say about "At the Mountains of Madness": AICN: But you also have (H.P. Lovecraft’s) AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, which is one of the most incredible horror stories ever written. GdT: That is totally dependent on studio financing. If I’m lucky enough that the studio “gets” MOUNTAINS, then, by all means, I’ll do MOUNTAINS. But if it happens to be 1920’s, period, crazy-ass tentacle monsters that come from another dimension… there’s a moment where a character is praying as a preacher is approaching, and the preacher says, “Your God is as young as yesterday. My master was here way before.” Ultimately, all horror movies with monsters turn into aliens. This one doesn’t. This one stays ominous and existential all the way to the end. We’ll see what happens. Check out the entire interview here. (Thanks to http://aintitcoolnews.com/) April 2: Are you ready for the Cthulhu 500? Here's a little news on Cthulhu 500, to be released by Atlas Games. Sounds cool! From yog-sothoth.com: John Nephew, President of Atlas Games had this to tell us: "We are planning the game to be a two-deck set (110 cards), similar in basic size/packaging to our games Lunch Money and Dungeoneer, most likely with a $19.95 (US) price tag. Scott Reeves is hard at work drawing card pictures. Each player chooses a car for the race, and as the game goes on can to pick up special drivers/pit crew (such as "The Fungi from Detroit"), and car enhancements (such as "Rats in the Whitewalls"). And, you know, summon Elder Gods to step on your opponents' cars, and the like." (Thanks to Wayne Coburn
and warren!) Jane Rose (director of
"The Statement of Randolph Carter", which screened
at last years HPLFF) has just informed me that she has completed principal
photography on an adaptation of Ramsey Campbell's short story "Heading
Home". The short was produced by ReelSweetBetty. (Thanks to Jane Rose) April 1: Stuart Gordon's next Contributing Source: creature-corner.com According to creature-corner.com, Stuart Gordon's latest "King of the Ants" will finally get released June 24th on home video (Courtesy of Blockbuster's DEJ distribution label). They go on to say that Stuart mentioned (in an interview at the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film) what his next project is likely to be, "I think I may end up doing a David Mamet project, called 'Edmund,'" Gordon reveals. "Our plan is to shoot it this summer in L.A. and William H.Macy is going to star in it. It's not really a horror film, it's not really a thriller, but it's more of a psychological study. It's the kind of project that takes years and years to get made, David Mamet wrote the script about 15 years ago, he hasn't been able to get it produced because it's very disturbing. The basic idea is that one of the characters says, "Every fear hides a wish, and the things we are most afraid of we secretly wish would happen." which is a great idea, I think it's true. And that's really what the movie's about." The full interview will be available soon in which Stuart discusses Beyond Re-Animator and a possible adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep! (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) According to fangoria.com, Connecticut-based Award Pictures announced at the American Film Market (as listed in the AFM Product Guide issue of Britain's Screen International magazine) the following (reprinted here verbatim): EVIL DEAD IV: CONSEQUENCES: Horror, 136 mins. Prod co: Award Pictures. Prod/scr: Graham MacCrae, Glenn MacCrae. Budget: $71m. Pre-production. Delivery date: 2004. Ash may need a hand fighting deadites, demons, the FBI and reality TV. Fangoria went on to say, "there are a number of things that give us pause about these announcements, not the least of which is how movies in pre-production and development can already have set running times. We called the phone number accompanying the listings, but no one has gotten back to us yet. If we hear any more about these, we'll be sure to keep you posted." When they post an update, I'll post it here... (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) April 1: Ash Comes Home Contributing source: chud.com For those of you eagerly awaiting another cinematic adventure of Evil Dead's Ash, you can read some new adventures thanks to comic book publisher Devil's Due (formerly published through Image). A four-issue Army of Darkness comic series (not to be confused with painter John Bolton's earlier adaptation of the film) hits shelves in July. (Thanks to http://www.chud.com/) |
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