I was googling/researching for some cast and release date info for what I thought was GUILLERMO DEL TORO’s new vampire movie, ‘THE STRAIN’, and came up empty. A new trailer has been released (which you can view below).
But it turns out, ‘THE STRAIN isn’t a movie. It’s a book that Del Toro wrote with author CHUCK HOGAN.
So then. Check out a sneak-peek “trailer” of Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain, the start of a new vampire trilogy. More info at www.thestrainthebook.com.
Source: CineFools.com
Writer ASHLEY MILLER on how she and writer ZACK STENTZ became involved with the movie:
“We were in the right place at the right time.”
“That we have a background in genre material and an interest in comic books were big plusses, I think. Owning a complete Walt Simonson run on Thor and being able to wax rhapsodic about Beta Ray Bill didn’t hurt our case.”
THOR will be played by CHRIS HEMSWORTH and LOKI will be played by TOM HIDDLESTON in the KENNETH BRANAGH directed movie which serves as a warm-up for the big AVENGERS movie enchilada. Robert Downey Jr. as IRON MAN and an uncast (as of yet) CAPTAIN AMERICA will also star in the movie that is expected to feature a rampaging HULK as the catalyst that will bring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes together for the very first time.
THRALL WORLD observes that the best news in this interview is the writers familiarity with the very storyline that we began with when reading comic books way back in our wee one days. WALT SIMONSON’s “SURTUR SAGA” is damn good reading even if you’re not the biggest fan of comics. Also a mention of the more modern Thor take from ‘THE ULTIMATES’ in the interview.
“It is with great regret that I had to resort to legal action against my long-term partner Tony Iommi, but after three years of trying to resolve this issue amicably, I feel I have no other recourse.
I don’t have the right to speak for Geezer and Bill, but I feel that morally and ethically the trademark should be owned by the four of us equally. I hope that by me taking this first step that it will ultimately end up that way.
Source: MNUSpreadsLies.com, Multi National United
Things are heating up in the viral marketing campaign for ‘DISTRICT 9′. Check out the MULTI-NATIONAL UNITED viral site HERE. Make sure you click on CAREERS.
Check out an updated ‘DISTRICT 9′ trailer HERE. Towards the end of the trailer, the aliens, which were previously shown blurred out, are shown unblurred and you can get a better peek at them.
Directed by NEILL BLOMKAMP, ‘DISTRICT 9′ hits theaters on August 14th, 2009 and stars Sharlto Copley and David James.
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.
Check out the ‘District 9′ Official movie site HERE.
Also, check out “ALIVE IN JOBURG” below which is a short made several years ago by the same creative team:
From Google:
This short by Neill Blomkamp depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. Producers: Neill Blomkamp, Simon Hansen, Sharlto Copley, Shannon Worley.
Source: Bloody Disgusting, Collider
CARL RINSCH is confirmed as the director for an ALIEN movie PREQUEL which producers hope to start filming by the end of this year. The story is still fresh enough and information is still sparse enough to have many critics/skeptics claiming this will be an outright remake or reboot.
Read more on how the story broke HERE and it’s confirmation HERE.
PREDATOR, the other half of the ALIEN Vs. PREDATORS sideshow, was also recently confirmed for a reboot of it’s own with none other than ROBERT RODRIGUEZ overseeing. Read more on that HERE.
Blabbermouth has a more in depth look at the Ozzy lawsuit as well as a major lawsuit brought by Tony Iommi against LIVE Nation HERE.
In the meantime, check out the Ronnie James Dio fronted version of Black Sabbath, called HEAVEN AND HELL, on their remaining European tour dates and upcoming U.S. tour dates.
July 18 – Commerce City, CO – Mile High Music Festival
July 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – EnergySolutions Arena
July 21 – Phoenix, AZ – US Airways Center
July 22 – Rio Rancho, NM – Santa Ana Star Center
July 24 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
July 25 – Grand Prairie, TX – Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
July 27 – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park
July 29 – Charlotte, NC – Bojangles’ Coliseum
July 30 – Fairfax, VA – Patriot Center
August 1 – Jersey City, NJ – All Points West Music & Arts Festival
August 7-9 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
Source: RoadrunnerRecords.com
Check out a FREE download for a new KILLSWITCH ENGAGE track, “Reckoning”, HERE.
The bands self-titled album, ‘KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’, will hit stores this coming June 30th.
“Killswitch Engage” track listing:
01. Never Again
02. Starting Over
03. The Forgotten
04. Reckoning
05. The Return
06. A Light In A Darkened World
07. Take Me Away
08. I Would Do Anything
09. Save Me
10. Lost
11. This Is Goodbye
Bonus tracks (deluxe edition):
12. In A Dead World
13. My Curse [Live]
14. Rose Of Sharyn [Live]
15. Holy Diver [Live]
Source: Dimension Horror Channel
More behind the scenes footage from ‘H2′ Rob Zombie directed Halloween sequel. Also mini interviews with Rob Zomibie, Brad Dourif, and Wayne Toth.
You can check out the Official Dimension Horror Channel on Youtube for future updates HERE.
‘H2′ hits theaters August 28th, 2009 and stars Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Brad Dourif, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brea Grant, Matt Bush, Margot Kidder, Howard Hesseman, and Bill Fagerbakke.
In other recent ‘H2′ HALLOWEEN 2 updates:
SlashFilm talks extensively with Rob Zombie HERE about the new movie.
FEARnet chats with ROB ZOMBIE, TYLER MANE, WAYNE TOTH, and SHERRI MOON ZOMBIE in a video interview below:
Plot synopsis: A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities.
Directed by Christian Alvart, ‘Pandorum’ will hit theaters on September 4th, 2009 and stars; Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Cung Le, Eddie Rouse, and Norman Reedus.
Plot synopsis: A vampire named Saya, who is part of covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan, is inserted in a military school to discover which one of her classmates is a demon is disguise.
'BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE' Movie Poster
Directed by CHRIS NAHON, ‘BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE’ hits theaters on May 29th, 2009 and stars; Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, JJ Feild and Koyuki.
Watch the first five miutes of the movie as well as the trailer below:
Plot synopsis: A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
'DEAD SNOW' Movie Poster
Directed by Tommy Wirkola, DEAD SNOW (aka: Død snø) has already seen limited release in Norway, Germany, and Russia with a limited U.S. release of June 19th confirmed.
The zombie-horror-comedy stars; Charlotte Frogner, Ørjan Gamst, Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel, Jeppe Laursen, Evy Kasseth Røsten, Jenny Skavlan, Bjørn Sundquist, Ane Dahl Torp, and Lasse Valdal.
Source: EmpireOnline.com
JON FAVREAU on TONY STARK (played by Robert Downey Jr.):
“Tony’s expected to be a role model and I don’t think he’s ready to be one. He’s under a great deal of pressure and when you’re under pressure, I think you find outlets for that.”
Probably alluding to the characters on-again / off-again battle with alcoholism as portrayed in the Iron Man comic book…
MICKEY ROURKE on what to expect from his character Whiplash:
“…my Iron Man suit weighs 23lb. It’s sort of a half-suit, with half my skin showing, with lots of Russian tattoos, because [Whiplash is just] out of a Russian-zone prison.”
Currently filming, the JON FAVREAU directed IRON MAN sequel has a release date of May 7th, 2010 and in addition to Downey Jr. stars; Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Don Cheadle, Garry Shandling, Kate Mara, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau, and Clark Gregg.
The Kevin Greutert directed ‘SAW VI’ will hit theaters on October 23rd, 2009 and stars; Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Peter Outerbridge, Shauna MacDonald, Devon Bostick, Marty Moreau, Karen Cliche, Shawn Mathieson, Melanie Scrofano, James Gilbert, Shawn Ahmed, Janelle Hutchison, Gerry Mendicino, Caroline Cave and Ginger Busch.
Al Pacino has been set to star in an HBO telepic about right-to-die champion Dr. Jack Kevorkian, to be helmed by Barry Levinson. Pic will revolve around Kevorkian’s construction of his infamous “Mercy Machine,” his first assisted suicide in the early 1990s and the resulting media frenzy.
Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 as a result of his involvement in an assisted suicide that was videotaped and later shown on TV. He was released from prison in 2007.
Buckcherry will support Kiss on all dates for the band’s upcoming North American tour.
Kiss partnered with live music social networking site Eventful to route the tour through the top-voted North American markets as determined by demand on the Eventful website.
Source: Youtube, IMDB
Not sure how before this gets deleted but for now you can have a quick look at a scene from the movie HEATH LEDGER was in the process of filming at the time of his very unfortunate death.
Directed by Terry Gilliam, ‘The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus’ will hit theaters on September 4th, 2009 and stars; Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Verne Troyer, Andrew Garfield, and Lily Cole.
Plot synopsis: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom…
Source: Golden Apple Comics, ComingSoon.net
Yes… You heard it here not-quite-so-first-ish. Girl visits comic book store and grabs all of the Typhoid Mary comics available. Fan boy comic-book store owner behind counter dishes.
DAREDEVIL movie reboot would be nice since the original with Ben Affleck was utter shit. But as I mentioned before, with any luck it won’t be with FOX whose track record on big budget comic book movies (the recent disaster – X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, FANTASTIC FOUR and its sequel, ELEKTRA, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN) is in the toilet.
And check out the brand new video for ‘ARMA-GODDAMN-MOTHERFUCKIN-GEDDON’ HERE.
‘THE HIGH END OF THE LOW ROAD’ Release Date: May 26th, 2009.
MARILYN MANSON: 'THE HIGH END OF THE LOW' Album Cover
Track Listing for ‘THE HIGH END OF THE LOW’
01. Devour
02. Pretty As A Swastika
03. Leave A Scar
04. Four Rusted Horses
05. Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon
06. Blank And White
07. Running To The Edge Of The World
08. I Want To Kill You Like They Do In The Movies
09. WOW
10. Wight Spider
11. Unkillable Monster
12. We’re From America
13. I Have To Look Up Just To See Hell
14. Into The Fire
15. 15
confirmed band lineup:
Marilyn Manson
Twiggy Ramirez
Chris Vrenna
Ginger Fish
ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM Festival tour dates featuring; MARILYN MANSON, SLAYER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BEHEMOTH, TRIVIUM and more. For a full lineup click HERE.
Jul. 10 – Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Jul. 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jul. 12 – San Bernardino, CA @ Glen Helen Pavilion
Jul. 14 – Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheater
Jul. 17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion
Jul. 18 – Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
Jul. 19 – Denver, CO @ Coors Amphitheater
Jul. 21 – Kansas City, KS @ Sandstone Amphitheater
Jul. 22 – St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jul. 24 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheater
Jul. 25 – Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Centre
Jul. 26 – Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul. 28 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheater
Jul. 29 – Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
Jul. 31 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
Aug. 01 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavilion
Aug. 02 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug. 04 – Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center for the Perf. Arts
Aug. 06 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Virginia Beach Amphitheater
Aug. 07 – Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Aug. 08 – Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
Aug. 09 – Washington, DC @ Nissan Pavilion
Aug. 11 – Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
Aug. 12 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheater
Aug. 14 – Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center
Aug. 15 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchel Pavilion
Aug. 16 – San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
