Weekly News Re-Cap: 07/29 – 08/05

Studio Trailers and Clips
Whisper – Trailer 1 and 2 – Studio look, but it’ll probably end up STD
Halloween – Full Trailer
Death Sentence – clips

Studio News and Attachments
Len Wiseman may or may not be the man behind the Gears of War flick.
Speaking of games, the ever cool Painkiller optioned.
Oh, and Roger Avary will be both writing and directing a Return to Castle Wolfenstein adaptation
Dimension Films is finally dropping, literally, Rogue off at theaters on October 12^th.
McG moves shop to Columbia, first pic to be horror-comedy Nightcrawlers from the guy who wrote Little Miss Sunshine…
Details on the Grindhouse DVDs (yes, they’re being released separately) leak.

Remakes
Len Wiseman also may or may not be the man behind the Escape From New York remake.  Woe is the world.
Screenwriter behind I Am Legend says he has pitched a sequel to the upcoming adaptation (which is at least the 3rd time it has been done) of Matheson’s fantastic story – proves they’re going to fuck up the ending.
Romero wants a remake of his own Season of the Witch.

Random and Indie News
Theaters announced for Ils/Them – click in theaters on the right to see if it is playing near you.
From Beyond finally coming out on DVD on 9/11.

Indie/Foreign Trailers and Clips
Night of the Living Jews – Best self-marketing title since Snakes on a Plane
Dead Country
The Oprhanage