Last Week in Horror News: January 11th to the 18th

Note: was anyone else aware that South Korea has a reality show about exorcisms?  And that its music is the SAW theme?

Also, what billiards game involves a blue pool table with no pockets and only three balls, the goal of which, as far as I can surmise, is to hit both balls after bouncing off at least two of the rails?  I really want to know what this is called as it is on TV All. The. Time.

Theatrical Trailers and Clips

Sorry, bone dry.

Studio News and Attachments

• Francis Lawrence swears there is no rush on figuring out a script for I AM ALMOST LEGEND, studio coffers will eventually say otherwise.
• Emma Stone joins Woody Harrelson in ZOMBIELAND.
• Why was I unaware that Joe Dante was filming a 3D film called THE HOLE about a bottomless pit discovered in a basement?

Remakes

• Some guy named Mathijs van Heijningen Jr is posed to direct the Ronald D. Moore scripted remake/prequel/reboot of THE THING for Strike Entertainment.  Great, another American company outsources a prime job!
• Emmanuel Chriqui joins the ensemble of the 13 TZAMETI remake, which damn well better be more intense than the original, which made a great trailer, but a warmed over feature.  Come on now, how hard is it to make a movie about a Russian Roulette tournament nerve racking?
• The kick ass Radha Mitchell joins THE CRAZIES remake helmed by Breck Eisner with Timothy “Emperor of Eyebrow Acting” Olyphant as the male lead.

Indie, Foreign and Random News

• I’ll try to remember to remind when it gets closer, but Canada will release [REC] on Region 1 DVD January 27th.
• Charisma Carpenter to play a novelist who travels to the mistrusting, vision-filled English countryside to finish her latest book in VIVID.
• Ever wonder what the guy who made THE FLY II was up to these days?  Me neither, but the answer is BABY ZOMBIES.
• The Sci-Fi channel bought the rights to premiere it in the States this summer, but Eric Red’s Famke Jensen starring ghostie 100 FEET will hit UK DVD shelves in March.
• Does anyone actually faint at movies?  I thought that was always a publicity gag? Weinberg’s attendance to a Sundance run of undead baby loving GRACE supposedly had two.  He was one.

Non-Theatrical Trailers and Clips

• GRACE – Teaser.  Playing enthusiastically at Sundace, so expect this to find its way into theaters
• SEVENTH MOON – Featurette.  Go Ed Sanchez!
• SYMPATHY – Trailer
• NINE MILES DOWN – Trailer
• KNIFE EDGE – Trailer

Tags: 100 FEET, 13 TZAMETI, 3D, BABY ZOMBIES, Breck Eisner, Charisma Carpenter, Emma Stone, Eric Red, Francis Lawrence, GRACE, I AM LEGEND, Joe Dante, KNIFE EDGE, Mathijs van Heijningen Jr., NINE MILES DOWN, Radha Mitchell, Ronald D. Moore, SEVENTH MOON, Strike Entertainment, SYMPATHY, THE CRAZIES, THE HOLE, THE THING, Timothy Olyphant, VIVID, Woody Harrelson, ZOMBIELAND, [REC]