Last Week in Horror News: June 28th to July 5th

Theatrical Trailers and Clips

• CARRIERS – Studio PG-13 horror that looks Badass?  Like woah.

Studio News and Attachments

• RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE – Paul WS Anderson returns to the series he first brought to and subsequently ruined on film on September 17, 2010.
• AFTER DARK FILMS HORRORFEST 4 – ADF gives it the ole college try yet again in January 2010.

Remakes

• PREDATORS – AICN confirms that Nimrod Antal will be directing the Robert Rodriguez produced franchise reboot, complete with an encouraging Q&A with Rodriguez about.
• HELLRAISER – An official sign that, after two director’s dumping the project, HELLRAISER has hit a red light.
• LET THE RIGHT ONE IN – Director Matt Reeves passionately defends the remake decision, expressing hope that people will give the film a chance.
• AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON – John Landis confirms to BD that Dimension films is busy approaching the paperwork for getting rights tot he remake.

Indie, Foreign and Random News

• I SELL THE DEAD 2? – Director Glenn McQuaid has plans to develop a sequel titled THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF GRIMES &BLAKE, first as a comic and then, hopefully, as a film.
• BEWARE THE DEVIL – Shane Meadows makes horror his next genre stop, exorcisms and all.
• ORPHAN Controversy – Apparently parents are shouting at WB over a line from the trailer for THE ORPHAN.  Offense in question?  “It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own.”
• FEED – Orbit Books has just picked up the FEED trilogy books about a future in which bloggers are the key to surviving a global zombie outbreak.
• GRACE – You can pick up GRACE, which Scott Weinberg describes as “easily one of the best horror films of the year”, on September 15th on DVD and Blu-ray.
• FANTASIA 2009 Lineup – Very impressive roster of films, though, for my interests, not as on the money as:
• FILM4 FRIGHTFEST – Damn do I want to be in London for this.  Who wants to fly me out?

Non-Theatrical Trailers and Clips

• ROBOGEISHA – Watch.This.Trailer.NOW!
• LA HORDE – French zombies.
• 6.66 DEAD NOT DEAD – Thai horror ahoy.
• THE DISAPPEARED – Trailer for another IFC Films Fest-Direct VOD title.
• COFFIN ROCK – Thriller out of Australia.

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