FRANKENWEENIE – Tim Burton’s feature length adaptation of his re-animated dog short will be his feature film followup to ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
TROLLHUNTERS – Guillermo del Toro will be teaming up with Disney for more mature/thrilling animated fare under the banner Double Dare You. The first of these films will be TROLLHUNTERS, produced by del Toro and based on his own story.
MOURNING AFTER – Remember when one of the key players in creating Lionsgate’s genre friendly identity created his own company, A BIGGER BOAT. Well their next co-production will be about a “woman with a timeless, deadly secret.” Real daring material there, guys.
JEEPERS CREEPERS 3 – Victor Salva still wants to make it, but it seems people are only just now feeling confident enough to consider investing money…so, don’t expect JEEPERS CREEPERS 3: CATHEDRAL any time soon.
HALLOWEEN 3D – According to Variety, Dimension has settled on MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D director Patrick Lussier to direct the Rob Zombie-less sequel to Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN franchise. According to the big horror sites, he’s only ‘in talks’.
Remakes
RESIDENT EVIL – According to Bloody-Disgusting, the producers plan on the 5th entry in the RE series to be a reboot back to the premise of the first film. Because that’s what people want.
Indie, Foreign and Random News
HOME DELIVERY – An adaptation of Stephen King’s short story from NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES is going to be directed by MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN director Ryuhei Kitamura.
Roger Corman Wins an Oscar! – Roger Corman will receive an honorary Oscar for his 60+ year career in schlocky films.
