A few pieces of remake news, though nothing mind blowing.  And then we get to one of the juiciest nuggets of the week that I think may be a beacon of great things to come.  Two outfits have teamed up to finance four films from a quartet of rising independent filmmakers.  I’ve only seen a few of their earlier films, but all four are names I’ve only ever seen associated with positive buzz, so to know they have a new house over their heads is very cool.

Oh, and does anyone else find this innocent picture of Earth during a solar eclipse as ominous as I do?

Theatrical Trailers and Clips

• SAW V – Clip

Studio News and Attachments

• David Goyer and Brannon Braga set up “FLASH FORWARD” for ABC, about a global epidemic during which every person on the planet blacks out for 2 minutes and 17 seconds.  When they wake, each person has a vision of the future.
• Shia LeBeouf to star in DARK FIELDS, about a futuristic drug that exponentially enhances brain power, but with undisclosed side-effects.
• Sci-Fi channel orders the unaired “WAREHOUSE 13″ to full series length.
• HBO green lights a second season of “TRUE BLOOD” after only two episodes.
• Owen Wilson to play either the man or the vampire in a buddy comedy called…wait for it… BLOOD BROTHERS.  Get it?

Remakes

• Filmax, the great Spanish studio, to remake WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? titled IN THE PLAYGROUND.
• Carrie Fischer joins THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW?
• CHILDREN OF THE CORN set pictures show up.
• Ghost House Pictures is going to remake the Danish film THE SUBSTITUTE.

Foreign, Indie and Random News

• MGM is seeking out writers to do a series of AMITYVILLE HORROR straight-to-DVD movies.
• Kevin Costner’s ‘family moves to a farm, weird shit happens’ movie THE NEW DAUGHTER is actually a monster movie?
• Dark Sky Films and Glass Eye Pix shore up some money for four separate films to be directed by the likes of J.T. Petty (S&MAN, THE BURROWERS), James Felix McKenny (AUTOMATONS), Ti West (THE ROOST, TRIGGER MAN), and Larry Fessenden (WENDIGO, THE LAST WINTER).

Foreign/Indie Trailers and Clips

• DOGHOUSE – Behind the Scenes
• iMURDERS – Trailer
• DEADGIRL – Trailer.  Buzz I’ve heard from FantasticFest is not great.
• DEMON DIVAS AND THE LANES OF DAMNATION – Teaser
• THE DEAD MATTER – Trailer