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7 September 2008 9:26 AM, PDT

This weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival we scored a look at the full official synopsis for Joe Dante's Bat Out Of Hell, which was previously announced here. As a red eye flight from Los Angeles to New York takes off, everything seems to be normal. That is until the co-pilot kills the pilot and a rouge group of coach passengers head into first class armed and ready to kill. Their claim - there are 9 passengers in the front of the plane who must die tonight. They are vampires, and our "heroes" will crash the plane if they have to in order to ensure what must be done is done. Not willing to die without fighting, the vampires unleash their fury in a battle of strength and wits six miles high, and all before the sun rises on an unknowing New York City.

7 September 2008 9:05 AM, PDT

Last night Deadgirl played the "Midnight Madness" portion of the Toronto International Film Festival where the 1200 seat crowd witnessed the world premiere of Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's film, which ended in heavy applause. At the Q+A for the coming-of-age horror film, Sarmiento told the audience that he intends to one day release a director's cut of the film, which could feature more "intense" fun. We chatted with the directors earlier that night who told us that over 20 minutes were trimmed from the original cut, which could one day see the light of day via DVD or Blu-ray. They also joked that we might get to see some audition tapes as an extra feature. The film is still looking for distribution.

7 September 2008 8:54 AM, PDT

Let the speculations begin and watch as rumors turn into fact (kind of) as Harold Ramis responds to this past weeks monster Ghostbusters 3 announcement over at the Chicago Tribune. Inside you can read about the possibilities of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson all returning, along with Sony's hopes to bring in the Apatow crew "yes, columbia is developing a script for GB3 with my year one writing partners, gene stupnitsky and lee eisenberg. judd apatow is co-producing year one and has made several other films for sony, so of course the studio is hoping to tap into some of the same acting talent. aykroyd, ivan reitman and i are consulting at this point, and according to dan, bill murray is willing to be involved on some level........."

6 September 2008 10:06 AM, PDT

In addition to all of these stills, we've been provided with an exclusive bloody and disgusting pic from Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's Deadgirl, which can be found by reading beyond the break. Playing at this year's Midnight Madness portion of the Toronto International Film Festival, the film is a horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead. Also, check here for all Tiff news or here for details on all films playing.

6 September 2008 12:03 AM, PDT

This afternoon we were provided with an exclusive first look at Lance Henriksen in Michael Roesch and Peter Sheerer's Alone In The Dark II, which displays Henriksen as the former witch hunter Abner Lundberg, who is forced to come back to fight his old nemesis, a century-old dangerous witch. Read on for a look! The film tells the story of Edward Carnby, who joins forces with a team of witch hunters to track down the dangerous witch Elisabeth Dexter. "We've been fans of Lance since many years. He is really one of the great icons of genre cinema. We wrote the role with him in in mind, and are really excited to have him in the movie," director Michael Roesch tells us.

5 September 2008 11:56 PM, PDT

Ever since Lionsgate announced that their remake of My Bloody Valentine would be in 3-D I have been nothing but skeptical. But since then, I have heard loads of buzz from people who have seen dailies and 3-D tests who have all said that it looks tremendous. In fact, the new 3-D adds depth instead of just popping out at the audience, which I'm quite interested in seeing. Today a new interview with star Jamie King was posted where she talks about how Lionsgate will bring us Into the remake, which was helmed by Patrick Lussier. Those expecting to see just a straight-forward remake are in for a treat, as this version will not only be a 3D film, but also be shot in 4K a new version of HD filming thats taking movie-watching to a whole new level...

5 September 2008 7:39 PM, PDT

We learned this evening that the new Malechai has finally been cast in the remake of Children Of The Corn, which is being directed by original producer Donald P. Borchers from his own screenplay. The actor taking on the creepy role for the Sci Fi Channel movie is Daniel Newman, who is in Iowa on the set now. After its premiere on Sci Fi the film will be released on DVD by Starz and Anchor Bay Entertainment. Former Vietnam vet Burt's marriage to Vicky is on the rocks, but Burt hopes to rekindle their old flame with a second honeymoon driving trip. Unfortunately, their journey takes them into the heart of darkness -- a seemingly deserted rural community that conceals a grim secret among its rows of tall corn...

5 September 2008 11:52 AM, PDT

The first of Magnet Releasing's "Six-Shooter Series" is Tomas Alfredson's Let The Right One In, which will be arriving in New York and Los Angeles theaters on October 24th. Today we were provided with the official poster for the film, which can be found inside. In the pic, a fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boys wish for a friend seems to comes true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him. But Elis arrival coincides with a series of gruesome deaths and attacks. Though Oskar realizes that she's a vampire, his friendship with her is stronger than his fear... Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing, darkly atmospheric, yet unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence.

5 September 2008 11:39 AM, PDT

In a lengthy article about the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival, THR writes that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired domestic (Us) and Australian rights to Vinyan, a film we have been covering pretty heavily here on Bloody-Disgusting. Fabrice Du Welz's (Calvaire) film stars Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Beart as a couple searching for their missing son in a jungle filled with feral children. Click here for links to all sorts of Vinyan goodies. Still not having accepted the loss of their son in a tsunami disaster, Janet and Paul Behlmer are back in Bangkok. Hanging onto the fact that his body has never been discovered, Janet desperately clings to the idea that pirates might have kidnapped their kid in the confusion that followed the catastrophe....

5 September 2008 11:33 AM, PDT

Tom Cruise and United Artists have acquired rights to serial-killer thriller The Monster Of Florence, with Cruise attached to produce and possibly to star, according to Douglas Preston, author of the bestseller that had previously inspired the Thomas Harris sequel Hannibal. Preston and Italo journo Mario Spezi told Corriere della Sera they have inked with UA for a big-screen adaptation of their reconstruction of eight grisly double homicides believed to have been committed single-handedly between 1968 and 1985 in and around the Italian Renaissance gem. "It's the biggest movie deal in my life," the leading Italo daily quoted Preston as saying in a front page story. Previous Preston tomes made into movies include thriller "The Relic."

5 September 2008 11:28 AM, PDT

B-d reader 'GoliathSlasher' just tipped us off to Rob Zombie's official MySpace page for Tyrannosaurus Rex, which he will write and direct, where a new piece of art was posted for the film. Like previous imagery, the new pic features art by Alex Horley and displays what looks like T-Rex as a badass wrestler (in addition to being a badass boxer and biker). Read on for a look at watch for casting news soon, especially if they're going to meet their August 28, 2009 release date. Sheri Moon Zombie is the only name attached to star in Dimension Films latest Zombie project.

4 September 2008 5:24 PM, PDT

Get ready for a slew of new release dates that just went out this afternoon. First, New Line Cinema has moved Final Destination 4 3D back a week to an August 21, 2009 release. Good news for you Richard Kelly fans out there as Warner Bros. Pictures has moved The Box - an adaptation of the short story "Button, Button" - from a September 11, 2009 release all the way up to March, 20, 2009 (finally one in our favor!). On to the bad news as MGM has removed the Dowdle brothers' The Poughkeepsie Tapes from their slate and will release on an undetermined 2009 date. Lastly, in an odd move, Eli Roth's Trailer Trash has been placed under N/A... has this project been cancelled? We'll find out more. Click any title above for more info on each film.

4 September 2008 5:12 PM, PDT

Who you gonna call? Columbia Pictures has apparently heard the fans call for a third film in the horror-comedy franchise Ghostbusters as they have finally, finally set the long-gestured sequel in motion. Even though a script is being written with the intent of bringing back all four original busters, the article reports that reaching an agreement is still going to be a factor. Read on for the story and watch for updates as soon as a draft of the screenplay is delivered. Columbia Pictures is getting serious about scaring up a new installment of its blockbuster "Ghostbusters" franchise. The studio has set "The Office" co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write a script for a film designed to bring back together the original cast of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.

4 September 2008 5:08 PM, PDT

Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies, Arlington Road)has signed to direct Solace, a mystery thriller for New Line. The story revolves around a former doctor with psychic abilities who is drawn into a serial killer case only to find that the killer also is a psychic, leading to a showdown between the two who can detect each other's every move. Sean Bailey and Ted Griffin wrote the initial script, which was revised by Jamie Vanderbilt ("Zodiac"). Pellington, who made a name for himself in the music video world before making the transition to features, last directed "Henry Poole Is Here" and the concert film "U2 3D."

4 September 2008 1:51 PM, PDT

One franchise that appears to have been drilled in the ground is Child's Play, which last saw Chucky on the big screen back in 2004 with the release of Seed Of Chucky. Nearly four years later, creator Don Mancini is hard at work penning the remake for the film (that he'll also direct), which kicked off back in 1988 with a killer who transfers his soul into the body of a Good Guy doll. We've broke a whole bunch of stories here on B-d, and today we had the chance to have a few more questions answered... like what will change in the remake, including Chucky's design.

4 September 2008 1:36 PM, PDT

Let the Toronto International Film Festival begin! With all of the hype leading up to the event, Bloody-Disgusting is here in Toronto ready to check out all of the horror films and fill you in on which are worthy of your attention. One film we're crazy excited for is Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's Deadgirl, which will have its World Premiere this Saturday. The other day we posted an exclusive video interview with writer Trent Haaga over at Bdtv, today Twitch Films posted a behind-the-scenes piece with star Candice Accola, which can be viewed inside. A horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead.

4 September 2008 1:25 PM, PDT

The long gestured Ghostbusters 3 is quickly becoming one of the most aggravating projects to follow on the Hollywood block. With franchises seemingly being the only real force in Tinseltown, it's shocking to me that the third film isn't already in production, or at least in heated talks. Rumors hit the web this summer at Comic Con - and then were squashed - that Apatow and Rogen would be joining the project, and there have still been rumblings about this Hellbent CGI direct-to-disc release, but nothing has ever been officially announced. Today a blurb from "real" Ghostbuster Dan Ackroyd hit the web that carries a small glimpse of hope. Read on, watch, then speculate with the best of us...

4 September 2008 1:00 PM, PDT

A new interview was discovered today where Writer-Director John Harrison talks about his upcoming adaptation of Clive Barker's Book Of Blood, which has 10-minutes teased to a lucky Frightfest UK audience last month. Inside you can find word from Harrison, who says that the film won't be the blood-soaked horror film we all expected. "It has its moments, but it is not a gore-fest," John Harrison tells IFMagazine. "It is more of a supernatural thriller a la The Others, or The Orphanage. Very moody. Very character driven. We screened a preview of the first ten minutes at the Frightfest Festival here in London last week. Its the big U.K. horror festival, and thousands of fans come from all over the U.K., the U.S. and Europe."

3 September 2008 9:30 PM, PDT

I've never heard of anything like this... ever. A new article in this evening's Variety details various projects for Spanish director Guillermo del Toro, which reports that he's officially "booked" until 2017. Can you imagine that? Knowing you're going to be working your arse off for the next decade, making millions of dollars and having no worries in the world? Sounds like a dream! But you can't say he didn't earn it. Inside you'll find the article, which reveals some new projects on the horizon. Projects include: Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde and Slaughterhouse-five, aong with Drood, The Hobbit and H.P. Lovecrafts At The Mountains Of Madness.

3 September 2008 7:05 PM, PDT

Canadian producers Unstable Ground are hard at work packaging and developing The Eternal, and have some new exciting news. The first cast member has agreed to join lead Adam Wilson in this foray into madness and bloodletting. Highly-talented character actor James Lorinz (from the cult-hits Frankenhooker and Street Trash) will play a major role in the film. This film will mark Lorinzs return to the genre, his first horror-related film since the early 90s. Lorinz was my first choice for the character, it was tailored for him, stated director Justin McConnell, his performance in Frankenhooker is so acclaimed for a reason.

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