Gil Cates Jr. has begun production on The Mesmerist, according to Daily Variety. The film is based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" and tells the story of a doctor who convinces the family of a dying man to allow him to put the man into a trance. After the man dies, his soul is held in thrall and allows The Mesmerist insights into the afterworld. The film will star Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Capshaw and Howard Hesseman. The story was adapted for the big screen by Michael Goorjian.
According to RockRage.com, Rob Zombie's directorial debut film House of 1000 Corpses has been pushed back from the originally announced spring 2001 release to a June 10, 2001 release date. Apparently, Universal Studios is so pleased with a rough cut of the film that they moved the release date to June. The studio feels that the horror film has enough substance to compete with the heavy summer box office releases.
According to Daily Variety, Los Angeles and Prague-based Milk & Honey Productions will handle the production on New Line Cinema's Blade 2: Bloodhunt. As previously reported, the $55 million budget movie, starring Wesley Snipes, is set to start pre-production this month in Prague, with a four-month 85-day production shoot to start in February. Blade 2 is Milk & Honey's first international film to be shot in Prague and it is expected to bring an estimated $10 to $15 million increase in revenue to the area.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Creature Features, a new series of movies inspired by Samuel Arkoff's sci-fi classics of the 50's, is being readied for showing on Home Box Office Cable Televison. A series of five shows are set to be filmed and each has a budget in the $3 million range. Set to produce the five shows are Stan Winston, Colleen Camp and Lou Arkoff. The first of the series will be The Day the World Ended which is set to start filming on November 28 in Los Angeles. Terence Gross will direct the film whose script was written by Max Enscoe and Annie DeYoung. Randy Quaid and Nastassja Kinski are set to star in the film which will tell the story of a school psychologist who moves to a small rural town and is met with suspicion by the community. When she befriends a young adopted boy, whose father, a doctor, is considered a pillar of the community, the people seem to distrust her even more. When a grisly murder is discovered, she becomes the chief suspect, even though, the real killer isn't human. Other films in the series will include Teenage Cave Man, which will be directed by Larry Clark, War of the Colossal Beast, under the direction of Sebastian Gutierrez, How to Make a Monster, which George Huang is set to direct, and The Spider, which does not yet have a director attached. Samuel Arkoff will the executive producer of the series along with Steve Eccelsine, Robyn Rosenfeld and Buddy Epstein.
Here are some new releases and coming attractions from Anchor Bat Entertainment, who have bring us horror fans some great titles!
NEW RELEASES
Sleepaway Camp
Collector's Edition
A series of grisly accidents plague the idyllic Camp Arawak. Are they accidents or the work of a maniacal killer? This edition is packaged in a deluxe capsule clamshell case with photos and other information on the reverse side of the cover sleeve.
Street Date: 11/28/00
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Collector's Edition
An eerily constructed and beautifully photographed tale of the undead roaming the English countryside. This edition is packaged in a deluxe capsule clamshell case with photos and other information on the reverse side of the cover sleeve.
Street Date: 10/24/00
Slugs
A mass of flesh-eating slugs invades a small town, causing mayhem and bloody destruction. Can the rampage be stopped before everyone is devoured?
Street Date: 10/24/00
The Stuff
A delicious new dessert takes the nation by storm, even though it is actually a body-snatching killer that turns its victims into zombies.
Street Date: 10/24/00
COMING ATTRACTIONS!
C.H.U.D.
Something horrible is loose in the sewers of Manhattan, and the homeless have begun to mutate into 'Cannabalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers.' They are C.H.U.D. - hideous, hungry and headed for the streets!
Street Date: 1/30/01
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