Full Casting, Synopsis for "Saw IV" officially released
Lionsgate today revealed full details for the fourth installment of the
Saw series come October.
Synopsis - Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead.
Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grizzly remains and piecing together the puzzle.
However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.
Tobin Bell --- Jigsaw
Scott Patterson --- Agent Straum
Betsy Russell --- Jill (Jigsaw's wife!!)
Costas Mandylor --- Hoffman
Lyriq Bent --- Rigg
Athena Karkanis --- Agent Perez
Justin Louis --- Art
Simon Reynolds --- Lamanna
Mike Realba --- Fisk
Marty Adams --- Ivan
New Poster revealed for Warner's "The Invasion"
Today Warner Bros. released the first official one sheet for
Oliver Hirschbiegel's
The Invasion, which hits theaters August 17.
The Invasion, which is a remake of
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that alters the behavior of human beings. When a Washington D.C. psychiatrist (
Nicole Kidman) discovers the epidemic’s origins are extraterrestrial, she must fight to protect her son, who may hold the key to stopping the escalating invasion.
You can view it
here.
George A. Romero's Message to Fans on MySpace
With
George A. Romero's
Diary of the Dead still waiting a release, the infamous zombie director kick started an official blog on his MySpace page with a letter to his fans.
With a story mixing elements of "
The Blair Witch Project" and the long-running "
Dead" series, the film will follow a group of college students shooting a horror movie in the woods who stumble upon a real zombie uprising. When the onslaught begins, they seize the moment as any good film students would, capturing the undead in a "cinema verite" style that causes more than the usual production headaches.
From
Romero's MySpace:
Hi, guys,
Lemme tell ya about
Diary of the Dead. I love it. It's the first film since my original
Night of the Living Dead that I can say is completely my own.
I've been trying to work under-the-radar, with no hype or press, but lately I've started hearing all kinds of shit about "What's goin' on with
Romero?" "What's with his new film?"
Gimme a break over here! I'm up in Toronto workin' my ass off, making
Diary the best it can be. Truth is, I'm having a blast. I've gone home to the kind of filmmaking that I used to do, back in the day.
Diary is a hundred percent independent, made with my partner,
Peter Grunwald, and our new friends at Artfire. I haven't had this much freedom since 1968. The cast, of what film critics will probably call "unknowns" (they won't be for long) is, in my opinion, fuckin' great.
This one comes from my heart. It's not a sequel or a remake. It's a whole new beginning for the dead.
Thanks to all of you who are out there waiting and wondering. You guys, the fans, have always kept me going. Now
Diary's keeping me going, "night", "dawn", and "day".
I love this movie. I hope you will, too. I'll be back here from time to time to keep you posted. Stay tuned.
Stay scared.
George A. Romero
Anchor Bay Re-releasing Lamberto Bava's "Demons" and "Demons 2"
This afternoon it was learnt that on September 25th Anchor Bay Entertainment will be re-releasing
Demons and
Demons 2, two Euro-horror classics directed by
Lamberto Bava, son of legendary Italian filmmaker
Mario Bava (
Black Sunday, Black Sabbath) - each with brand-new anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1) transfers, repackaged and set at the devilishly low SRP of $14.98 each.
Pre-book date is August 26th.
In the classic '80s film several people are invited to join the opening of a new movie theatre. As the horror film shown to the guests gets more and more violent, the people start to transform one by one into bloodthirsty demons. The remaining guests begin the desperate battle for their lives.
(References - bloody-disgusting.com, cinematical.com, myspace.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, moviehole.net, aolcdn.com)