Posted 2/13/12 10:40 am EST by Terri Schwartz in Casting Call
Three major stars are set to join Daniel Radcliffe in the upcoming flick "Kill Your Darlings." Meanwhile, Will Ferrell will become a "Flamingo Thief," Saoirse Ronan is set to star in Disney's newly titled "Order of the Seven" and Jennifer Aniston will lead the dramedy "Miss You Already."
It's February 13, and you're tuning in for today's casting call.
Posted 2/3/12 2:40 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Casting Call
The upcoming "Evil Dead" remake may have lost a leading lady with Lily Collins, but today the horror movie picked up her replacement and a male lead. In other casting news, Viola Davis is the latest star to join "Ender's Game," her "The Help" costar Octavia Spencer joins a sci-fi thriller, and Chris Rock wants to romance Melissa McCarthy in his new movie.
It's February 3, and you're tuning in for today's casting call.
Bad news, "Evil Dead" fans. It seems as though the upcoming reboot has lost the one actress who was actually attached to the project.
Lily Collins has apparently dropped out of the Fede Alvarez-directed flick. The Hollywood Reporter is saying that the "Mirror Mirror" lead opted not to follow through with the upcoming horror film due to "scheduling issues." While there are several other main characters left to be cast, Collins was the only person currently attached to the project.
It wasn't too long ago that Collins first entered discussions for "Evil Dead." Her potential involvement was announced in early January, where it was said that she would play a female version of Bruce Campbell's character in the original flick. That role, Mia, would be the main character in this new take on the horror film franchise.
Posted 1/5/12 12:51 pm EST by Alison Nastasi in Horror Bites
Lily Collins has gone from playing Snow White in the upcoming "Mirror, Mirror," to possibly kicking some undead ass in "The Evil Dead" remake.
THR reports that Collins is in "early talks" for the updating of the legendary horror-comedy that starred Bruce Campbell in the role of Ash. Bloody-Disgusting has some additional details, stating that Collins would play Mia, the lead character and a female version of Ash, who heads to a cabin in the woods with friends. They discover a Book of the Dead, demons are unleashed, and Mia's left fighting for her life. While that sounds familiar, there's also a bizarre druggie subplot, as Mia is staying at the cabin to try to overcome an addiction and heal from a recent overdose.
We'll find out more when Fede Alvarez's version hits the screen on April 12, 2013. For now, let us know what you think about the possibility of Collins being cast as a lady Ash, and dig into the rest of this week's horror news past the break!
Posted 12/8/11 4:21 pm EST by Alison Nastasi in Horror Bites
If you thought "Saw 3D" was going to be the last installment of the gory franchise, then you might want to sit down for this news. The rest of us can stand, because we saw this coming a mile away — every diehard horror fan knows that a movie claiming to be the "final" installment isn't really finished for good!
Lionsgate has just revealed that a new "Saw" flick is on the way. During an interview with CNBC, Vice Chairman Michael Burns got a little chatty about the company's big moneymaker. "I'm sure, some day, you'll see 'Saw' back in the picture," Burns said.
It makes sense, at least financially; Lionsgate has a potential franchise in "Hunger Games," but could certainly use backup from the reliable "Saw" series. From a fan standpoint, anyone who watched James Wan's "Insidious" could have guessed this was coming. Some of you may have spotted the chalk-drawn Billy the Puppet with an "8" underneath him on the blackboard in one scene.
Argue for or against a new "Saw" movie in the comments below, and click past the break for more of this week's Horror Bites.
Posted 11/29/11 1:30 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in News, Video
An "Evil Dead" remake is on the way, and you have screenwriter Diablo Cody to thank -- partially, at least.
MTV News caught up with Cody while she was promoting her new movie "Young Adult" and couldn't resist asking about her revisions on the latest drafts of Fede Alvarez's "Evil Dead" script, and she admitted that she didn't know how many details she could spill about the highly anticipated remake. She was willing to share how she contributed to the project, though.
"It was really important again to the filmmakers that it remain totally grounded in reality and timeless. They weren't trying to make some hip trendy horror movie full of pop culture references. I really hope people don't think that that's what I was hired to do," Cody said. "I came in and worked on characters and relationships, things like that."
Posted 7/21/11 11:52 am EST by Alison Nastasi in Horror Bites
Horror cameos are all the rage in this week's Horror Bites, where the scare classics "Evil Dead" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" will be seeing some famous faces in their reboots of the terror tales.
You'll probably shed a tear learning that Ron Howard's "Dark Tower" adaptation was slashed by Universal, but news that the long-awaited "Cabin in the Woods" – from "Cloverfield" writer Drew Goddard, who co-wrote the screenplay with "The Avengers" director Joss Whedon – is finally getting a release date should quicken your pulse. Friday the 13th in 2012 is going to be a memorable year for the horror spoof about a group of friends who hit the woods for some R&R, but end up fighting for their lives (snarky style).
Check out this week's best horror news past the break.
Posted 7/14/11 3:12 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Horror Bites, Trailers
It's shaping up to be quite a week for both trailers and horror movie news. Focusing on the latter first, rumors centering on an "Evil Dead" remake have been building to a fever pitch all week long, and now, we've got some concrete news.
Deadline reports that, yes, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are indeed remaking "Evil Dead" — again — with Fede Alvarez directing and, get this, "Juno" writer Diablo Cody doing revisions on the latest draft. Pretty cool team! Still no word on whether or not Campbell is playing Ash again, though we all know there's only one king we hail to, baby. We'll keep you posted on the remake as more news comes in.
In the meantime, check out two new trailers that just arrived online that are sure to get your pulses pounding.
Posted 8/31/10 3:41 pm EST by Adam Rosenberg in News, Reviews
The premiere home video release this week is, without question, the Blu-ray for Sam Raimi's cult classic, "Evil Dead." To put it simply: the movie has never looked better in its shiny, new high-def ensemble. It can be viewed with one of two aspect ratios-- a widescreen 1.85:1 or a fullscreen 1.33:1. Most will automatically opt for the widescreen view, but it's worth noting that the 1.33:1 is the film's original format, as is noted in the all-new audio commentary (more on that in a moment). The fullscreen option looks slightly better overall, but the difference isn't a huge one-- viewer's preference can reign here, and be equally pleased in either case.
Then there's the new commentary. Raimi, star (and living legend) Bruce Campbell and producer Robert Tapert gather for an informative chat about the making of the film. They don't break it down scene by scene, but rather discuss the entire, harrowing four-year process of getting "Evil Dead" made, beginning to end. It nearly killed a few people, quite literally. Especially during the actual shoot, which went down at a backwoods cabin in Tennessee. With no town close by and lots of expensive equipment lying around, one member of the crew had to stay there each night to protect everything. Then there's the cabin, which has a history all its own. They don't get into in during the commentary, so I asked Campbell about it when I spoke to him recently... Read More...
Posted 3/4/10 7:30 am EST by Adam Rosenberg in Video
"WOW" is the word you're looking for.
The good folks at Bloody-Disgusting have discovered one of the many reminders that the Internet is, in fact, a blessing upon this world. As the headline already told you, the below video contains 60 seconds of claymation sung to the tune of Sam Raimi's horror/comedy classic, "Evil Dead."
And hey, look at that. They got Clay-Bruce Campbell's chin right!
Evil Dead done in 60 seconds with CLAY - 2010 from Lee Hardcastle on Vimeo.
After the jump, further proof that the real Bruce Campbell is a god who walks among us. Read More...
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