Friday, November 06, 2009 09:07 PM
Michael Gingold
Film News
 According to The Hollywood Reporter, British filmmaker Lawrence Gough, who currently has SALVAGE (pictured) doing the festival circuit, will next direct DROUGHT for The Works International and Mann Made Films. The movie is an ecological action/horror story in the vein of John Hillcoat’s upcoming Cormac McCarthy adaptation THE ROAD.
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 Just when we thought we were done with the day’s disc news, Fox Home Entertainment sent along the complete specs for its dual release of JENNIFER’S BODY. The Megan Fox-starrer arrives on DVD and in a two-Blu-ray set December 29, with each edition containing both the theatrical and unrated extended cuts.
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 • IFC Films and MPI Media Group gave Fango the first look at cover art for their DVD release of PONTYPOOL (pictured), the acclaimed and unusual zombie thriller starring Stephen McHattie. Also coming this winter from the two companies is another well-received genre film, the Argentinean ghost story THE APPEARED.
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 • DEMON RESURRECTION (pictured), the new shocker from writer/director William Hopkins (who wrote the original story for Fangoria Films’ CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT) is now available from Feature Resources, Inc. Alexis Golightly, Damian Ladd, Bashir Solebo, Laurie Miller, Will McDonald and Joe Zaso star in this story of a witches’ coven, exectuted 200 years ago, who arise as skeletal zombies in search of a young woman who may be carrying the child of a Cthulhu-like deity.
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Friday, November 06, 2009 12:29 PM
James Zahn
Latest News
 Love it or hate it, Fango #288 has been on the market for a few weeks, and that means it's time to take a look to the future. Shipping in December is FANGORIA #289 (January 2010). This is the first issue featuring contributing writer Stephen King with the first installment of his two-part essay (to be concluded in Fango #290). Check out the full GUTS & GRAVY below the jump, where you can also pre-order this issue a la carte, or subscribe for massive savings!
 Halloween is over, but the horror-film screenings continue. A quartet of genre features that have yet to achieve general distribution will be shown this month on opposite coasts, all with special guests on hand.
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Friday, November 06, 2009 10:35 AM
Michael Gingold
Film News
 Absurda and Industrial Entertainment have announced that their film MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE has set a debut theatrical-release date. The movie marks the first collaboration between cinematic mavericks Werner Herzog and David Lynch, who directed and executive-produced respectively.
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Friday, November 06, 2009 06:10 AM
Michael Gingold
Film News
 Variety reports that Hideo Nakata, who helmed the Japanese RINGU chillers among others as well as the American THE RING TWO, will direct VOICE FROM THE STONE for Zanuck Independent. The project is based on the Italian cult novel LA VOCE DELLA PIETRA by Silvio Raffo.
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 07:50 PM
Tony Timpone
Film News
 The original PREDATOR inspired more American Film Market-screened knockoffs than just about any other movie, and the word on the street here at the sales event is that the upcoming Robert Rodriguez production PREDATORS will also jumpstart a whole new stream of human-vs.-aliens movies. And those who gotten a look at the PREDATORS screenplay have been raving.
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 07:47 PM
Tony Timpone and Michael Gingold
Film News
 Roger Corman (a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at our recent Trinity of Terrors) is a mainstay of the American Film Market and always has been, and that’s where we caught up again with the veteran producer, who’s doing a couple of new killer-fish movies for the Syfy channel. “DINOCROC was a big hit for us,” he tells Fango, “and Syfy wanted another one, so now we have DINOSHARK, which we shot in Mexico, and that has turned out so well, the next one we’ll do for them is…
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 07:43 PM
Michael Gingold
Events
 The organizers of the New York City Horror Film Festival have announced the movies they’re presenting in the 2009 edition. The fest runs Thursday-Sunday, November 19-22 at the Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street at Canal Street), with an opening-night party Wednesday the 18th at 8 p.m. at BLVD (199 Bowery near Spring Street).
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 07:40 PM
Michael Gingold
Film News
 Variety reports that Ashley Greene (pictured), who plays Alice Cullen in TWILIGHT and the upcoming NEW MOON and ECLIPSE, is in talks to star in the Dark Castle production THE APPARITION. Todd Lincoln will direct the film from his own script, for producers Joel Silver, Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman.
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Since it first started airing trailers in front of DISTRICT 9, there's been some debate over whether or not Universal Studios' FOURTH KIND is a true story or not.