Wednesday, October 29
It was just over a year ago that Dimension Films first announced plans to remake Hellraiser, the 1987 horror hit which introduced movie audiences to an amiable chap named Pinhead. Since then, a prolonged writers' strike and turmoil at Dimension's parent, the Weinstein Company, have combined to repeatedly stall the project in that Hollywood wonderland known as "development hell."
Now it seems that the Hellraiser reboot may finally be moving forward. Our pals at Bloody-Disgusting report that producers are close to a deal with 
Frenchie director Pascal Laugier (Martyrs) to helm the new version, which was once slated to open in January of 2009. That ain't gonna happen, obviously. A Halloween '09 release, on the other hand, isn't out of the question.
Now that a director has been apparently nailed down (pun intended), we can commence Pinhead casting speculation. How 'bout Moby? He could use the work.
Posted 10/29/2008 by reelz
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Tuesday, October 16
Clive Barker's landmark 1987 horror flick, Hellraiser, about a couple with the misfortune of moving into a house inhabited by a man left skinless after being tortured by creatures that have escaped from the gates of Hell, is set for a remake.
Julien Maury and Alexander Bustillo, who made last year's French horror movie, Inside, will direct for Dimension, who is hoping for a repeat of the success with they had remaking Halloween. Barker will produce.
Source: Variety.
Posted 10/16/2007 by reelz
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Thursday, July 26
During a panel to promote the upcoming Lionsgate flick Midnight Meat Train, horror legend Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Candyman) provided the 2007 Comic-Con with its most enjoyable moments thus far.
Rambling, occasionally incoherent and highly entertaining throughout, Barker had the audience in stitches as he spoke about the THC-laced culinary inspiration for the titles of his stories:
"I had a bunch of short stories without titles attached to them. And my friend Simon (Bamford, appeared in the 1990 Barker flick Nightbreed) brought these cookies to a party. I have a very sweet tooth and I devoured these cookies. And then I felt very, very strange. Simon came back and said 'Where are the cookies?' And I said that I ate them. And he goes, 'Well, they're special cookies.' And....oh my God. And eventually I ended up with eleven titles."
Midnight Meat Train stars Vinnie Jones, Bradley Cooper and Leslie Bibb. It's currently slated for a 2008 release.
Posted 7/26/2007 by reelz
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