Saturday, November 7

• The Weinstein Company Really Wants to Make a Hellraiser Remake

  Despite pushing back production on Halloween 3-D due to possible financial woes within the company, The Weinstein Company is still keeping its fingers crossed about getting a Hellraiser remake off the ground after two years of attempts. At the American Film Market, ShockTillYouDrop reports that The Weinsteins included a synopsis for the remake, listing no director or writer but creator Clive Barker as Executive Producer in their AFM guide.

  The re-telling of Clive Barker's classic horror masterpiece. Based on Barker's critically acclaimed novella The Hellbound Heart, Hellraiser tells the story of an unfaithful wife who attempts to assist her dead lover in his escape from hell. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of forsaken demons — lead by one of the most enduring horror characters of all time, Pinhead — he must force his former mistress to bring him the necessary human sacrifices to complete his body. Clive Barker's Hellraiser promises to be a terrifying journey into the darkest corners of the soul.

  Producer Bob Weinstein told Variety in September that he was planning to go "back to doing what I do best," which apparently means sequels for franchises like Scream, Spy Kids, and a Hellraiser sequel in 3-D. Weinstein seemed confident that financing for the sequels wouldn't be a problem.

  There is no question that financing is readily available to produce and market these films. I am eager to expand our scope in the 3D business.

  Looks like he is doing just that.

  
  

  Posted 11/07/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Robert Weinstein | Clive Barker | Hellraiser

Wednesday, October 29

• Hellraiser Remake Might Actually Happen

  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

  Related: Clive Barker | Hellraiser | Hellraiser

Friday, August 1

• Lionsgate Dumping Meat Train?

  That's the word on the street. Despite overwhelmingly positive early buzz (8 out of 10 from 223 users on IMDB), Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, is going to be difficult to find in theaters. Horror site Bloody-Disgusting.com is reporting that Lionsgate is dumping the flick into second-run movie houses around the nation on August 1st, although a quick search on Fandango here in Los Angeles shows no theaters playing the movie in the immediate area.

  The tactic Lionsgate is employing on this release is unclear, but Bloody-Disgusting is urging fans to write a letter to Lionsgate demanding that they get the chance to experience Midnight Meat Train in a proper movie house. They are also offering an updated list of the random theaters playing the movie. Fans living in Provo, UT or Wichita, KS might just be in luck...

  Read Bloody-Disgusting's full story right here.
  
  

  Posted 08/01/2008 by reelz

  Related: Clive Barker | Midnight Meat Train

Tuesday, October 16

• Le Hellraiser?

  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

  Related: Clive Barker | Hellraiser | Hellraiser

Thursday, July 26

• Clive Barker inspired by "Special Cookies"

  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 07/26/2007 by reelz

  Related: Clive Barker | Hellraiser | Candyman