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Been looking forward to this one

 

Hulu’s Hellraiser Reboot Trailer

Today Hulu released the first full trailer for its highly anticipated reboot of the Hellraiser film franchise. And while there’s a new face of the franchise — actor Jamie Clayton as Pinhead — the footage focuses on our new unwitting mortals taken in by a mysterious puzzle box.

 

Been looking forward to this one. The original is a classic from my youth. I'm eager to see how they freshened this up. Hopefully it's really good.

 

Sci-Fi Classic Scanners Lands HBO Series With Creator David Cronenberg Attached



The psychic warfare world of Scanners will be put through a peak television lens by HBO, which is reportedly moving forward with a small screen adaptation of the property.

Director David Cronenberg's 1981 film, Scanners, and the sequels and spinoffs it spawned, will be reinterpreted for modern audiences by the premium cable channel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is set to manifest under the creative purview of writer and showrunner William Bridges, who brings genre experience as creator of the 2020-2021 sci-fi/romance series Soulmates and as a writer for a duo of Black Mirror episodes -- notably 2017's "U.S.S. Callister" -- and a Season 3 episode of Netflix's Stranger Things from 2019. The pilot will be directed by Yann Demange (Lovecraft Country, Top Boy), who is also serving as an executive producer alongside Bridges and, notably, original visionary Cronenberg himself.

The would-be Scanners television series is being described in the report as "a visceral thriller" focusing on two women "living on the fringes of modern society" forced to work together amid an ordeal that sees them pursued by agents with "unimaginable powers" in an effort to ultimately expose a vast conspiracy. Consequently, the pitch seemingly confirms that the story will exist within the confines of Cronenberg's film, making it a sequel of sorts.

1981's Scanners was an industry breakthrough for Cronenberg, who served as writer and director, springboarding him to more mainstream horror films like The Dead Zone and The Fly. The story is a late-Cold-War allegory that utilizes the fact-based element of military research on psychic warfare, giving it an ostentatious genre upgrade. Set in a near-future world, the film depicts secret warfare among the eponymous scanners, whose dangerous psychic powers manifest in the forms of telekinesis, telepathy and even mind control. The secret war is being conducted between a company funding the psychic research against an insurgent group, led by Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside), with plans to take over the world. Thus, company ConSec’s recruited newcomer scanner, Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack), finds himself in the unfortunate position of being the world's last hope against the threat.

Of course, the claim to fame of the Scanners franchise has always been the psychic battles, most notably represented by a scene set in front of a lecture audience in which Ironside's Revok demonstrates some of his abilities on a hapless volunteer, whose head abruptly explodes, leaving those in attendance horrified -- and leaving the internet with one of the most effective GIFs it would ever see.



The 1981 film was eventually followed by (Cronenberg-less) sequels in Scanners II: The New Order (1991), Scanners III: The Takeover (1992), Scanner Cop (1994) and Scanners: The Showdown (1995), with the latter two being straight-to-video offerings.

The new HBO project represents the latest, most auspicious step for a TV adaptation after a remake movie was mooted back in 2007, followed by initial television plans in 2011 and a 2017 bidding war over the franchise's rights, which seemed to indicate that new plans were in motion.

There's no word yet on when to expect HBO's Scanners television project.

 

AMC Renews Interview With the Vampire for Season 2


The “Interview with the Vampire” series at AMC has been renewed for Season 2 at AMC.

The renewal comes ahead of the series premiere on Oct. 2. The 8-episode second season will be set in Europe.

Based on the Anne Rice novel of the same name, the series stars Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt, Bailey Bass as Claudia, and Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy. Rolin Jones adapted the book for television and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Mark Johnson also executive produces and is overseeing the creation of the Anne Rice television universe for AMC under his overall deal with AMC Studios.

Interview with the Vampire is one of two shows AMC is currently working on based on Rice’s works after acquiring the rights to The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches novels in 2020.

 

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches

Based on Rice’s best-selling trilogy, Lives of the Mayfair Witches, the 8-episode series focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon, Dr. Rowan Fielding, who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches.






The series stars Alexandra Daddario, Jack Huston, Tongayi Chirisa, and Harry Hamlin.

 

Any chance of wwbm IR in this?

 

I watched it over the weekend and liked it. It's a very different story from the original. I took an interesting take on the Cenobites (less bdsm). But it left me thinking about the lore of this universe and wanting to see more. I'd say you'll enjoy it if you're a fan of the first 2 Hellraiser movies from the 80s.

 

While I'd be happy to report Alexandra Daddario's character has a Black love interest, I'm unable to do so. Maybe the next trailer will give us more insight into her personal life.

 

The Official Trailer for Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild is "a tale about scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Jordan Peele), who enlist the aid of Kat Elliot (Lyric Ross), a tough teen with a load of guilt, to summon them to the Land of the Living," according to an official synopsis.

 

At the Mountains of Madness’ – Guillermo del Toro Shares Never-Seen CGI Test for Unmade Movie




https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie...-shares-never-seen-cgi-test-for-unmade-movie/

 

Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches - Official Trailer


The series is centered on a neurosurgeon named Rowan Mayfair (Alexandra Daddario), who discovers she is the latest designee in a family of powerful New Orleans witches.