The Netflix Original Series Hemlock Grove, from executive producer Eli Roth and based on Brian McGreevy’s novel of the same name, will return with a second season next year.

Seasoned showrunner Charles H. (Chic) Eglee (The Walking Dead, Dexter) joins the popular series as executive producer in season two.

"The worldwide fan response to ‘Hemlock Grove’ was phenomenal" said Executive Producer Eli Roth.  "Netflix members loved the potent combination of sexy monsters, mystery, and the dark family soap opera that ended with a huge twist, leaving audiences worldwide totally shocked. Season One was just a warm up for what we have in store for season two.  Get ready to be scared in ways you never expected."

Universal Pictures has released another TV spot for the upcoming adaptation of the Dark Horse comic R.I.P.D.  In the film, veteran sheriff Roy Pulsifer (Jeff Bridges) has spent his career with the legendary police force known as R.I.P.D. tracking monstrous spirits who are cleverly disguised as ordinary people. His mission? To arrest and bring to justice a special brand of criminals trying to escape final judgment by hiding among the unsuspecting on Earth.

Once the wise-cracking Roy is assigned former rising-star detective Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds) as his junior officer, the new partners have to turn grudging respect into top-notch teamwork. When they uncover a plot that could end life as we know it, two of R.I.P.D.'s finest must miraculously restore the cosmic balance...or watch the tunnel to the afterlife begin sending angry souls the very wrong way.

Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton - the writing team responsible for a good chunk of the SAW series - booked a new writing gig at Fox.  They've sold a pitch called Outliers which is to be directed by David Karlak.

A package arrived in the mail this afternoon containing a fake plant and a severed thumb USB drive.  On that drive?  A handful of images (access to them after the jump) for the June 27th VOD release of 100 Bloody Acres.  

Clever.  Very clever.

The feature debut of Australian filmmaking brothers, Colin and Cameron Cairnes, 100 Bloody Acres tells the twisted tale of an organic fertilizer business that experiences increased sales when its owners stumble across a “secret ingredient” - one that’s processed through a meat grinder - that   really   helps their fertilizer to fertilize.

August 2nd welcomes the U.S. debut of Cockneys vs. Zombies (review).  Shout! Factory is distributing and we got our hands on the domestic trailer, which you can find after the jump.

Directed by Matthias Hoene, the film follows Andy and Terry: Two hapless cockney brothers who try to save their grandad’s care home by robbing a bank. At the same time, a virus sweeps across East London turning all the inhabitants into flesh eating zombies. 

As you know, The Walking Dead Season 3 will be making its DVD and Blu-ray debut on August 27th.  At the time of the initial announcement, the bonus content was not yet revealed, but that has been remedied.  Inside, we've got a breakdown of what is going to be available and what will be included.

In 1979, prototypes for 3 ¾” action figures for Ridley Scott's Alien were developed but never manufactured. Through Super 7's industry and collector contacts, the company unearthed reference material and original 34-year-old prototypes and will now make these “lost toys” a reality.

Under authorization from 20th Century Fox, Super7 will produce the full series of Alien toys as part of its ReAction Figure Series (Retro-Action).  Each is stylized exactly as items from the “golden age” of action figures with approximately five points of articulation, accessories, and period-authentic blister card packaging.

Super7 will offer four different Alien ReAction Figure exclusives at San Diego Comic Con.  The following will be available at Super7 booth #5245.

Earlier this year, Sony/Screen Gems staked out a date for the sixth installment in the Resident Evil franchise.  The plan was to get it in theaters by September 12, 2014.  When we caught wind of this news, we had it confirmed.  But there was just one problem: Director Paul W.S. Anderson is embarking on a film called Pompeii this year which is due to open February 12, 2014.

If Anderson was in fact going to have a sixth Resident Evil film ready for September 2014, he'd have to begin shooting by the end of this year (this is going based on the shooting schedules of the previous films).  He may be a bit too busy on Pompeii to make that happen.  His wife, and Resident Evil series star, Milla Jovovich, recently took to Twitter to back some of this up.

Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, announced today the acquisition of North American rights to '70s genre hybrid The Visitor.

Legendary Hollywood director/actor John Huston (The Maltese Falcon; Treasure Of The Sierra Madre) stars as an intergalactic warriorbattling alongside a cosmic Christ figure against a demonic eight-year-old girl and her pet hawk, as the fate of the universe hangs in the balance.

A new HD restoration from the original film materials is planned for a theatrical, home video and multi Video On Demand/Digital platform release later in the year. 

Back in March 2012, very few people knew much about Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming project Pacific Rim except that it involved giant monsters, giant robots (or, shall we say, "mechs") and the director of such great horror and action (and sometimes horror/action) classics as the Hellboy movies, Blade II, Pan’s Labyrinth, Mimic and more. It would also be Del Toro’s first movie as a director in five years having spent that time developing other movies like The Hobbit and At the Mountains of Madness - both of which didn’t pan out.

Peter Jackson and H.P. Lovecraft’s loss is our gain, because the idea of Guillermo making a giant monster movie is almost literally every giant monster movie fanboy’s wettest dream since Guillermo has been involved with some of the coolest and craziest horror movies released in the past 20 years. (Not many people have realized or mentioned this, but 2013 also marks the 20th Anniversary of his feature directorial debut, the Spanish vampire movie Cronos.)