This week has yielded some rumor-ish buzz regarding two properties (touched by Steven Spielberg) that are returning to the screen. Let's tackle Jurassic Park 4 first, shall we? Sam Neill spoke to The Dominion Post about the sequel and told the outlet: "I’m told it’s a big reboot, a total re-jig."
Let's put this in perspective, because there are a couple of ways this can go. Some can see this as "they're remaking Jurassic Park!" But I can assure you, they're not. That's not in the cards and never has been (I've seen a taste of what they may be cooking up). Or, you can see this as Neill misconstruing the term "reboot." It's very possible he just means to say the next story kicks off an all-new story arc with new characters.
So, just keep things in perspective.
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Jonathan Hyde and Richard Sammel have joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro's The Strain. The former has appeared in films like The Mummy and Anaconda. Sammel, meanwhile, was spotted taking a baseball bat to the side of his head in Inglourious Basterds.
The Strain also stars Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand and Mia Maestro. Del Toro is directing the pilot for FX and shooting is expected to begin once he is done with the Pacific Rim press tour.
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Back Lot Music will release the soundtrack for The Purge, Universal Pictures’ upcoming speculative thriller starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, on June 4th.. The Purge Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features new music by Nathan Whitehead. The film opens on June 7th.
“Scoring The Purge was a fascinating and haunting exploration into what we value as a society and how far will we go in the name of greater social good,” Whitehead reflects. “Sonically, this was such a fun world to develop as I got to record and process a lot of strange sounds to create our own vocabulary for the score—everything from spring rattles and noisy toys to whooshing traffic and subway tunnels.
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Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new Pacific Rim featurette, via IGN, which you can watch using the player below. The July 12th release stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman, Larry Joe Campbell, Brad William Henke and Diego Klattenhoff.
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*Updated with two more TV spots* Paramount Pictures has released a new TV spot for their upcoming zombie epic World War Z. Check it out after the break!
Hitting theaters on June 21, the Marc Forster-directed action thriller stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox and David Morse.
The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
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IFC released the official U.S. trailer for Byzantium, Neil Jordan's new film steeped within the vampire sub-genre. Jordan last explored bloodsuckers in Interview with the Vampire.
The film, starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan, opens June 28th. The pair play mysterious women who seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara (Arterton) meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.
Read our set report here, which includes interviews with the cast and crew.
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With the arrival of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Uncut on DVD and Blu-ray (out today), ShockTillYouDrop.com is participating in a "witch hunt."
This is a multi-site hunt and the first person to find all six witch images and uncover the complete secret URL (each image contains a piece of the URL), will win an iPad mini with digital versions of the theatrical and Unrated Cut. Everyone else who enters, will have a chance to win a trip to the premiere of World War Z.
Look for the concept art and the hidden URL piece within it here.
Once you've collect the art/URL piece, swing on by the H&G Facebook and Twitter pages to continue the hunt... Best of luck!
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Last night saw the season one finale of Bates Motel. I'll be diving into an analysis of the hit A&E show a bit later today on The BloodCast podcast (with guests Brian Collins and The Psycho Legacy's Robert Galluzzo), until then, let's read what Carlton Cuse has to say about season two, shall we?
The showrunner spoke recently to The Hollywood Reporter. When asked what he had in mind for the sophomore season, moreover, if it would pick up a bit later in Norman's teenage years, Cuse said: "I don't want to say exactly how we're going to do that. Certainly the events at end of this season are very much in play when season two opens."
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