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‘Toolbox Murders 2’ Update, First Casting News!
Here’s a little late night snack for you horror hounds. This evening I got in touch with Dean Jones, the man behind the long-delayed Toolbox Murders sequel, who finally has some news on the film’s progress. Beyond the break you can find out the first casting news, see the new tentative title and read what Jones has to say about the project. Watch this spot for plenty more as the film finally goes into production!
STORY CONFIRMED
What we’ve been told is that Dean Jones is still set to direct the sequel to Toolbox Murders from his own screenplay. The working title is currently TBK, with a new website slated to be launched in the coming weeks.
Casting is currently in progress, although, Brain Krause (Growth, Triloquist), Jeffery Combs (Re-Animator), Tony Todd (Candyman), Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Pumpkinhead), and Red West are already on board.
“This script is very powerful, provocative, and original and rises far above the last Toolbox,” he tells Bloody-Disgusting. “I work in a world where I create death on a daily basis and so with that in mind this script will have highest body count ever in the history of horror films.”
He continues, “However, the story will not be gore for the sake of having gore…it has depth and style.”
Our previous report indicated that the story will continue to take place in Hollywood. This time you will see more of the killer, there will be more murders and more of a backstory about where he’s from and how he came to be.
Tobe Hooper directed the first film back in 2003, which was a remake of the classic from 1978. The reboot took place in a historic Hollywood hotel that’s been subdued for decades – but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.
Jones’ make-up credits include Chain Letter, Fast & Furious, Train, Day of the Dead, Mortuary, Dead Birds, the first Toolbox Murders, and many more.
A bedtime lullaby soothes an unsettling newborn in our exclusive clip from Nightborn, from Hatching filmmaker Hanna Bergholm.
The dark fable makes its debut on Shudder on July 31.
Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star as new parents in Nightborn, and this exclusive clip highlights mom’s harrowing transition into motherhood.
In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”
Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson also star.
Bergholm teased of her maternal horror movie, “In Nordic countries, there’s a long-standing mythology of trolls living in the forests. In ancient times, people truly believed that trolls inhabited the woods and had a kind of control over nature. And in Nightborn, the forest reflects Saga’s emotions and the animalistic, primitive physical side of humankind.”
“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”