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The Weinstein Company Looking for New ‘Halloween’ Pitches
With the plan to put Michael Myers in 3-D, it only made sense to bring on a duo like Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer who already have experience in the 3-dimensional world. The duo collaborated on the successful My Bloody Valentine 3D and are now working diligently on Drive Angry, the new action thriller starring Nicolas Cage. It was announced a few months back that they would be reteaming once again for Halloween 3D, although Bloody Disgusting has learned that the Weinstein Company is out seeking a new angle to take the franchise. While the project is open to pitches, there is no word on the fate of both Farmer and Lussier, which is a shame because it would be quite refreshing to see people who LOVE the genre heading deep into Haddonfield. We’ll keep you posted on further developments, although the Weinsteins are really making a name for themselves as a company who can neither make up their mind nor get a project off the ground (only time will tell if Scream IV actually shoots).
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Katharine Isabelle Battles Cosmic Horror in Exclusive ‘Junction Row’ Teaser Trailer [Fantasia 2026]
Among Fantasia 2026‘s massive final wave of programming this morning is Raven Banner’s Lovecraftian creature feature Junction Row, starring Canadian horror icon Katharine Isabelle, and we’re exclusively unveiling the teaser trailer.
Junction Row will celebrate its World Premiere at Fantasia on July 28.
Watch a housing compound fall under siege from Lovecraftian creatures more dangerous than drug dealers in the trailer below.
Junction Row follows “Juno, a recovering addict who leaves a fringe housing compound for a better life, leaving her beloved Ruby behind. When she learns that Ruby has gone missing, Juno returns, only to find Junction Row has become a hotbed of criminal activity, but she encounters much more than menacing drug dealers on her mission to find Ruby.”
Isabelle stars as Juno, with Natalie Brown (FX’s The Strain) as Ruby.
The creature feature marks the feature debut by director Ashlea Wessel, who has directed festival-favorite shorts like 2018’s “Tick” and 2020’s “Weirdo”.
Wessel co-writes Junction Row with Clown in a Cornfield author Adam Cesare and Matt Serafini.
Katharine Isabelle is coming off a brief appearance in Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, and more recently appeared in holiday horror It’s a Wonderful Knife. The horror icon is arguably best known for her turn as the eponymous werewolf in Ginger Snaps and for her roles in American Mary and Freddy vs Jason.
Fantasia teases that Junction Row tells “a story where the fear of the unknown isn’t confined to what lies above, but what waits beneath.”
Stay tuned for more from Fantasia as the festival gets underway later this month.