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Original Cursed Video to Appear In ‘Rings’?!

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The Ring, 2002

Director F. Javier Gutierrez has been hard at work on the Paramount lot editing Rings, the third installment in the U.S. The Ring franchise that’s set to curse audiences this coming November 13, 2015.

Gutierrez has been sharing all sorts of behind-the-scenes goodies via his Instagram, a few of which caught my attention.

If we’re to go by what he’s been sharing, it looks as if Rings will use the original cursed video (see below) that appeared in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror masterpiece.

At the time, the haunted video was imprinted onto a VHS cassette, which is clearly a bit dated. Now, with digitization such a simple process, I expect to see Samara haunting kids using modern technology – like with smart phones.

Interestingly enough, Gutierrez also shared a photo with him and Jonathan Liebesman, which is interesting considering Liebesman helmed the incredible short, “Rings,” which accompanied the purchase of The Ring 2 on home video in 2005. Could there be a tie-in here?

Rings stars Johnny Galecki, best known as Leonard in “The Big Bang Theory.”

Galecki will play Gabriel, a handsome, pleasure-seeking professor who mentors and helps boyfriend and girlfriend duo, Holt (Alex Roe) and Julia (Matilda Lutz). Scream 4‘s Aimee Teegarden rounds out the main cast.

It’s a direct sequel to The Ring 2, although there were plans on having it be part prequel, which didn’t come into fruition when the filmmakers were allegedly unable to lock down original star Naomi Watts.

With the original almost 15 years old already, can the new incarnation bring younger, newer horror fans into Samara’s world? The Ring, in my opinion, is one of the scariest movies ever made. The Ring 2 was a disaster. Can Rings reinvigorate the curse?

Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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Pictured: Matilda Firth in 'Christmas Carole'

Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things),  Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

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