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Guillermo del Toro Would “Kill” to Resurrect ‘Pet Sematary’

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I have a weird relationship with Guillermo del Toro’s movies.

From Blade 2 to Hellboy, Mimic, Pacific Rim, and even Crimson Peak, I haven’t liked any of them (sans Pan’s Labyrinth) on first viewing. Either he’s always ahead of his time or his films are better suited for home video.

Whatever the case, I’m not a gushing fan. Outside of wanting to see his interpretation of Disney’s Haunted Mansion (especially after the set and sound design, and effects work of Crimson Peak), I just can’t get excited about him anymore.

No matter, he’s active on Twitter, and shared with his followers his deep desire to take a stab at Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary,” originally adapted for the screen by Mary Lambert in 1989.

“Book of the Day: PET SEMATARY by Stephen King. Unrelentingly dark and emotional. Compulsive reading. Would kill to make it on film,” said del Toro.

Jeff Buhler (Insanitarium, The Midnight Meat Train) has been working on adapting a modern take for Paramount, which originally had Juan Carlos Fresnadillo attached to direct. It’s unclear where this stands, although Buhler recently talked about the process implying Paramount is still developing.

The Internet has a way of making things happen. So, could a public campaign by del Toro and his followers get Paramount’s attention? Or, will Crimson Peak‘s box office numbers scare everyone away?

As much as del Toro doesn’t excite me like he used to, I can see him delivering a wonderfully moody interpretation of King’s material.

What do you guys think?

Pet-Sematary

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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‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Adds “Chucky” Actor Teo Briones and More to Lead Cast

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Chucky Actor Teo Briones
Pictured: Teo Briones in "Chucky" Season Two

The Final Destination franchise is returning to life with Final Destination: Bloodlines. With filming now underway, THR reports that three actors have joined the lead cast, including “Chucky” actor Teo Briones.

Brec Bassinger (“Stargirl”) and Kaitlyn Santa Juana (The Friendship Game) join Teo Briones, who played Junior Wheeler in season two of “Chucky,” as the leads in the sixth installment of the horror franchise.

Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Freaks) are directing the fresh installment that also includes Richard Harmon (“The 100”, Grave Encounters 2), Anna Lore, Owen Patrick Joyner, Max Lloyd-Jones (The Book Of Boba Fett), Rya Kihlstedt (Obi Wan Kenobi), and Tinpo Lee (The Manor) among the cast.

Production is now underway in Vancouver.

What can we expect from the upcoming Final Destination 6? Speaking with Collider, franchise creator Jeffrey Reddick offered up an intriguing (and mysterious) tease last year.

“This film dives into the film in such a unique way that it attacks it from a different angle so you don’t feel like, ‘Oh, there’s an amazing setup and then there’s gonna be one wrinkle that can potentially save you all that you have to kind of make a moral choice about or do to solve it.’ There’s an expansion of the universe that – I’m being so careful,” Reddick teased.

Reddick continued, “It kind of unearths a whole deep layer to the story that kind of, yes, makes it really, really interesting.”

Final Destination: Bloodlines is written by Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream), with Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home) producing.

Producers on the new movie for New Line Cinema also include Dianne McGunigle (Cop Car) as well as Final Destination producers Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor.

This will be the sixth installment in the hit franchise, and the first in over ten years. Each film centers on “Death” hunting down young friends who survive a mass casualty event.

The latest entry is expected in 2025, coinciding with the original film’s 25th anniversary.

 

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