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‘The Collection’ Website Teases New Artwork

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Posted by EvanDickson on September 10, 2012 @ 10:05am
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Every great collector has a vision, and it will all be realized when The Collection, the sequel to Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton’s slasher The Collector, opens in theaters November 30th, 2012 (in what they’re calling the “real” Black Friday) from LD Entertainment. (We’re also hearing rumors that the film will World Premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas this September!)

The official website for the film isn’t completely active yet, but it does have some new imagery on the front page (which may or may not appear on the US poster).

“When Elena’s (Emma Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he’s transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter’s disappearance, Elena’s wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector. These mercenaries coerce Arkin (Josh Stewart), the only man to have escaped the wrath of this heinous monster, to lead them through thegruesome labyrinth. Now, Arkin finds himself fighting for his own life in order to save Elena.”

The Collection, directed by Marcus Dunstan and written by Dunstan and Patrick Melton, stars Josh Stewart (The Dark Knight Rises), Emma Fitzpatrick (The Social Network), and Christopher McDonald (Requiem for a Dream). READ MORE

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[Interview] Screenwriters Patrick Melton And Marcus Dunstan Talk Nudity, Extremes And Hasselhoff In ‘Piranha 3DD’, Tease ‘The Collection’

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Posted by EvanDickson on September 03, 2012 @ 11:47am
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Anchor Bay Entertainment and Dimension Films will release the 3D Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD of the campy comedy-horror film, Piranha 3DD, September 4th (tomorrow). A sequel to Piranha 3D – the 2010 reboot of the fan-favorite franchise from the ‘70s – Piranha 3DD stars Danielle Panabaker (The Crazies, Friday the 13th), Katrina Bowden (TV’s “30 Rock”), David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Get Smart), David Hasselhoff (TV’s “Baywatch,” “Knight Rider”), Christopher Lloyd (Piranha 3D, Back to the Future), and Gary Busey (Lethal Weapon, The Buddy Holly Story). Directed by John Gulager (Feast) and written by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (the writing team behind four Saw, three Feast titles and the director/writer of The Collector and The Collection).

I recently hopped on the phone with Dunstan and Melton to discuss the challenges of topping the original on a diminished budget, David Hasselhoff’s cut introduction and working with religious water park owners on the raunchy sequel. We also get a tiny (almost no CGI) tidbit on The Collection. Head inside to check it out! READ MORE

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See The Collector’s Terrifying Vision Realized On ‘The Collection’ International Poster!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 30, 2012 @ 7:36pm
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The excitement builds now as Bloody Disgusting got our grubby little fingers on the film’s incredible international one-sheet that assembles a frightening centerpiece to the Collector’s gallery. I can’t tell which half is more unnerving, but I’ll go with the skeleton legs…

[San Diego Comic-Con '12] ‘The Collection’ Will Be Complete On November 30; Burn Over These Gory Stills!!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 11, 2012 @ 10:00pm
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Not a day goes by that one of you dear readers doesn’t contact me asking about the status of the insanely anticipated The Collection, the sequel to Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton’s slasher The Collector that will redefine “Black Friday.”

Bloody Disgusting can exclusively reveal that LD Entertainment will open the film WIDE with a full theatrical run on November 30th, 2012. Black Friday will never be the same as they declare this the real Black Friday!!

In addition to the official plot crunch and release information, inside we’ve landed a quartet of stills featuring the Collector and his unsuspecting victims. Get ready for another gory blast from the minds of four Saw films, the Feast franchise and even Guillermo del Toro’s forthcoming Pacific Rim!

The Collection, directed by Marcus Dunstan and written by Dunstan and Patrick Melton, is a suspense horror film with nonstop thrills at every turn, starring Josh Stewart (The Dark Knight Rises), Emma Fitzpatrick (The Social Network), and Christopher McDonald (Requiem for a Dream). READ MORE

‘Saw’ Writers Bring ‘God of War’ To Life For Battle With Medusa, Cyclops & The Hydra!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 10, 2012 @ 7:58pm
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Universal has tapped genre vets Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan to rewrite God of War, the studio adaptation of the video game from Sony Computer Entertainment, says THR.

Created by David Jaffe and Shannon Studstill and released in March 2005, the game followed the battles of the Spartan warrior Kratos, who squares off against mythological beasts including Medusa, Cyclops and the Hydra in his quest to find Pandora’s Box and destroy Ares, the god of war.

David Self, who is exec producing, wrote the initial draft.

Melton and Dunston made their names writing four installments of the Saw horror franchise. To branch out, they wrote a spec called Monstropolis which was well-regarded and caught the attention of the makers of Pacific Rim. It’s also news that the duo worked in the final draft of Guillermo del Toro’s now-filming Pacific Rim. They got their start writing Dimension’s “Project Greenlight” film Feast.

More “Hoff”, Even More ‘Piranha 3DD’ In Trio Of Clips

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 16, 2012 @ 8:24am
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Dimension Films has provided Bloody Disgusting with a trio of clips from Piranha 3DD, the John Gulager-directed sequel arriving on VOD and in limited theaters June 1. It promises twice the terror and double the D’s

“There’s something in the water… again. And this time no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of the best summer attraction, The Big Wet Water Park.”

Reteaming Gulager with Feast writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, the bloody sequel is jam-packed with stars including Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, David Koechner, Meagan Tandy, Paul James Jordan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Hector Jimenez, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Paul Scheer and even David Hasselhoff. READ MORE

Add The First Still From ‘The Collection’ To Your… Collection

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Posted by EvanDickson on May 07, 2012 @ 11:18am
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The Collection, the hotly anticipated sequel to Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton’s slasher The Collector is finally a fast approaching reality. First there were the great reactions to the test screening out of New Jersey and now we’ve got the first still from the film, which is creepy indeed.

Josh Stewart, Lee Tergesen, Christopher McDonald, Johnny Yong Bosch, Emma Fitzpatrick, Shannon Kane, Tim Griffin, William Peltz, Eaddy Mays, Michael Nardelli, Justin Mortelliti, Michael H. Cole, Arloa Reston and Courtney Lauren Cumming all star in the sequel that could hit theaters later this year.

“Arkin (Stewart) escapes with his life from the vicious grips of “The Collector” during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his “Collection.” Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena’s wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector’s booby trapped hide out and save Elena from his sadistic rituals.”

Head inside for the still. It’s not all that big, so we’ll update when a high-rez one is released. READ MORE

I’ll Pay You A Billion Dollars If You Guess The Rating Of ‘Piranha 3DD’*

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 05, 2012 @ 12:14am
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3piranha3dd031512 Ill Pay You A Billion Dollars If You Guess The Rating Of Piranha 3DD*

*Just kidding. I’m not sure there was ever any doubt what Dimension Films’ Piranha 3DD would be rated. I suppose there was slight a chance there’d be an ‘unrated’ version, but I just imagined that was what the eventual DVD/Blu cut would be. Dimension, like any other distributor, needs to get paid. And the only way to do that is with an “R” (a “PG13″ would be the antithesis of this franchise).

Piranha 3DD has been rated R for “Sequences of strong bloody horror violence and gore, graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use.”

The John Gulagar-directed sequel was penned by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, David Koechner, Meagan Tandy, Paul James Jordan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Hector Jimenez, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Paul Scheer and David Hasselhoff all star.

Hit the jump to take a look at the VERY R-Rated trailer. READ MORE

‘Piranha 3DD’ Hits Just In Time For Beach Season!

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Posted by EvanDickson on March 13, 2012 @ 7:45pm
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Piranha 3DD Hits Just In Time For Beach Season!

We knew it would be a simultaneous theatrical and VOD release, but we didn’t know when. Now we do. Dimension Films’ Piranha 3DD will be released on June 1st. Just in time for summer water park fun.

Piranha 3DD reteams Feast director John Gulagar with writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, David Koechner, Meagan Tandy, Paul James Jordan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Hector Jimenez, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Paul Scheer and David Hasselhoff all star.

You’ve already seen the trailer, but that won’t stop me from including it after the jump. READ MORE

LD Entertainment to Release Hotly Anticipated ‘The Collection’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 12, 2011 @ 10:50pm
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Mickell Liddell’s Liddell Entertainment–which has been on a festival buying spree — is launching a new domestic distribution company that will be headed by veteran indie executive David Dinerstein. LD Distribution will both acquire films and provide distribution for Liddell Entertainment’s own expanding production slate, and intends to release four to six films in its first year.

LD Distribution’s initial slate includes The Collection 3D, the sequel to Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton’s violent The Collector, which was originally primed to be a Saw prequel. No release has been set.

“Arkin (Josh Stewart) escapes with his life from the vicious grips of “The Collector” during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his “Collection.” Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena’s wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector’s booby trapped hide out and save Elena from his sadistic rituals.”

Melton and Dunstan are the writing duo behind Feast 1-III, Saw IV-VI and Piranha 3D. Dunstan directed the film. READ MORE

‘Saw’ Writers’ Novel ‘Black Light’ Headed To The Screen!

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Posted by EvanDickson on November 02, 2011 @ 7:34pm
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Studios love pre-existing properties, especially when they come from minds associated with franchises that are as positively dripping with money as Saw was. To that end, it’s no surprise that Black Light (book review here) is coming together for the silver screen.

Per Deadline, “Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan, the team behind three of the Saw films, are currently doing production rewrite work on the Guillermo del Toro-directed tent pole Pacific Rim for Legendary Pictures. At the same time, they are plotting out the movie adaptation of Black Light, a new thriller novel they wrote with Stephen Romano that was just published by Mulholland Books. They’ve enlisted Michael De Luca to produce, and WME is starting to put the package together.”

While this could all very well happen, it’s only a packaging announcement. Expect momentum to pick up when a director is signed on. READ MORE

[Book Review] Marcus Dunstan and Stephen Romano’s ‘Black Light’

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Posted by Ryan Daley on October 17, 2011 @ 1:48pm
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Now in stores from Mulholland Books from Marcus Dunstan (writer of Feast 1-III, Saw 4-7, Piranha 3DD and director of The Collector) and Stephen Romano (“Shock Festival”) is “Black Light“, a new horror novella reviews by Ryan Daley.

“Buck’s got a way with spirits that no one else can match. He was normal, once. Until Something Horrible killed his parents and left him for dead.

Buck has spent years using his gift to trace his family. It’s his only hope of finding out what happened to them-and what made him the way he is.

Now the voices say that something big is coming. Buck already knows what it is-a super high-tech bullet train running express across a stretch of unforgiving desert known for the most deadly paranormal events in history. A place where Buck almost died a few years ago, and where he swore he would never return.

But as the train prepares to rumble down the tracks, Buck knows it can only be the inevitable hand of fate pulling him back to the most harrowing unfinished case of his career at four hundred miles per hour.”

Read Daley’s thoughts on the book inside and pick it up at retailers everywhere.
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Full Cast for Slasher Sequel ‘The Collection 3D’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 21, 2011 @ 12:26am
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Josh Stewart, Johnny Yong Bosch (Insidious, Spiders 3D), Emma Fitzpatrick (The Social Network), Shannon Kane, Tim Griffin (Cloverfield), William Peltz (Abduction), Eaddy Mays (“Teen Wolf”), Michael Nardelli, Justin Mortelliti, Michael H. Cole, Arloa Reston, and Courtney Lauren Cumming fill the cast of the now filming The Collection 3D, the sequel to The Collector that reteams writing duo Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. Both Lee Tergesen (“OZ”, Texas Chainsaw: The Beginning) and Christopher McDonald (Requiem for a Dream, Boardwalk Empire) are also onboard, Dread Central adds in their interview with Melton. Directed by Dunstan, Arkin (Josh Stewart) escapes with his life from the vicious grips of “The Collector” during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his “Collection.” Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena’s wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector’s booby trapped hide out and save Elena from his sadistic rituals.
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Shoot Dates: ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ and ‘Pirahna 3DD’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 16, 2010 @ 8:25pm
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We spend so much talking about movies when they’re in development that is incredibly exciting to actually hear of a start date for them. When a start date is locked in, it usually means that the flick is finally going behind cameras, and if it doesn’t suck, it could be out in theaters within two years. Website NOLA is reporting that Twentieth Century Fox’s Timur Bekmambetov-directed Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter will begin filming in New Orleans starting January 24th. It will arrive in theaters June 22, 2012. In addition, they state that Dimension Films’ Piranha 3DD goes behind cameras from January 17-February 18 in Baton Rouge. The Alex Aja-directed redo was filmed in Arizona. John Gulager directs this 3D sequel that arrives in theaters September 16, 2011.
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Ving Rhames: Returning For ‘Piranha 3DD’?

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on December 16, 2010 @ 3:14am
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While it was assumed in Piranha 3D that Ving Rhames’ character Deputy Fallon bit the dust, rumors arose today that he may just be returning for the sequel Piranha 3DD- in other words, he may not have become the fish bait we all originally thought. Naturally, I made sure to ask the actor about this at the press junket for his latest film, Death Race 2. Here’s what he had to say about the possibility.
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Saw 3D (Saw 7, Saw VII)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on October 29, 2010 @ 12:00am
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This October, one of the biggest, most successful horror franchises in movie history arrives in theaters in vivid, chilling 3D with the release of Lionsgate’s SAW 3D.

As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror…

The first theatrical feature to be shot exclusively on the cutting-edge SI-3D digital camera system, SAW 3D brings the horrifying games of Jigsaw to life like never before. The film stars Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell and Sean Patrick Flannery. SAW 3D is directed by Kevin Greutert, produced by Oren Koules, Mark Burg and Gregg Hoffman. SAW 3D is a Lionsgate Release. Twisted Pictures Presents a Burg/Koules/Hoffman Production.

Saw 6 (Saw VI)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on October 23, 2009 @ 12:00am
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Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood.

The Collector (Midnight Man)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on July 31, 2009 @ 12:00am
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The slasher follows the story of handyman and ex-con Arkin, who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property – and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked “Collector” in a maze of lethal invention – the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg – while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.

Saw 5 (Saw V)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on October 24, 2008 @ 12:00am
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In the fifth installment of the popular SAW franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.

Saw 4 (Saw IV)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on October 26, 2007 @ 12:00am
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Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead.

Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry’s murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw’s latest grizzly remains and piecing together the puzzle.

However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.