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[San Diego Comic-Con '12] ‘Solomon Kane’ Is Finally Coming Out…And There’s A Trailer!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 13, 2012 @ 5:28pm
Category: Movies / Trailers

I absolutely hated Michael J. Bassett’s Solomon Kane when I caught its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival a few years back (2009 to be exact). Now, after multiple San Diego Comic-Con appearances, it appears the James Purefoy starrer is finally getting a U.S. release via The Weinstein Company’s new division Radius.

Screening at the convention, it was announced that Solomon Kane will do battle with evil on VOD August 24 before opening in limited theaters September 28. Yahoo! premiered the final trailer, dig it below.

“The character of Solomon Kane was originated by pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard, the legendary creator of “Conan” and “Red Sonja”. The film adaptation tells the heroic story of a savage warrior in 16th Century England who seeks redemption for a lifetime of sins by renouncing violence to live a life of purity, only to find himself compelled to pick up his sword once again to vanquish a growing evil.”

Pete Postlethwaite, Max Von Sydow, Rachel Hurd Wood, Alice Krige, Mackenzie Crook also star. READ MORE

Bassett Speaks On ‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3D’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 05, 2012 @ 6:42pm
Category: Movies / News

Bassett Speaks On Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

There have been a slew of rumors on the IMDB forums that Lionsgate will be releasing the Michael J. Bassett-directed Silent Hill: Revelation 3D on October 5, replacing the recently bumped Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D. While this may have been discussed internally, we already have debunked that rumor with the Lionsgate marketing department — hence the reason it was never reported here on the site.

Bassett has been very chatty on his official blog, even taking time to respond to reader questions. Someone asked about the delayed sequel. His response: “Oh yes, I have lots of pictures, interviews, trailers, even a finished movie … But the people who have invested their money in making this film have chosen, rightly or wrongly, to hold back the release of anything until they have a release schedule for the film they’re happy with. It is their choice and even as it’s frustrating as hell for me, I respect that this is how they wish to play it.”

From this writer’s perspective, holding content until a release is solidified is smart. There’s no reason to blow your wad early, especially when it could be years before the film eventually hits theaters. We’re all dying to see some new Silent Hill content, hopefully it’ll come sooner than later. READ MORE

Michael J. Bassett Wants ‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3D’ to Be “More” Frightening

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 09, 2011 @ 6:22pm
Category: Movies / Videos

An old video was just unearthed on YouTube that’s more of a franchise fluff piece than an in depth feature, although it does include some words from Silent Hill: Revelation 3D director Michael J. Bassett and star Adelaide Clemens.

“I want this to be much more frightening than the first movie as well, because I think that is true to what ‘Silent Hill’ is,” said Bassett. “They are the most frightening computer games ever made…”

In the sequel awaiting a release date from Lionsgate, “For years, Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by terrifying nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she’s not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her in Silent Hill forever.” READ MORE

Behind-the-Scenes FX Work for ‘Silent Hill: Revelation’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 11, 2011 @ 10:40pm
Category: Movies / News

The official Facebook page for Lionsgate’s Silent Hill: Revelation has been updated with some pretty cool behind-the-scenes goodies.

Below you’ll find a video featuring the “Red Pyramid” body suit created by creature designer Paul Jones.

Directed by Michael J. Bassett, and starring Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell, Lionsgate will release in 3-D come 2012.

“For years, Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by terrifying nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she’s not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her in Silent Hill forever.”

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 20, 2011 @ 1:54pm
Category: Movies / News

A Toronto-based fan took to Cherry Beach, east of the city, which has been transformed into a twisted fairground with rabbits in bags, dead fish and demented rides in the Michael J. Bassett-directed Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. Inside you’ll find two behind-the-scenes videos where said fan walks through the entire set. Nice!

Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Malcolm McDowell all star.

See Pyramid Head in ‘Silent Hill: Revelation’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 15, 2011 @ 5:27pm
Category: Movies / News

Bloody Disgusting reader ‘DJBlack1313′ was cool enough to tip us off to a brand new behind-the-scenes image from the set of Lionsgate’s Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, which stars Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Malcolm McDowell.

From photographer “~EvidencE~” comes a look at Pyramid Head in a lake of fire.

Now filming in Canada under the direction of Michael J. Bassett, “For years, Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by terrifying nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she’s not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her in Silent Hill forever.”
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Stunning Photos from ‘Silent Hill’ Carnival Set!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 11, 2011 @ 7:30pm
Category: Movies / News

Photographer Sara Collaton stopped by the set of the now-filming Silent Hill: Revelation 3D for some late night long exposure photography. The results are the stunning photos from an unknown amusement park set.

Michael J. Bassett directs the sequel that stars Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Malcolm McDowell.

Click the link above for another handful of images.

Stunning Photos from Silent Hill Carnival Set!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 06, 2011 @ 7:35pm
Category: Movies / News

The newest residents of Michael J. Bassett’s world of Silent Hill: Revelation 3D are none other than Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix Trilogy, Memento, Unthinkable, Chocolat) who will play “Claudia Wolf”, and Malcolm McDowell (Halloween, A Clockwork Orange) as “Leonard Wolf.”

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is currently lensing in Toronto and produced by Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody.

Inside you’ll find a brand new image featuring stars Adelaide Clemens and Kit Harington. Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, and Deborah Kara Unger also star.
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Deepest Nightmares Manifest at Michael J. Bassett’s ‘Saint Mary’s’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 23, 2010 @ 6:11pm
Category: Movies / News

While Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane) is currently in pre-production on Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, he’s already looking ahead to his next genre project signing on to write and direct the psychological supernatural horror Saint Mary’s. Billed as a psychological horror story about an evil presence in a disused mental asylum, Saint Mary’s details the story of a group of young people who are deliberately trapped inside a labyrinthine building where they find their deepest nightmares manifest themselves. Bassett will develop the screenplay with creator and co writer Matthew Kingshott, who has been developing the project with U.K. producer / composer James Edward Barker through Veneration Music. Bassett said when he read Matt’s script he said he “immediately felt that there was the essence of something incredibly interesting and potentially terrifying.”
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Michael J Bassett Explains His Take On New ‘Silent Hill’ Film

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Posted by David Harley on November 10, 2010 @ 8:21pm
Category: Movies / News

In what was probably the least expected thing to happen at AFM (especially after all the non-news over the past few years) , Silent Hill: Revelation 3D was announced, with Michael J Bassett (Solomon Kane) in the director’s chair. Taking the reigns for the series from Christophe Gans (Brotherhood Of The Wolf), he also took over writing duties, which Roger Avery had previously been rumored as doing. Given that he hasn’t been having the best of times lately, it really isn’t too surprising. The new helmer recently sat down with Empire, giving some new info on his 3D sequel to the video game adaptation.
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Wilderness (UK) (V)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on February 20, 2007 @ 12:00am
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What do you get when you put a group of violent prisoners, including a couple of drug dealers, an armed robber, a serial sex offender and a murderer, on a supposedly uninhabited island with an unknown hunter and a pack of killer gods? Anser: the coolest, most brutal and terrifying British horror film since 28 Days Later…

In a place where the hunters become the hunted and no-one gets out alive, whatever you do, don’t go down to the woods this summer.

Deathwatch (V)

Posted by Ryan Daley on June 22, 2004 @ 12:00am
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In the middle of World War I, nine British soldiers caught behind enemy lines seek refuge in a complex network of German trenches. What they soon discover is that they aren’t alone…and it isn’t a German soldier that’s hunting them down.