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‘The Dark Knight’ Writer David S. Goyer is Penning an “Evolved Reimagining” of ‘Hellraiser’!
A big budget, proper reboot of the Hellraiser franchise has been in various stages of development for many years now – at one point, Clive Barker himself wrote a remake of the original classic, but somehow all we’ve been getting in recent years are direct-to-video sequels – and once again, another new Hellraiser project has appeared out of the blue this week!
Variety reports today that David S. Goyer (Blade II, Batman Begins, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) is writing “a loyal, evolved reimagining” of the original Hellraiser.
Gary Barber’s Spyglass Media Group is behind the remake, which is being “fast-tracked for worldwide theatrical distribution.” Yes, Pinhead is finally coming back to theaters.
Said Goyer, “I’ve been a fan of Clive’s work since the original Books of Blood paperbacks and ‘The Hellbound Heart’ novella. Having the chance to reimagine Pinhead and the Cenobites for a new audience is a nightmare-come-true. Gary is a true fan as well and we’re committed to making something dark and visceral.”
Keith Levine is producing alongside Goyer.
The 1987 film, directed by Barker, was an adaptation of Barker’s own novella The Hellbound Heart, and it was followed by nine sequels (most direct-to-video) between 1988 and 2018.
In the original movie, “An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover; the demonic cenobites are pursuing him after he escaped their sadomasochistic underworld.”
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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