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SDCC ’08: Platinum Dunes Project Updates
This weekend we caught up with Platinum Dunes – who is showing the first footage from FRIDAY THE 13TH this afternoon at the San Diego Comic Con – who updated Bloody-Disgusting on all of their upcoming projects including NEAR DARK and THE BIRDS. Read on for the skinny.
Brad Fuller tells us the following updates on their films:
-NEAR DARK: The project is currently on hold.
-THE BIRDS: Martin Campbell is finishing a new story outline right now.
ROSEMARY’S BABY: They’re zeroing in on a writer as the writers continue to pitch (Paramount).
BUTCHERHOUSE CHRONICLES: It was revealed exclusively to Bloody-Disgusting that Paramount Pictures is prepping this film noir, which contain numerous action piece, with Platinum Dunes. It’s a really dark project and a director will be announced soon.
A gnarly infection threatens to claw its way out of a moving camper in the first trailer for Shudder’s claustrophobic Hellcat.
The feature debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, who previously edited the Fantasia title Ultrasound, makes its debut on Shudder on August 14.
In Hellcat, “Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid?”
Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters) leads the cast that also includes Todd Terry (“Breaking Bad”), Liz Atwater (The Other People), Jordan Mullins (The Bikeriders), and James Austin Johnson (“Saturday Night Live”) in a voice role. Bodell also produces alongside Andrew Duensing and Nate Eggert.
Hellcat made its world premiere last summer at Fantasia. I wrote in my review, “Hellcat is a bit of a Trojan horror that defies easy classification, by design. Bodell’s sneaky debut feature is occasionally too sparse in its worldbuilding in its bid to preserve the mystery, but not enough to detract from the thrilling road thriller that transforms into a completely left-field type of horror we don’t get nearly enough of. The stripped-down tribute to a classic horror staple catches you off guard in more ways than one, marking Bodell as one to watch.”
In other words, there’s a lot more than meets the eye to Hellcat‘s simple infection setup, delivering plenty of surprises along its bumpy road of horrors.
Check out the trailer and poster below and add Hellcat to your watchlists asap.
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