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Massive Halloween Horror Nights Update, Wolfman, Webisodes and More!
This afternoon we have a trio of updates for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights, which takes place at Universal Studios Hollywood from Friday, October 3 and will extend over an expanded 13-night run concluding Saturday, November 1. If you head on over to BDTV you can check out the second behind-the-scenes webisode, with the third coming soon. In addition, Universal announced today that all attendees will get to see the first footage from their remake of THE WOLFMAN, which you can read about inside. Lastly, voting is now open for the short film competition, details beyond the break as well.
Universal Studios Hollywood has just released the second of a series of webisodes in honor of this year’s Halloween Horror Nights!! Each webisode contains special behind-the-scenes footage that is a must-see for all fans of Halloween and Halloween Horror Nights!!
Tickets to Halloween Horror Nights are now on sale!
Short Films Competition
Vote now until September 22!
Universal Studios Hollywood’s short film competition timed to coincide with the launch of the annual Halloween Horror Nights event in October is now onto the next level! The TOP 10 short films have been selected by celebrity judges Don Mancini (director, “Child’s Play”), Bill Moseley (actor, “House of 1,000 Corpses”) and Corey Feldman (actor, “The Lost Boys”)!
Watch each of the TOP 10 short films and vote for your favorite here, or watch below:
The winning filmmaker will Live Their Worst Nightmare with four tickets to Halloween Horror Nights 2008, an exclusive invitation to the opening night “Eyegore Awards” ceremony and a $1,000 cash prize.
The winning film will also make its gory debut at the Halloween Horror Nights opening night event amongst a crowd full of celebrities, industry executives and press during The 6th Annual Eyegore Awards ceremony.
Voting ends on September 22, 2008 and the winner will be announced online on September 25, 2008
Wolfman Howls at Uni’s Halloween Horror Nights
A rare and exclusive first look at Universal Pictures’ highly anticipated re-imagining of the genre classic, “The Wolfman,” will debut at Universal Studios Hollywood’s “Halloween Horror Nights” as part of the theme park’s unique “Terror Tram.”
The “Terror Tram: The Nightmare Tour” — which expands this year to double the length of previous Halloween tram experiences – will offer an exclusive preview of “The Wolfman” on the tram’s LED screens.
“The Terror Tram” experience will take guests off the familiar studio tram and lead them on foot past such infamous landmarks as the Bates Motel and Psycho House and into remote and menacing locations of Universal’s legendary backlot. For the first time ever, the “Terror Tram” will also incorporate a series of spine-chilling mazes as part of the trek through the timeless sets from “Psycho,” and the tortured landscape of “War of the Worlds” set into an unforgettable experience that will raise the bar of terror to a level that only an authentic Hollywood studio can equal.
Issuing a dare to “Live Your Worst Nightmare,” Universal Studios Hollywood has ratcheted up the intensity level to present a new “Halloween Horror Nights” for 2008. This year’s event will pair Hollywood’s top entertainment scenic and special effects artists with a cast of thousands to create terrifying new experiences including a bloodcurdling new “Nightmare on Elm Street” maze, all contributing to Southern California’s most intense Halloween experience.
“Halloween Horror Nights” begins on Friday, October 3 and will extend over an expanded 13-night run concluding Saturday, November 1. Tickets to “Halloween Horror Nights” are on sale now at www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com.
Halloween Horror Nights” will continue on consecutive weekends beginning on Friday, October 3 through Saturday, November 1. Event dates are: October 3-4, 10-11, 17-19, 24-26, 30-31 and November 1. The event will begin nightly at 7:00 p.m.; closing hours vary by night throughout the event. Tickets to “Halloween Horror Nights” are $54 and are available for purchase online at www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com.
“Halloween Horror Nights” tickets will also be sold in advance at Ralphs
Brendan Fraser is back for the upcoming fourth installment in The Mummy franchise from directors Radio Silence, and Michael Johnston (Obsession) is now in talks to join him.
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know tonight that Michael Johnston is in “early talks” to join The Mummy 4, which will release in theaters on October 15, 2027 via Universal.
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah will reprise their iconic roles as Rick O’Connell, Evelyn O’Connell, and Jonathan Carnahan in the upcoming movie.
Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream 5-6) are directing from a script by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill).
Plot details are being kept under wraps at this time, but the brand new sequel is expected to disregard the events of the third movie, in which Rachel Weisz did not appear.
“It’s just really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillet teases. Bettinelli-Olpin adds that the film “has all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
A remake of the classic Universal monster movie that took an action-adventure approach, The Mummy was released in 1999 and grossed $417 million worldwide. It was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.