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[News Bites] Udo Kier Becomes ‘Human Centipede’s German Surgeon? Slayer Wine, ‘Holliston’ Preview & Scorsese On Vamps vs. Zombies!
Our weekend edition of News Bites begins with the unconfirmed news that Tom Six is looking to German acting legend Udo Kier (pictured) to replace Dieter Laser in The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence), which has been delayed due to the clash between Six and Laser. An article back on March 29 revealed that Six would sue Laser, who played the evil German surgeon “Dr. Heiter” in First Sequence, of backing out of the final film. This news is unconfirmed, but will be updated as it becomes official.
A bit of fun came out of an interview between GQ and director Martin Scorsese. When asked about Twilight the director replied: “The vampire thing always works for some reason. Always works,” adding that he “happen[s] to like vampires more than zombies.” When asked why, he replied, “Well, a vampire, quite honestly, you could have a conversation with. He has a sexuality. I mean the undead thing … Zombies, what are you going to do with them? Just keep chopping them up, shooting at them, shooting at them.”
We also found a pretty funny article over at NME that’s just as cool as it is hilarious. The site reports that Slayer have become the latest band to announce that they will be launching their own brand of red wine. The wine, which is fittingly named ‘Reign In Blood’, is a Cabernet Sauvignon from California and not made out of the blood of any sacrificed animals. According to Classic Rock, the wine, much like Slayer’s brand of heavy metal, will have a “tough and uncompromising taste”. Sadly, it’s currently only on sale in Sweden, so you’ll have to order some specially rather than heading to the supermarket. You can find out more about ‘Reign In Blood’ at Brandsforfans.se.
After a string premiere, Fearnet has shared the following clip from the second episode of “Holliston”. Episode 2, “Camera Rental”, guest stars Bill Moseley, Ray Wise, and Parry Shen guest star, “Joe and Adam hire out the company’s camera to fund their horror film trailer – but the guy they rent it to vanishes! Meanwhile Corri and Laura discover their new apartment is haunted.” “Holliston” airs Tuesday nights at 10:30 PM on FEARnet.
Paramount is heading to Sleepy Hollow with a brand new feature film take on the classic Headless Horseman tale, with Lindsey Anderson Beer (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines) announced to direct the movie back in 2022. But is that project still happening, now two years later?
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know this afternoon that Paramount Pictures has renewed its first-look deal with Lindsey Anderson Beer, and one of the projects on the upcoming slate is the aforementioned Sleepy Hollow movie that was originally announced two years ago.
THR details, “Additional projects on the development slate include… Sleepy Hollow with Anderson Beer attached to write, direct, and produce alongside Todd Garner of Broken Road.”
You can learn more about the slate over on The Hollywood Reporter. It also includes a supernatural thriller titled Here Comes the Dark from the writers of Don’t Worry Darling.
The origin of all things Sleepy Hollow is of course Washington Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which was first published in 1819. Tim Burton adapted the tale for the big screen in 1999, that film starring Johnny Depp as main character Ichabod Crane.
More recently, the FOX series “Sleepy Hollow” was also based on Washington Irving’s tale of Crane and the Headless Horseman. The series lasted four seasons, cancelled in 2017.
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