God, what hath “Se7en” wrought? Even though New Line execs have no idea why the franchise continues to be popular (and really, neither do we), they are readying yet another installment of the horror series for August 2011. The tentative title? “5nal Destination.” That’s scarier than anything the films have conjured up. Anyway, in case you care, the opening death sequence in the new film will involve a suspension bridge which is apt considering the suspension of disbelief this series already requires.
What does Neil Marshall have next in his series of films with diminishing returns? “Burst 3D.” The high brow horror film takes “place in an isolated town that endures an alien invasion causing victims to spontaneously combust during a severe snowstorm.” While Marshall has updated news on the project saying “[We don’t have a] shoot date [or] no release date yet” the director confirms the film “definitely has people exploding in it, quite a lot.” Clearly, Marshall has a firm grasp on this complex material.
Speaking of diminishing returns, we now have our first look at Paul Bettany — who seems allergic to starring in decent movies — in the upcoming horror film “Priest.” Set for a 3D conversion and landing a release date of May 13, 2011, the film will find Bettany playing a priest who tracks down a band of vampires who have kidnapped his daughter. Cam Gigandet (“The Unborn,” “Pandorum”), Madchen Amick, Stephen Moyer (“True Blood”), Maggie Q., Christopher Plummer, Brad Dourif, and Alan Dale also star.
Earlier this year, it was reported that Tim Burton was circling a 3D stop-motion animated version of “The Addams Family,” something which his camp immediately sort-of distanced themselves from. Well, doing press rounds for “Despicable Me” producer Christopher Meledandri confirmed the project is in early stages of development and does have Burton’s involvement, though he is not yet committed to the director’s chair. The film will be based on the original New Yorker cartoons and may even be in black-and-white (though, we think that’s pretty unlikely to happen).
We didn’t even know this was a thing that even existed, but apparently the reality show “Ice Road Truckers” is being prepped for a 3D movie by “Max Payne” director John Moore. The plot will revolve around “the storyline of the series, which covers a group of truckers who drive 18-wheelers over a 350-mile highway made of ice, as they haul equipment and supplies to diamond miners working in the tundra of Canada’s Northwest Territories.” Moore says the film will be “a mission movie that harkens back to ‘Towering Inferno,’ ‘Jaws,’ or ‘The Guns of Navarone.'” Still not quite sure where the 3D fits in here, but that frozen tundra is gonna look EPIC.