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The Collector DVD Release in April?!?
28 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST
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Now mind you this is just rumor for now, but if proven true, it will probably be one of the longest theatrical to DVD transitions ever.
VideoETA, which is usually pretty reliable, reports that The Collector is supposedly scheduled for home video release many months from now. April 2010 to be exact. Guess we will see what happens, but still ... wow.
Co-written by Marcus Dunstan and his Feast and Saw IV thru VI collaborator Patrick Melton, The Collector was produced by Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti and Imaginarium Entertainment Group’s Julie Richardson and stars Josh Stewart (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Criminal Minds) as “handyman and ex-con Arkin (according to Liddell Ent.’s pr), who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property – and the family.
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The Collector Coming To DVD In April?
28 December 2009
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Update: Blu-Ray.com has The Collector listed for a April 6th release date.
While we're still awaiting official word, VideoETA has a tentative April 2010 release date pegged for the release of Marcus Dunstan's directorial debut The Collector , which saw a limited theatrical run this past summer.
Co-scripted by Dunstan with writing partner Patrick Melton (the same duo behind Saw IV , Saw V and Saw VI , as well as the Feast trilogy), The Collector is about an ex-con who breaks into the country home of his wealthy employer in an effort to steal a valuable jewel only to realize that his family has been abducted by a masked killer who has rigged the house with deadly traps.
The flick stars Josh Stewart, Andrea Roth, Michael Reilly Burke, Madeline Zima, Karley Scott
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Whatever Happened to 'Tekken'?
1 December 2009 9:45 PM, PST
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Splendid news regarding the upcoming 'Tekken' movie adaptation, unless you’re a fan of the video game series who doesn’t speak German.
According to Variety, Splendid Film has acquired the rights to 'Tekken', along with a number of other fantasy and horror movies, for distribution in the German-speaking territories. The other films include Marcus Nispel’s upcoming Conan; the horror-thriller The Collector, helmed by Marcus Dunstan; and Mr. Nobody, a supernatural thriller starring Val Kilmer.
Dwight Little’s Tekken was the film that really grabbed my attention, since I recall the announcement of it roughly two years ago. It premiered at the American Film Market last month, but its current U.S. distributors — The Weinstein Company, Summit Entertainment, and Crystal Sky Pictures — have remained relatively quiet. Unfortunately, the combination of only a vague U.S. 2010 release date, along with the announcement of an overseas distributor
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Saw VII (In 3D) Gets 2010 Release
12 November 2009 11:10 AM, PST
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No matter how it silly it may seem that the Saw franchise has gone on for this long, it doesn’t stop them from making money and (I stress this word) consequentially making more. We reported back in July that Saw VII was already in the works before the sixth one came out (they’re pretty much automatic cash for the studio so they have no problem putting that kind of faith in it).
However, what wasn’t known at the time (either that, or it flew passed us quicker than we could catch it) was that the seventh installment of Saw would be in 3D. Yes, even the franchise that effectively kicked off the torture-porn phenomenon less than 10 years ago has jumped aboard the 3D bandwagon. And something tells me the technology isn’t going to be employed subtly (read: correctly)…
Saw III, IV, V and VI screenwriters, Marcus Dunstan
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Excl: Saw VI 's Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton
20 October 2009
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They're not allowed to publicly speak about what went wrong with Saw V , which was critically torn asunder, even by the most devout fans of the series, like it was a victim of Jigsaw's many traps, but writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton will gladly talk to you about how Saw VI is an improvement.
This latest entry, directed by series editor Kevin Greutert (making his directorial debut) and coming to theaters October 23, is the third Saw film penned by the duo, also behind this summer's The Collector and the Feast trilogy. They've had the unenviable task of picking up a storyline which found its principle antagonist, Jigsaw (aka John Kramer) dead. For Saw IV they deftly met that challenge head-on by telling a story than ran parallel to Saw III . In Saw V ,
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Dunstan Offers Collector DVD Details
14 October 2009
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Audiences got hit with a particularly nasty indie picture this summer entitled The Collector from director and co-writer Marcus Dunstan (of the Saw ) franchise.
After bouncing out of Dimension Films' arms, the film found a home at Freestyle Releasing who gave it a limited theatrical run in July. The film made roughly triple its budget, a coup for Dunstan who is currently at work on the DVD release.
"I just turned in the chapter lists, such fine titles like 'Beware of Dog,' and 'Beware of Arkin,'" he laughs. "They're aiming for a January release and this month it's all about getting the extras together. There are a bunch but I don't want to put a boring scene in there because we cut it for a reason. Why don't I put something that's funny, cool or a
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Get Ready for a Fright with Fango's next Live Prop Auction!
11 October 2009 12:33 AM, PDT
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Premiere Props have announced that they will be hosting a massive auction of never before seen movie props and costumes with Fangoria Entertainment for the Live Fangoria Entertainment Halloween Auction at the Premiere Props’ warehouse.
The live auction takes place on Saturday, October 24, at Premiere Props’ warehouse in El Segundo , California ( 128 Sierra Street , El Segundo , CA 90245 ). There will be a preview from 9am – 11am, before the auction begins at 11am. The auction can be seen on Premiere Props’ 3 camera Live broadcast show as well as to over four million Time Warner, DirecTV and Dish subscribers. A donation from the auction will be made to the Entertainment Industry Foundation, one of the leading charitable organizations of the entertainment industry.
Those brave enough to attend will have to survive the Premiere Props warehouse, decked out in full fright mode. Silhouettes of impaled people from Dracula, bloody limbs from Halloween IV and a
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Excl: Who's on Halloween 3D Myers FX Duty?
7 October 2009
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Shortly before the plug was temporarily pulled on Halloween 3D , director Patrick Lussier called on an old friend for FX and Myers mask-making duties.
Gary Tunnicliffe began work, briefly, on the production. Then Dimension halted development until Lussier could finish Drive Angry . The FX artist executed the kills in Lussier's My Bloody Valentine 3D . His credits in the Halloween franchise include Halloween: Resurrection (pictured) and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers .
This summer, audiences saw his grisly gore gags in Marcus Dunstan's The Collector and he's presently working on the remake of Straw Dogs .
Halloween 3D is expected to resume production sometime next spring.
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Looking To the Past & Future: Saw VI Creators Speak!
3 October 2009
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Last night at the Eyegore 2009 awards, Shock Till You Drop got the chance to chat with Saw VI writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, as well as director Kevin Greutert. Dunstan and Melton have now written the last three entries in the series, not to mention this summer's The Collector , which Dunstan also directed. Greutert has served as an editor on all the Saw films and is making his directorial debut with Saw VI . Since our topics varied between the new sequel, favorite traps, non-guilty cops getting killed off in Saw sequels and more, we're presenting you with transcribed excerpts from our conversation. Read on!
Shock Till You Drop's Robg: With Kevin's history as an editor on the series, how collaborative was it working together once he became the director for
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Updated: Check In 'Clive Barker's Hotel'
19 August 2009 6:50 PM, PDT
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Updated 9/19/09: It's official -- ABC has picked up the Clive Barker's Hotel script, beating out Fox and several other networks. According to Reuters.com, "Barker is attached as a producer, and filmmaker McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision banner is in talks to produce. McG could come on board as a director if the project moves forward."
Some interesting news out of THR's Risky Business Blog today that Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (Feast, Saw series, The Collector) have sold a pitch to Warner Bros. Television just off of the title Clive Barker's Hotel.
Since this is in Really early stages of development, I have to admit that the idea of a new televised horror anthology series from Clive
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Saw Writers & Clive Barker Team Up For Hotel!
13 August 2009 9:26 PM, PDT
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Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, the writers of Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI & the recently released The Collector have teamed up with Clive Barker for a Warner Brothers television series titled Clive Barker's Hotel. The Hollywood Reporter says, "Plot details are being kept under wraps, but "Clive Barker's Hotel" is expected to follow a series of ghoulish incidents at a haunted hotel. Barker, the creator of the landmark horror franchise "Hellraiser" and other well-known genre properties, is attached to produce, while McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision is in talks to produce. Barker associate Joe Daley will co-produce."
The writing duo is no stranger to Barker's material as they were among the many writers that took a crack at the still in-development Hellraiser remake. (You can read more about that in our recent chat with them Here.) The series is still in the early stages, so we'll
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Clive Barker Teams With Saw Writers For New Television Horror Series
13 August 2009 12:37 PM, PDT
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On television, the horror anthology will never die. Now, according to the RiskyBiz Blog, Clive Barker is teaming up with Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, the writers of the latter half of the Saw franchise and the recent horror pic The Collector, which Dunstan also directed, to create a new show called Clive Barker's Hotel. Dunstan and Melton have sold their pitch to Warner Bros. Television, and already networks are looking at it as a potential series.
Dunstan and Melton hooked up with Barker when they worked on one of the many abandoned drafts of the Hellraiser remake (still stuck in development hell) and ended up cooking up the idea for this series, which Barker will produce. RiskyBiz doesn't have a lot of details, but says the thing "is expected to follow a series of ghoulish incidents at a haunted hotel." Which is all you really need for a
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Saw Writing Team Roosts in Barker's Hotel
13 August 2009
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When Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton ( The Collector , Saw 4-7) were hired to pen a now-abandoned remake of Clive Barker's Hellraiser , the pair forged a relationship with the author that would pay off down the road.
THR's Risky Business Blog reports that Dunstan and Melton have sold a pitch to Warner Bros. called Clive Barker's Hotel . The idea is to groom it into a television series with Barker producer along with Seraphim Films' Joe Daley and McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision ( Supernatural ).
Plot details are under wraps, however, the thrust of the series is set at a haunted hotel. Warner Bros. Television is now shopping it to a number of networks.
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Clive Barker and Saw Scribes Getting Set to Haunt Your TV
13 August 2009 1:49 AM, PDT
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A couple of weeks ago during our coverage of The Collector premiere, we told you briefly about Clive Barker teaming up with Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton to create a new horror TV series. We couldn't say much about it then, but now the cat is officially out of the bag!
According to THR, Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are taking up residence at "Clive Barker's Hotel."
Fresh off Dunstan's feature directorial debut "The Collector", the pair have set up the "Hotel" pilot script at Warner Bros. Television, with a number of networks eying it as a potential series.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the project is expected to follow a series of ghoulish incidents at a haunted hotel. Barker, the creator of the landmark horror franchise "Hellraiser" and other well-known genre properties, is attached to produce [with] McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision also in talks to produce.
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TV: Clive Barker and 'Saw' Scribes Team Up for 'Hotel'
13 August 2009 12:02 AM, PDT
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While we always need more horror in cinemas, where it's really missing is on TV. HBO's True Blood is helping to fix things as great projects - like The Walking Dead - are being announced. If The Walking Dead news wasn't kickass enough, Clive Barker is teaming up with Saw IV-VII scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who just saw the release of their feature film The Collector in theaters last month, for a horror tale taking residence in a Hotel.
"Saw" scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are taking up residence at "Clive Barker's Hotel."
Fresh off Dunstan's feature directorial debut "The Collector," the pair have set up the "Hotel" pilot script at Warner Bros. Television, with a number of networks eyeing it as a potential series.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the project is expected to follow a series of ghoulish incidents at a haunted hotel.
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Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton Talk About The Collector
5 August 2009 11:24 AM, PDT
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Saw VI and VII writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton talked to MakingOf.com about their latest film The Collector. Check out the video below!
The Collector is a horror/thriller that follows handyman and ex-con Arkin who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer's country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked "Collector" in a maze of lethal invention - the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg - while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.
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Today! Chat With The Director of The Collector !
5 August 2009
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The Collector 's Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are going to be participating in a video chat on Facebook this afternoon. They'll be joined by composer, and former Nine Inch Nails drummer Jerome Dillon. The chat begins at 1pm Pst.
Here is how to participate:
1) Today at 1:00pm Pst, log into Facebook and click here: http://apps.facebook.com/vpypebroadcaster
2) Type in your questions to Jerome Dillon, Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton on the chat box at the bottom of the screen.
3) You will see everyone's questions and what everyone is saying in real time.
4) Jerome Dillon, Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton will be answering your questions in the video player.
For our interview with Dunstan and Melton, follow this link !
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The Collector - Facebook Video Chat With the Filmmakers
4 August 2009 12:29 AM, PDT
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Know what's nifty? Seeing a movie ... liking it ... and then getting the opportunity to chat with the filmmakers. Such is the case this Wednesday as the creative forces behind The Collector (review here), director Marcus Dunstan and writer Patrick Melton, hit Facebook to meet the fans!
From the press release:
As The Collector continues to collect fans around the country, we are holding a live Facebook video chat with The Collector writer/director duo Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton on Wednesday, 8/5 at 1:00pm Pst.
Here is how to participate:
1) On Wednesday, 8/5 at 1:00 Pst, log into Facebook and click here.
2) Type your questions to Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton in the chat box at the bottom of the screen
3) You will see everyone's questions and what everyone is saying in real time
4) Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton will be answering your questions in the video player
Help us spread the word,
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Chat Live with the Filmmakers Behind 'The Collector'
3 August 2009 5:14 PM, PDT
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Did you catch The Collector in theaters this weekend? If not, you're missing out. The Collector is a fresh take on a familiar tale. Real original horror, not a remake and definitely worth your moviegoing dollar (check out our review). This Wednesday on Facebook you'll have a chance to chat live with the writers and director of The Collector and ask them all the questions that their mothers would be embarrassed to hear. Hit the jump for full details.
Tune in for a live Facebook Video chat with The Collector Writer/Director duo Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton on Wednesday 8/5 at 1:00pm Pst.
Here is how to participate:
1) On Wednesday, 8/5 at 1:00 Pst, log into Facebook and click here:
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Special Facebook Chat with the Filmmakers Behind 'The Collector'!
3 August 2009 4:58 PM, PDT
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Many of you guys turned out to see Freestyle Releasing's The Collector this weekend, so I'm assuming a lot of you have your own questions you'd like to ask filmmakers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.
As the film continues to collect fans around the country, the studios will be holding a live Facebook Video chat with Dunstan and Melton on Wednesday 8/5 at 1:00pm Pst. For full details on how to participate, read on.
The slasher follows the story of handyman and ex-con Arkin, who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employers country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked Collector...More
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