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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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Collider Holiday Giveaway - We Finally Have a New Server! Win Free DVD’s, Blu-rays and Books!
6 December 2009 7:12 PM, PST
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With the holiday’s fast approaching and everyone struggling to find enough money to buy presents, we’ve come up with a novel way to save money: get free stuff from us! Thanks to a bunch of PR films, I’ve got a huge box filled with DVDs, Blu-rays and books and I’m going to give everything away to our readers. So if you’d like to know what you could win and how to enter, just hit the jump for all the info:
And one bit of news before you click on the jump…if you’re a regular reader of Collider, you’ve probably noticed we’ve had a lot of problems keeping the site online over the past few months. Due to heavy traffic and an old server, the site was crashing almost everyday. But after many weeks of work behind the scenes, we have a
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- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
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Dinner For Fiends: Hits and Misses Part 2 - Countdown to Armageddon!
25 November 2009 11:25 AM, PST
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Why am I writing an intro article for a new edition of Dinner For Fiends when I could be playing Left 4 Dead 2? For that matter, why did we waste an hour recording a new Dinner For Fiends when we should have been playing Left 4 Dead 2? Well, we did. So if you're not playing Left 4 Dead 2 and can fit this podcast into your schedule, then join Uncle Creepy, Foywonder, Andrew Kasch, and Matt Fini as we talk about the most recent horrifying offerings.
In this edition:
• An opening tirade by yours truly
• Uncle Creepy briefly tells us about The Box since he was the only one of us to see it
• Uncle Creepy briefly tells us about The Fourth Kind since he was again the only one to see it
• Everyone actually saw Saw IV
• Continued amazement at the runaway blockbuster that is Paranormal Activity
• Creepy and I extol the virtues
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The apocalypse goes "1970s pop sci-fi" in The Arcadian
24 November 2009 11:38 AM, PST
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The Arcadian is an upcoming post-apocalyptic adventure that follows actor J. Larose (of Saw III, Saw IV, and Repo! The Genetic Opera fame) as an enigmatic warrior called "The Lighthouse Keeper" who goes on a quest for "revenge and redemption in a strange future world" we're told is "reminiscent of wild 1970s pop sci-fi."
Inspired in equal parts by samurai movies, rock operas, and underground comics, we're told that the visual world of The Arcadian will be an homage to the work of underground illustrators and be something quite unique due to the fact that it was shot entirely on a Canon 5D Mark II camera - chosen for its unparalleled low-light sensitivity.
The Arcadian has just wrapped principle photography and is heading into an intense round of post. It is due Q2, 2010.
To make up for the fact that we have no detailed plot synopsis yet, we've included a
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Caption This: Win Uwe Boll’s Far Cry on DVD!
21 November 2009 12:04 PM, PST
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Would you like to pay for another Uwe Boll video game adaptation on DVD? We didn't think so. How about we give you the DVD for the low-low price of entertaining us with a photo caption? Yeah, that's more like it. On November 24, Vivendi Entertainment will release Far Cry on DVD. And we're giving you a chance to win a copy for free. All you have to do is think of a fun caption for the image above and write it into the comment section below.
There are other rules: (a) you must be 18 or older, (b) you must be a legal resident of the United States or Canada and (c) you must provide your email address in the comment form below (please don't leave it in the actual comment, that's not safe). Ten (10) winners will be selected on Monday, November 30, 2009 and contacted shortly thereafter. Good luck.
About Far Cry
Til Schwiger (Inglourious Basterds), Udo Kier (Grindhouse
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Uwe Boll’s Far Cry Trailer: A Return to Form for Dr. Boll
18 November 2009 8:09 AM, PST
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After seeing his latest film Rampage at Fantastic Fest just last month, we thought we'd seen a turning point for director Uwe Boll. Finally, the man had delivered a gritty, intense action movie that rose above his usual bit of schlock. For once, he had delivered something worth talking about in a positive way -- worth recommending to friends and countrymen. It had me excited to see where he would go next in his always-busy schedule of film releases.
Which brings us to Far Cry, yet another adaptation of a popular video game. Like Boll's previous adaptations of games such as Bloodrayne, House of the Dead, Dungeon Siege and Postal, Far Cry appears to be a mess of the highest order. At least, that's what I've gathered from this first teaser trailer, which comes courtesy of IGN. Since his role in Inglourious Basterds, I've thought Til Schwiger to be one of the more badass actors in Hollywood
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- Neil Miller
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Uwe Boll’s Far Cry Movie Trailer
17 November 2009 7:00 PM, PST
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Director Uwe Boll, who is famous for ruining the big screen adaptations of popular video games like Bloodrayne, House of the Dead, Dungeon Siege and Postal, is back again with yet-another- video game adaptation - Far Cry.
Based on the best-selling videogame franchise that sold over 3 million copies, Director Uwe Boll (In the Name of the King, Bloodrayne) unleashes his latest non-stop action thriller Far Cry on DVD November 24 from Vivendi Entertainment. Til Schwiger (Inglourious Basterds), Udo Kier (Grindhouse), and Emmanuelle Vaugier (Saw IV) star in the action-packed story of a reporter who investigates the deaths of mercenaries on an island off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Jack Carver (Schweiger), a retired special forces officer, escorts star journalist, Valerie (Vaugier), on the trail of a story on a mysterious island off the Pacific Northwest. Upon docking, they are attacked and pursued by a squad of mercenaries
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Lionsgate To Continue Saw Franchise
13 November 2009 5:46 PM, PST
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Drug addicts, doctors, renegade police offices and anyone else that may need “to help themselves” should stay on edge as it looks like the Jigsaw Killer will be on the lamb for the foreseeable future as Lionsgate recently stated that they will continue making the Rube Goldberg horror series Saw “as long as we make money.”
Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns spoke those exact words at the Median and Money conference in New York on Thursday. To further prove his point, the confident Burns states that Dirty Dancing, 20 years after its debut, still sells an average of 2,000 DVDs per day.
While the most recent Saw VI didn’t perform as well as its predecessors, most people are attributing its dramatic drop off to the phenomenon of Paranormal Activity. I know most people say that the Saw stories aren’t good and it’s the same thing over and over, but
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- Anthony Ocasio
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Surprise! Saw VII Set For Release Next Halloween!
13 November 2009 1:54 AM, PST
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Saw VI didn't exactly live up to box office expectations, but that hasn't stopped Lionsgate from grabbing October 22, 2010 for Saw VII. Saw VII is already in pre-production, with David Hackl returning from Saw V to direct a script from Saw IV, V, and VI screenwriters Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.
Saw VII will follow the twisted adventures of Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor), with Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) returning in flashbacks. Bell already has an idea of what Jigsaw in 3-D will be like.
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Weekend Report: 'Michael Jackson' Strikes Top Spot
1 November 2009 5:32 PM, PST
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This Is It was all there was as far as new nationwide releases went this Halloween weekend, but it was sufficient to help propel overall business nine percent higher than the same timeframe last year.
Though it may not be commensurate with the raft of pre-release hype surrounding the movie and Michael Jackson's death, This Is It performed exceptionally well for a concert picture or music documentary, charting second only to the opening of the Hannah Montana concert. It raked in an estimated $21.3 million on approximately 5,500 screens at 3,481 sites, ranking as the fifth highest-grossing Halloween debut on record, and has grossed $32.5 million in five and a half days. Add in foreign grosses of an estimated $68.5 million from 98 countries, and This Is It's five-day worldwide haul was $101 million, which exceeded the lifetime tally of the Hannah Montana concert.
While morbid curiosity was part of the appeal, spurred
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- Brandon Gray
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The Hatchet Q & A from the Cinefamily Screening
31 October 2009
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On Thursday October 29th, as a special Halloween surprise, Hatchet was added last minute as part of a triple feature to Slasherpalooza, an event sponsored by Bloody-Disgusting which took place at The Cinefamily (aka the Silent Movie Theater) here in Los Angeles, California.
On hand for a post-screening Q & A was writer/director Adam Green, stars Tamara Feldman (Mary Beth), Joleigh Fioravanti (Jenna) and composer Andy Garfield. The following is a transcription of the entire Q & A, which was moderated by Marcus Dunstan, screenwriter of the Feast films, as well as Saw IV , Saw V and Saw VI .
Marcus Dunstan: In honor of Halloween, this is a two part question. Firstly, what is your favorite horror movie? And second question is a little more layered. Why do you love the
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Psyched for Saw 6
24 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT
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The end of October. This means changes in weather, the end of baseball, lots of parties with women dressed up in "sexy" versions of everything from Strawberry Shortcake to nuns, and another Saw movie to be unleashed upon the multiplexes.
You know, I gotta hand it to the filmmakers. They've crafted a wholly original new series of cheap thrillers that don't require much money, and have led it to the greatest grossing horror series of all time!
On top of which, we're six movies in, and they haven't resorted to 3-D releases, a prequel set in the old west, or Jigsaw in space yet, which means there must still be plenty of needlessly complex methods of killing people with common household rusted objects. Although I hear the next one will probably be in 3-D, so Saw VIII will probably take place aboard the Nsa Jigsaw
Anyway, with the release of
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Rumor: Tobe Hooper Might Direct Twisted’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre Remake/Sequel?
24 October 2009 11:57 AM, PDT
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As it stands, this is a rumor at best and, more accurately, an informed online endorsement that could easily pick up steam amongst horror fans and online. Either way, it's the weekend and the thought of Tobe Hooper, creator of Leatherface and director of 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its huggable '86 sequel, once again revving up the genre's best 'saw hadn't crossed my mind. It should have. According to Shock's Ryan Rotten, while attending a party for Saw IV, he saw Hooper hanging with TCM2's Bill Moseley and, more importantly, the team at Twisted Pictures. Dots connected, and Rotten has fully thrown his support behind Hooper's possible involvement.
I know, oohlala. But as we reported (and as Russ understandably bemoaned), Twisted Pictures purchased the franchise's rights from the metallic douches at Platinum Dunes. Twisted's first installment, vaguely said to be a contemporary take and possibly a
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- Hunter Stephenson
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'Saw VI' Out Tomorrow, But What About 'Saw VII' Through 'XI'?
22 October 2009 12:00 PM, PDT
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Six years! Six movies! Can you believe it? It seems like it was just yesterday we were all hearing about this twisted short film by some whippersnappers named James Wan and Leigh Whannell, but today their baby "Saw" is the flagship franchise for the entire horror film industry. Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), the series' constant villain, has joined the pantheon of scary movie greats like Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers. It's even recognized as the series that brought the horror subgenre of "torture porn" to the masses. Yes, it's a different world we live in.
Indeed it's hard to imagine a world without "Saw". And why should we expect there to ever be such a thing? The "Saw VI" writing team of Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are already signed on to work through "Saw VIII." Seeing as how people are still turning out in droves to see Jigsaw's latest deathtraps every autumn,
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- John Constantine
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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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You Won't Believe What Saw's Detective Hoffman Has to Say
19 October 2009 12:46 PM, PDT
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Costas Mandylor hasn.t been able to say much about Saw. When he joined his costars from Saw IV for interviews, he kept quiet the whole time because he didn.t want to spoil his big secret. He didn.t even come out for Saw V, so Saw VI is really the first time he.s talking about his role in the series.
Costas Mandylor on Saw VI
.I love one thing, the story line, the through line,. Mandylor said. .The main storyline is very plausible because it relates to the real world and how difficult it is for people. It.s to do with medicine and being taken care of. That.s what I liked. I mean, I love everything else about it but it.s just cool to have a story that makes sense that people can relate to..
So he.s still deflecting Saw VI onto other characters.
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'Saw VI' And 'Cirque Du Freak' Call For An Early Halloween In This Week's Box Office Poll
19 October 2009 10:00 AM, PDT
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It's a strange week for new releases, primarily because the latest, sixth entry in the "Saw" franchise is hitting theaters a full week before Halloween. Traditionally, each new "Saw" hits on the Friday before the year's trick or treaters emerge. Following a trend set with last year's "Saw V," the new entry will have a week to breathe before the Halloween festivities begin. Expect lots more Jigsaw puzzling and gore-nography in "Saw VI," which joins newcomer director Kevin Greutert with writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who penned "Saw IV" onwards.
Also somewhat in the horror vein -- though more in the "hey, vampires are popular vein" -- this week is "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant," which I caught a few weeks ago and am sort of regarding as a male-oriented attempt to latch onto the "Twilight" phenomenon. I wasn't a huge fan of the movie, but it is
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- Adam Rosenberg
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If it's Halloween... It Must be Saw.
17 October 2009 11:49 PM, PDT
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"Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood."
On Friday, October 23rd the sixth chapter in the popular Saw franchise will arrive in theaters everywhere, and to celebrate - it's Saw week on Fangoria.com
We're taking a look back at the entire franchise, starting with the first film and ending with the sixth. In addition to our flashback coverage found below, look for all-new Saw VI features right here all week, along with your chance to win some great Saw prizes!
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Saw (2004)
Saw (Film Review)
Saw: Elwes Prepared
Saw Uncut Edition (DVD Review)
Saw II (2005)
Saw II (Film Review)
Saw II’s Fresh Blood
Saw II (DVD Review)
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Darren Lynn Bousman Celebrating ‘Mother’s Day’ Early
9 October 2009 5:29 PM, PDT
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Darren Lynn Bousman (director Saw IV and Repo! The Genetic Opera) debuted via Twitter the first official image (seen above) of his horror-thriller film remake, Mother's Day. Also found on the net today is a short, Add-style behind-the-scenes peek. Best moment of the video? Bousman showing off a text message and saying, "Quote of the day from Jamie King: 'Oh my God, you seriously just dragged my ass!'". That's better than the quote of the day here at Reject HQ, which was Dr. Cole Abaius saying, "Hey guys, the apartment's on fire." (Everything's okay now. Worry not.)
Mother's Day is a Charles Kaufman directed exploitation piece from 1980, about three women terrorized by two guys who will do anything to impress their mother -- including rape, torture, and murder. That's an Oedipus complex that not even Freud would touch. Well played, Bousman. The Mother's Day remake is currently filming in Canada. Have
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