This week is all about Prometheus, which hits theaters nationwide, while Rogue River heads a light week of home video releases.
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It opened in fewer than 100 theaters, but Piranha 3DD still performed relatively poorly at the box office this past weekend, earning only an estimated $179,000. To be fair, the $2,000-per-screen average was likely hurt by the fact that the film was released to on-demand outlets on the same day, meaning fewer people felt the urgency to see it in a theater. On the other hand, the appeal of seeing it in 3-D on a big screen should’ve drawn in viewers, and inflated 3-D ticket prices no doubt bumped up the total.
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A recent Variety article about distributor Constantin Film purchasing the German rights to Scary Movie 5 and Eli Roth's announced The Green Inferno has revealed more details about both films than we had previously known. First, it turns out The Green Inferno will be Roth's attempt to resurrect the grisly Italian cannibal exploitation movies of the late '70s and '80s. (Indeed, the 1988 movie Natura Contro was released internationally as both Cannibal Holocaust II and...wait for it...The Green Inferno.) The story "follows an idealistic student and a group of naive do-gooders who are captured by cannibalistic Indios after their plane crash lands in the Peruvian jungle." Details about Scary Movie 5's plot are less concrete, but according to Variety, some of the films the spoof will poke fun at this time around include Black Swan, Paranormal Activity, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and 127 Hours.
...A recent Variety article about distributor Constantin Film purchasing the German rights to Scary Movie 5 and Eli Roth’s announced The Green Inferno has revealed more details about both films than we had previously known. First, it turns out The Green Inferno will be Roth’s attempt to resurrect the grisly Italian cannibal exploitation movies of the late ’70s and ’80s. (Indeed, the 1988 movie Natura Contro was released internationally as both Cannibal Holocaust II and…wait for it…The Green Inferno.) The story “follows an idealistic student and a group of naive do-gooders who are captured by cannibalistic Indios after their plane crash lands in the Peruvian jungle.” Details about Scary Movie 5‘s plot are less concrete, but according to Variety, some of the films the spoof will poke fun at this time around include Black Swan, Paranormal Activity, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and 127 Hours.
A recent Variety article about distributor Constantin Film purchasing the German rights to Scary Movie 5 and Eli Roth’s announced The Green Inferno has revealed more details about both films than we had previously known. First, it turns out The Green Inferno will be Roth’s attempt to resurrect the grisly Italian cannibal exploitation movies of the late ’70s and ’80s. (Indeed, the 1988 movie Natura Contro was released internationally as both Cannibal Holocaust II and…wait for it…The Green Inferno.) The story “follows an idealistic student and a group of naive do-gooders who are captured by cannibalistic Indios after their plane crash lands in the Peruvian jungle.” Details about Scary Movie 5‘s plot are less concrete, but according to Variety, some of the films the spoof will poke fun at this time around include Black Swan, Paranormal Activity, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and 127 Hours.
Slasher sequel Hatchet 3 has just begun filming around New Orleans, and the cast has rounded out nicely with a number of familiar genre veterans. Danielle Harris and Kane Hodder are returning as protagonist Marybeth and undead serial killer antagonist Victor Crowley, respectively. The supporting cast includes Zach Galligan (Gremlins, Waxworks) as a local sheriff, Derek Mears (Friday the 13th) as a S.W.A.T. team leader, plus Sean Whalen (The People Under the Stairs, Halloween II), Caroline Williams (Halloween II, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Diane Ayala Goldner (the Feast movies), Jason Trost (The FP) and Dee Snider’s son Cody Blue.
A quartet of horror/suspense movies have recently received concrete release dates for this summer, and although they all feature very recognizable stars, I wouldn’t expect any of them to have wide releases. Still, they look pretty interesting. Here’s a peek:
NBC has had Hannibal -- a TV show exploring the early relationship between serial killer Hannibal Lecter and FBI profiler Will Graham (featured in Red Dragon and Manhunter) -- in the works for some time now (with a premiere set for midseason 2012-13), so it's a bit odd to find out that Lifetime is also developing a series from that universe. The Lifetime show, dubbed Clarice, will revolve around Clarice Starling, the protagonist of The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, and will focus on her early work as an FBI agent -- presumably the time between those two films.
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I, among many, was initially a bit skeptical when I heard that there was going to be a TV show based on the Michael J. Fox comedy Teen Wolf, but the first season of the MTV series was a pleasant surprise, featuring engaging, if occasionally melodramatic, storytelling comparable in style and quality to that of the more heavily hyped The Vampire Diaries.
