Got a news scoop? Send it now! NEWS HUB APRIL 2005 - ARCHIVED BACK TO CURRENT ANOTHER REMAKE?!? Michael Gingold reports... "After months of rumors, Variety reports that Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes company, which produced the successful remakes of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, will next bring THE HITCHER back to the screen. The company has pacted with Rogue Pictures on an update of the 1986 thriller in which desert driver C. Thomas Howell is plagued by a murderous, unstoppable thumber played by Rutger Hauer. While not a box-office hit at the time, the original became a cult film on video, enough to spawn a direct-to-DVD sequel a little while back. "Someone mentioned the title and I said, 'That's the one we should do,' " Bay tells the trade. "I loved it as a kid, and we can add some cool twists and turn it into a rocking film." One such switch, he suggested, was that the put-upon protagonist might be female this time. A writer will be signed soon for the new HITCHER, and Platinum Dunes is also apparently down to three finalists for the job of directing the CHAINSAW prequel it is currently developing. The company has two other projects in the works with Rogue, THE HORSEMAN and THE SURROGATE." Source: Fangoria Malevolence ... is almost here This is the horror flick everybody is raving about, and quite rightly so as well! The Pit has been behind this movie since it first breathed onto the scene, so if you still don't know anything about this independent gem, check out the following link, NOW! www.malevolencemovie.com Source: Morgan @ M80im.com Jonathan Breck's store is operational! As you know from last month's news, the Creeper has a new official site on the world web wide! And now his online store is fully functional with many kick ass 8x10s available to choose from as well as signed action figures and Jeepers Creepers DVDs! What are you waiting for? www.jonathanbreckonline.com Andrew Bryniarski's site is revamped! Check out Andy's new site design. The big man is still busy with career prospects and music, so much so than he doesn't get online enough to let us know about upcoming appearances and so forth. However, keep an eye on the site incase any news rolls in... www.andrewbryniarski.net Brooks does it again... Many of you already know about Brooks, the "guitar guy". He travels from convention to convention getting horror celebrities to sign custom horror axes conjured up by his twisted soul. Last time I saw him, he was at the Fango con' back in January 2004 (in NJ), with a beauty of a "Friday the 13th" custom guitar, sporting the infamous Jason Live's hockey mask on the body. Suffice to say, he got all the Friday signatures at that convention...and appeared on the reason Paramount boxset! Now he is at it again, this time with a Jeepers Creeper's custom axe. I've seen the artwork, front and back, but I can't share all that yet. All I can say is that it is a fine piece and that Brook's has done it again. Check out his websites for ALL the details on his past projects, horror or not: www.brooksguitarworld.com www.horrormovieguitars.com Source: Brooks Horror Idols anybody? The brainchild of self profressed horror fan, Neal Deconte, here are a few words from the man himself... "... acompany started by a fan, for the fans out there. Our company will be specializing in originally-sculpted, pre-painted, and autographed figurines of the stars of modern horror films. These pieces are carefully crafted to pay homage to the actors and actresses that have endured many long hours in make-up chairs to bring these creatures to life." Neal and Jim Groman have already developed a 1/4 scale Leatherface sculpt that Andrew Bryniarski himself named, "Leatherhead". Check out the site for all the details. www.horroridols.com Source: Neal @ Horror Idols Riding the Bullet release date... Despite some confusion, Riding the Bullet WILL street on April 19th...hang on! Source: Molly @ Special Ops Media Tartan Films is at it again ... releasing more Asia Extreme ... Check out these two Asian titles available from Tartan Films. Synopsis for "Heroic Duo": Tough cop Ken Li (Ekin Cheng) is at the top of his game, but the’s going to need some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn’t even remember committing. He seeks out Jack Lai (Leon Lai), a former psychologist now in disgrace and behind bars, who has an uncanny ability to bend people to his will. Making an uneasy truce, this unconventional pair set out on a mission to find the man responsible, a master of hypnotism who will stop at nothing to get his revenge. Synopsis for "Memento Mori": Min-Ah discovers a shared diary and is soon fascinated to learn that two people she thought to be very close friends have in fact begun a forbidden romance at her school. She finds herself unable to tear her eyes away from the literally page-turning high drama of her classmates' lives, and the allure of the secret diary begins to take over. When one of the diary's writers is found dead from an apparent suicide, rumors spread and Min-Ah begins to feel a strange presence. The once-tranquil school is transformed into a place of morbid terror, as if the words written in the journal, "memento mori" (remember the dead), have come to life. www.tartanfilmsusa.com Source: Special Ops Media Got a news scoop? Send it now!