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Breaking 2010.10.21: Remake back on track

posted 14 years ago by Norse_Sage
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Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier are the new duo tackling Hellraiser

http://www.collider.com/2010/10/20/todd-farmer-patrick-lussier-hellrai ser-reboot/#more-55672

After years in gestation, Dimension’s reboot of Clive Barker’s sadomasochistic classic Hellraiser is headed to screens. And while many different writers and directors have been rumored for the project, several inside sources at the studio have now confirmed exclusively to Collider that it is Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier, NOT Christian E. Christiansen who will be sheparding this Hellbound Heart.

Bloody-Disgusting broke news yesterday that Christian E. Christiansen director of the upcoming The Roommate would be helming the project, but new sources have confirmed to Collider that it is in fact Todd Farmer who will write the picture with frequent collaborator and director Patrick Lussier. The duo previously worked together on My Bloody Valentine 3D and the upcoming Nic Cage action film Drive Angry 3D. They also worked on an aborted version of Halloween 3D.

Christiansen had been in the running for the film previously, as had Saw IV-VII scribes Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and prominent figures in the new wave of French horror Alexandre Bustillo and Pascal Laugier, amongst others.

The new film is being developed alongside Hellraiser Revelations, which is a Direct-to-Video incarnation of the series designed to keep the rights in the Weinstein brother’s hands.

The theatrical film focused young adults encountering Pinhead in previous drafts, some of which included massive fantasy elements ala Hellboy II, while others functioned as loose remakes of Nightmare on Elm Street starring Pinhead. This latest iteration is likely to keep the young adult spin, but, as all of Farmer and Lussier’s previous collaborations have be Hard-R’s it remains unclear if it will head into the PG-13 territory that that appointment of Christensen would have almost certainly lead to. The lovely, and surprisingly well read Amber Heard has been rumored to star.

More as it comes.

Better than the recently rumored alternative, but the movie these guys can deliver is clearly nothing compared to what Pascal Laugier could and would have given us.

Føkk you, Weinsteins.

Tesla was robbed!

[–] 14 years ago

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[–] Norse_Sage 14 years ago

It's not going to be PG13, never was, so that was never the issue.

The problem is that it is unlikely to feature the themes a Hellraiser movie should either, which if anything is a much bigger problem.

Tesla was robbed!

[–] rossrobinson 14 years ago

This isn't going to be a remake, its another sequel.

[–] Norse_Sage 14 years ago

I know.

But seeing as Hellraiser: Revelations (2011) is made for the sole purpose of retaining the rights long enough to make the untitled Hellraiser remake (2012) which is now back on track and has a board all its own no less, I thought it was worth mentioning on the Hellraiser: Revelation (2011) board.

Tesla was robbed!