CBS Films and eOne proudly presented their newest trailer for André Øvredal’s Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. Marketing for the new horror spectacle is now also host to the latest incarnation of Donovan’s 1966 hit song, “Season of the Witch”, re-recorded by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Lana Del Rey.
My obsession with the horror genre began at an early age: from meeting Freddy Kreuger when I was about five years old to the numerous books on my shelves that were full of scary tales. Of course those shelves held the popular book Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell.
A sequel to last year’s modest blockbuster success story, Pacific Rim, has been in development for a while now. It wasn’t going to happen right away since earning only a little over half its budget back, but I suppose grossing that same number four times over globally was pretty helpful.
But most importantly, director Guillermo Del Toro wanted to do it, and so did Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull. And following up with earlier reports of the director drafting a sequel with writer Zak Penn, a new video announcement is available online for the targeted theatrical release date of April 7, 2017 for Pacific Rim 2, preceded by an animated series set in the film’s universe. The director also offered hopes of several principle actors returning for their roles, telling Buzzfeed, “The characters I love will return,… “Raleigh, Mako, Newt, Gottlieb and who knows, maybe even Hannibal Chau – but we are taking them into a fresh territory that will display amazing sights and battles. The first film set the stage and now we’re ready to have a blast.”.
Hopefully Hellboy 3 will get the same attention in the not too distant future. But until then…empty the clip, G!
H/T: Keith Hayward
You knew this was coming. If you have been paying attention to the updates and the promotional campaign reports for the upcoming all-out robot jox vs. monsters smashfest that is Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim, you had to have known that a Japanese trailer was gonna happen.
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