Syfy wants to show you what happens when fairy tales grow up by reinventing classic stories as part of its Saturday night TV movie franchise. The contemporary reimaginings of tales like Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel & Gretel will be two of the five titles that kicks off the new series on February 27.
“It’s exciting to take a treasured brand and put our own sideways spin on it,” said Thomas Vitale, executive vp programming and original movies at Syfy. “By turning familiar timeless stories inside out, we’re creating an entertaining new genre for our popular Saturday night movie franchise,” …read more

This morning I got news from thee Horror Geek that director Dana Mennie, who made his debut with Dark Moon Rising, has officially signed a deal with Lionsgate to distribute the film later this year. The film stars a group of genre favorites, among them Sid Haig, Maria Conchita Alonso, Max Ryan, Chris Mulkey and Billy Drago.
In Dark Moon Rising, real love and fate collide in a small town girl’s life as Amy falls in love with a mysterious drifter who brings with him a family curse and the unimaginable horror that follows. Bender, who shares the curse with his …read more

Universal Pictures’ The Wolfman producer Scott Stuber spilled the beans with Total Film Magazine regarding some ongoing delays the production has seen, which is making me very nervous about the finished product. If they can pull this film off it’s going to be amazing, but if not–I have little faith for the other Universal remakes they have on tap.
Stuber had this to say about the special effects which are being done by An American Werewolf in London’s Rick Baker. “The visual effects work was so complex that some of the stuff wasn’t ready. There were so many textures we had …read more

As soon as one ends another begins. Yes, it’s already time to start looking at the new installment in the Twilight saga, Eclipse.

Summit Entertainment released this still from the new film which is currently in pre-production and in theaters June 30, 2010. From the press release:
In ECLIPSE, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge.  In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision …read more

Either you want to tear your hair out or you’re recovering from True Bloodtastic bliss after all the True Blood casting news over the past few weeks. Well, let me force upon you another new cast member, whose werepanther roots may or may not be an element to the storyline for the third season of HBO’s True Blood.
Lindsay Pulsipher will join several new cast members as Crystal Norris. She is described as a ‘barefoot, sundress-wearing woman’ who will reportedly share an ‘electric connection’ with Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten). Jason always seems to have his hands full!
In the Charlaine Harris novels, …read more

A friend of mine clued me in to this monster photo that was taken of her and her husband, called Frankenstein’s Car Troubles.

Justin Hall is the photographer behind these hyper-real images with a liberal dose of humor. I love the fact that even though the images are so heightened they’re unreal, he still manages to capture the essential humanity of all his subjects–monster or not. I’m hoping for more photos in this series, but for now we also have this image–à la Teen Wolf.
Please visit Justin’s website to see his amazing portraits. Which one is your favorite?
Images © Justin Hall …read more

Dreamworks Animation will be release an adaptation of an A. Lee Martinez novel, Gil’s All Fright Diner. The film will be directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and has Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris (both did Kung Fu Panda & Sleeper Cell) set to write.
The werewolf and vampire feud continues in Diner which revolves around the creatures as mismatched partners who battle zombies and try to save the world. After, they stop in a diner in a desert which is a conduit for the supernatural. A high school cheerleader who wants fame is their ally and with an odd couple like this (similar …read more

How I Met Your Mother star Joe Manganiello has been cast in a recurring role on HBO’s True Blood. He’ll be playing Alcide Herveaux, a ‘hot and sexy alpha male werewolf.’ Yes please. Apparently he’ll be another love interest for Sookie, but she said I could borrow him from time to time.

Manganiello joins a slew of newbies on the show including, Cooper Huckabee as Sam’s dad, J. Smith-Cameron as Sam’s estranged mother, Alfre Woodard as Lafayette’s mom and more.
There has been news of bit part casting, including actors Shannon Wells, C.C. Sheffield (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Natasha Alam.
So, is …read more

Everyone’s favorite high school wolf is heading back to class for MTV’s reimagining of the 1985 film Teen Wolf. MTV revealed full casting and pilot details for the new series which will focus heavily on the romance but still attempt to retain some of the good buddy humor that made Michael J. Fox a hit in the high school film about a coming of age wolf.
The series features Tyler Posey, Tyler Hoechlin, Crystal Reed and Dylan O’Brien with the pilot penned by Jeff Davis of Criminal Minds fame. This dramatic thriller/comedy revolves around Scott McCall (Posey), a dorky high school …read more

BBC America announced that their new TV series Demons will air on January 2, 2010 at 10 PM ET/PT. No trailer available yet but here’s the story which seems to play out à la Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

“The battle against the dark underworld of half-lives, monsters and in-humans lie deep beneath the streets of modern-day London in the U.S. premiere of Demons. This contemporary spin on the character of Van Helsing features Luke Rutherford (Christian Cooke) as an average teenager, but with the arrival of his dead father’s best friend Rupert Galvin (Philip Glenister, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes), …read more