I Am Friday's Absent-Minded Link

Some of these tidbits are a couple of days old but my head ain't screwed on right so I'm just getting round to posting them. And a word of warning - it's another half-day at work today and, with my birthday this weekend, this may be all she wrote til Monday. Have a lovely, if so.

--- Before Leslie Returns - I refuse to say "if" because I have convinced myself a sequel is happening for Leslie Vernon - director Scott Glosserman has lined up his definite next project. From AICN:

"... his follow-up flick is officially in the works at Paramount Vantage. It's called PLAYING HOUSE and he's co-writing it with Macy Raymond, who penned the short story upon which it is based.

The one-liner isn't all that inspiring... A young couple are preyed upon when they inhabit a seemingly deserted island mansion. However, I have faith in Glosserman. It'll be interesting to see him take on a horror picture without the comedy."

See how good I am? Didn't I just say a few weeks back that the "couple stalked inside a house by evil forces" was the new template for horror, post-"torture porn"? I also, no matter what Sean would have you believe, called the Giant Monster Movie Rennaisance. This is why y'all need to listen to what I say! I AM WISE.

--- Weird world - the trailer for The Dark Is Rising popped up online the day before last, so if you haven't seen it check it out here. I don't know what to think about it - it is seeming sooo very different from the books, judging from the trailer alone... we'll see.

--- Choke a Witch - Filming's actually begun on another Chuck Palahniuk book! Who'd have thunk? Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston are all up in Choke's business.

--- Speaking of Rogue (as I did in my last post, that is) DH has got an interview with its director, Greg McLean. He says he hardly got any interference from the Weinsteins while making Rogue, which is all fine and dandy, but now it's relying on this assholes to release the thing, which... ain't.

--- Shit news - Hopefully this'll turn out to be false, but FilmIck posted, via Box Office Mojo, that Michael Dougherty's Trick'r'Treat has been pushed back to next year. This thing's long done filming, right? And we've gotten appropriate amounts of coverage - stills, whatnot - for it being released as expected in October. Why would they move it then? Man today's making me bitter.