Sony Pictures has set a Dec. 27 Unrated-DVD release date for Hostel 3, the second sequel to Eli Roth’s 2006 masterpiece. Directed by Scott Spiegel (executive producer on Hostel 1 & 2) from a script by Michael Weiss (Journey to the Center of the Earth), the plot follows four friends lured away from a Vegas bachelor party by two sexy escorts, who inadvertently deliver them to the Elite Hunting Club.
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Hostel 3 stars Thomas Kretschmann (“The River”), John Hensley (the son on “Nip/Tuck”), Kip Pardue (Remember the Titans), Skyler Stone (Rules of Attraction), Chris Coy (“True Blood”), Sarah Habel (The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations), and hottie model/actress Kelly Thiebaud (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”).
While I’m still disappointed by Roth’s lack of involvement in the project, I’m totally digging the trailer. What made the first two Hostel films especially frightening to me was the knowledge that—like the characters—I too could be led to a wretched death by my penis. Setting the new sequel in Vegas amidst gorgeous butt-shaking strippers only helps to bring the horror closer to home!
I do hope that the Hostel franchise will continue and I like the idea of visiting Elite Hunting Clubs around the world in debauched tourist-trap cities such as New Orleans, Ibiza, Bangkok, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Tijuana (two words: donkey show).
Jeepers Creepers director and convicted child molester Victor Salva has definitely had his share of kid-related troubles so it comes as no surprise that the monster in his new film Rosewood Lane, his first in five years, is a teenage paperboy (Daniel Ross) with a proclivity for nursery rhymes and stalking.
Shot in Los Angeles, the thriller stars Rose McGowan as a talk-radio shrink who moves back into her childhood home only to find herself terrorized by the paperboy who tormented her father up until his death. Costars include Ray Wise (“Twin Peaks”), Lin Shaye (Insidious) and Lauren Vélez (Captain LaGuerta on “Dexter”).
Rosewood Lane will have its premiere this weekend at Screamfest LA.
Bag of Bones is the story of Mike Noonan (Brosnan), a widower who gets mixed up with an attractive young widow (George) while visiting the lakeside retreat he once shared with his wife (Gish)—whom he still sees in his dreams.
A&E will air the mini on Sunday, December 11th and Monday, December 12th.
Tiny waist, giant boobs, skimpy outfits—the animated babes found in video games and comic books are pretty racy. Unfortunately, the sling bikinis and thigh-high boots never make the wardrobe when played on the big screen by Hollywood starlets. Thankfully, animated features deliver a more thrilling portrayal.
Take DC and Warner Bros’ home-video original Batman: Year One. Both the DVD and Blu-ray include a bonus 15-minute film that finds Catwoman (voiced by “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Dollhouse” babe Eliza Dushku) working as a stripper to get close to diamond smuggler Rough Cut.
DC Universe will premiere the short at the New York Comic-Con this Friday so don’t expect any leaked footage until about 30 seconds after the presentation goes down. In the meantime, peep the pic:
Chinese starlet Li Bingbing has been tapped to play sexy corporate spy and deadly assassin Ada Wong in Sony Screen Gems’ Resident Evil: Retribution, the fifth installment in the lucrative franchise. Resident ass-kicker Milla Jovovich tweeted the announcement earlier today:
G’mornin every1! Well, I have some news that a lot of u will be interested in! We have finally cast our Ada Wong! Drum roll please! So, Ada Wong in RE5 is being played by Chinese actress Li Bingbing! We’re so excited!
Bingbing is an internationally famous and award-winning actress best known in North America for playing the White-Haired Witch Ni-Chang in the 2008 Lionsgate fantasy-adventure The Forbidden Kingdom, starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Resident Evil: Retribution is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Jovovich as Alice, Michelle Rodriguez as Rain Ocampo, Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine, Oded Fehr as Carlos Oliviera, Colin Salmon as James ‘One’ Shade, Boris Kodjoe as Luther West, Shawn Roberts as Albert Wesker, Kevin Durand as Barry Burton, and Johann Urb as Leon S. Kennedy.
Resident Evil: Retribution is currently shooting in Toronto with stops in Japan and Russia planned as well. The film arrives in theaters on Sept. 14, 2012.
Marvel Studios has released the first full-length trailer for its eagerly anticipated superhero movie mash-up The Avengers. Written and directed by geek messiah Joss Whedon, the film is the true story of eight superheroes picked to live in a house, work together and have their lives taped to find out what happens when heroes stop being polite… and start getting real.
Emma Caulfield is the latest guest star to join ABC’s much buzzed about fairytale-themed series “Once Upon a Time.” The 38-year-old looker will play the kid-eating blind witch from Hansel and Gretel in the show’s ninth episode.
Caulfield, who first broke into what we insiders call show business playing Brandon Walsh’s girlfriend on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” is best known to horror fans for her portrayal of vengeance demon Anya Jenkins on The WB’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
Her first lead role in a feature film was in the 2003 Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles) Tooth Fairy frightener Darkness Falls. She hasn’t done a lot of horror since then, but will soon be seen in the indie-thriller Removal, opposite Kelly Brook (Piranha 3-D) and Billy Burke (Drive Angry 3-D).
“Once Upon a Time” was created by “LOST” executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. The show follows Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison), daughter of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas), as she attempts to set free the small New England town of Storybrooke from an Evil Queen’s (Lana Parilla) grasp.
“Once Upon a Time” premieres Sunday, Oct. 23 at 8pm.
“Teen Wolf” starlet Crystal Reed is set to star in Intrepid Pictures’ upcoming psycho-bitch thriller Crush. Written byRoommate scribe Sonny Mallhi, the film revolves around a popular high school jock (Lucas Till) who becomes an obsession for the girls around him, including an especially demented admirer.
Reed will play a shy emo type who is crushing hard on the jock and is jealous of his relationship with a longtime female friend, played by Sarah Bolger (“The Tudors”). Reid Ewing (“Modern Family”) also stars as a geek pining for the affections of Reed’s character all-the-while wondering if she’s up to something shady.
Reed, best known for her role as love interest Allison Argent on MTV’s “Teen Wolf” series, starred last year in Rogue Pictures’ regrettably underrated alien-invasion actioner Skyline.
Crush is directed by some guy named Malik Bader and is slated to start production Oct. 24 in Los Angeles.
Move over Olivia … there’s a new Wilde girl in tinsel town.
British up-and-comer Gabriella Wilde is currently starring in Paul W.S. Anderson’s steampunk adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ beloved classic The Three Musketeers. The sexy 22-year-old starlet plays Constance Bonacieux, love interest to musketeer-to-be D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman).
The role is Wilde’s first in a major studio release. She joins an all-star cast that includes Matthew Macfayden as Athos, Luke Evans as Aramis, Ray Stevenson as Porthos, Orlando Bloom as the Duke of Buckingham, Christoph Waltz as Cardinal Richelieu, and Milla Jovovich as villainess Milady de Winter.
The Three Musketeers has already opened in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Korea and the U.K. It swings into North American theaters on Oct. 21.
Osiris Entertainment is eyeballing a November DVD release date for its long delayed supernatural thriller The Sacred. Written and directed by Jose Zambrano Casella, the film stars 5-foot-8 stunner Jessica Blackmore as part of a group of university students who set out to explore the Florida swamps where Native Americans were believed to have conducted ceremonies with vengeful spirits.
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The official synopsis reads:
A group of University students travel to a remote, sacred land deep in the heart of the Florida swamps to complete their senior thesis project on Native American folklore. Hundreds of years ago this place was used by Indians to pass judgment on criminals and unwanted members of their tribal community.
Legend has it that these grounds have the magical ability to bring past victims back to life, ultimately punishing or killing whoever is guilty, but no one has yet to find proof. As the students make their way down the trail, they come across an ancient ceremonial site.
They are suddenly faced with visions of their past they wish they had forgotten. One by one, their memories become reality, and everyone they ever committed a sin against now has the power to get even. As they beg for forgiveness for their previous mistakes, they realize they can do nothing but accept their fate in the same way their victims did, but worse.
The Sacred costars Jordan Wall (“The Glades”), John Kyle (The Tenant), David Mackey (House of Blood), John Archer Lundgren (Zombies, Zombies, Zombies), Leander Suleiman (Contract Killers) and sexy newcomer Lauren Brown (Bloody 27).
