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Posted 10.20.12 by BrentJS -
"They're not following us — they're hunting us!"
Are you an adrenaline junkie? Do you thrive on danger? Well, skip your next "extreme tour" to that subterranean cave or dormant volcano and book a trip to Pripyat, Ukraine, where you can search for traces of radiation from a nuclear power plant explosion and play hide-and-seek with the locals.
book your trip now >> Posted 10.17.12 by BrentJS -
Later this month, Sony will release the action-comedy sequel Men in Black III, which reunites stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones for the first time in 10 years. Its sole competition at the box office that weekend? Warner Bros.' horror thriller Chernobyl Diaries, starring newcomers Devin Kelley and Jonathan Sadowski. It might seem like the deck is stacked against the latter, but horror movies draw their own audiences and Chernobyl Diaries also features the name recognition of Oren Peli, the writer-director of Paranormal Activity, who co-wrote and produced the movie.
Chernobyl Diaries follows a group of six friends who embark on an "extreme tour" of the Ukranian city of Prypiat, the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which has been deserted for over 26 years. Once in the city, the friends find themselves stranded and realize they are being hunted by whatever has been left in the city. Two new posters have been released for the movie that play off of the fear of what the radiation has done to the city, while a new preview clip shows the friends getting a view of the reactor while their tour guide (Dimitri Diatchenko) sees signs that the group isn't alone.
watch the preview clip and see the full posters >> Posted 05.03.12 by Ryan -
The first TV spot for the "extreme tour" horror movie, Chernobyl Diaries, recently aired and is now available for viewing online. Co-written (with Shane Van Dyke and Carey Van Dyke) and produced by Oren Peli, the creator of the Paranormal Activity franchise, Chernobyl Diaries follows a group of six young tourists as they explore the Ukrainian city of Pripyat, deserted for more than 25 years following the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. After the tourists finds themselves stranded in the city, however, they quickly discover that they are not alone.
watch the tv spot >> Posted 04.19.12 by BrentJS -
Since making his directorial debut with Paranormal Activity, Oren Peli has been working mostly as a producer — including two Paranormal Activity sequels, Insidious, and the currently-airing ABC series The River. While Peli might someday finish his second directorial effort, Area 51, he already has another completed producing project opening this year.
According to Deadline, the Peli-produced horror thriller Chernobyl Diaries has been acquired by Alcon Entertainment. The story, created by Peli, takes place in the city of Prypiat, where the workers for the Chernobyl nuclear reactor once lived. When a group of friends vacationing in Europe finds themselves stranded in the abandoned city, they soon discover they are not alone.
more about Chernobyl Diaries >> Posted 02.15.12 by Ryan -
Considering the micro-budget horror movie Insidious turned out to be the most profitable movie of 2011 — the movie was made for $1.5 million and earned $97 million worldwide — it comes as no surprise that FilmDistrict would like to turn the movie into a franchise. What is surprising is that it has taken this long to get confirmation that a sequel is in the works. Producer Jason Blum said last year that director James Wan (Saw movies) would only consider making a sequel if screenwriter Leigh Whannell came up "with a story that's inventive" and "worth making." Well, apparently he has because THR reports Wan and Whannell are currently "in talks" with the studio about Insidious 2, and that the movie will likely go into production this year, aimed at a 2013 release.
more about Insidious 2 >> Posted 02.03.12 by BrentJS -
When the first Paranormal Activity opened in 2009 and crushed Saw VI at the box office, it didn't look like October's annual horror movie franchise was in complete jeopardy. When Paranormal Activity 2 did better business than Saw 3D in 2010, the newly-formed franchise of Paranormal Activity officially buried the Saw movies, allowing Paranormal Activity 3 to open in a Saw-less October last year and reap the box office benefits to the end sum of $203 million worldwide. Unsurprisingly, Paramount has scheduled the release date for the fourth installment, and it won't be hard to figure out what month it will open.
when will Paranormal Activity 4 open? >> Posted 01.05.12 by Ryan -
Paramount is already getting the promotion going for Paranormal Activity 3 by handing out flyers for a fake business called Darren's Timeless Memories at the San Diego Comic-Con. The offical website of the company is a viral site that ultimately leads to the teaser trailer for the movie. The trailer shows that the third installment will be a prequel which explores the childhood of Katie (played by Katie Featherston in the previous movies) and her sister Kristi (played by Sprague Hayden in Paranormal 2).
watch the trailer >> Posted 07.22.11 by Ryan -
Plot details for Area 51, writer-director Oren Peli's follow-up to his massively successful debut, Paranormal Activity, were released at the end of 2009. Weeks later, Paramount picked up the movie's rights for release in 2010. Then, very little else happened.
Last year, while Paranormal Activity 2 was nearing production (Peli executive produced), Paramount hired director/actor Chris Denham to do rewrites on Area 51 before Peli re-assembled the production for some re-shoots.
Area 51 is like Paranormal Activity, is a "found footage" horror movie about three teenagers who head to the Area 51 section of Nellis Air Force Base in the Nevada. We'll assume aliens might be involved and that scares will be had. That is, if the movie ever gets finished.
what's taking so long? >> Posted 06.07.11 by Ryan -
With Insidious currently playing in theaters and quietly becoming a huge box office success ($50.3 million on a $1.5 million budget), director James Wan has already lined up his next project.
According to Variety, Wan will direct the supernatural thriller Spectre as his next project. While it should come as no surprise that the director of the original Saw would stay within the horror genre for his next movie, the report surprisingly claims that Nicole Kidman is in talks to star in the movie (Her involvement is unconfirmed at present.)
Further details on Spectre are unknown, including whether Wan will reunite with his Saw and Insidious screenwriter Leigh Whannell, though it is likely since Wan and Whanell have collaborated in some way on every project the two have been associated with since the original Saw.
Paranormal Activity 3 also on its way >> Posted 05.09.11 by Ryan