Yeah, yeah, we know it’s not called “5nal Destination” anymore, but we’re going to use it until New Line decides on an official title and also because it rules. Anyway, Emma Bell (“Frozen”) has been cast as the female lead in the film, joining P.J. Byrne, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, Nicholas D’Agosto, Ellen Wroe, Meghan Ory, David Koechner and Tony Todd. Filming starts this month with Steven Quale directing. The film hits theaters on August 26, 2011.
With production set to begin this month in Louisiana, the cast of “Shark Night 3D” is building quickly. Former “American Idol” also-ran Katharine McPhee, Sara Paxton (“The Last House On The Left”) and Dustin Milligan (“Extract”) have joined the recently announced Sinqua Walls, Chris Carmack (“The O.C.”), Alyssa Diaz and Joel David Moore (“Avatar”) in the film that will pretty much be like “Piranha 3D” in different clothing. New wave auteur David Ellis (“Snakes On A Plane,” “The Final Destination”) is directing.
The “Hellraiser” franchise is going strong, at least on home video, where yet another sequel is set to begin production this month with Victor Garcia (“Return To House On Haunted Hill”) directing. The project, titled “Hellraiser: Revelations,” is being fast-tracked mostly because Dimension needs to get something into production or risks losing the rights. But for the three of us hoping for Pinhead to return to the big screen, the remake continues stuck in development hell at the studio. Scripts and directors continue to come and go with execs not finding the right formula to allow them to pull the trigger. “It’s a ‘they know it when they see it’ kind of thing,” one executive said. “It’s a small needle to hit, no pun intended.”
