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1.<\/a> Swedish director Mikael H\u00e5fstr\u00f6m \u2014 whose last film was the Stephen King adaptation 1408<\/i> (2007) \u2014 is set to direct Last Rite<\/a><\/i>, based on the true story of an American priest who studied at an exorcism school in Italy. The script is by Michael Petroni, who was recently hired to re-write The Chronicles of Narnia:<\/a> The Voyage of the Dawn Treader<\/a><\/i>. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> Paul Bettany, having played an albino assassin monk in The Da Vinci Code<\/a><\/i> (2006) and the archangel Michael in the upcoming Legion<\/a><\/i>, will now star in the horror western Priest<\/i> as \u201ca warrior priest . . . who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece.\u201d Based on a TokyoPop comic book, Priest<\/i> will be directed by Scott Stewart, who also directed Legion<\/i>. \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> The English subtitles on the American DVD version of the Swedish vampire flick Let the Right One In<\/i> (2008) are very, very wrong. \u2014 Icons of Fright<\/a>, Jeffrey Wells<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> Several Native American actors have been cast as members of the Wolf Pack, a group of werewolves who protect humans from vampires, in New Moon<\/a><\/i>, the first sequel to last year\u2019s mega-hit Twilight<\/a><\/i>. Meanwhile, British actor Jamie Campbell-Bower has been cast as one of the Italian vampires. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i> (x2<\/a>), Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> Summit Entertainment, the company behind the Twilight<\/i> franchise, is also developing the vampire-themed Elevator Men<\/i>. Screenwriter Marc Haimes describes his film as \u201ca reaction to all of these stories now \u2014 TV shows and movies \u2014 that play this kind of romantic, fantastical, sexy aspect of getting involved with monsters. This is the dark, sinister version of what really happens when you decide you\u2019re going to get close to really bad things.\u201d \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

6.<\/a> Watchmen<\/a><\/i> co-writer David Hayter plans to direct a werewolf movie called Slaughter\u2019s Road<\/i> through his newly-formed Dark Hero Studios. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

7.<\/a> Sam Fell, co-director of the animated films The Tale of Despereaux<\/a><\/i> (2008) and Flushed Away<\/a><\/i> (2006), is attached to direct Demonkeeper<\/i>, a live-action film about \u201ca Seattle teen who inherits responsibility for a house filled with demons.\u201d Naturally, some kids break into the house and set the worst of the demons loose. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

8.<\/a> Harold Ramis, who co-wrote and co-starred in the first two Ghostbusters<\/a><\/i> movies (1984-1989), says the much-rumoured third movie will probably revolve around a new generation of slimefighters, but the original cast will still be on board as \u201csage mentors\u201d to the new guys. \u2014 MTV News<\/a><\/p>\n

9.<\/a> Adam Marcus \u2014 best known, if that\u2019s the word, for directing the not-so-correctly-titled Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday<\/i> (1993) \u2014 has been hired to direct the remake of Val Lewton<\/a>\u2018s classic I Walked with a Zombie<\/a><\/i> (1943). Somehow I doubt it will have the subtlety or thematic potency of the original. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"