{"id":43,"date":"2011-05-05T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/themediawitches\/2011\/05\/drop-everything-but-your-pants\/"},"modified":"2011-05-05T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T11:47:00","slug":"drop-everything-but-your-pants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/themediawitches\/2011\/05\/drop-everything-but-your-pants\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop Everything But Your Pants!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OV7shL-NHf0\/TcLwsZ6CQTI\/AAAAAAAABK0\/CnBmxVLPJd0\/s1600\/wicker-tree3.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"289\" width=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OV7shL-NHf0\/TcLwsZ6CQTI\/AAAAAAAABK0\/CnBmxVLPJd0\/s400\/wicker-tree3.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The news is that <i>The Wicker Tree<\/i> (Robin Hardy\u2019s new film based on his 1973 cult hit <i>The Wicker Man<\/i> has a distributor. Anchor Bay Entertainment will be distributing the film in the United States, and the film will also be a selection at this year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival. This according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangoria.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=4350:the-wicker-tree-grows-in-the-us&amp;catid=1:latest-news&amp;Itemid=167\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fangoria<\/a> magazine (as reported by The Wild Hunt blog\u2013which has given the film\u2019s development <a href=\"http:\/\/wildhunt.org\/blog\/tag\/the-wicker-tree\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">some excellent coverage<\/a>\u2013and shared at the Witchvox Facebook page, too). <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eFoMm-NJ9BE\/TcLwzvC2jHI\/AAAAAAAABK8\/2B1HaBbG5F4\/s1600\/wicker_tree_lead-thumb-630xauto-28948.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"183\" width=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eFoMm-NJ9BE\/TcLwzvC2jHI\/AAAAAAAABK8\/2B1HaBbG5F4\/s400\/wicker_tree_lead-thumb-630xauto-28948.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>For a film that has struggled to procure funding, this is wonderful news indeed. One earlier title, <i>Cowboys for Christ<\/i> (after <i>The Riding of the Laddie<\/i> had been considered and rejected), misled some right-wing Christian investors who, after learning of the film\u2019s pagan themes, decided to pull their funding. <i>The Wicker Tree<\/i> conjures memories of the earlier film and so is a better title, anyway, in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Will the sequel heal the wounds of the travesty of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.witchvox.com\/va\/dt_va.html?a=usma&amp;c=media&amp;id=11130\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cremake\u201d helmed by sexist miscreant Neil LaBute<\/a>? Well, it certainly could be no worse. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve recently been in touch with Mr. Hardy and am hoping to arrange some sort of screening event stateside. More news as events warrant\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news is that The Wicker Tree (Robin Hardy\u2019s new film based on his 1973 cult hit The Wicker Man has a distributor. Anchor Bay Entertainment will be distributing the film in the United States, and the film will also be a selection at this year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival. 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