Rumor Control: The Truth About the 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre': PHOTO
Unconfirmed reports are Flooding the web that Tobe Hooper - director of the infamous, groundbreaking original film - is in talks to get behind the camera for the forthcoming The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D . While these reports were once true, sources close to Bloody Disgusting tell us that is no longer the case. In fact, there are talks of moving the franchise over to Lionsgate. Twisted Pictures have currently been hearing various pitches and nothing has been decided as of yet. Watch this spot...

AFM '09: Promo Trailer for Twisted Pictures' 'The Tortured'!
From the producers of the multi-million-dollar Saw horror franchise comes a story torn from today’s news headlines, The Tortured , which follows a young mother (Erika Christensen) and her husband (Jesse Metcalf) who decide that the criminal justice system hasn’t adequately punished the man who kidnapped their son. They formulate a diabolical plan to exact their own revenge, and slowly realize that the best way to relieve their pain is to inflict some. How far will they go before “justice i

EXCL: Twisted Pictures Takes Sorrow Screen Rights
The horror graphic novel "Sorrow" is being developed for the big screen by Twisted Pictures (home of the Saw franchise). The company announced it has secured the rights to Rick Remender, Seth Peck and Francesco Francavilla's tale which was published through Image Comics. Tapped to adapt "Sorrow" is Michael Hidalgo, writer of The Butcherhouse Chronicles - a script to go into production soon at Platinum Dunes. Described as a mix of Exorcist -like terror with the dread of Twin Peaks , "Sorrow" is...

Twisted Pictures Feels SORROW: PHOTO
Happy Friday night! Got plenty of movies to watch this weekend but before I head out and get me some guilty pleasure, real quick now, according to shocktilyoudrop , the company that brought us SAW franchise, Twisted Pictures has bought the screen rights to and is developing a big screen version of the horror graphic novel SORROW … SORROW was created by Rick Remender and Seth Peck and illustrated by Francesco Francavilla published by Image Comics in 2007, the synopsis is.. “In 1952,...

Art, Synopsis for Revenge Thriller Seven Days: PHOTO
Sensing a theme here. In the wake of films like Hostel , we saw the Torture craze seep in Otis , which concerned parents who exact bloody revenge on the man who they think raped their daughter. In the upcoming Twisted Pictures offering The Tortured , parents exact bloody revenge on the man who killed their son. Across the pond, a director who goes simply by the name "Podz" (aka Daniel Grou) is carrying the Torture torch with Seven Days , hitting sometime next year. Claude Legault and Fanny...

Sales Art for Twisted Pictures' The Tortured
"The only way to ease the pain is to inflict some." So says the sales poster for Rob Lieberman's The Tortured . Pic hails from the house of Saw itself: Twisted Pictures. So the "pain" aspect to this advertising shouldn't be all too surprising. As Twisted's Mark Burg told us here , the film is complete and looking for distribution. In the film, Jesse Metcalfe and Erika Christensen capture and Torture the man (Billy Moseley) responsible for the death of their child. You can watch a promo trailer...

Kehrt Tobe Hooper zu Texas Chainsaw Massacre zurück?
Wir berichteten, dass Twisted Pictures sich die Rechte an Texas Chainsaw Massacre gesich

The Top 10 Best Traps from the Saw Series
The Saw series. Five films that have dealt an unremitting legacy of pain upon characters who dismissed their lives or led them down a corrupt path. And movie-goers have cringed and had their gag reflex tested time after time as the franchise introduced them to Rube Goldberg-esque traps which have become known for rending flesh, snapping bone and spilling blood. In the early days of Twisted Pictures' lucrative series, the ad campaign embraced the tagline, "How f**ked up is that?" , exploiting...

Might Tobe Hooper Return For Another Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
Should the father return home once again? It was announced a few weeks back that Twisted Pictures, the company behind Saw , had acquired the film rights to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise from Platinum Dunes. Twisted is planning to create a new 3D film in the series that would be a contemporary reboot, throwing aside the recent two films that Platinum Dunes made and continuing on with a sequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4 . Now ShockTillYouDrop is saying that the creator of the...

KICK-ASS test screens in London and the review is… erm…. KICK-ASS!!!!!: PHOTO
Two separate reviews have hit AICN from a test screening that took place in London earlier this week for Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass , and the word is it’s amazing. Here’s the reviews, inter-cut with new character one-sheets that Lionsgate have released over at IGN , which I believe to be the first official posters released for the film anywhere. Can we expect a trailer soon? DK Mode’s glowing review first … I just got back from the Arclight Screening of...

Mariah Carey on Her Precious Make-Under: “I Felt Completely Rancid!”: PHOTO
Lionsgate Moviegoers may be taken aback by Mariah Carey 's decidedly glammed-down turn in the film Precious as a dowdy social worker, and the singer herself had an even stronger reaction the first time she looked in the mirror. “I felt completely rancid!” Carey told PEOPLE at the film's premiere at the AFI Audi Film Festival. But because the novel that the movie is based on “changed my life,” she gave herself over to director Lee Daniels' vision for the character's un-made-up...

'Precious': Not easy to watch, not easy to forget: PHOTO
Mariah Carey and Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious." (Courtesy of Lionsgate) The first 20 minutes of “Precious,” the full title of which is “Precious: Based on the Novel -Push' by Sapphire,” are so intense and pitched so high, you may not...

“Kick-Ass” Movie Posters and Buzz From Screenings: PHOTO
The Kick-Ass movie posters were released earlier today, and most of the blogger world is salivating over Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book series of the same name. We’ll show you them after the jump, but what’s really interesting to us is the critical buzz generated by Lionsgate’s recent test screenings in London and LA . Readers wrote in to Ain’t It Cool and Slashfilm with their reviews, with one comparing it to a cross between Matrix...

Movie Review: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009): PHOTO
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Photo: Lionsgate For almost 90-percent of it's runtime Precious is so bleak and downright desperate you wouldn't need to explain yourself if you told me you didn't want to see it. However, should you go against what your instincts are telling you, you will end up seeing an eternally hopeful film that is hands-down the best drama I have seen in 2009 so far. This isn't an easy film to watch, and at...

New “Blair Witch Project” Sequel Talk: PHOTO
Ahh, the original shaky-cam movie. ComingSoon directs us to an article in the Toronto Star ,

“Conan” Character List and Plot Details: PHOTO
Millenium and Lionsgate’s new “ Conan ” filming begins February 22, 2010 in Bulgaria, with Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pathfinder) behind the camera. Looking to fill some slots, Moviehole has gotten their hands on a casting sheet that outlines 21 different roles they are searching for, including the four leads. Check out the descriptions of the lead and some supporting roles below and click here to see the many other supporting roles, including a narrator. CONAN...

Officer Eric Janik Pulls Gun On Haunted House Character “Leatherface”: VIDEO
One of Baltimore's finest is in a little hot water after too much fun at the local Haunted House. Officer Eric Janik pulled his gun on an actor playing “Leatherface” of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame. After the show was over, “Leatherface” thought it would be a good idea to try and scare Officer Eric Janik and his group one more time. Maybe not such a good idea.

First Look at Deborah Ann Woll in 'Mother's Day', Bousman Talks Blood: PHOTO
The official website just launched today for Darren Lynn Bousman's Mother's Day , a sure change of direction for the man behind Saw II-IV and Repo! The Genetic Opera . In addition, beyond the break you'll find an exclusive look at Deborah Ann Woll ("True Blood") as Lydia in the Twisted Pictures flick now filming in Winnipeg, Canada, along with word from Bousman about the Blood levels of the pic and how this is NOT a remake. While Bousman has been the director on three SAW films, he promises that...

TV One Access: From 'Push' To 'Precious'
'Precious'<br />Lionsgate Access Hollywood

Official Kick-Ass Site Launched, Trailer Coming!: PHOTO
Lionsgate has brought online the official website for the Matthew Vaughn-directed comic book adaptation Kick-Ass at IAmKick-Ass.com . The site features a Flash intro and then gives you a peek at the new character posters combined. There you will also notice that the site is counting down to the trailer debut on MySpace in just a little over eight days! Opening April 16th, Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his...

BD Review: 'Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever': PHOTO
Straight in from the Screamfest Horror Film Festival comes BC's review of Lionsgate's Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever , which is said to arrive on DVD in February. " Shelved for years, disowned by its director, and lacking the involvement of original creator Eli Roth, there wasn’t very much to expect out of Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever. But damned if it didn’t actually turn out to be a worthy follow-up, with even more disgusting body part-related deaths, a game cast, and a tone that never veers off..

Official Kick-Ass Site Launched, Trailer Coming!: PHOTO
Lionsgate has brought online the official website for the Matthew Vaughn-directed comic book adaptation Kick-Ass at IAmKick-Ass.com . The site features a Flash intro and then gives you a peek at the new character posters combined. There you will also notice that the site is counting down to the trailer debut on MySpace in just a little over eight days! Opening April 16th, Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his...

By Crom, They're Casting!!: PHOTO
It looks like Lionsgate's new Conan starts shooting next February in Bulgaria, Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pathfinder) will be directing. Empire have the casting breakdowns, which help understand the characters, and some indication of the plot *beware spoilers *. (hehehe comic book bum lol ) Conan = 20s-30s, Caucasian, the last of the Cimmerians, out for vengeance on Khalar Singh, a formidable warlord and warrior in his 40s or 50s, for whom the producers are "open to all...

Four New Kick-Ass Character Posters & Website!: PHOTO
I guess there was a test screening tonight of Kick-Ass in Hollywood. Lucky for me, and unlucky for them, I was watching New Moon. The reactions for Kick-Ass on Twitter have been nothing but positive, so it appears as if Lionsgate might have a hit on their hands. IGN has four New character posters showing off Kick-Ass, Big Daddy, Hit-Girl and Red Mist. A twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, director Matthew Vaughn brings KICK-ASS to the big screen. KICK-ASS tells the story of average teenager...

Lionsgate Music, in Association With Matriarch/Geffen Records, Announces Release of Soundtrack to Lee Daniels' Highly Anticipated Film PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
Soundtrack Features Music By Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah and More First Single Is Soundtrack Co-Producer Mary J. Blige's 'I Can See In Color' Santa Monica, Calif. and Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate Music, the music arm of Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) the leading next generation studio, in association with Matriarch/Geffen Records, will release the official soundtrack for Lee Daniels' highly anticipated, prize-winning film PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE....