Well, last week the nerds and freaks around the world met at San Diego, the place where comics, superheroes, zombies and videogames all mix together. There was to much news coming out every day since the very beginning so we´ll focus on the horror movies for now.
Guillermo del Toro, that mexican director who brought us Blade 2, Hellboy or The Pan´s labyrinth is one of those guys who never miss the Comic Con. Although he was there to present the film Don´t be afraid of the dark, he surprised us all announcing that he will be producing and even writing a film for Disney: a new version of Haunted Mansion, the famous attraction of the Disney´s theme parks. Eddie Murphy did a comedy about it back in 2003 but Del Toro quickly said that the film will be dark and that the scary moments of the film there will be truly scary. De Toro will co-write the movie with Matthew Robbins and they will be using 3D technology for this live-action film for which Del Toro promises us the most haunted mansion on the earth.
The other project he was presenting at Comic Con was the film Don’t be afraid of the dark, a remake of a original film which scared the hell out of him when he watched it as a kid. They avoided the sexuality and the use of rude language trying to get a PG13, but the movie was finally rated R. When questioned about all the remakes coming out from Hollywood, Del Toro explained that these films are usually made in fear of making something way different from the original. Therefore, the result is usually a copy paste movie with nothing new to offer to the viewer.
Talking about remaking films, Mat Reeves presented Let me in, which have been filmed following Steven Spielberg’s advices to direct kids in a movie. The panel was pretty interesting as the fans could get a glimpse of how this new version will look. Personally, I am interested in the film because they are using a few details from the book that were left out from the original movie, like the scene with Virginia (Sasha Barrese) sucking her own blood or a storyline involving a cop (Elias Koteas). They showed two clips to the audience at San Diego that have had pretty good reactions within the fan community. The first one showed a sequence which could describe the relationship between the two main characters: Chloe Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee getting to know each other in an arcade. Kodi plays Ms. Pac-Man and eats candy while Chloe seems fascinated with Kodi and constantly stares at him. Taking one of the most beautiful moments of Let the right one in, the scene shows Chloe taking some candy so she doesn't hurt Kodi´s feelings even knowing she will be hurt for doing so. After that she asked one of the key questions of the movie: if she weren´t a girl, would he like her anyway? Since the other clip was sort of a spoiler, I´ll keep it from you.
Monsters is one of those movies that ring a bell to you but you are still not sure of what is all about. Well, that´s why they premiered a trailer at the Comic Con, so all you guys out there start talking about it. Basically, the movie will take us to the Earth five years after an alien invasion changed the face of our planet.
Paul Bettany kicking some vampires asses in 3D while travelling through a post apocalyptic world. That is what Priest is about and it definitely looks like an action movie rather than horror one, the sort of thing that Legion tried to achieve. Ok, let´s wait until we watch more to judge the film.
Priest Trailer
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And of course, what would have been of this year Comic Con without a Saw panel? It will be the last one; it will be in 3D and it will wrap the saga with lots of blood and new tricky tramps. Will this be the last game of Jigsaw? Only time and money will tell.
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