New “Saw V” Photos and Halloween Blood Drive Poster

Nearly two weeks after the release of David Hackl directed “Saw V” teaser trailer, Lionsgate Films put out two official photos of the fifth horror film. And once again this year, Lionsgate will be teaming up with Yahoo and the American Red Cross to take your blood, quite literally. They have released a brand new poster, just as they have in years past, promoting the Halloween Blood Drive.

Since the first “Saw” blood drive in 2004, “Saw” fans have donated nearly 38,000 pints of blood (not counting this or last year). Collection totals have doubled year after year: During the 2004 inaugural drive, 4,200 pints were collected; in 2005, 10,000 pints were collected; and in 2006, 23,493 pints were collected, resulting in tens of thousands of lifesaving blood transfusions.

In the fifth installment of the Saw franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.

In “Saw V” stars Julie Benz, Tobin Bell and Meagan Good. Scripted by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, it is coming out on November 24.

“Punisher: War Zone” Red Band Comic Con Trailer

IGN has provided us with the new COMIC CON teaser trailer for Lionsgate’s “Punisher: War Zone“, featuring lots of action-packed scenes from the movie. The Film directed by Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans) and starring Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchinson, Colin Salmon, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok and Julie Benz.

“Punisher: War Zone” is scheduled to hit theaters on December 5th.

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“Punisher: War Zone” Teaser Trailer

IGN Movies has debuted the new teaser trailer for Lionsgate’s “Punisher: War Zone“, directed by Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans) and starring Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchinson, Colin Salmon, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok and Julie Benz.

In the new film, continuing his crusade to punish violent criminals in America, former FBI agent Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) arrives in New York to take on an underworld boss who plots to take control of the underworld.

Upcoming “Punisher” sequel, entitled “Punisher: War Zone is scheduled to hit theaters on December 5th.

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Julie Benz Cast In ‘Saw 5′

Julie Benz will star in “Saw 5″, the next outing in Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures‘ horror franchise.David Hackl — who served as the production designer on the second, third and fourth “Saw” films — will helm the next appearance of Jigsaw. Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan wrote the screenplay.

Benz has been cast as a Brit with clothes and hair too proper and elegant to be a pawn in Jigsaw’s latest games. Tobin Bell will return as Jigsaw.

Mark Burg and Oren Koules are producing. Production began March 17 in Toronto; an Oct. 24 release is planned.

Benz (TV’s “Dexter”) recently appeared in Lionsgate’s “Rambo” and next will be seen in the company’s upcoming “The Punisher: War Zone“.