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.
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“.
Hellraiser Remake?
Another reboot, remake or re-something is imagined for the Hellraiser series, reports Shock Til You Drop. The Weinstein Company have hired two new screenwriters, Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, to adapt a new big screen series for the classic horror franchise. Production will begin shortly planned for an early 2009 release.
Plot Summary: First released in 1987, Hellraiser centers on a man who finds he is given more than he bargains for when he solves the puzzle of the Lament Configuration – a doorway to hell. But his ex-lover has found a way of bringing him back, and his niece, Kirsty Lawrence, finds herself bargaining with the Cenobites, angels to some, demons to others, whose greatest pleasure is the greatest pain.
Clive Barker Presents Hellraiser will hit theaters Jan. 9, 2009.
