Hey folks, Harry here with a ton of horror film news and rumors to sprout out of FANGO con this weekend. There is an especially heavy dose about JASON X... which comes from not only Sean Cunningham, but the New York Breakdown sheet that is included down below. Also... be sure to goto Savini.Com and sign up to give your support to Sex Machine/FX God... Tom Savini to direct this latest installment of the FRIDAY THE 13th franchise.... I did.
Hi,
Call my by the scooper name fango
I went to the fangoria weekend of horrors in ny and friday the 13th creator sean cunningham was there. He said the plot of jason x will be this.... It will take place 400 years into the future where earth is gone and a group of explorers discover a capsule containing a woman and a creature(one with a hockey mask!!!)they decide to take it to their station and all hell breaks loose with jason.
The movie starts shooting in march.
Also lost boys 2 is in the works the director of an indie horror film called Cold hearts is wrote a script for the sequel which joel schumacher and wb are considering. Bye,
Now for a bit more detail, let's go to Frank 'TJ' Mackey...
hey Harry,
I thought you might want to let the people that check out your site know something about the next Friday the 13th sequel,Jason X. New Line Cinema has let producer Sean S. Cunningham's production company go ahead with JX,while they continue trying to get Freddy Vs. Jason together. Once Jason X is completed New Line will pick it up for distribution. Today at the Fangoria convention in New York,Cunningham told what Jason X is about--
400 years in the future,Earth has been abandoned.Alien explorers land on Earth and check around.They search the surface for life and come across a series of tunnels that lead into an underground facility. There they find 2 cryogenically frozen objects. One is a human female,the other is Jason himself. Jason ends up thawed out and all hell breaks loose.
Pre-production on the film has already started,focusing mainly on digital effects.Shooting is scheduled to begin sometime in the next month.The film is supposed to be released in October,probably Friday October 13th.James Isaac,director of The Horror Show (House 3) is directing. He also did the effects for eXistenZ and Deep Star Six. Cunningham said the film will have over 250 digital effects and will redefine the horror genre.
--Call me...Frank T.J. Mackey
And here's the official New York breakdown for JASON X! Also... be sure to click on my SAVINI link to join his petition to become director of... JASON X...
I've been visiting your site for a while and ran across something that I thought might be of interest. It's a wierd item culled from the New York breakdowns sent out 1/18/00. I don't know how you'll verify this 'cause you don't know who I am, but...here it is.
TO ALL TALENT REPRESENTATIVES
CRYSTAL LAKE ENTERTAINMENT
“JASON-X” - FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 10
FEATURE FILM
DEL'D IN NY Tue., Jan. 18, 2000, Vol. 2000, #0118:
Producer: Noel Cunningham
Executive Producer: Sean Cunningham
Director: Jim Issac (HARRY NOTE: However, right now... Tom Savini is currently campaigning to become the director of this film. And frankly... I'd have to agree. Savini is.. simply the god of this particular franchise. And... would deliver such a fantastic array of deaths that we mere mortals would have to simply cower, followed by levitation from our seats to a full on STANDING OVATION! CLICK HERE and sign on board to help secure Tom Savini his rightful place as director extraordinaire of JASON X. He'll do it with passion and flair.
Casting Director: Robin Cook
NY Casting: Kim Miscia
Start: Early 3/00
Location: Toronto
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS IMMEDIATELY TO: KIM MISCIA
ILENE STARGER CASTING
1220 BROADWAY - SUITE 801A
NYC 10001
STORYLINE: The year is 2455. Professor Yilo and his students are on a field trip to the old planet Earth where they discover a tunnel containing two frozen bodies. A girl and Jason Voorhes, the killer from the first 9 Friday the thirteenth movies. The team brings the bodies back to their spaceship in the hopes of resuscitating them and, you guessed it, Jason returns to his murderous ways in space.
NOTE: That this is a campy update on the original which constantly spoofs itself. Also note that actors will not be required to do nudity, body doubles will be used.
[RIZZO] Female. Ages 19 to 24. She is the frozen girl from earth who, when thawed by the scientific team, is as smart, courageous, pretty, curious, and concerned as she was in her prior life...LEAD
[DELONGPRE] Male. Ages 19 to 24. He is a leader among his peers. Handsome and smart, Delongpre is fascinated by Rizzo, his love interest...SUPPORTING
[KAY-EM] Female. Ages 19 to 24. She is a gorgeous science droid with a sexy, athletic build and a very human personality...SUPPORTING
"Junior, the brown-eyed superhero."
And now... the exhaustive report from the ex-Sgt Stacy Keach and now MR. IGUANA.... Heeeeeeere's Mr Iguana...
Hey Harry! Mr. Iguana here. Yesterday I spent seven hours at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors and I just thought I'd fill you and everybody in on all the exiting horror news and special screenings! And stick with me because there's some serious news to report. The long day started with a half hour of "Morbid Movie Previews"! Of course it really started with an hour of chain-smoking in 20 degree weather outside New York's famous New Yorker Hotel talking about the fact the Bruce Campbell was not attending the convention! So as you can tell the horror started early for Mr. Iguana who had a 30 pound bag full of Bruce Campbell stuff that, I guess, will go unsigned for at least another long year. I'm talking original Evil Dead tapes!! I get choked-up just thinking about it. Oh well, what can you do. At least we'll get a new weekly half hour show out of the guy. I forget the name of it though. That makes me sad. I'll have to look into that. And to make it worse Fango posted this pix of another convention in which Sam Raimi and Campbell appeared together. I stood in front of it for 20 minutes asking it to sign my tapes, that is until security removed me from the floor. Oh poo!
Okay so the highlight of the previews was a little film that will be coming soon to less discriminating video stores near you titled "Leprechaun in the Hood" staring Warwick Davis and Ice Tea! I'm not kidding, it was a riot! I don't know if anyone knew about this one. It sure came as a shock to me! I wish they would have called it "Leprechaun 5" though. I hate they way they title sequels these days. That's pretty much it for trailers except for the fact that everyone booed Scream 3. I don't know why. The trailers were followed by a "Subspecies" reunion that blew! Anders Hove didn't talk and Denice Duff bored the audience stiff. What was that about?!
At around 2:30 out came the cast and crew of the new space epic "Pitch Black"! This was one of the highlights of the day. Director David "The Arrival" Twohy, actress Radha Mitchell, Vin "Iron Giant" Diesel, Keith "The Thing" David, and Cole "Good Will Hunting" Hauser. They announced that there would be a FREE screening of "Pitch Black" at a New York theater after the show! I lunged at the stage and ripped the tix out of the hands of editor Tony Timpone before he knew what was happening. Free is free after all. And if the hype was true it was to be quite a thing. And it was, but later for that. So the cast and crew showed the trailer and a ten minute "making of" that was as entertaining as it was informative. Nah, who am I kidding it was just the trailer 3 more times, but that was enough for me. Sold! After getting Vin Diesel's autograph I was done for a while. Besides, the guy in front of me had him sign about ten different "Iron Giant" stills and that had me spinning. I didn't think of bringing anything "Iron Giant" related. Stupid me!
So after a quick stop at the free table I figured I should lay low for a while. After all I did open my bag wide while a friend lifted the table up from one end allowing the wide array of crap to pore into my bad filling it bigger than my nicotine addiction. What will I ever do with 1500 "Lost Souls" pentagram temporary tattoos and 27 boxes of "Girl, Interrupted" Tampax Tampons? I'll find a use. So three cigs and a 2 for 2 later it's time for Eric Mabius who is the new crow. What a joke! This guy can't pass for the crow! But, it's not like he gets top billing on the poster! Uh, why bother.
4:15 in the PM and it's time for surprise guest: Michael "Blair Witch" Williams who wasn't really a surprise to me because they announced him a week ago. Anyway, the most interesting thing he said was that several different endings were shot for "The Blair Witch Project" because the studio didn't think people would get the "in the corner" ending. They shot Mike hanging, hovering and the funniest of all: Mike crucified on a giant stick figure! Wow! What's that about? I sat for an hour waiting to be called into the autograph hall. All the while I was trying to think of the best annoying thing to make Mike do. Of course I wanted a picture but it had to be special because Mr. Iguana loves to make problems for himself. I wanted to get him in the corner but that didn't sound to original and I didn't really want the back of his head. I finally stood face to face with Mike after my long wait. He signed my DVD and I asked him for a pix. What to do what to do? He stood up and I handed my camera to my friend. I said, "Dude, I'm totally insane so I want a picture of me handing you a few cigarettes." He said that that was a cool idea. I didn't know if he understood me so I looked him right in the eye and said, "You know, because you ran out of them in the movie." He laughed and claimed to understand. So I pulled three Marlboros out of a pack and he pretended to take them. I thought that would be all until I felt his head rest firmly on my right shoulder! I looked over and his eyes were crossed and his jaw was wide open. Snap! He shook my hand and walked away. Finally a man who understands addiction.
5:15 came a strange thing. You see Linda Blair has dragged herself away from her busy film career to grace the screen with a "Blair Witch" spoof titled "The Blair Bitch Project". What the fuck? The 20 minute short film was screened in full. What the fuck? Now even though Linda was a real premadonna at this show I still busted a gut at this spoof. She's selling it on a website but she doesn't deserve a plug since she refused to answer any exorcist questions because she's moved on to bigger and better things and doesn't need her fans. Whatever. But for real, she laughed whenever someone asked a exorcist question and would not answer. What is that Jimmy? I mean, what is that? But the short is funny none the less. I would have paid 20 bucks for it if she hadn't pissed me off so much. I can understand that after a while you want to be remembered for other things but she has to do something first! A short film won't cut it. Not to mention the fact that she's starting to look like Jerry from "Strangers with Candy".
Anyway, like I said the spoof is very very funny. And since nobody reading this will ever see it I'll give away the best stuff. It takes place in "The freaky little town of Jerkettsville, RI" where Heather (Linda Blair) sets out to investigate the dead babies killed by the Blair witch? Her crew is made up of Josh a hippie who doesn't go anywhere without a bong on account of his eye operation, and Mike who is never seen without a cig on his lip and a pissed look on his face. The famous stick figure has been fitted with a giant erect penis. (At least it's not a robot penis) There are other stick figures as well including a Jewish star, a tic-tac-toe board, and a stick figure with an Ally Mcbeal face on it. Some good examples of the high class comedy are: they are out deep in the forest and Heather comes across an electric chair. "It's a clear sign of death" she yells. Mike reply’s, "It doesn't mean fucking shit!" Mike hears some strange noise during the night but it's just Heather and Josh fucking in the tent. Mike gets pissed and screams, "I'm just gonna go fuck one of these stick figures out here!" Josh is missing and all that is left is his ear that is used to keep in contact with him at all times. That all brings us to the funniest joke in the movie that is of the classic end. This gag sent the crowed into a tailspin. They stumble upon a "fucking shity old house" and Heather and Mike rush in to investigate. Are you still with me? Mike is in the basement, Heather rushes down to see what's going on, Mike is in the corner. Are you with me? Heather screams at Mike who is not moving, suddenly he turns to reveal that Josh is on his knees sucking Mikes dick! The convention crowd erupted like a bomb just went off! The laughter didn't die down soon either. The crowed was mentally killed.
The headliner turned out to be Sean Cunningham, creator of "Friday the 13th" who had some news on Freddy Vs. Jason and "Jason X"! He said that "Freddy Vs. Jason" will happen and that they are almost ready with the perfect script. I don't know what to think about that. He seemed for real. He went on and on about how it's not as easy as people think. That not the real good news though, the real news is about "Jason X". He says that they have started working on special effects and that the budget is 3 times bigger than any other Jason pix. The plot is this: It takes place 450 years in the future. Earth is a dead planet and scientists are digging on earth looking for answers. They come across a frozen woman and a frozen "hulking mass" with a hockey mask. They take them back to the mothership and the fun starts! Simple enough, right? Could be cool. He says that Jason with evolve into the new Jason X that is bigger and better. Oh yeah, Kane Hodder will play Jason X for the 5th time. Until he gets it right as he says. Oh, and that's not Jason 10, Jason is really called Jason X. Like American History X.
Mr. Iguana couldn't get Cunningham's autograph because it was off to the FREE "Pitch Black" screening! What can I say "Pitch Black" has renewed my interest in science fiction horror flix. I haven’t liked many of them lately, and I thought my interest would really die with the release of "Supernova" which looks to be one of the worst ever! "Pitch Black" is basically a beautiful thing! It's not perfect but not many are these days. Vin Diesel is one of the coolest villains to come along in a long time. And the story is pretty fresh and original. I'm really afraid of what I might say about this movie. I'd hate to give anything away because a friend of mine say this movie months ago and he gave it all away. It didn't ruin my viewing experience at all though. See this movie at all cost! I suppose this isn't much of a review though, I should probably write why I like it, right? Well, one of my favorite things about it is the fact that the monsters on the planet fight each other! You don't see that to often. The monsters usually live just to kill the humans. Not the case with "Pitch Black" they are a threat to everything and everybody. All they do is kill! And I'll say this: they work the Vin Diesel character's personality so that it resembles that of the monsters. I think the way they do that is brilliant.
So even though this year's show had its moments it was still one of the worst years ever. Hopefully next year will be much better and Mr. Iguana will look forward to that a little more everyday. Mr. Iguana does love the horror, and since Chiller sucks now I'll have to start my own convention or my own killing spree. Who am I kidding, I'll be at Chiller this year and Fango next year and anything else they decide to do. I don't care, I've got nothing to do really.
Mr. Iguana
