If all of the worrying stories and bad word surrounding The Eye rehash weren't enough, the teaser trailer has now arrived online. Choose form 480p, 720p and 1080p - right-click to save and rename as byebyejiangui.mov or similar to ensure it works.
Horror Movies (California style) have named the writers who will be responsible for the script of Saw IV: Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, authors of Feast, and Thomas Fenton who has also written Red, Lucky McKee's next. The imdb also lists Marek Posival, but then again, the imdb is nothing more than mass delusion writ digital.
Saw IV is coming on the heels of some very tedious predecessors, but those scriptwriting names seem to be three steps in the right direction, at least.
Shooting starts in March, which seems to put Palud and Moreau out of the director's seats. Reports suggest that instead, David Hackl, second unit director on the third of those aforementioned tedious predecessors, is in "heavy negotiations" to direct. One big stride back?
The UK release for Ils has been set for January 26th, so the trailer has recently washed up on these shores and Horror Movies have rooted it out. A rather derivative horror film in many respects, it has nonetheless set directors Palud and Moreau on a shooting-star ascendency, with a remake of The Eye and Saw IV reportedly being the next two projects on their slate.
Ils has worked because it passes off a scenario that is almost real as entirely real - for less cynical viewers at least. In a slightly more innocent age, The Daily Mail might have been incensed by this film, these days, however, I dare they'll even give it a mention.
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