Dimension’s remake of Clive Barker’s original Hellraiser has been pushed back from its scheduled September 5, 2008 release to an undetermined date in 2009. According to Bloody Disgusting, the Weinstein Co. and Dimension were not popping bottles of Cristal over the script by French director team Alexander Bustillo and Julien Maury (Inside), though the duo are still attached to bring Pinhead the $60 million box office grosses he craves.
Unlike Halloween and Michael Myers, I think it’s fair to say that most people can recognize Pinhead, but far, far less have ever viewed a Hellraiser film. The character’s highest grossing theatrical flick was 1996’s Hellraiser: Bloodline, the fourth installment, which cha-chinged $16 million in ticket sales. I count eight total films total, though several have been designated, unsurprisingly, straight to DVD. Truth is, these movies are a little icky like the word “moist.”
There’s still no word on whether the actor better known as Pinhead, Doug Bradley, will be back. Bradley ties Robert Englund for playing the same horror character eight consecutive times in a film. Who’s going to stop him now? Johnny Depp?
January 25th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I’m guessing the Saw dude will tie that record.
January 26th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I thought I had read earlier last year that Clive Barker was writing the script but he wouldn’t direct it. So who are these two guys. Is Clive Barker no longer writing the script, becasue if so, that was the only reason I was even going to see it when it came out. If he’s not doing anything with it now, then I’m not even going to give it the time of day.
February 7th, 2008 at 5:41 am
The film is now going to come out in january 2009,Clive barker is writing it and the 2 directors are Directing it.It will be the 9th hellraiser film so far and it will not be a strait Remake and new Clive Barker story will be added