• Marcus Nispel To Direct 'Hack/Slash'

    The big-screen directorial career of Marcus Nispel has so far been rooted largely in remakes and reimaginings: he's made The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th and Conan the Barbarian. But not the original versions of any of those three stories. He also made the viking film Pathfinder, a loose remake of a Norwegian movie…

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  • Stephen Susco To Write Hack/Slash

    The potential film version of the comic book Hack/Slash has been making news for over a year now. Two reasons. One, it's classic fanbait: hot girl plus skimpy clothes plus violence. And two, it was originally handed to screenwriter Justin Marks, the guy who became blog fodder for having a bunch of high-profile writing gigs…

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  • Fredrik Bond To Direct Hack/Slash

    Rogue Pictures has hired commercial and music video director Fredrik Bond to direct a big screen adaptation of Hack/Slash, the popular comic book created by Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli. The series follows a horror victim named Cassie Hack, who strikes back at the homicidal maniacs and serial killers, known as "slashers". Justin Marks( He-Man…

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  • Justin Marks To Write Hack/Slash

    There must be something about this Justin Marks guy. A couple years ago he was a virtual nobody. Then one day David Goyer's wife discovered him and the guy was instantly attached to Super Max, an original idea for a Green Arrow movie. And with that Marks somehow became the hot new screenwriter for geek…

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