Vampires

John Hurt joins The Strain TV series based on Guillermo del Toro vampire trilogy

FX has tapped two-time Oscar-nominated actor John Hurt in The Strain, the pilot based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and noted sci-fi author Chuck Hogan. Hurt joins the previously announced Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Mia Maestro, Miguel Gomez, Richard Sammel, Lauren Lee Smith and Jonathan Hyde. Hurt will ….

Eight chilling Universal Classic monster movies coming to Blu-ray for first time

Eight chilling classics from Universal, the Studio that pioneered the horror genre, have been digitally restored and will be released on Blu-Ray for the first time ever 
in celebration of Universal’s 100th anniversary. This ultimate box set is called Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection, and features 8 movies, plus more than 12 hours of ….

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 character posters released

Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate have released new character posters for the Bill Condon-directed climax to the Twilight series, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which hits theaters on November 16, 2012. The script for the sequel was written by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Kristen Stewart ….

More images from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter online

New images have been released from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the Timur Bekmambetov-directed, Tim Burton-produced adaptation of In the film, Abraham Lincoln – the 18th President of the United States – discovers vampires are planning to take over the U.S., and makes it his mission to eliminate them. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – which hits ….

Let Me In director to helm another vampire movie, this one produced by Ridley Scott

Matt Reeves – the director behind Let Me In – has been tapped to develop and direct Fox 2000’s The Passage, an adaptation of a novel by Justin Cronin, that has Ridley Scott attached to produce, according to THR. The studio picked up the rights for The Passage and two possible sequels in a reported ….