David Hine, best-known as a writer on superhero comic book titles such as X-Men, SPAWN and The Brave and the Bold, has turned his focus to horror with his new book, FVZA: Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency, due out this October. The series, which will feature double-sized monthly issues, will be available from Radical Comics. The folks at FANGORIA have scored an in-depth interview with Hine, which can be found here: http://bit.ly/p1mXz.
A must-have (or at least, must-read) for fans of the classic creatures which predated Jason, Freddy and Michael Myers, the heyday of the Universal Monsters is commemorated in the new book, Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror, by Michael Mallory. Available from Universe Publishing, $40.00, the 252 page retrospective is chock full of screen shots and publicity photos, and extensively covers the work of the studio which turned so many monsters into icons. Currently available at Amazon.com
Indie filmmaker Danny Draven’s latest project isn’t a new fright feature, but instead The Filmmaker’s Book of the Dead, soon to be released by Focal Press. Meant as an educational tool for would-be moviemakers looking to break into the biz, the book touches on everything from preproduction to shooting to finding distribution, with input from a number of film professionals offering up advice and tales of lessons learned. Included are interviews with makeup F/X legend turned actor Tom Savini, Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman, Robert (Freddy Kreuger) Englund, Blood Feast and 2000 Maniacs creator Herschell Gordon Lewis and Charles Band (who provides the book’s foreword) among others. For more on the book and author, visit: http://bit.ly/gR7yy
Clive Barker’s Hotel, a script from co-writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (who also penned Saw sequels IV, V and VI), has been picked up by ABC, according to the Hollywood Reporter. A haunted hotel is the centerpiece for a series of supernatural events, putting the project squarely in the scribes’ wheelhouse. Barker himself is attached as a producer, with Joe Daley on board as co-producer and McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision in negotiations to produce as well, opening the door for McG to jump into the director’s chair if the project moves forward.
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