Paramount finally confirms....

After speculation for years after the sequel coming out in 2005, Paramount has finally confirmed the remake of the Asian sensation Ringu 3 otherwise known as The Ring over in America. The Ring 3, finally being confirmed after 7 years of negation is said to be focused more on teens rather than a mother and her child as the other two films. It will most likely be a sequel rather than a prequel according to Paramount. The Ring was actually one of the first horror movies I watched back in 2002 where the first was released.

Naomi Watts, the star of the previous two films will most likely not be involved with the project because it will now be about teens. It is not known who will play Samara, the evil little girl in the tape as the original actress, Daveigh Chase, is now in her mid 20's so new casting will be needed. 

Speculation on how to come about it though are worrying fans of the franchise. It's obvious that VHS tapes are not used in today's society so it will be interesting to see how they come about it. I'm thinking, maybe someone transformed it into a DVD file. 

Already teasers have been spread on the internet as you can see. I for one will be seeing it. What a great move made by paramount.

In other news, Scream 5 is "up to Bob Weinstein" say Wes Craven, the popular horror director.

"Well no one has called me about it" laughed Craven. "At the moment, I have no idea what the plans are for the franchise-it would be down to [the producer] Bob Weinstein to decide on that."

I'll let you know on any further details on both these productions.

Scary Movie 5! Paranormal Activity 5! Wrong Turn 5! Scream 5?!?

5! 5! 5! 5! and 5? It seems that massive franchises are all heading to their fifth instalments. But are they needed...necessary or just dragging out the storyline too much? Are they becoming overused so much that they are becoming cliché's. It depends on the franchise in my opinion. Some franchises like Saw and Chucky (which is currently filming a sixth instalment) make the fifth movie quite well...and it's different to the originals...it's fresh and new. It feels like a new movie just with a similar storyline.

Scary Movie 5, obviously this franchise has no limits on how many it can make...why? Because there is a complete new storyline (spoofs of horrors/thrillers) in every movie. But can this movie coming out seven years after Scary Movie 4 and thirteen years after the original Scary Movie really work without Anna Farris and Regina Hall...central characters of previous films. This is the first film in the franchise that doesn't have the characters Cindy Campbell (Anna) and Brenda Meeks (Regina). Can it work? Now, it stars Lindsay Lohan, Ashley Tisdale and Charlie Sheen which did star in the 3rd film. The major spoof of Scary Movie 5 is Paranormal Activity and Black Swan. Will this fifth franchise work without the fan favourites?

Paranormal Activity 4 was just released a few months ago and already the fifth instalment has a release date. Most critics believe that one was enough so why a fifth? It's because they keep raking in all the money. the fifth franchise plot is kept under wraps and it is not known whether past actors/actresses will return to the franchise.

Wrong Turn 5...a bunch of college students getting stalked by a killer....killers I should say...now that is a massive cliché...but what I didn't tell you...that the killers are cannibals. This makes a cliché not a cliché. But with the fifth film...are they just over using it. With only 4 stars out of 10 on imdb....was this the last and final one? Probably not....because everyone keeps believing this one will be better....so they pay to watch it.

Now on a bright note...a movie franchise which I have been begging to continue is currently being buzzed around on twitter by mastermind of horror and director of the other four films, Wes Craven....that's right... i'm  talking about Scream 5. Sidney's story may not be over...and ghostface's killing rage isn't either. With all the trio, Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette all showing interest and with Wes Craven posting tweets about Scream 5, is Scream 5 finally going to happen? Millions of fans want this film to happen. Scream is one of those franchises that can't feel clichéd...why? Because unlike other franchises, every new movie doesn't feel like a sequel but a new movie...yes the storyline is continued but it's that rare feeling that doesn't happen often. Scream 5 and even Scream 6 (we were originally promised a new trilogy starting from Scream 4) hopefully does happen...it would be a great thing too see happen. But do fans want to risk it? If Scream 5 were to happen, one of the main trio (Neve, Courtney and David) are certain to die according to Wes. We could be saying goodbye to the fan favourites Sidney, Gale and Dewey in which survived the other four films. 

#5 in the movie industry all coming at once. What's your opinion? Do you think they are overusing them or that they a needed to finish the story line?

Dylan