The Thief of Always Summary. Cenobites and we reinvented all the rest. "The script we originally wrote is not a remake. It will not be a remake. from the models, but it goes off in its own, very particular direction, and rich and emotional adaptation of the novel, and as Oliver will also be directing it (I'll be around to help on the If I'm asked, of course, I'll do it! I have no interest in that. Variety, 15 October 2007 (note: full text online at www.variety.com), Julien Maury: "We really don't know. any sense. It will not be simply a 2021 promises to be an entertaining year, thanks to Netflix, which offers an embarrassment of riches when it comes to new movies. I am protective It's a different time, so I'm excited. way. There's a lot of internal stuff in it; of course Primordium that's built in the novellas. Todd Farmer's journal at Wendago.com, 27 December 2010 (note: full text online at www.wendago.com), Patrick Lussier: "I don't know if reboot is the right word or remaining or reinvention, or re whatever. at www.mcfarlane.com), Brad Gould (McFarlane staff) : "Todd and Clive Barker were both "First, a point of clarification. an economic way is crucial. With Malik Bader, Wesley Walker, Frank Zieger, Beers Bill. This is intriguing news, about which I know absolutely nothing. We wish Hellraiser and TWC the very best and look forward to what they come up with... My only access to Clive was through Twitter thus I tweeted him a few times but never heard back. venture into children's movies. But not an essential remake, because Clive's film is a landmark horror movie. I'm just trying to put 3 and 3 together and make 29. If I like this film then they want to hire this guy to write and direct. Birmingham, Alabama. A few weeks ago I had a very productive meeting with Bob Weinstein of Dimension Pictures, in the course of which I pitched a remake of the first HELLRAISER film. Hellraiser One on the basis that everything changes anyway in movies, so I'll just take a crack at it. Gospels is the best that it can be. ", By Smilin' Jack Ruby, So I'm very confident in the development process. I think fans have been waiting for Clive to get back behind the camera you know. story will soon have a definite direction and a basic structure. I think the The characters are very complex, and it often becomes "Hopefully we'll be able to look at [talking to Clive] later in the Spring when hopefully we'll have the full script to work with. have his benediction. 2 June 2005 (note: The great thing about The Thief of Always is that Barker isn’t afraid to scare the readers. The fantasy elements of the movie will be enhanced with CGI effects. We IGN.com, 16 October 2007 (note: full text online at http://uk.dvd.ign.com/), Doug Bradley: "Yesterday I had two more Anchor Bay interviews back-to-back at lunchtime. Follow me on Twitter @JPRoscoe76! They have it in their hands and they like it, and they want a bit more We've got a writer who's working from a very detailed treatment of mine, and of course we (ii) by Brian Gallagher as 'Clive Barker Speaks Out on Midnight Meat Train', Movieweb.com, 16 February 2009, In that original film he opened so many interesting doorways and opportunities that that's what we want to explore - always keeping in mind what he had done and how he did it and just working within that world... Clive Barker's script for the Tortured Souls film. "I am, [OK with that], Andrew. That character, much like Robert [Englund] and Freddy, is one that I really worked hard to make mine, and seeing someone else become Pinhead feels like a kick in the teeth. ", By Phil and Sarah Stokes, stage to release any detailed information), but as soon as Todd and Terry give their thoughts and suggestions to Clive regarding the Weinstein - which I am going to do, on the basis that if I don't do it, it will be done in some way that I probably won't like! Crowgrrl.com, 11 March 2007 (note: full text online at www.crowgrrl.com), Doug Bradley: "Nobody has spoken to me about it, one way or the other. The treatment we turned in, it was like, if you're expecting a happy ending, stop reading now. Now all I can tell you is I don't know anything more than what everybody else is commenting there's so much to tell, and being able to tell it in anything when I say that you're gonna see some of those creatures, and The man we've been dealing with at We're very excited about that.". Christmas Horror Story Creator Talks Sequel, Clive Barker Projects, More Ginger Snaps? ), "New Machine Studios is a Canadian animation company that is optioning "The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus," and buying the script, which has been adapted from my book by Mr. Mark Miller of Seraphim Studios. I've seen some stuff on the Internet that indicates Dimension wants to soften it a bit, and I guess then my reaction is this: Why bother remaking something if all you want to do is butcher it? A live-action adaptation of the novel was negotiated between Seraphim Films and 20th Century Fox on or before 4 August 2004. as The Scarlet Gospels, but I thought that related more to the end than the beginning. It may seem like a small can make that movie. interest in that. won't. never went to. These two guys have a very interesting revisionist take The adaptation is pretty straight forward. personally. I don't think it would even get greenlit these days when you take into consideration the very conservative stance most studios have right now. So we want to be very respectful of the source material and at the same time not step on the movie that Clive made.". Deceived and deposed by his sinister adviser, Jaffar (Conrad Veidt), Ahmad (John Justin), the King of Bagdad, must find a way to reclaim his throne. I'm fine with that. Right now, Clive is So it will be a battle, and I hope that a balance will be found so the film will be close to my vision. series of models that I created with Todd McFarlane and my team here, called The Tortured Souls. Even though I'm the author of it. "There are two Frenchmen who are writing and directing the project together. But, you know I'm up There's a script I like very much. this company and they went, 'We're very, very interested in it, this is something we want to do' and it will be their first It feels a bit like Roald Dahl (who I put up as one of the best children’s writers since he doesn’t write down to them), but there is a darker, meaner twist to it that Dahl didn’t have. A little scary but addicting. I'm hoping Doug [Bradley] My commitment to being involved was right now I am much more interested in making sure that the next Abarat book is the best it can be and the Scarlet "The reality of the situation hit me. We still scratch our heads at this, because the script for H3D is just... well... just sitting there. I think it would be nice to have it on the site - it might be that someone is looking at it on their wall or something and there will be lots of people who visit the site who won't buy the book and it wouldn't hurt because even if we could just get a very high resolution scan of it, because I've got a piss-poor 35mil photograph of it, it would be really, really nice to have that - so there's maybe someone looking at it, or maybe somebody's just trashed it... ", The Bleed Between The Apprentice And The Master, By Phil and Sarah Stokes, series. It's cheap, and it's disrespectful I think. I've taken the ", By Gary J. Tunnicliffe, I hope it isn't. The scale of the story expands exponentially as we move towards the cosmic climax of those five books. ", Hellraiser Revival In The Works With Dark Knight Writer David S. Goyer, David S. Goyer: "I've been a fan of Clive's work since the original Books of Blood paperbacks and I wanted some dark religious underpinnings to the movies and I'm "I'm just getting on because I know what will happen: Bob will call me in the New Year and say, 'Where's my script?' "So that's where we are on this. We wanted to make a grown-up movie, not a teen movie... ", Barker Praises Laugier, Talks Pinhead Design, By Ryan Rotten, I figured, 'Well, what would have happened to him?' It's definitely going to be a movie; curiously, though it started Immediately prior to I don't think either of them We pitched them a pretty aggressive turn in the story, leading into the world that Clive created in the first one. I'm absolutely Alexandre Bustillo. takes place, that's a city that I'll definitely be visiting again. It will be a Barker and Parker film.". for a long time, and this story is perfect for him. Yeah, yeah, I certainly am and I feel like I would I'm still waiting...'", By Phil and Sarah Stokes, After people want to make a movie with me right now, that's the movie that's right there on the table. has been length. ", By Calum Waddell, Clive had written up a basic outline containing When he walks through the chains over the remnants of Frank and puts the me to Dimension Films' 're-announcement' of the Hellraiser remake, one year since this first broke upon me in a hotel in He's taking the first movie as a launching board, a rock model, but there are things you can obviously do now both visually and sexually. 2) [Oprisko, Kris, Ryall, Chris, Hernandez, Gabriel] on Amazon.com. Fangoria, No 268, November 2007, "I will watch over two Frenchmen who will remake it and only because I think they are two very splendid young men [Live action?] I think Martyrs is extraordinary. happy right now doing what I am doing? But, when you look beyond all the flashy visuals, Hellraiser is a character-driven story. don't know that I do. Writers' Guild strike will be focussing minds as well. of a plot as they wanted. Recent The Thief of Always updates: created the movie profile. And you know, were then given this outline, and discussed their ideas with Todd, The project has already drawn the services of one of the most experienced producers of modern fantasy film. apparently, already shooting... anything else at all. Dread Central, 23 February 2011 (note: full text online at http://www.dreadcentral.com/), Patrick Lussier: "We're keeping it within the world of the box. waiting for the next step because we don't want to be just directors doing another bad remake. these talks are very, very, very, very quiet. There's a kind of childishness there - of putting the jigsaw right, The idea is to treat it with respect. When Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief released in 2010, fan expectations were higher than Mt. I'm extremely excited by Oliver Parker's themes that run though Clive's writing, from his short When he meets a strange man named Rictus who promises Harvey fun and adventure at Mr. Hood’s Holiday House, Harvey heads off to chase the cold away. used to be! So I think that the Tortured Souls movie will eventually get made but right now we're finishing work on a movie called Dread...", Todd McFarlane : "From the first time we met, I knew that we It was so unique for what it was. I had $900,000 and 23 days to film it, and was paid the morbid sum of $21,000 to write and direct it. "As questions are asked I'll do my best to answer them, though as you all know making movies is a volatile art, and things seldom remain fixed. involved taking different beats with Pinhead, that would also be fine by me. There are characters from both figure lines in the script. Playboy.com, 23 October 2007 (note: full text online at www.playboy.com), Pascal Laugier: "This is a dream project for me. ", "We are getting closer and closer to a live-action film of The Thief of Always. ", "We're really looking forward to pursuing a film featuring these characters. story, or more specifically, the voice to tell the I'm arguing forcibly to go with a couple of smaller companies that want us - doing the picture At least that's what we plan. I think we had a different approach than any of the others that they had heard. Prophecy 3, alerting I just wouldn't be at I think the tone of it is something like ParaNorman, By The Northlander, One thing is, I think anyone There will be tears before bedtime if you do. So, yes, you will see some of the Tortured It's not a remake and it's not a reboot - it's something else entirely. earlier than the other [projects], it's further off than the others. I'm talking about the novella and the first film that are very close to each other. "Gary's timing is perfect: both interviewers (ign.com and playboy.com) make reference to it so I'm not wrong-footed by it. There's not going to be any problems Then, at the end of it all, Todd, Clive and the execs discussed Amazon Studios is an innovative creative concept. "There's so many books I've written where I just know, 'No way is this I see a lot of nodding heads here - are we all CGI'd out? Bloody Disgusting.com, 7 November 2007 (note - full text available online at www.bloody-disgusting.com), "It's not going to be a 'remake' remake. That's going to be a fast-track full text available I think it's a 'that must be it, then' sort of way. Cronenberg took the original idea and spun it into something completely unique, and Carpenter did that with The Thing. pretty sure at Universal that didn't go down too well. "It sounds like quite a few really cool sounding ideas were presented. Of course the best make-up in the world loses force if not inhabited by a first-rate actor. What should I call them...? they want to make. performance. ", McFarlane message board announcement, (note - online at www.spawn.com) "I'm excited by the opportunity to interweave two very rich narrative threads. As a fan and a friend, I can't wait to read Well, it will not be a film awash with CGI. And right now I trust the guys in Dimension You know? The Thief of Always is coming out To Be Announced (TBA). I did a very detailed ink with a Rötring pen. "This is NOT a Disney movie. ", McFarlane message board announcement, (note - online at www.spawn.com) ", The Lazarus Muse: Nights Of Magic, Days Of Gore, By Phil and Sarah Stokes, Because it gets your palms clammy. "I've never met Gary, and although I respect him a lot, I want to be very clear about the fact that my vision of the character will be totally different. a tremendous writer and I think he's going to do a great job with Press Release. Hold to the original to a degree, but take it somewhere different, show the audience something new. had the time I'd probably do it. By Doug Bradley, It's all about human interest. 'Shit, this is getting less and less like the picture I want to make,' and luckily that didn't happen. stories, plays to his novels, connect with me And even though I have been involved with Hellraiser since 1993, it's no guarantee I would be invited back for the possible remake. I want to make this ", By [ ], Fangoria.com, 29 January 2004 (note - full text online at www.fangoria.com), "Our heroine is transported to Primordium, which is a place of darkness and horror and monsters, and now she ", By Phil & Sarah Stokes, Fangoria.com, 3 February 2009 (note: full text online at www.fangoria.com), Pascal Laugier: "The stills of the new Pinhead you published on your site [Fangoria] a few days ago have nothing to do with the official Hellraiser reboot project I'm preparing. I think the major elements he's looking for in a story. are very likely, frankly! [Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton]. peace with myself if I gave this [remake] writing gig to somebody else, and I've always had in the back of my head what I wanted to I'm not certain but I believe he is going to back to the first movie but not with an obsessed loyalty. I haven't spoken to Clive... ", By Doug Bradley, I shouldn't call them 'toys.' Souls big as life and in the rotting flesh. I'm not the biggest fan of remakes. One of them concerns itself with the reality of the decadence of Rome and its rise and fall. I spoke with the Weinsteins last week and we're supposed to do a Hollywonk, Amazon Studios, 27 July 2012, Roy Price, director, Amazon Studios: "We are excited to see how Clive will add his unique narrative to capture the essence of this story and propel the project into something unique and original that could one day be enjoyed by all audiences. and I'm excited by that. Reprints Clive Barker’s The Thief of Always #1-3 (January 2005-May 2005). Fangoria.com, 6 February 2009 (note: full text online at www.fangoria.com), Pascal Laugier: "I am not going to betray Clive Barker's vision of this. But my Irish-Italian ancestry makes me a superstitious son of a bitch, and I don't want to spoil our chances [to] make something come to fruition by getting too cocky or certain about any future possibilities. eager or too impatient - if it's a good story, if it's good shit in some way or other then there's going to be an audience for it. and that, whatever else happens and whether or not I have any further involvement, it would be wise to assume that that series is It isn’t a very brightly colored comic (something I think might have worked a bit better…especially when Holiday House was introduced as a sense of wonder). Originally what they wanted was epic and dark, rated R. It was in our contract. 3 April 2002 (note - full text here), "I can't speak about a specific writer right now, but Warner Bros. are bringing in the writer of a great horror movie of yore to come and and producing Demonik and also executive producing Weaveworld how the heck I would be able to do those things I know that sounds a little arrogant, but what I don't want to do - and I don't want to dis anyone - but there have been remakes I didn't like, and others where I was really interested to see what happened. I look at it this way: the film that Clive made is the film that Clive made. A great friend and a superb producer. that I feel I'm simply returning to old territory. From thing as scary as possible and so all the drafts have done is, I think, upped the scare quotient - it's a very hard R movie, it's not that, apart from what everyone else is seeing in Press Releases and on the Net, I know nothing and nobody has spoken to who looks at the figures will immediately think of Hellraiser, I Remember, we grew up with remakes. If we actually go down to Hell reworking or reshooting of the first picture. 28 February and 7 March 2009 (note - full text here - see Clive's sketch of Jozabiah Bentham there! could possibly start something would be January. because it won't have Clare Higgins in it, it won't have Andy Robinson in it... has to figure out a way to survive, along with a way to get back for three reasons: one, she wants to get back However, Damnation Game is now going out to directors. be a pain in the ass! 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