NEWS: The Driller Killer to be remade

Abel Ferrara's 1979 film The Driller Killer is going to be remade by UK based production company Masterplan Films Ltd and Urban Way Productions.

Conflicting reports have informed me that The Driller Killer will be remade either by British filmmaker Andrew Jones (whose film The Feral Generation was greeted with mixed opinions) or it will possibly be remade by another British filmmaker named Jed Shepherd. Shepherd is also responsible for writing Slashed, a horror film featuring Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters, Chris Martin from Coldplay, Moby and the band Ash. It is reported that this new version of the film will also feature many unusual cameos and an original musical score.

It also looks like David Hess (also seen in Last House on the Left and Last House on the Edge of the Park) will be playing Abel Ferrara's character Reno Miller.

According to sources, the film will be released in 2010.

NEWS: Sam Raimi talks 'Evil Dead IV'

Sixteen years ago, writer/director Sam Raimi appeared to have forever closed the book on the Evil Dead series with the third installment, Army of Darkness. But like Ash's encounters with the recurring Book of the Dead that just can't seem to stay shut, the saga appears to be back for another bite.

In an interview with Empire, Raimi finally updated us on the status of the project we've been hearing about for some time. Be prepared to be shocked, horrified and maybe, just maybe, pleasantly surprised. "We've got nine pages so far," Raimi says. "Every time I'm with my brother Ivan, we write another page of it. It's in Detroit and in my garage."

Raimi is looking no further than Bruce Campbell to reprise his role as boomstick-wielding Ash. Although not yet deep into the plot, Raimi describes the little he has so far, saying, "There's some dialogue. Ash being an idiot. Ash taking some abuse. Some character stuff and then some structure of Act Two. Just other possibilities for things that could happen. It's ideas, jokes, things we'd like to see."

IMDb sets the release for Evil Dead 4 for 2011, but with it being so early with so little complete, it's hard to say when this chapter will come to fruition. In the meantime, check out Raimi's next film, Drag Me to Hell.