Masters of Horror Season 3

[slayrrr666]

Some big news to announce the beginning of Season 3:

MASTERS OF HORROR creator Mick Garris (pictured) exclusively revealed on FANGORIA RADIO last night that he has found a studio to come on board season three of the series, taking over for departed co-financing company IDT/Starz. “Lionsgate is our new partner on MASTERS OF HORROR,” Garris told Fango. “They wanted to be involved since the beginning [of season one], but they didn’t act fast enough. Lionsgate is negotiating with a network now, so hopefully we will be announcing something soon and get back on schedule with the series. Even though [the first two seasons] were the number-two original series on Showtime, they didn’t appreciate us enough to want us back.”

Garris will once again assemble a roster of terror all-stars for his third go-round, mixing a majority of horror veterans with a few newer talents. He also continues to ponder extending the MASTERS OF HORROR brand into feature films, and hooking up the fright-friendly Lionsgate (which released Garris’ DESPERATION and RIDING THE BULLET) may take him closer to that goal.

“I always envisioned doing a series of MASTERS OF HORROR movies,” Garris said, “but not as anthology films. We’d do it like the TALES FROM THE CRYPT features DEMON KNIGHT and BORDELLO OF BLOOD.” The multihyphenate currently has his name attached to another group of MASTERS: For the next four Saturday nights on ABC, Garris has been listed as a co-producer on MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION. Unlike MASTERS OF HORROR, this superlative anthology show focuses on acclaimed authors for its pedigree, adapting the short works of such literary greats as Robert (STARSHIP TROOPERS) Heinlein and Harlan (A BOY AND HIS DOG) Ellison. “I really had nothing to do with it, and my credit on MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION is purely contractual, since it’s a spinoff from MASTERS OF HORROR,” Garris said. “I’ve only seen one and a half episodes, and it’s not my cup of tea. I’d rather read science fiction than see it dramatized. But I’m disappointed that ABC is not showing much faith in MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, dumping it in August on Saturday nights at 10.”

www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=4789

[LivingDeadGirl]

Goody, maybe it will come on a channel that I actually get!

[slayrrr666]

HBO is a possibility, you have that one?

[LivingDeadGirl]

Yes! I have HBO. I had been thinking about canceling it, but since Big Love is on I haven't done it yet. I'll def. have to keep it though if MOH goes there.

[slayrrr666]

That would work, as I don't see it going to Starz! It could, but I don't see it at all.

[LivingDeadGirl]

Ok, cool...keep me updated!

[LivingDeadGirl]

Any more news on season 3? Since I don't have net at my house right now I don't have much time for browsing around for news.

[slayrrr666]

It won't be Showtime for sure, they let the deal fall through, and Garris has spent the time waiting for negotioations to be completed by working on other projects. Haven't heard anything else unfortunately.

[slayrrr666]

This may interest those who are still interested, as it's been officially announced that the change will now be known as Fear Itself and will air on NBC Friday Nights:

All right, so we know Fear Itself kicks off on June 5th with Stuart Gordon’s “’Eater”, but after that the anthology’s schedule has been up in the air. No more! Thanks to the freaks over at Fearnet, we now have intel on the order the episodes are airing in, so you can plan your Friday nights accordingly. I’ll save you the clicking and just drop the list below; for more info on the eps feel free to visit Fearnet!

Stuart Gordon’s “Eater”
Brad Anderson’s “Spooked”
Mary Haron’s “Community”
Breck Eisner’s “The Sacrifice”
John Landis’ “In Sickness and in Health”
Ronny Yu’s “Family Man”
Ernest Dickerson’s “Something With Bite”
Darren Bousman’s “New Year’s Day”
Larry Fessenden’s “Skin & Bones”
John Dahl's “Chance”
Rupert Wainwright’s “The Spirit Box”
“Echoes” (no director)

www.dreadcentral.com/node/26962

[Bartwald]

Can't wait! MoH's Season 2 was patchy, but damn - I still like this idea and still have my hopes high. Good to see Landis and Gordon come back again, while Fessenden and Yu are nice surprises for me. And let's see if Bousman can finally win over The Board's members...

[slayrrr666]

I'm more than likely going to miss this: I tape Friday Night Smackdown since I'm playing pool with my cousin on Fridays, and even if I had the time to do it, that doesn't seem like a great list there. I've never heard of Haron, Eisner, Dahl or Wainwright, Fessenden has produced films that I can't even call horror films they're so bad, Bouseman doesn't have a good films amongst his three films he's made (one more that I have a hard time calling a master) and I've never seen any of Anderson's, and his previous one for MoH 2 was so bad I couldn't finish it. That leaves only four I'm positive towards, and I don't know who's going for the last one. Sounds like I'm not going to feel too good towards it.

[Quorthon]

Geez, I'm way behind. I've only seen Jenifer and the one Takashi Miike did.

Nuts!

[slayrrr666]

Well, at least you haven't seen the crap that was Season 2. Look through the thread for the ones you should watch from there, me and Bart agreed on just about all of them which ones should be seen from that one, so unless otherwise stated, ignore Season 2 altogether.

[LivingDeadGirl]

Cool, I'll actually get to watch them when they air instead of waiting for the dvd's!

[slayrrr666]

Just make sure nothing else is one you want to watch, like with me. I've got Smackdown on during that time, so I'm screwed when it comes to this season. Plus, they're censored so it makes me even more leery and cautious towards watching them.