Tja, ich hatte meine Kommentare hier eingestellt, da solche absoluten Selbstgespräche doch sehr langweilen. Jetzt muß ich aber wieder auf das Thema zurückkommen.
Die DVDs kmmen ja langsam aber sicher raus und schon gibts die ersten schlechten Nachrichten.
"Cigarette Burns" ist definitiv cut, "Jenifer" angeblich nicht. Soll ja sogar noch minimal länger sein als die US-TV-Fassung. Ich habe zwar leichte Schwierigkeiten das zu glauben, aber OFDB ist da ja immer sehr zuverlässig.
Und in welcher Art "Imprint" kommt ist noch nicht klar. Aber wenn die Folge eine KJ erhalten soll, muß die FSK aber einen ziemlich guten Tag haben. Die Folge ist wirklich harte Kost.

So, nun zu erfreulicheren Sachen. Auf IMDB ist eine Zusammenstellung von Infos verschiedenster Seiten zu Season 2 zusammengestellt worden. Werde mal quoten:
irectors on Board:


Signed:

Brad Anderson
Dario Argento
John Carpenter
Joe Dante
Ernest Dickerson
Mick Garris
Stuart Gordon
Tom Holland
Tobe Hooper
John Landis


People That Have Been Approached:

Clive Barker
Timur Bekmambetov
Roger Corman
Wes Craven
David Cronenberg
Frank Darabont
Guillermo Del Toro
Stephen King
Don Mancini
Hideo Nakata
George A. Romero
Eli Roth
Rob Zombie


(Personally, I wish it was a new 13 every season. I'd put some of these "possible" guys in and take out AT LEAST Hooper, Dante, and Garris, but I know it won't happen.)



Scripts: (These are in filming order and subject to change.)



Episode 1.) "Family" (Filming Completed)

Director : John Landis

Writer : Brent Hanley (Frailty)

Actors : George Wendt, Meredith Monroe, and Matt Keeslar

Vague Plot Description : George Wendt stars as a seemingly normal suburban man who works from home, but has serious skeletons in his closet and voices in his head. It's extremely dark material, and unlike anything we've seen from Landis before.

Says Landis : "For me, the most fun was casting George," Landis tells Fango. "I asked all my friends, 'Who's the least threatening guy you know?' At least six said, 'Norm from CHEERS.' So I called George, and asked, 'Would you be interested in doing this?' And I sent him the script. I'm delighted he's doing it. I don't think people are prepared for how scary he can be."



Episode 2.) "Pelts" (Filming Completed)

Director : Dario Argento

Writer : Matt Venne (White Noise 2)
Adapted from F. Paul Wilson's short story

Actors : Meat Loaf and John Saxon

Vague Plot Description : A disturbing look at the fur trade. "Pelts" can be found in the Wilson collection "The Barrens and Others" and Wilson has said "Pelts" is the only politically correct story he's ever written, concerning animal rights and fur getting its revenge... Coincidentally, it’s also been called Wilson's bloodiest story.

Says Berger : Also returning this year, one Academy Award heavier, is Howard Berger and the makeup FX team from KNB. Berger, who won the Oscar for his work on THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, is thankful to be starting the second series off with a somewhat light workload. "[FAMILY] is not a huge episode for us," he says. "It's kind of nice. It's definitely a fun episode to start with. The next one we have is Dario Argento's, which is chock full of stuff, tons and tons of stuff."



Episode 3.) "Damned Thing" (Filming Completed)

Director : Tobe Hooper

Writer : Richard Christian Matheson

Actors :

Vague Plot Description : See below(sort of)

Says Hooper : It’s called "Damned Thing," and as Hooper explains, "It's about the exploration of some 'damned thing,' and people find it, and they'll say, 'What is that damned thing?' And that's what the story is about."



Episode 4.) "Pro-Life" (Filming Now)

Director : John Carpenter

Writers : Drew McWeeny & Scott Swan

Actors : Ron Perlman

Vague Plot Description : A young girl turns to a group of strangers for help and protection, leading to a terrifying showdown that pits a group of clinic workers against her family. What no one seems to realize is that larger forces are at work, and this girl carries within her a dark secret that puts them all at risk. The HELLBOY and DESPERATION star plays a nasty father who sets out to retrieve his daughter from an abortion clinic where, apparently, literally monstrous things happen.

Says Nicotero : “We’re actually getting into monsters on that one.”



Episode 5.) "The V Word"

Director : Ernest Dickerson

Writer : Mick Garris

Actors : Michael Ironside

Vague Plot Description : A vampire story.

Says Garris : "It’s just pure horror," he told Moviehole. "It’s all just dealing with as much of the troves of horror as possible." ********* "There was one that I wrote for this season as a reaction to the whole ‘Not enough true suspenseful horror’ complaint called The V Word, which Ernest Dickerson is going to direct, and Michael Ironside will be in, that is a really strong – well, you can imagine what the V word might be in a horror series."



Episode 6.) Unknown at this time

Director : Joe Dante

Writer : Sam Hamm

Actors :

Vague Plot Description :

Says Dante :



Episode 7.) "The Black Cat"

Director : Stuart Gordon

Writers : Stuart Gordon & Dennis Paoli adapted from Edgar Allen Poe

Actors : Jeffrey Combs playing Poe

Vague Plot Description : A murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt, the black cat.

Says Gordon : Stuart assures us "that real cats would be used in the episode."



Other Scripts : (Some of these are rumors at this point.)



Episode ?.) "Anti-Clause"

Director :

Writer : Graham Masterton

Actors :

Vague Plot Description : Graham Masterton revealed to Fango that his favorite story is going to be adapted for the second series of MASTERS OF HORROR. He says of the tale, titled Anti-Claus, "It puts a new and disturbing face on a popular character, and that is something that I always enjoy doing. Anti-Claus also has parallels with The Pied Piper, who offers people magical solutions to their problems. Once their problems are solved, however, they refuse to pay what they promised, and he takes his revenge."

Says ? :



Episode ?.) "The Fat Man"

Director :

Writers : Joe R. Landsdale & Neal Barrett Jr.
Adapted from Landsdale's own short story

Actors :

Vague Plot Description :

Says ? :



Episode ?.) "I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream"

Director :

Writer : David J. Schow
Adapted from a story by John Farris

Actors :

Vague Plot Description :

Says ? :



Episode ?.) "Untitled Brad Anderson Script"

Director : Brad Anderson

Writer : Brad Anderson

Actors :

Vague Plot Description :

Says Anderson :



Episode ?.) "Valerie on the Stairs"

Director : Mick Garris

Writer : Mick Garris
Adapted from an original treatment by Clive Barker

Actors :

Vague Plot Description : "Valerie on the Stairs" is set in a dead writers' house that has become a hospice for failed authors, with a desperate scribe in each of nine rooms.

Says Garris : “Clive Barker wrote an original treatment for MASTERS OF HORROR, for me," Garris says. "I adapted it, and it’s called Valerie on the Stairs. I’ll be directing that one, and it’s sort of a ghost story and extremely twisted sexuality runs through it. He’s extremely good at that, and I enjoy it.” ******* "It’s an original treatment he wrote for the show. It’s very dark and very erotic in a twisted way, but much more horrific than Chocolate was. It really goes into some very dark places – there’s a demon, and it’s sort of a ghost story that ends up being more bizarre than that."



Episode ?.) "The Washingtonians"

Director :

Writers : Johnathon Schaech and Richard Chizmar
Adapted from the short story by Bentley Little

Actors :

Vague Plot Description : A man finds a letter written by George Washington in a relative's trunk. The letter discusses eating children and making tools out of their bones, and is judged to be authentic. When the man visits a local university, he finds out that history, as we know it, is a total sham concocted to keep people in line and present a positive image of the powers that be. It is sufficient to say that by the time you reach the end of this story, you'll see a whole new meaning to the phrase, "the British are coming!"

Says Schaech : “We adapted this great Bentley Little piece called ‘The Washingtonians,’ ” Schaech reveals. “It’s so much fun, and it should be a great episode. We pitched a bunch of ideas to Mick and the guys over at Showtime, and they loved the one based on Little’s short story. I think we wrote a really good screenplay, and I’m excited by it.” Adds Garris, “We’re working on finding the right director for it. I’m really hoping we do it this season, as it’s a great script and a great story.”




http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5422 (Anderson, Zombie, Del Toro)
http://horrorchannel.com/index.php?n...ticle&sid=4143 (Directors)
http://horrorchannel.com/index.php?n...ticle&sid=3788 (Scripts)
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/ind...plate=newsfull (Mancini)
http://www.horrorchannel.com/index.p...ticle&sid=4292 (Craven)
http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5856 (Dickerson, Holland)
http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1467 (Garris, Barker)
http://horrorchannel.com/index.php?n...ticle&sid=4702 (Hooper)
http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5982 (Filming updates)
http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=6024 (Saxon)



Also, Masters of Sci-Fi coming this fall to ABC...


Directors:

John Milius
Michael Tolkin


Scripts:

"The Crystal Egg"
(Writer : Based on the story by H.G. Wells)


"Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed"
(Writer : Ray Bradbury to adapt his own story)


"The Discarded"
(Writer : Harlan Ellison to adapt his own story along with Josh "A History of Violence" Olson)


"The Hunt"
(Director : John Milius ; Writer : John Milius adapting the story by Stanislav Lem)


"The Last Question"
(Writer : Based on the story by Isaac Asimov)


"Jerry Was a Man"
(Writer : Based on the story by Robert A. Heinlein)



"Untitled Stephen Hawking Project"


"Watchbird"
(Director : Michael Tolkin ; Writers : Michael Cassutt and J. Michael Straczynski)





http://comingsoon.net/news.php?id=10394
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=13312
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=35341
http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=6004 (Olson)

Einige dürfe vielleicht noch interessieren, das auch Masters of Sci-Fi kommt. Hier soll allerdings der Schwerpunkt auf Autoren und nicht auf Regisseuren liegen. Quelle habe ich gerade verschludert. Wird seperat nachgereicht.