30 Days Sequel: DTV or Not DTV?

I liked 30 Days of Night. I really did, and was a little confused at some of the backlash against a stylish vampire film with more quality than the majority of American horror movies these days. That's why I was initially excited by the rumors of a sequel from Ghost House Pictures, then saddened by the rumor that it would be released straight to DVD.

Well now it seems that 30 Days of Night writer Steve Niles is denying the latter report. In speaking with ShockTillYouDrop last week, he claimed it was completely untrue, and that he has no idea where rumors of a DTV release would be c0ming from. Furthermore, he stated that he and director David Slade would be involved once again, should the presumably theatrically released sequel come to fruition.

30 Days of Night topped the box office in its opening weekend, which would point to the feasability of a sequel. But it also paradoxically earned only $39 million, which might put a theatrical sequel on shaky ground. Clearly, someone doesn't have their facts straight here.

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30 Days of Night Creator Talks Latest Adaptation

Long-time comic book readers know that quality horror comics these days are few and far between. That's why I've been pretty pumped about the recent confirmation that Steve Niles, whose previous 30 Days of Night series was turned into a feature film, will now be producing the next film adaptation of his work, Wake the Dead.

Published by IDW in 2004, Wake the Dead is a modern re-telling of the Frankenstein story, and was a damn fine read in my opinion, nearly as good as the vampire saga for which he's better known. Niles himself talked to Comic Book Resources about the upcoming project today (to be scripted by Bram Stoker's Dracula's James V. Hart), and I urge all those interested to head there.

Now all I can hope for is that Robert Kirkman's mostly excellent The Walking Dead zombie comic gets the HBO series it so richly deserves...

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Vampires May Suck, But this Clip Sure Doesn't

With just four days to go before the release of the very promising 30 Days of Night, Sony Pictures has posted one hell of a teaser clip on its website. If this doesn't get you pumped to see this very Romero-flavored vampire pic, nothing will.
Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Steve Niles--who also penned the 2004 Frankenstein re-imagining Wake the Dead--30 Days tells the tale of a small Alaskan town terrorized by the unruly undead each year when the sun disappears for an entire month. This one should do for vamps what the Dawn of the Dead remake did for zombies.

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