Clive Barker has just submitted the latest draft of the new Hellraiser screenplay. And he's revealed one or two things about it...
Rebooting of horror franchises is rarely, for good reason, something welcomed with particularly open arms. However, one thing going for the planed new take on Hellraiseris that its original creator, Clive Barker, is involved. In fact, he's more than involved: Barker is penning the screenplay for the film, and he's now submitted a second draft of his script to The Weinstein Company.
Chatting to Entertainment Weekly, Barker revealed more of the new Hellraiser. "I think the phrase is ‘reboot'" he said, "although I’ve never really understood what that meant."
"I wanted to make sure we sounded some fresh notes. The movie actually begins on Devil’s Island. I wanted to fold into the Hellraisernarrative something about the guy - the Frenchman Lemarchand - who made the mysterious box, which raises Pinhead. I figured, 'well, what would have happened to him?’ He might well have been taken to Devil’s Island and I thought that would be a pretty cool place to start the movie."
So where is he up to on the film? "We’re waiting for Bob [Weinstein] to come back to us and see when we’re going to actually make the movie", he revealed.
Clive Barker, by choice, hasn't directed a film since 1995's Lord Of Illusions, and in truth, it's unlikely he'll direct the new Hellraisereither. But he is considering a return to helming. He talks about that more, and the process of piecing Nightbreedback together, in the full interview, which you can find here.
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